Tuesday 3 February 2015

GW/MW-002 Great Rhos

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.   
Snow on Great Rhos
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.
The trig is quite a distance from here...not for me today
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.
On the way back
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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