A good haul
of points today
GW/MW-001
Plynlimon – Pen Pumlumon Fawr
10/02/2016
Val and I once
again took the expensive route to the summit....by that I mean I had to pay a £5
parking fee at SN 7981 8407…..thank goodness it hasn’t gone up in price..yet...
It’s 3.59km to the summit and it took us
1hour 33 minutes to walk with only fox tracks visible in the virgin snow.
My GPS track
As we
neared the summit another group of walkers caught us and thanked me for showing
them the way by following our tracks!
On our way
We were being followed
Summit in sight
Without spotting
myself a few quick calls on 5.398.5 brought Geoffrey G7BGA to the frequency
followed by Bill G4WSB who spotted me on the SOTA cluster....thanks Bill.
12:05z
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G7BGA
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5MHz
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SSB
|
Geoffrey
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12:06z
|
G4WSB
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Bill
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12:08z
|
G0RQL
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
12:09z
|
G0TDM
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
12:09z
|
G1BLJ
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Steve
|
12:10z
|
G3XGC
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Geoff
|
12:12z
|
G4IAR
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
12:13z
|
G4FGJ
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Gordon
|
12:13z
|
EI9GLB
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Jim
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12:14z
|
G0ELJ
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5MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
Everything
went quiet on 60m but I could hear Viki and Rod calling from Waun Rydd GW/SW-004
on 2m. I’d plugged the dual band Kenwood handie into the 2m dipole today which
also enabled me to give Viki a report on 70cms also. A nice contact with my
friends Roy and Elgan followed to end a brief session on VHF.
12:18z
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MW6BWA/P
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144MHz
|
FM
|
Viki s2s
|
12:19z
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MW0JLA/P
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Rod s2s
|
12:19z
|
MW6BWA/P
|
433MHz
|
FM
|
Viki s2s 70cms
|
12:22z
|
GW6DGU
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Roy
|
12:26z
|
2W0ZZU
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Elgan
|
Having
changed the links and with a text from G6TUH informing me that 7.092Mhz was
free and a spot ready to go I was away on 40m…thanks Mike. Conditions were
really good with 5/9+ signals flying around with some comments that I should
turn off the linear…that was still in the car :) … great fun with QRP…thanks
everybody.
12:36z
|
G6TUH
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Mike
|
12:37z
|
M0XVF
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Jeremy
|
12:38z
|
EA2CKX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Pedro
|
12:38z
|
G4OBK
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Phil
|
12:39z
|
G8XYJ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Matt
|
12:40z
|
G0ELJ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
12:40z
|
G0VWP
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Terry
|
12:41z
|
G0TDM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
12:41z
|
M0ZGB
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Jonathan
|
12:41z
|
ON5SWA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Francois
|
12:41z
|
GB2IWM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Colin
|
12:42z
|
DF5WA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Bert
|
12:42z
|
M0IML
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Barry
|
12:43z
|
G0FEX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Ken
|
12:43z
|
GM4WHA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Geoff
|
12:44z
|
ON6ZQ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Christophe
|
12:45z
|
G8ADD
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Brian
|
12:45z
|
G6LKB
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
David
|
12:46z
|
EB2CZF
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Jose
|
12:46z
|
G4IAR
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
12:46z
|
G0GWY
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Geoff
|
12:46z
|
G4WSB
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Bill
|
12:47z
|
2E0SCS
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Stephen
|
12:47z
|
M3FEH
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Karl
|
12:48z
|
G4GEW
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Peter
|
12:49z
|
M0NTC
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Gez
|
12:49z
|
M6RUG
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
12:50z
|
GI4ONL
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Victor
|
12:50z
|
GW6DGU
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Roy
|
12:50z
|
DL2EF
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Franz Josef
|
12:51z
|
HB9MKV
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Rudi
|
12:52z
|
G4OOE
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Nick
|
12:52z
|
PA7MDJ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Michael
|
12:53z
|
PA0ZKP
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Sake
|
12:54z
|
MW0JLA/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Rod s2s
|
12:56z
|
M3LDS
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Reg
|
12:57z
|
G7BGA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Geoffrey
|
Pile-up
In between bands :)
Rod took
over my frequency but not before informing me that Mal was waiting for me on 60m.
Quick dash to 60m and a call to Mal without changing the links (not
recommended) brought another s2s to the log and a request to move to 2m so that
Ian 2W0IWM could get the summit and an s2s….job done…thanks both.
12:57z
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GW6OVD/P
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Mal s2s
|
13:00z
|
GW6OVD/P
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Mal s2s
|
13:01z
|
2W0IWM
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Ian s2s
|
A quick
visit to the WAB net brought another few contacts to the log to end my
activation although many of the group had called in to my SOTA frequency.
Thanks Dave SQA for the quick run-down and thanks to everyone on the net.
13:04z
|
G4SQA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
13:06z
|
G3PRI
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
13:07z
|
G4NVB
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
David
|
13:07z
|
SM6CNX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Dan
|
13:07z
|
G7AFM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Phil
|
13:08z
|
PA3DIP/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
|
13:08z
|
MM3PDM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Peter
|
Great day today
so thanks everyone for making it an enjoyable activation most notable being a
wall of noise at one time during the pile-up on 40m but I think everybody made it
into the log eventually...thanks.
My activation set up today:- (HF)
Yaesu FT817 (5 watts) (4Ah
LiPo), 3 band link dipole
(60/40/20), (VHF) Kenwood TH-F7E (5watts) and ‘cable-tie dipole’. Antenna
support - 7m Fishing pole.
Thanks everyone for
the contacts and the spots.
73 Allan GW4VPX
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