GW/MW-002 Great Rhos
03/02/2015
It was -5C when I left the car next to Haines Mill, New Radnor. I
made my way along the tarmac road and the track that leads towards the summit
noting that the snow covered mountain was resplendent in the morning
sunshine.
I had allowed myself plenty of
time to reach the summit as it is a fair old slog up the path to the open
moorland. When I reached the beginning
of the moorland and the track that leads towards the summit there was nothing to be seen except
snowdrifts. The next part of my journey was a combination of walking through
knee high snow drifts, heather and hidden grass tussocks - must get some snow
shoes.
All this made me 30 minutes late on summit missing a possible s2s
with Phil G4OBK up in Scotland :( I had
talked to Viki MW6BWA/p on her way to Fan Gyhirych GW/SW-006 and surmised that
we would probably arrive on our respective summit at about the same time. I set
up by the gate and the large Firing Range warning signs with my fishing pole
being bungeed to a fence post. With Viki and Rod MW0JLA/p on GW/SW-007 Fan Nedd
having an s2s I quickly joined in the fun on 2m and opened my account which
also included a 70cm contact with Viki with great signals each way –
thanks both.
12:04z
|
MW6BWA/P
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Viki
s2s
|
12:04z
|
MW0JLA/P
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Rod
s2s
|
12:07z
|
MW6BWA/P
|
433MHz
|
FM
|
Viki
s2s diff band
|
Moving to 40m I quickly found Barry M0IML/p on G/SE-015 Cheriton
Hill stating that he had specifically ventured out to catch me on Great Rhos –
thanks Barry. I had already notified Mike G6TUH that I was on summit so I
dropped in on a frequency slightly below Barry as I had heard Bill G4WSB
talking to Mike. I soon qualified the summit although I had to make an
announcement that I had not ventured to the Trig point for WAB as the drifts
were too energy sapping for my tired legs :)
12:11z
|
M0IML/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Barry
s2s
|
12:12z
|
G4WSB
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Bill
|
12:13z
|
G6TUH
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Mike
|
12:14z
|
G0RQL
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
12:15z
|
2W0XOT
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
12:16z
|
M0IBC
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
David
|
12:16z
|
G8MIA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Andy
|
12:16z
|
G8ADD
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Brian
|
12:17z
|
G0TRB
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Roger
|
12:17z
|
GM4YMM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Christine
|
12:18z
|
G6ODU
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Bob
|
12:18z
|
G6LUZ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Steve
|
12:18z
|
PE1RMO
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Jan
|
12:19z
|
HB9MKV
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Rudi
|
12:20z
|
F5UBH
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Christophe
|
12:20z
|
EI9GLB
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Jim
|
12:21z
|
G6LKB
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
David
|
12:21z
|
G4OIG
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Gerald
|
12:22z
|
DL2EF
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Franz
Josef
|
12:23z
|
G7LAS
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Rob
|
12:23z
|
G8VNW
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Nick
|
12:24z
|
DF5WA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Berthold
|
12:24z
|
PA0B
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Rob
|
12:26z
|
M6GBO
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Bruce
|
12:27z
|
G4OOE/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Nick
s2s
|
12:28z
|
EA2CKX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Pedro
|
12:29z
|
G4ASA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
12:32z
|
G0ELJ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
12:34z
|
G4PIJ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Jack
|
12:36z
|
G8BKL
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Eric
|
12:39z
|
MW0JLA/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Rod
s2s diff band
|
12:42z
|
G4WHA/A
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Geoff
|
Very soon a total of 31 chasers made the log including an s2s
with Nick G4OOE/p on G/TW-004 Bishop Wilton Wold and another with Rod on SW-007
Fan Nedd who just could not resist a 40m contact with me - thanks both :) A
total of 38 minutes on air and with no more callers I pulled the plug. Despite
the glorious sunshine I was glad to pack up and make my way down as the wind
chill factor was beginning to take effect. On my way up I had noticed tracks in
the snow of Grouse, Hare and Fox and decided that I would take some pictures on
the way back - bad decision as the wind had blown snow into these fragile
prints - lesson learnt.
A big thank you once again to all who called in on both days and
apologies to the Trig hunters (Great Rhos) - it'll be there for another day.
73 de Allan GW4VPX
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