Tuesday 25 October 2016

GW/NW-017 & GW/NW-041

GW/NW-017 & GW/NW-041

Y Llethr and Moelfre

21/10/2016

It was only 10 minutes from our Hotel ..The Ty Mawr in Llanbedr to the parking spot for both Y Llethr and Moelfre at SH 629257. We had decided that as the weather was so nice we would try and do the double.  
My GPS of the double
It’s  4.7km (2.83 miles) to the summit of Y Llethr so it would have to be an early start if we were going to activate the two. 
From the parking spot..Rhinog Fawr, Rhinog Fach and Y Llethr on the right (our summit)
Head for the gate at SH 636246
At the Gate....head East from the gate to pick up another wall at SH 644247
Lleyn Peninsula
Follow the wall to until you reach a Ladder stile which leads to the summit

Over the ladder stile at SH 660255 and head for the summit
Diffwys in the distance...final sprint to the summit..not...
Cloud free Snowdon GW/NW-001
Convenient post to bungee the pole
I opened up the activation with an s2s with David G0EVV/p on G/TW-005 Normanby Top then settled down to work an orderly pile-up on 60m…great signals  all round.
11:18z
G0EVV/P
7MHz
SSB
David s2s
11:19z
GW6DGU
5MHz
SSB
Roy
11:20z
EI9GLB
5MHz
SSB
Jim
11:21z
G0VWP
5MHz
SSB
Terry
11:21z
G6WRW
5MHz
SSB
Carolyn
11:22z
GI4ONL
5MHz
SSB
Victor
11:22z
G4IAR
5MHz
SSB
Dave
11:22z
G0RQL
5MHz
SSB
Don
11:23z
G3RDQ
5MHz
SSB
David
11:23z
PA7ZEE
5MHz
SSB
Geert
11:23z
EI3GYB
5MHz
SSB
Michael
11:24z
PA0SKP
5MHz
SSB
Sake
11:24z
M0MDA
5MHz
SSB
Mick
11:24z
G4WSB
5MHz
SSB
Bill
11:25z
G0FEX
5MHz
SSB
Ken
11:25z
M0JLA
5MHz
SSB
Rod
11:26z
MI1AIB
5MHz
SSB
Paul
11:26z
G8VNW
5MHz
SSB
Nick
11:27z
G4OIG
5MHz
SSB
Gerald

Another pile-up
A text from Victor GI4ONL telling me that Dave and Nick were on the summit of GI/MM-001 Slieve Donald and expecting my call…they were soon in the log…thanks everyone.  As you can see below my visit to 40m was a marathon but I must say the pile-up was an orderly one giving me a chance to say a few words to many of the chasers…thanks everyone.
11:31z
GI3TQQ/P
144MHz
FM
Dave s2s
11:32z
GI4OOE/P
144MHz
FM
Nick s2s
11:34z
GW4ZPL/P
144MHz
FM
John
11:43z
EI3GYB
7MHz
SSB
Michael
11:44z
G0VWP
7MHz
SSB
Terry
11:44z
PA1BR
7MHz
SSB
Pascal
11:45z
G0FEX
7MHz
SSB
Ken
11:45z
G0ELJ
7MHz
SSB
Dave
11:46z
M0IML
7MHz
SSB
Barry
11:46z
EA2CKX
7MHz
SSB
Pedro
11:47z
GM0AXY
7MHz
SSB
Ken
11:47z
M0NTC
7MHz
SSB
Gez
11:48z
DL5WA
7MHz
SSB
Thomas
11:49z
PA2CVD
7MHz
SSB
Cor
11:50z
G4WHA
7MHz
SSB
Geoff
11:50z
M6HMK
7MHz
SSB
Helen
11:51z
DJ9BX
7MHz
SSB
Mike
11:51z
MW0XOT
7MHz
SSB
John
11:52z
G4TQE
7MHz
SSB
John
11:52z
F4HLX
7MHz
SSB
Guy
11:53z
GW7MMG
7MHz
SSB
Philip
11:53z
HB9MKV
7MHz
SSB
Rudi
11:55z
HB9DHA
7MHz
SSB
Ray
11:55z
DK7ZH
7MHz
SSB
Manfred
11:55z
HB9AGH
7MHz
SSB
Ambrosi
11:55z
F5LMK
7MHz
SSB
Schmidt
11:56z
PC9DB
7MHz
SSB
Mark
11:56z
G6LKB
7MHz
SSB
Dave
11:57z
OE7HPI
7MHz
SSB
Holger
11:57z
GM4YMM
7MHz
SSB
Christine
11:58z
OE5MDN
7MHz
SSB

11:59z
DL2HWI
7MHz
SSB
Dietmar
12:00z
G4WSB
7MHz
SSB
Bill
12:00z
DL3HXX
7MHz
SSB
Lothar
12:01z
G4OIG
7MHz
SSB
Gerald
12:01z
DJ6NI
7MHz
SSB
Guenter
12:02z
9A7W
7MHz
SSB
Ozren
12:02z
OK2PDT
7MHz
SSB
Jan
12:03z
MI5UTC
7MHz
SSB
Syd
12:04z
MI0RTY
7MHz
SSB
Martin
12:04z
IZ1QLT
7MHz
SSB
Paola
12:05z
PA0B
7MHz
SSB
Rob
12:05z
ON4TA
7MHz
SSB
Phil
12:06z
F5KHU
7MHz
SSB

12:06z
F5JSK
7MHz
SSB

12:07z
GM8FXD
7MHz
SSB
Hugh
12:08z
G4WTF
7MHz
SSB
Ian

Visitors to the summit cairn..Lleyn Peninsula in the distance

Rhinog fach with Trawsfynydd reservoir in the distance
Messy office today
I debated whether or not to go on to 20m as 40m had been quite a long session and we were aware that  Moelfre was also beckoning from across the other side of the bwlch. I decided to give it a go as I had Alerted the fact that I would be visiting the band.
12:16z
OE7HPI
14MHz
SSB
Holger
12:18z
SP9AMH
14MHz
SSB
Mariusz
12:18z
LZ1ZC
14MHz
SSB
Ben
12:19z
SA4BLM
14MHz
SSB
Lars
12:20z
OE5YYN
14MHz
SSB
Sylvia
12:21z
EA4EQF
14MHz
SSB
Juan
12:22z
N4DA
14MHz
SSB
Luther, Carterville, USA
12:22z
OE5AUL
14MHz
SSB
Peter
12:22z
OK1SDE
14MHz
SSB
Borek
12:23z
OE6YHS
14MHz
SSB
Steffi
12:24z
IW1BBQ
14MHz
SSB
Ferrucio
12:25z
DL8UVG
14MHz
SSB
Volkhard
12:25z
SQ9RZA
14MHz
SSB
Grzegorz
12:26z
CT1HIX
14MHz
SSB
Gomes
12:27z
SM7DIE
14MHz
SSB
Tore
12:28z
S56IHX
14MHz
SSB
Marjan
12:28z
R2ABM
14MHz
SSB
Serge
12:30z
VE2JCW
14MHz
SSB
Jean, Saint Jerome, Canada
12:30z
SV2OXS
14MHz
SSB
Christos
12:31z
EA2DT
14MHz
SSB
Manuel
12:31z
CT2IXX
14MHz
SSB
Jacques
12:32z
OH3GZ
14MHz
SSB
Jukka
12:33z
DC1YB
14MHz
SSB
Herb
12:33z
OE7PHI
14MHz
SSB
Hanz Joerg
12:34z
OB9FHV/M
14MHz
SSB

12:35z
YO2BP
14MHz
SSB
Zoltan
12:35z
YU1MI
14MHz
SSB
Milutin
12:36z
DL1JAC
14MHz
SSB
Juergen
It all started out so well but towards the end it became unpleasant with tuning and continual calling on my frequency and the’ Who are you?’ question popping up which meant these were no longer SOTA chasers.  I announced QRT and pulled the plug…….we packed up and headed down hill and towards Moelfre.
Back at the gate..true SOTA style ..we went straight up following the wall up to Moelfre
Slight detour...avoiding the large boulders
At last...the ladder stile leading to the summit cairn
As we reached the summit of Moelfre I made the decision just to use the 60m band and give a few calls on 2m.  I soon qualified the summit as the sun was setting low on the horizon. 
15:04z
G0RQL
5MHz
SSB
Don
15:04z
M0MDA
5MHz
SSB
Mick
15:05z
G0VWP
5MHz
SSB
Terry
15:06z
G4WSB
5MHz
SSB
Bill
15:06z
G4IAR
5MHz
SSB
Dave
15:07z
G8VNW
5MHz
SSB
Nick
15:09z
G4WHA
5MHz
SSB
Geoff
15:10z
G0JEI
5MHz
SSB
Les
15:12z
GW6DGU
144MHz
FM
Roy 5/9+
15:50z
MW0VKD
144MHz
FM
Kevin
15:51z
MW3WSC
144MHz
FM
Will

Time to go..Cardigan Bay in the distance
Back over the ladder stile...Cadair Idris from Moelfre
It was  gone 18:00 BST by the time we reached the car, just as the sun cast a nice red glow on the Rhinogs

  My activation set up:-  (HF) Yaesu FT817 (5 watts) (4Ah LiPo),  UK-MX 50M linear (for 817) on 20m using 12V 4 Ah LiPO battery,  3 band link dipole (60/40/20 (+15m+80m extensions),  (VHF) Yaesu FT270 (5watts) into a ‘cable tie’ dipole.. Antenna support - 7m Fishing pole.

Thanks everyone for the contacts
73 Allan GW4VPX