Pegwn Mawr GW/MW-006

Pegwn Mawr GW/MW-006

13/12/2015

Following the track as described by Gerald MW0MWL in the SOTA Mapping Project ( http://www.sotamaps.org/tracks.php ) Val and I arrived at the cattle grid at SO 0227 8124 but could barely see the trig in the mist and rain. 

Route by Gerald MW0WML

Trig, Cairn and sheep

However, it was a blessing today that the high winds we have been having of late had subsided so umbrellas could be used for the activation.I quickly qualified the summit on 60m and announced I would be moving to 40m shortly so thanks to all who enabled me to qualify the summit so quickly and for those brief chats :)

11:49	5MHz	SSB	G8MIA	Andy
11:50	5MHz	SSB	M0YDH	David
11:52	5MHz	SSB	M0JLA	Rod
11:52	5MHz	SSB	G3RDQ	David
11:53	5MHz	SSB	G4WSB	Bill
11:54	5MHz	SSB	G3YPQ	Phil
11:57	5MHz	SSB	G0LGS	Stuart
11:58	5MHz	SSB	G3RMD	Frank
11:58	5MHz	SSB	GW4CQZ	Martin
11:59	5MHz	SSB	G4BDY	Dave

Ghostly wind turbines beyond GW4VPX/p

Knowing there was a ‘contest type activity’ on 40m I had packed the linear in the bag so out it came and was quickly plugged in. After an initial few minutes of trying to find a reasonably clear frequency (moved twice) I soon settled down to a steady flow of chasers despite a lot of QRM and frequency high-jacking attempts :)

12:13	7MHz	SSB	G8XYJ	Matt
12:15	7MHz	SSB	G6TUH	Mike
12:15	7MHz	SSB	G4OBK	Phil
12:24	7MHz	SSB	G1BLJ	Steve
12:25	7MHz	SSB	GW3YAF	Dave
12:26	7MHz	SSB	M0IML	Barry
12:27	7MHz	SSB	G6WRW	Carolyn
12:28	7MHz	SSB	G7AFM	Phil
12:28	7MHz	SSB	G0TRB	Roger
12:29	7MHz	SSB	G0FEX	Ken
12:29	7MHz	SSB	2E0SCS	Stephen
12:29	7MHz	SSB	EI9GLB	Jim
12:30	7MHz	SSB	G3TQQ	Dave
12:30	7MHz	SSB	2E0YYY	Mike
12:31	7MHz	SSB	G7LAS	Rob
12:31	7MHz	SSB	M0MOL	Gareth
12:32	7MHz	SSB	M0NTC	Gez
12:32	7MHz	SSB	GM4WHA	Geoff
12:32	7MHz	SSB	EA2CKX	Pedro
12:33	7MHz	SSB	G4SQA	Dave
12:33	7MHz	SSB	GW6OVD	Mal
12:34	7MHz	SSB	G7CDK	Alan
12:34	7MHz	SSB	G4APO	Roland
12:35	7MHz	SSB	G8ADD	Brian
12:36	7MHz	SSB	G6LKB	David
12:36	7MHz	SSB	ON5SWA	Francois
12:36	7MHz	SSB	G0GWY	Geoff
12:37	7MHz	SSB	M1MAJ	Martin
12:37	7MHz	SSB	M3ZCB	Caroline
12:38	7MHz	SSB	M5AML	John
12:39	7MHz	SSB	G4WSB	Bill
12:40	7MHz	SSB	G0TDM	John
12:41	7MHz	SSB	M3GHO	George
12:43	7MHz	SSB	PD2RKG	Rene
12:45	7MHz	SSB	MM3PDM/M	Peter

 Happy under the umbrella

I was made aware with a ‘heads up’ that Colwyn MM0YCJ/p was on GM/WS-146, however, I was still in the middle of my pile-up….thankfully Colwyn called me and he was in the log with my one and only s2s…thanks Colwyn.

12:47	7MHz	SSB	MM0YCJ/P	Colwyn s2s
12:58	7MHz	SSB	G4GSQ
12:58	7MHz	SSB	MI1AIB	Paul
12:58	7MHz	SSB	G0FVH	David
12:59	7MHz	SSB	GI0AZB	Ian
12:59	7MHz	SSB	G3SCZ	Raymond
12:59	7MHz	SSB	SM6CNX	Dan
12:59	7MHz	SSB	G4WYL	Christine
13:00	7MHz	SSB	2E0GBK	John

Busy on 40m

As the contacts dried up and it was getting chilly (2deg C) sitting with my back on the Trig ( TP5341) I decided on a quick visit to the WAB net as promised. I knew that many had called me earlier but it was nice that I was able to give others the Square and Trig as well.

Turbines looming out of the mist...

It was time to leave the summit with the ghostly mist shrouded Wind Turbines. Not many photographic opportunities today and despite the conditions it had been an enjoyable activation which I shall repeat again in the New Year for those valuable Winter Bonus points :)

Thanks everyone for the contacts, spots and ‘heads up’

73 Allan GW4VPX

My activation set up:-  (HF) Yaesu FT817 (5 watts) (4Ah LiPo),  UK-MX 50M linear (for 817) and 12V 9.2 Ah Lithium Ion battery,  3 band link dipole (60/40/20 (+15m+80m extensions),  (VHF) Yaesu FT270 (5watts) into a ‘cable tie’ dipole.. Antenna support - 7m Fishing pole.