GW/MW-033, GW/MW-011, GW/MW-028

Preseli 3

GW/MW-033, GW/MW-011, GW/MW-028

30/04/2016

Now these had been planned about a month ago, not by me but by Gerald MW0WML. He and Sue had booked in to the Spillman Hotel in Carmarthen with the view to activating quite a few one pointers which were also unique summits for Gerald. They called in with us for supper on Friday night and plans were made for the following day where Val and I would join them for the Preseli three of Carningli, Foel Cwmcerwyn and Frenni Fawr.

Carningli GW/MW-033

My GPS track

East approach to this one and an agreement that once we had finished on 2m we would move on to the next summit. Activating these on HF is possible but the last time I did them with Jack GM4COX we didn’t finish until late in the evening as spending too much time on the bands upsets your timing for the other summits. Now Gerald wanted to fit in Brandy Hill on his way back to Carmarthen so it was ‘hit & run’ tactics today…sorry.

Carningli selfie :)

We never really had time to set up the X5000 vertical as I found Bill and Debbie on my handheld calling CQ SOTA and were soon in our logs followed immediately by my friends Don, Roy and Lloyd….Gerald added  one more to his log……..thanks everyone

09:45z	GW4WSB/P	144MHz	FM	Bill s2s + TP0169
09:46z	MW6BYW/P	144MHz	FM	Debbie + Trig
09:55z	GW0PLP	144MHz	FM	Don
09:58z	GW6DGU	144MHz	FM	Roy
10:05z	GB2MOP	144MHz	FM	Lloyd

My Log

The view from Carningli

On our way down....Common Lizard

Foel Cwmcerwyn GW/MW-011

My GPS track

It’s nearly 1.9 miles to the summit after a half hour drive from Carningli. Not many boggy bits today as they have dried out nicely. It was cold on top even though the sun was peeping in and out of the clouds. As we arrived at the trig I called Roy in Cardigan once again on my handheld which started a trickle of chasers and we soon qualified the summit although for me it was nil activation points as I had activated the summit during winter bonus. 

Gerald on his last contact..Geocachers had arrived :)

As we were qualifying the summit on the handheld Gerald was erecting the X5000 vertical and once it was up along came a bonus s2s with our friend Simon on a snowy  Cadair Berwyn. This contact brought smiles to our faces so thanks Simon. Our XYLs in the mean time had been Geocaching with another successful outcome on this summit again..2/3 so far.

12:05z	GW6DGU	144MHz	FM	Roy
12:07z	GW1MNU/P	144MHz	FM	Ian
12:12z	MW6RKF	144MHz	FM	Ray
12:18z	2W0DSP	144MHz	FM	Andrew
12:22z	GW6OVD	144MHz	FM	Mal
12:24z	GW4TJC/P	144MHz	FM	Simon s2s
12:30z	GW0JAI	144MHz	FM
12:35z	GW3UZS/M	144MHz	FM	Jeff

My Log

Frenni Fawr GW/MW-028

My GPS track

A little bit of nostalgia for me on this one as this is the summit where I first begun my quest for Mountain Goat just over three years ago. With no reply from Roy on the hh Gerald erected the vertical whilst I sent a spot to Sotawatch. We soon qualified the summit including a few chats with the chasers. 

Happy activators

As we were coming to the end our XYLs arrived having once again been Geocaching and with a 100% success rate of finds for the day. This was the first time that Sue had done any Geocahing so Gerald…there might be trouble ahead :) . Thanks everybody for the contacts with some ensuring that they caught us on all three summits.

Trig pic..Frenni Fawr

14:53z	MW0ZVR	144MHz	FM	Barry
14:55z	MW6RKF	144MHz	FM	Ray
14:56z	GW3UZS/P	144MHz	FM	Jeff
14:58z	MW0BYS	144MHz	FM	Bill
15:06z	MW0DCT	144MHz	FM	Paul
15:08z	GW6DGU	144MHz	FM	Roy

My Log

Foel Cwmcerwyn from Frenni Fawr

Carningli from Frenni Fawr

Now Gerald and Sue had one more summit to activate and were soon on their way towards Carmarthen whilst we made our way home.  When I arrived home the postman had left a package which contained my Mountain Goat trophy and certificate..nice end to the day although we all met up later in Carmarthen for a meal at the Tanerdy…a very pleasant evening…good food and good company..thanks both.

Mountain Goat award

Mountain Goat certificate

73 Allan GW4VPX