Thursday 8 January 2015

GW/MW-038 – Disgwylfa Fawr





GW/MW-038 – Disgwylfa Fawr

08/01/2015

The promise of a rain free afternoon prompted me to make a last minute Alert on Sotawatch.  Within two hours  I was on the summit of Disgwylfa  Fawr setting up my 40/20 linked dipole just below the summit cairn and out of reach of most of the strong wind.
Disgwylfa Fawr
As this was going to be a short activation I had posted that I would only be qrv on 40m so using RRT and the sms facility I was quickly into the usual but orderly pile-up of chasers. Band conditions were surprisingly good with the majority being 5/9 and many + signals.
Out of the wind 
The office
Most notable was that of Paul M0TVU running  1 watt  (5/8) which made me feel quite QRO with my 5 watts from the FT817 :)  Fifteen minutes saw 30 chasers in the log so with quite a few ‘last calls’ and asking Mike G6TUH to place a spot thanking the chasers I pulled the plug.
12:18z
G6TUH
7MHz
SSB
Mike
12:20z
M0IBC
7MHz
SSB
David
12:20z
M0JLA
7MHz
SSB
Rod
12:20z
M0IML
7MHz
SSB
Barry
12:21z
GI4ONL
7MHz
SSB
Victor
12:21z
M0MDA
7MHz
SSB
Mick
12:22z
M0TVU
7MHz
SSB
Paul QRP-1watt
12:22z
DF5WA
7MHz
SSB
Berthold
12:23z
G4WSB
7MHz
SSB
Bill
12:23z
M6KVJ
7MHz
SSB
David
12:24z
ON6ZQ
7MHz
SSB
Christophe
12:24z
G0TDM
7MHz
SSB
John
12:24z
G6ODU
7MHz
SSB
Bob
12:24z
MW6GWR
7MHz
SSB
Ricky
12:24z
G0RQL
7MHz
SSB
Don
12:25z
G4ASA
7MHz
SSB
Dave
12:25z
M3FEH
7MHz
SSB
Karl
12:25z
DL6MST
7MHz
SSB
Klaus
12:26z
G8VNW
7MHz
SSB
Nick
12:26z
G8ADD
7MHz
SSB
Brian
12:27z
G4WHA/A
7MHz
SSB
Geoff
12:28z
PA0B
7MHz
SSB
Rob
12:28z
G0XLJ
7MHz
SSB
Dave
12:29z
DL8DXL
7MHz
SSB
Fred
12:29z
G4MCQ
7MHz
SSB
Steve
12:29z
G0HRT
7MHz
SSB
Rob
12:31z
EA2CKX
7MHz
SSB
Pedro
12:31z
ON5SWA
7MHz
SSB
Francois
12:32z
G4TQE
7MHz
SSB
John
12:33z
M0NTC
7MHz
SSB
Gez
I stopped briefly in Ponterwyd to take a few pictures of the old bridge that spans the River Rheidol which winds it’s way down from Nant y Moch reservoir and meets up with the Afon Castell.  In fact there are quite a few bridges here but the original narrow bridge being the most picturesque.
One of the many bridges in Ponterwyd
The picture below shows my FT817 and all the necessary activation accessories including 4Ah LiPo safe and sound in a small insulated picnic bag which is also housed in a dry bag (Steve MW0BBU’s idea). 
Thanks to everybody for another successful activation with a few more winter bonus points in the bag :)

73 de Allan GW4VPX

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