Monday 14 December 2015

Pegwn Mawr GW/MW-006

Pegwn Mawr GW/MW-006

13/12/2015

Following the track as described by Gerald MW0MWL in the SOTA Mapping Project ( http://www.sotamaps.org/tracks.php ) Val and I arrived at the cattle grid at SO 0227 8124 but could barely see the trig in the mist and rain. 
Route by Gerald MW0WML
Trig, Cairn and sheep
However, it was a blessing today that the high winds we have been having of late had subsided so umbrellas could be used for the activation.I quickly qualified the summit on 60m and announced I would be moving to 40m shortly so thanks to all who enabled me to qualify the summit so quickly and for those brief chats :)
11:49
5MHz
SSB
G8MIA
Andy
11:50
5MHz
SSB
M0YDH
David
11:52
5MHz
SSB
M0JLA
Rod
11:52
5MHz
SSB
G3RDQ
David
11:53
5MHz
SSB
G4WSB
Bill
11:54
5MHz
SSB
G3YPQ
Phil
11:57
5MHz
SSB
G0LGS
Stuart
11:58
5MHz
SSB
G3RMD
Frank
11:58
5MHz
SSB
GW4CQZ
Martin
11:59
5MHz
SSB
G4BDY
Dave

Ghostly wind turbines beyond GW4VPX/p
Knowing there was a ‘contest type activity’ on 40m I had packed the linear in the bag so out it came and was quickly plugged in. After an initial few minutes of trying to find a reasonably clear frequency (moved twice) I soon settled down to a steady flow of chasers despite a lot of QRM and frequency high-jacking attempts :)
12:13
7MHz
SSB
G8XYJ
Matt
12:15
7MHz
SSB
G6TUH
Mike
12:15
7MHz
SSB
G4OBK
Phil
12:24
7MHz
SSB
G1BLJ
Steve
12:25
7MHz
SSB
GW3YAF
Dave
12:26
7MHz
SSB
M0IML
Barry
12:27
7MHz
SSB
G6WRW
Carolyn
12:28
7MHz
SSB
G7AFM
Phil
12:28
7MHz
SSB
G0TRB
Roger
12:29
7MHz
SSB
G0FEX
Ken
12:29
7MHz
SSB
2E0SCS
Stephen
12:29
7MHz
SSB
EI9GLB
Jim
12:30
7MHz
SSB
G3TQQ
Dave
12:30
7MHz
SSB
2E0YYY
Mike
12:31
7MHz
SSB
G7LAS
Rob
12:31
7MHz
SSB
M0MOL
Gareth
12:32
7MHz
SSB
M0NTC
Gez
12:32
7MHz
SSB
GM4WHA
Geoff
12:32
7MHz
SSB
EA2CKX
Pedro
12:33
7MHz
SSB
G4SQA
Dave
12:33
7MHz
SSB
GW6OVD
Mal
12:34
7MHz
SSB
G7CDK
Alan
12:34
7MHz
SSB
G4APO
Roland
12:35
7MHz
SSB
G8ADD
Brian
12:36
7MHz
SSB
G6LKB
David
12:36
7MHz
SSB
ON5SWA
Francois
12:36
7MHz
SSB
G0GWY
Geoff
12:37
7MHz
SSB
M1MAJ
Martin
12:37
7MHz
SSB
M3ZCB
Caroline
12:38
7MHz
SSB
M5AML
John
12:39
7MHz
SSB
G4WSB
Bill
12:40
7MHz
SSB
G0TDM
John
12:41
7MHz
SSB
M3GHO
George
12:43
7MHz
SSB
PD2RKG
Rene
12:45
7MHz
SSB
MM3PDM/M
Peter
 Happy under the umbrella
I was made aware with a ‘heads up’ that Colwyn MM0YCJ/p was on GM/WS-146, however, I was still in the middle of my pile-up….thankfully Colwyn called me and he was in the log with my one and only s2s…thanks Colwyn.
12:47
7MHz
SSB
MM0YCJ/P
Colwyn s2s
12:58
7MHz
SSB
G4GSQ
12:58
7MHz
SSB
MI1AIB
Paul
12:58
7MHz
SSB
G0FVH
David
12:59
7MHz
SSB
GI0AZB
Ian
12:59
7MHz
SSB
G3SCZ
Raymond
12:59
7MHz
SSB
SM6CNX
Dan
12:59
7MHz
SSB
G4WYL
Christine
13:00
7MHz
SSB
2E0GBK
John
Busy on 40m
As the contacts dried up and it was getting chilly (2deg C) sitting with my back on the Trig ( TP5341) I decided on a quick visit to the WAB net as promised. I knew that many had called me earlier but it was nice that I was able to give others the Square and Trig as well.
Turbines looming out of the mist...
It was time to leave the summit with the ghostly mist shrouded Wind Turbines. Not many photographic opportunities today and despite the conditions it had been an enjoyable activation which I shall repeat again in the New Year for those valuable Winter Bonus points :)
Thanks everyone for the contacts, spots and ‘heads up’

73 Allan GW4VPX
My activation set up:-  (HF) Yaesu FT817 (5 watts) (4Ah LiPo),  UK-MX 50M linear (for 817) and 12V 9.2 Ah Lithium Ion battery,  3 band link dipole (60/40/20 (+15m+80m extensions),  (VHF) Yaesu FT270 (5watts) into a ‘cable tie’ dipole.. Antenna support - 7m Fishing pole.

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