Friday 16 January 2015

GW/SW-010 Craig y Llyn



 In the snow

GW/SW-010 Craig y Llyn

16/01/2015

On Friday the weather looked promising so I decided to head towards the summit of Craig y Llyn near Hirwaun. My journey to the summit from the parking spot was quite pleasant with quite a few inches of snow under foot. I bungeed the pole to the trig point and settled down to begin the activation on 40m with a ear on 2m for Rod and Viki who were out and about on a few summits.
From the car park
Towards the summit

Beacons distant
A call from Mal started proceedings and within a very short time Viki MW6BWA/p on GW/SW-014 was in the log with my first S2S.
10:42z
GW6OVD
144MHz
FM
Mal
10:44z
GW4SRE
144MHz
FM
John
10:51z
MW6BWA/P
144MHz
FM
Viki s2s
Leaning against the trig...cold
I quickly ventured on to 40m as I knew that Rod MW0JLA/p would soon find me so that he could get the S2S also. A good run of regular chasers kept me busy with excellent band conditions with the majority of incoming calls being 5/9 or +.
10:59z
M0NTC
7MHz
SSB
Gez
11:00z
GI4ONL
7MHz
SSB
Victor
11:01z
M0MDA
7MHz
SSB
Mick
11:02z
G6TUH
7MHz
SSB
Mike
11:02z
G0RQL
7MHz
SSB
Don
11:03z
M3FEH
7MHz
SSB
Karl
11:03z
ON5SWA
7MHz
SSB
Francois
11:03z
ON6ZQ
7MHz
SSB
Christophe
11:04z
PA0SQ
7MHz
SSB

11:04z
PA0SP
7MHz
SSB

11:04z
G0HRT
7MHz
SSB
Rob
11:05z
G0EVV
7MHz
SSB
David
11:05z
EI9GLB
7MHz
SSB
Jim
11:06z
EB2CZF
7MHz
SSB
Jose
11:07z
MW0JLA/P
7MHz
SSB
Rod s2s
11:09z
G4OBK
7MHz
SSB
Phil
11:09z
G8TMV
7MHz
SSB
Colin
11:09z
MW6GWR
7MHz
SSB
Ricky
11:10z
G8MIA
7MHz
SSB
Andy
11:10z
G4JZF
7MHz
SSB
Graham
11:10z
EA2CKX
7MHz
SSB
Pedro
11:11z
G0ELJ
7MHz
SSB
Dave
11:11z
GM0AXY
7MHz
SSB
Ken
11:13z
PA0B
7MHz
SSB
Rob
11:13z
G4MCQ
7MHz
SSB
Steve
11:15z
G0PVJ
7MHz
SSB
Ernie
As my pole was attached to the trig (TP2534 – Craig y Llyn) I gave a quick call into the WAB net. This  brought an immediate response and a comment that they should run me down the list as quick as possible as I was /p and ‘sitting in the snow’ :)
 My office at the Trig
22 contacts in 15 minutes including a Trig to Trig contact – great stuff and thanks everyone
11:27z
G4STP/M
7MHz
SSB
Tony t2t TP1032
11:33z
G7AFM
7MHz
SSB
Phil
11:34z
MM3PDM/M
7MHz
SSB
Peter
11:34z
M0HEM
7MHz
SSB
John
11:34z
G4SQA
7MHz
SSB
Dave
11:35z
G0FEX
7MHz
SSB
Ken
11:35z
2W0XOT
7MHz
SSB
John
11:36z
G0BFJ
7MHz
SSB
Brian
11:36z
G4CQR
7MHz
SSB
Dave
11:36z
G1PIE
7MHz
SSB
Mark
11:37z
G0RYM
7MHz
SSB
Stan
11:37z
M0GDJ
7MHz
SSB
Brian
11:37z
G0GWY
7MHz
SSB
Geoff
11:38z
M0SPN
7MHz
SSB
Steve
11:38z
MM0GGI
7MHz
SSB
John
11:38z
GM0FGI
7MHz
SSB
Tom Isle of Bute
11:39z
G0FVH
7MHz
SSB
David
11:39z
G0JKJ
7MHz
SSB
Scott
11:40z
G4WSB
7MHz
SSB
Bill
11:40z
G4GHT
7MHz
SSB
Mike
11:41z
G6LKB
7MHz
SSB
David
11:42z
G4WQI/M
7MHz
SSB
Dean
I quickly started to pack away but not without giving a call on 2m on the off chance that someone might want both the summit and Trig – only one taker. Rucksack on and the FT270 came to life with Neil MW0ECX/p calling ‘CQ SOTA’ from GW/SW-015 – a bonus S2S – thanks Neil.
11:48z
GW4FOI
144MHz
FM
John
12:22z
MW0ECX/P
144MHz
FM
Neil s2s
Beacons distant
Thanks everyone including the WAB net for an enjoyable morning.  Mal GW6OVD had invited me over for a cup of coffee so with his address in the SatNav I quickly found his QTH -thanks Mal.

73 de Allan GW4VPX

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