GW/MW-009 Beacon Hill

No snow but another cold day.

GW/MW-009 Beacon Hill

16/02/2016

Another fine day was forecast so we made our way towards Llandrindod Wells and Beacon Hill which lies to the NE of the town. 

My GPS track

On our way

Turn left at the post

Summit in sight

It’s 2.73km to the summit taking in part of  ‘Glyndwr’s Way' but Val and I made good progress and arrived early just in time to get three s2s in rapid succession. Mal was out on Cefn yr Ystrad GW/SW-008 and Phil and Ian were on GW/SW-013 Tor y Foel.  Rod JLA joined the group and I had qualified the summit in no time at all with a few extra chasers calling in for the summit…thanks everyone.

11:33z	GW6OVD/P	144MHz	FM	Mal s2s
11:34z	MW0PJJ/P	144MHz	FM	Phil s2s
11:35z	2W0IWM/P	144MHz	FM	Ian s2s
11:38z	M0JLA	144MHz	FM	Rod
11:39z	G4WTF	144MHz	FM	Ian
11:41z	G0RPW	144MHz	FM	Don
11:42z	2W0MFD	144MHz	FM	Terry

Sheltering from the icy cold wind

There was a bit of confusion on 60m as Geoffrey G7BGA answered my call even though I had not sent a spot due to a lack of phone signal.  A few more called in but after Bill G4WSB called in there was a long silence so I assumed that no spot had gone up so I went QRT.  However, Bill had placed a spot for me ..thanks and apologies Bill. Whilst preparing to go and change the links for 40m I heard Adrian GW4AZS/p calling on 2m from GW/SW-041 Black Mountain so another s2s was in the log…thanks Adrian. After the s2s I turned the volume up on the FT817 only to find a few stations on 60m asking if I had been heard ..oops…I soon jumped in and gave them the summit :)

11:50z	G7BGA	5MHz	SSB	Geoffrey
11:51z	G4EIM	5MHz	SSB	John
11:53z	G3XGC	5MHz	SSB	Geoff
11:55z	G7JJC	5MHz	SSB	Pat
11:57z	G4WSB	5MHz	SSB	Bill
12:01z	GW4AZS/P	144MHz	FM	Adrian s2s
12:10z	G7MWW	5MHz	SSB	John
12:13z	G4ERP	5MHz	SSB	Richard
12:13z	EI9GLB	5MHz	SSB	Jim
12:14z	M0TVU	5MHz	SSB	Paul
12:15z	G0RQL	5MHz	SSB	Don

A ‘heads up’ from Don and with no other chasers on 60m I quickly changed the links to 40m and grabbed another s2s. David was on Linton Hill GM/SS-263 so thanks for that one David and Don. The chasers managed to find me lower down and I had a good run on this band..great fun and very orderly..thanks.

A clear but cold day..at least it's not raining :)

12:22z	GM0EVV/P	7MHz	SSB	David s2s
12:29z	MW0BYS	7MHz	SSB	Bill
12:30z	G3OKA	7MHz	SSB	John
12:30z	G1BLJ	7MHz	SSB	Steve
12:31z	G0ELJ	7MHz	SSB	Dave
12:32z	G0FEX	7MHz	SSB	Ken
12:33z	MM3PDM	7MHz	SSB	Peter
12:33z	SM6CNX	7MHz	SSB	Dan
12:34z	G6TUH	7MHz	SSB	Mike
12:34z	G7CDK	7MHz	SSB	Alan
12:35z	2E0KVJ	7MHz	SSB	David
12:36z	GW6DGU	7MHz	SSB	Roy
12:36z	G4WSB	7MHz	SSB	Bill
12:37z	M0IML	7MHz	SSB	Barry
12:37z	M0MDA	7MHz	SSB	Mick
12:38z	2E0SCS	7MHz	SSB	Stephen
12:38z	G0RQL	7MHz	SSB	Don
12:38z	EA2CKX	7MHz	SSB	Pedro
12:39z	G4WHA/A	7MHz	SSB	Geoff
12:39z	DL2EF	7MHz	SSB	Franz Josef
12:39z	G3RMD	7MHz	SSB	Frank
12:40z	G8MIA	7MHz	SSB	Andy
12:40z	G1YFF	7MHz	SSB	Jake
12:41z	EI2KD	7MHz	SSB	Rodney
12:41z	MM0XRS	7MHz	SSB	Chris
12:42z	M6RUG	7MHz	SSB	Dave
12:42z	DJ5AV	7MHz	SSB	Michael
12:43z	DF5WA	7MHz	SSB	Berthold
12:43z	G4OBK	7MHz	SSB	Phil
12:43z	G8RQM	7MHz	SSB
12:44z	G0MNN	7MHz	SSB
12:44z	G4SQA	7MHz	SSB	Dave
12:45z	M0NTC	7MHz	SSB	Gez
12:46z	M3DAF	7MHz	SSB	Dale
12:47z	M5AHQ/P	7MHz	SSB	John
12:51z	MI0AIH	7MHz	SSB	David
12:52z	GW0HGP	7MHz	SSB	Lonan

I managed to get a text out to David M0YDH/p to see if he was nearing the summit of Long Mynd Pole-Bank G/WB-005 but as you can see it took quite a while to get the s2s with him and Alistair…it was time for a coffee break to keep warm :)  …thanks both.

Waiting for that final s2s

13:41z	M0YDH/P	144MHz	FM	David s2s
13:42z	M0TYM	144MHz	FM	Alistair s2s

'Cable tie' dipole with HF above

My activation set up:-  (HF) Yaesu FT817 (5 watts) (4Ah LiPo),   3 band link dipole (60/40/20 (+15m+80m extensions),  (VHF) Yaesu FT270 (5watts) and ‘cable tie’ dipole (2m+ 70cms). Antenna support - 7m Fishing pole.

Thanks for all the contacts, spots and chats

73 Allan GW4VPX