Tarps on
SOTA summit
GW/SW-041
Black Mountain
23/02/2015
A SOTA badge
in a car window attracted my attention today as I pulled up in the parking
space above the Gospel Pass. It was Pete G4ISJ and he was ready to make his way
to the summit.
Pete GW4ISJ and Allan GW4VPX
A quick selfie and he was away as he had plans to activate Sugar
Loaf later in the day. Val and I followed as soon as we had kitted up on what
was a sunny but cold day…3.65km to the summit of this one from the car.
Gospel Pass and the car park below
Trig- Hay Bluff
Looking back towards the Trig at Hay Bluff
As we
arrived on summit Pete was well into his activation and saying that he had
finished on 40m and moving on to 20m.
Pete GW4ISJ/p
Like Pete I was also using a Tarp today
My first three entries in the log were
s2s so thank you John (GW/NW-031 Esgair Gwynion) and Viki (GW/SW-003 Fan
Brycheiniog)…Viki was 5/9 on both bands.
11:34z
|
GW4TQE/P
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
John s2s
|
12:06z
|
MW6BWA/P
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Viki s2s
|
12:11z
|
MW6BWA/P
|
433MHz
|
FM
|
Viki s2s 70cms
|
I gave a
call on 5.398.5 and Don RQL answered me immediately….we had a chat and then
with an offer of a spot I was immediately into my second contact on that band
namely Rod calling from GW/SW-003 for an s2s….another short chat and I promised
him the frequency when I was finished.
12:12z
|
G0RQL
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
12:14z
|
MW0JLA/P
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Rod s2s
|
12:15z
|
G8ADD
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Brian
|
12:16z
|
G7BGA
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Geoffrey
|
12:18z
|
G0ELJ
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
12:18z
|
G4IAR
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
Only another
4 chasers on what was a very quiet band so Rod quickly took the frequency as I
announced a QSY to 7.118Mhz.
The population of grouse is healthy on this mountain...could the Tarp population be on the increase?
Mike G6TUH had heard my QSY announcement and was
waiting for me…another brief chat and with a spot from Mike I was into a nice
orderly pile-up with only one instance of someone calling repeatedly…..me
answering but obviously not hearing me….say no more… Highlight of this visit to
40m was an s2s with Bill G4WSB/p on G/SC-008…thanks Bill.
12:29z
|
G0RQL
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
12:29z
|
G6TUH
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Mike
|
12:30z
|
ON5SWA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Francois
|
12:30z
|
ON4TA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Filip
|
12:31z
|
G0GWY
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Geoff
|
12:31z
|
M6RUG
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
12:31z
|
ON6ZQ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Christophe
|
12:32z
|
DK7ZH
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Manfred
|
12:33z
|
G0FVH
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
David
|
12:33z
|
G4CFS
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Glyn
|
12:34z
|
G3VCG
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
12:35z
|
EA2DZX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Luis
|
12:35z
|
F5PLR
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
|
12:36z
|
G4WHA/A
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Geoff
|
12:36z
|
2E0KVJ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
12:36z
|
EA2CKX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Pedro
|
12:37z
|
DL2EF
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Franz Josef
|
12:38z
|
M0NTC
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Gez
|
12:38z
|
G4WSB/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Bill s2s
|
12:39z
|
GW6DGU
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Roy
|
12:39z
|
G8XYJ
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Matt
|
12:41z
|
PA0SKP
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Sake
|
12:41z
|
G4AFI
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Andrew
|
12:41z
|
2E0SCS
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Stephen
|
12:42z
|
MW0BYS
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Bill
|
It was nice also
to hear a string of ON stations and the ever present Pedro EA2CKX…thanks
everyone. A number of WAB chasers called in for the square but it should be
noted that the Trig at Hay Bluff is well out of the SOTA activation zone and
must be activated separately.
Happy activator..coffee and a full log :)
It was getting cold so we had quick cup of
coffee, packed up and went in search of a Geocache…found in 10 minutes then we
headed back down to the car.
My activation set up:- (HF)
Yaesu FT817 (5 watts) (4Ah LiPo), 3 band link dipole (60/40/20 (VHF) Yaesu FT270 (5watts) into a
‘cable tie’ dipole.. Antenna support - 7m Fishing pole.
Thanks everyone for the contacts and
spots
73
Allan GW4VPX
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