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