Thursday 21 January 2016

GW/SW-010 Craig y Llyn

Another cold but sunny day

GW/SW-010 Craig y Llyn

20/01/2016

We parked in the large car park / viewing area at SN9266 0309 and made our way to the summit.
My GPS track
This involves walking alongside the main road for about 100m but then you soon leave the roadside and follow a track which has been cut up by off-roaders…thank goodness all the wet stuff was frozen over today. 
Frozen boggy bits
The track alongside the forestry
Corn Du and Pen y Fan in the distance
I called on 60m and Bill G4WSB was first in the log with a promise of a spot…thanks Bill. Not many on 60m today but I was told there were quite a few waiting for me to move to 40m.
12:10z
G4WSB
5MHz
SSB
Bill
12:11z
G8MIA
5MHz
SSB
Andy
12:13z
G6TUH
5MHz
SSB
Mike
12:14z
PA0B
5MHz
SSB
Rob
12:14z
G0VWP
5MHz
SSB
Terry
12:17z
G8ADD
5MHz
SSB
Brian
12:18z
G0RQL
5MHz
SSB
Don
12:19z
G7BGA
5MHz
SSB
Geoffrey
Working the pile-up
Now 40m was very busy around 7.118 and I contemplated using the linear but up pops a text from Mike G6TUH informing me that there was a clear spot further up the band…I furiously wound the MAIN dial to get there....I keep forgetting about the SEL knob….A quick listen then a call to see if the frequency was occupied brought Mike to the log and a promise of a spot….thanks Mike. There followed a furious 23 minutes of action with both UK and EU chasers calling in for the points…thanks everyone.
12:27z
G6TUH
7MHz
SSB
Mike
12:29z
M3EGU
7MHz
SSB
Ron
12:30z
2E0SCS
7MHz
SSB
Stephen
12:30z
G4WSB
7MHz
SSB
Bill
12:31z
G4ISJ
7MHz
SSB
Pete
12:31z
G0VWP
7MHz
SSB
Terry
12:31z
G0FEX
7MHz
SSB
Ken
12:32z
M0XRS
7MHz
SSB
Chris
12:32z
EA2CKX
7MHz
SSB
Pedro
12:33z
M0NTC
7MHz
SSB
Gez
12:33z
DJ5AV
7MHz
SSB
Michael
12:33z
ON4TA
7MHz
SSB
Filip
12:34z
M6RUG
7MHz
SSB
Dave
12:34z
G3RDQ
7MHz
SSB
David
12:35z
OZ7JZ
7MHz
SSB
Jan
12:35z
GW0HGP
7MHz
SSB

12:36z
HB9MKV
7MHz
SSB
Rudi
12:37z
G7AFM
7MHz
SSB
Phil
12:38z
M6EBC
7MHz
SSB
Mark
12:38z
G4WHA/A
7MHz
SSB
Geoff
12:39z
SM6CNX
7MHz
SSB
Dan
12:39z
G6LKB
7MHz
SSB
David
12:40z
ON5SWA
7MHz
SSB
Francois
12:40z
G1BLJ
7MHz
SSB
Steve
12:41z
ON4SV
7MHz
SSB
Gabriel
12:42z
G0TDM
7MHz
SSB
John
12:42z
G4GEW
7MHz
SSB
Peter
12:43z
G4ZRP
7MHz
SSB
Brian
12:44z
ON6ZQ
7MHz
SSB
Christophe
12:45z
GW6DGU
7MHz
SSB
Roy
12:45z
2E0BBK
7MHz
SSB
Keith
12:46z
G8XYJ
7MHz
SSB
Matt
12:48z
M6AHW
7MHz
SSB
Tony
12:50z
M0VZT
7MHz
SSB
Bob
12:50z
GW0VYF
7MHz
SSB
Phil
12:50z
DF5WA
7MHz
SSB
Berthold

Cold in the shade
Now as soon as everything went quiet Val and I had a nice cup of warm coffee and I said that we would pack up and head down to the car. 
Coffee break
It had already been a long day as we were both up and about at 6:00am. Our friends were going to Australia for a month so we had to take them to Carmarthen to catch the bus to Heathrow. At 9:20 I had a dental appointment in the town followed by the drive to Craig y Llyn….all tasks accomplished…I love it when a plan comes together :) Now I had not seen the Alerts that morning so when I scanned around the 2m band before leaving the summit I was astounded to hear Viki and Rod calling from Waun Fach GW/SW-002…unexpected s2s in the log….thanks both.
13:20z
MW6BWA/P
144MHz
FM
Viki s2s
13:22z
MW0JLA/P
144MHz
FM
Rod s2s
Back at the car we had coffee again but this time with something to eat before looking for a geocache which we found fairly quickly using the GPS.

My activation set up today:-  (HF) Yaesu FT817 (5 watts) (4Ah LiPo),  3 band link dipole (60/40/20),  (VHF) Yaesu FT270 (5watts) Antenna support - 7m Fishing pole.
Thanks everyone for the contacts and spots
73 Allan GW4VPX

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