Slightly warmer than of late...
GW/SW-008 - Cefn yr Ystrad
07/03/2015
Well it finally looks as if Spring has finally sprung down here
in West and South Wales. I'll put it another way... the temperature has gone up
and the sun is shining as I type this report.
Pontsticill Reservoir
I parked the car below the reservoir at Pontsticill and made my
way up passing under the bridge which carries the Brecon Mountain railway. Now
the approach to this summit is quite varied as you hit the moorland. This time
I made my way along the track towards the Inscribed stone then took to the high
ground hitting the faint track which leads along the ridge over-looking the
quarry and to the East of it. I then took
another faint trail which enables you to approach the trig from the North and
avoiding all the sink holes of which there are many..........!
There was a strong wind on the summit but it was slightly warmer than
of late but nevertheless I dropped down into a dip slightly below the Trig to
be comfortable. RRT just would not work
for me today and my first self-spot disappeared somewhere. I opened up on 5.398.5 Mhz and called for
quite a while until Don G4OWQ took pity on me and answered my calls. It was not
until Brian G4ZRP responded that I felt that things were going my way
nevertheless only 5 contacts and then with no more callers I announced I was
going onto 40m.
11:56z
|
G4OWQ
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
(GW)?
|
12:03z
|
G8JUT
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Steve
|
12:07z
|
M0HRT
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Rob
|
12:10z
|
G4ZRP
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Brian
|
12:13z
|
G6JVX
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Bert
|
The cairns and Trig
Slow start on 7.118 Mhz again but then Dave G4SQA called in beginning
a run of WAB Trig and Square chasers calling in. Suddenly it was evident that a
spot placed by G4ZRP (thanks Brian) had also kicked in and I soon had a steady
run of regular SOTA chasers in the pile-up including a Trig to Trig with Steve
G1INK/p – thanks Steve.
12:15z
|
G4SQA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
12:15z
|
G0FEX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Ken
|
12:15z
|
G0BFJ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Brian
|
12:16z
|
G4STP
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Tony
|
12:17z
|
2W0XOT
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
12:18z
|
SM6CNX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Dan
|
12:19z
|
MW3UDA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Gareth
|
12:20z
|
ON6ZQ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Christophe
|
12:20z
|
G6TUH
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Mike
|
12:21z
|
M0IML
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Barry
|
12:21z
|
GM4WHA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Geoff
|
12:22z
|
MM3PDM/M
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Peter
|
12:22z
|
GM0FGI
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Tom
|
12:22z
|
G6LKB
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
David
|
12:23z
|
DL2EF
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Franz
Josef
|
12:23z
|
G0RQL
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
12:23z
|
MW0URC
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Glenn
|
12:24z
|
ON4VT
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Danny
|
12:25z
|
G1INK/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Steve
t2t TP0713
|
12:25z
|
EI2KJ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Adrian
|
12:25z
|
DL3JPN
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Steffen
|
12:26z
|
PA0B
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Rob
|
12:26z
|
M3FEH
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Karl
|
12:27z
|
EB2CZF
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Jose
|
12:27z
|
G4JZF
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Graham
|
12:28z
|
F2YT
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Paul-Joel
|
12:28z
|
G8VNW
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Nick
|
12:29z
|
G4GEW
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Peter
|
12:29z
|
DL3HXX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Lothar
|
12:30z
|
G4AZS
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Adrian
|
12:30z
|
M0JLA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Rod
|
12:31z
|
G3SZG
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
12:32z
|
M0MDA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Mick
|
With a few 'final calls'
and no response I had a quick listen on 20m but this was full of contest
stations. My attention turned to 2m as I thought I heard Bill G4WSB/p
calling...my QRZ brought a response from Mal GW6OVD/m on his way to GW/MW-010
Gwaunceste Hill..... a brief and fluttery QSO and an apology from me that I
would be homeward bound when he reached his summit :(
12:43z
|
GW6OVD/M
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Mal
|
Many layers even in the sun :)
I was disappointed that I missed a few s2s today, one of the main
reasons was that RRT was not behaving and that I had not brought the 2m dipole
to the summit relying on the handheld for contacts. Jonathan GW2HFR/p had left
two messages on the spots for me so that added to my disappointment when I
eventually scanned the spots on Sotawatch when I arrived home.
Although a large number of WAB chasers had called in earlier I
decided to give a call into the 'net' on the off chance that some had missed my
square and Trig. As usual I was run down the list quite quickly which included
a 'heads up' that Wayne
2E0WDS/p was on G/SE-006 .......... thanks for
that one.
12:49z
|
G0FVH
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
David
|
12:50z
|
G7AFM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Phil
|
12:51z
|
GM0VWZ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Sam
|
12:51z
|
G4NUJ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Ken
|
12:52z
|
M0HEM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
12:52z
|
G4PDF
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Bob
|
12:53z
|
G7BGA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Geoffrey
|
12:53z
|
G1PIE
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Mark
|
12:54z
|
M0YMA/M
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Andrew
|
12:55z
|
G3OKA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
12:56z
|
G4EST
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Charlie
|
12:56z
|
2E0HPI/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Carl
NZ29
|
12:59z
|
2E0WDS
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Wayne
s2s
|
On my way back I decided to leave the track at the end of the
quarry and found a steep but easy descent down on to the other track which
leads past the 'Inscribed Stone' . This might be my route up the next time but
that will have to wait until 2016.......
Thanks everyone for all the contacts and I hope to be out with
Mal GW6OVD on Tuesday for a couple of summits making the most of the final few
days of the Winter bonus.
73 de Allan GW4VPX
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