G/NP-031 Birks Fell

Second of the day

G/NP-031 Birks Fell

25/07/2015

We decided to leave the car in the car park at Buckden as it looked as if there were no parking spots near the route to the summit and also there were agricultural vehicles moving around bringing in the hay...looked like rain.

 My GPS track

 A full car park..heading off for Birks Fell...rain clouds on the horizon

 The track is well defined although boggy in places with the occasional stone slabs on the difficult sections...a 4.08km walk.  Looking across towards the summits of Ingleborough, Pen-y-Ghent and Fountain Fells it was evident that rain was on the way so a quick activation was called for. 

 Activating Birks Fell

The Trig at Birks Fell

We shared the first four contacts and I can tell you it was hard going as the 40m band was not in good shape. Once we had qualified I left Barry and gave a shout on 2m which brought that ever important s2s.

14:45z	EA2DT	7MHz	SSB	MAN
14:47z	G6TUH	7MHz	SSB	MIKE 3/3
14:49z	EA2CKX	7MHz	SSB	PEDRO 5/2
14:50z	M0MDA	7MHz	SSB	MICK 3/3
14:52z	G4CFS	7MHz	SSB	GLYN 4/4
14:54z	G8VNW	7MHz	SSB	NICK 5/7
14:54z	ON6ZQ	7MHz	SSB	3/3
14:55z	DK1WI	7MHz	SSB	5/6
14:57z	G6PJZ/P	7MHz	SSB	5/7 ON G/NP-024
15:00z	M0JLA	7MHz	SSB	ROD 3/5
15:04z	G0LGS	7MHz	SSB	4/4

Barry’s Log

It was great to hear Andy G6PJZ/p calling from G/NP-024 (Hoove) and he was very soon in both our logs...so thank you Andy for that second s2s of the day.

14:46z	EA2DT	7MHz	SSB	Manuel
14:47z	G6TUH	7MHz	SSB	Mike
14:49z	EA2CKX	7MHz	SSB	Pedro
14:50z	M0MDA	7MHz	SSB	Mick
14:54z	G6PJZ/P	144MHz	FM	Andy s2s
14:57z	G6XBF	144MHz	FM	Walt IO93fu
14:59z	M3NHA	144MHz	FM	Tony
14:59z	M6NHA	144MHz	FM	Sara
15:00z	G0TDM	144MHz	FM	John
15:01z	G6HMN	144MHz	FM	Ray
15:03z	G8VNW	144MHz	FM	Nick
15:04z	G0HRT	144MHz	FM	Geoff

My Log

I popped up my head from behind the wall and could see a nothing of the other summits due to the rain that was approaching rapidly. Time to pack up, get those water proofs on and head downhill....the rain arrived as we were leaving the summit.

Rain approaching in the distance

Odd how it clears up after your activation....Birks Fell distant..centre

 Downloaded this earlier as Birks Fell qualified me for my first Amateur Radio Portable Operators Club certificate – Portable Professional –Bronze Award

Thanks to all the chasers and especially the first four who worked so hard to ensure that we qualified the summit although as you can see we made a lot of contacts eventually...
Thanks everybody.

73 Allan GW4VPX and Barry M0IML