GW/SW-007 Fan Nedd

GW/SW-007 Fan Nedd

18/01/2017

First of a double activation

Looking at the Alerts on Sotawatch the previous night I thought I would be the only activator out on the hills and mountains of Wales the following day….how wrong can you be.  Half way up Fan Nedd a WAB Facebook posting by Karl M3FEH alerted me to the fact that others had decided to come out and play radio :)  

Our route to the summit-park at SN923196

Summit in the distance

Mist moves in

First in the log as I arrived at the trig on Fan Nedd was Bill GW4WSB/p with a 5/9 each way from Mynydd Llangorse GW/SW-015..thanks Bill. The summit was busy as young soldiers were on a navigation exercise and one of their checkpoints was in a tent next to the trig. I sent a spot via RRT and had a nice run on 80m…I had expected more as the band was in good shape…thanks to everyone that called in.

11:01z	GW4WSB/P	144MHz	FM	Bill s2s
11:08z	G0VWP	3.5MHz	SSB	Terry
11:09z	MI0RTY	3.5MHz	SSB	Martin
11:10z	G4FGJ	3.5MHz	SSB	Gordon
11:11z	GB2IWM	3.5MHz	SSB	Colin
11:12z	M6MUU	3.5MHz	SSB	Steven
11:14z	G4AYF	3.5MHz	SSB	Tony
11:17z	G8VNW	3.5MHz	SSB	Nick
11:18z	G7HEM	3.5MHz	SSB	Mike

Checking RRT before setting up the FT817..checkpoint tent left ...trig right

A quick change of settings on the antenna i.e. taking off the coils and replacing the 60m links saw me quickly into a nice run of chasers on 60m. Mixed signal reports although Michael DJ5AV was in the log  with 5/5 sent and 3/7 returned.

11:29z	G0ELJ	5MHz	SSB	Dave
11:30z	G8ADD	5MHz	SSB	Brian
11:31z	G0FEX	5MHz	SSB	Ken
11:31z	G0VWP	5MHz	SSB	Terry
11:32z	G4WHA/A	5MHz	SSB	Geoff
11:32z	M0NTC	5MHz	SSB	Gez
11:33z	G0HRT	5MHz	SSB	Rob
11:34z	G4TJC	5MHz	SSB	Simon
11:34z	G0TDM	5MHz	SSB	John
11:35z	DJ5AV	5MHz	SSB	Michael
11:36z	G1ZGZ	5MHz	SSB	Richard
11:38z	G0RQL	5MHz	SSB	Don
11:39z	G6ENN	5MHz	SSB	david

A flurry of s2s followed so thanks to Viki, Rod (G/WB-002 Brown Clee Hill) Mal and Ian (GW/SW-003 Fan Brycheiniog) for making my log. 70cms worked well between Viki and myself although I did have to plug in the FT817 as I had left my 70cms HH at home…the FT817 is certainly a versatile rig.

11:40z	M6BWA/P	144MHz	FM	Viki s2s
11:44z	M6BWA/P	433MHz	FM	Viki s2s 70cms
11:46z	GW6OVD/P	144MHz	FM	Mal s2s
11:47z	2W0IWM/P	144MHz	FM	Ian s2s
11:57z	M0JLA/P	5MHz	SSB	Rod s2s

We had been on summit for just over an hour so still feeling quite warm I decided to see what condition 40m was in…proved quite fruitful for both inter-G and across to Europe.

12:02z	MW0VKD	144MHz	FM	Kevin
12:03z	2W0RRM	144MHz	FM	Robert
12:13z	G0GWY	7MHz	SSB	Geoff
12:14z	M6HMK	7MHz	SSB	Helen
12:14z	G0VWP	7MHz	SSB	Terry
12:15z	EA2CKX	7MHz	SSB	Pedro
12:15z	PA0SKP	7MHz	SSB	Sake
12:16z	G3RDQ	7MHz	SSB	David
12:16z	G3VCG	7MHz	SSB	Don
12:17z	DJ9BX	7MHz	SSB	Michael
12:17z	G0FVH	7MHz	SSB	David
12:18z	HB9BXE	7MHz	SSB	Hans-Peter
12:19z	ON7MD	7MHz	SSB	Michel
12:19z	PE1PIC	7MHz	SSB	KeesJan
12:20z	PA0B	7MHz	SSB	Rob
12:20z	OE5JKL	7MHz	SSB	Karl
12:20z	MM0XPZ	7MHz	SSB	SW
12:21z	G1BLJ	7MHz	SSB	Steve
12:22z	G0FEX	7MHz	SSB	Ken
12:23z	GM4COX	7MHz	SSB	Jack
12:25z	G0HIO	7MHz	SSB	Mike
12:26z	GW7MMG	7MHz	SSB	Philip
12:26z	M0MPM	7MHz	SSB	Michiel
12:29z	IW3AGO	7MHz	SSB	Heinrich
12:42z	GW4WSB/P	144MHz	FM	Bill s2s

Just as we were about to leave the summit Bill GW4WSB/p came in with a booming signal from Mynydd Troed GW/SW-009 having crossed the road for the usual double activation of Troed and Llangorse…thanks Bill.

Heading back to the cairn and the descent to the car

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

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX