GW/SW-013 Tor y Foel
18/01/2017
80m pile-up :) ....Please read previous report of earlier activation of Fan Nedd
Not having alerted for
this one I quickly sent an Alert to Sotawatch before leaving the summit of Fan
Nedd although I did have to alter the time whilst driving around to the parking
spot. The mist was still hanging around and it looked as if we would be in for
a damp and miserable summit.
Our route to the summit...park at SO109187
On our way up...looking back at Talybont Reservoir
Summit cairn..still in need of a rebuild
First in the log was Viki who was eagerly awaiting
my contact. Unfortunately 70cms was a non-starter but nevertheless we manged to
exchange signal reports on 2m…thanks Viki. I never did manage to catch Rod and
although he was spotted on 40m I could not hear him…sorry Rod.
15:05z
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M6BWA/P
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144MHz
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FM
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Viki s2s
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Setting up in the mist
Setting up the 80m coils in the mist I was soon into a nice
run of chasers with mostly excellent reports both ways. I had swapped my 4Ah LiPos around as the one running the linear on Fan
Nedd was more or less depleted but capable of running the FT817 on 5watts for
quite a while…the plan worked.
15:15z
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G3XKT
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Tony
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15:17z
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G0RQL
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Don
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15:18z
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G8ADD
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Brian
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15:18z
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2E0KVJ
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Dave
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15:19z
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M0MDA
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Mick
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15:19z
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G0VWP
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Terry
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15:20z
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MM0XPZ
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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SW
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15:20z
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M0TPG
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Tony
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15:21z
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M3FEH
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Karl
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15:22z
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G3OS
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Andrew
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15:22z
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G0BOM
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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AJ
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15:24z
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2W0RDD
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Robert
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15:24z
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EI9GLB
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Jim
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15:25z
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G6TUH
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Mike
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15:25z
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G0GWY
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Geoff
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15:26z
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G8VNW
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Nick
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15:27z
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G8BIG
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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M
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15:27z
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G1BLJ
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Steve
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15:28z
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G7HEM
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Mike
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Working the pile-up
The run of chasers came to an end so I had a quick listen on
60m and found that it was very busy with nowhere to slot in…first time I’ve had
that happen to me. In the mean time Val had poured a cup of coffee which we
drank before I heard Adrian calling
on 2m. I decided to answer him for a
brief chat. It was nice to get Richard G4ERP in the log quickly followed by an
anticipated s2s with John MWXOT/p on
Sugar Loaf GW/SW-011…thanks John. I heard Bill GW4WSB calling but not from a
summit.. ..it transpired that Bill was in his car having had to visit the
summit of Mynydd Troed for a second time as he had forgotten his phone at the
trig….he was not amused.
15:31z
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GW1BXX
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144MHz
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FM
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Adrian
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15:34z
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G4ERP
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144MHz
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FM
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Richard
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15:37z
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MW0XOT/P
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144MHz
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FM
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John s2s
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15:43z
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GW4WSB
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144MHz
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FM
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Bill
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15:46z
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MW0MZM
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144MHz
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FM
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Mark
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Packing up time
The mist was really closing in now and even though it was only 15:45 it
was getting dark so I pulled the plug and we headed down hill for another nice
cup of coffee and some sandwiches before heading for home.
Car in sight ?
My activation set
up:- (HF) Yaesu FT817 (5 watts) (4Ah LiPo), UK-MX 50M linear (for 817) and (4Ah LiPo), 3 band link dipole (60/40/20 (+15m extensions
+80m loading coils), (VHF) Yaesu FT270 (5watts) into a
‘cable tie’ dipole.. Antenna support - 7m Fishing pole.
Thanks everyone for
the contacts
73 Allan GW4VPX
