GW/SW-009 Mynydd Troed

GW/SW-009 Mynydd Troed

16/02/2017

First of the classic double

Early start today as we had to be on summit by 10:00 as Rod MW0JLA/p had alerted for Cefn yr Ystrad and there was a chance that I could get Glyn GW4CFS/p in the log also for another s2s. Parking at SO160283 we made our way to the top having debated whether to go straight up or zig-zag the first steep bit…we decided to go straight up once more. 

Val heading for the summit

Looking back down...our car in the bwlch below...Llangorse lake in the distance

Glyn was quickly in the log from Black Mountain GW/SW-041 and my first s2s on the 2m hand held as I hadn’t had time to set up anything else…thanks Glyn.

10:06z

GW4CFS/P

144MHz

FM

Glyn s2s

Wishing Glyn a ‘safe descent’ I quickly set about erecting the HF and VHF antenna with 80m being my first band so loading coils were fixed  in place and I was ready to go.  A spot was sent via the RRT SMS function and almost immediately Karl M3FEH and Ken G0FEX were in my log. An excellent run of chasers followed hitting me at 5/9. Helen M6HMK made my log with 5/5 each way having just crossed her first 100 chaser points…well done Helen.  Rod called in from Cefn yr Ystrad GW/SW-008 to give me my second s2s of the day…thanks Rod.

10:20z	G0FEX	3.5MHz	SSB	Ken
10:20z	M3FEH	3.5MHz	SSB	Karl
10:21z	MW0XOT	3.5MHz	SSB	John
10:21z	EI9GLB	3.5MHz	SSB	Jim
10:22z	MI1AIB	3.5MHz	SSB	Paul
10:23z	G7BGA	3.5MHz	SSB	Geoffrey
10:23z	G4IAR	3.5MHz	SSB	Dave
10:23z	G7AFM	3.5MHz	SSB	Phil
10:24z	G0GWY	3.5MHz	SSB	Geoff
10:24z	G0RQL	3.5MHz	SSB	Don
10:25z	M6HMK	3.5MHz	SSB	Helen
10:26z	G4HPE	3.5MHz	SSB	Steve
10:26z	G4SQA	3.5MHz	SSB	Dave
10:27z	GB2IWM	3.5MHz	SSB	Edwin?
10:28z	MM3PDM/P	3.5MHz	SSB	Peter
10:28z	GW0PLP	3.5MHz	SSB	Don
10:29z	GM4FGI	3.5MHz	SSB	Tom Isle of Bute
10:31z	MM0XPZ	3.5MHz	SSB	SW
10:31z	MW0JLA/P	3.5MHz	SSB	Rod s2s
10:32z	G8VNW	3.5MHz	SSB	Nick
10:33z	G4WHA	3.5MHz	SSB	Geoff

80m pile-up underway

Waun Fach GW/SW-002 in the distance...to be visited at the end of the month

I moved to 60m but there weren’t as many chasers this time as most had visited me on 80m. Sake PA0SKP made the trip from the Netherlands with John G0TDM, Gez M0NTC and Terry G0VWP getting in on the action.

10:43z	G4WHA	5MHz	SSB	Geoff
10:43z	G4IAR	5MHz	SSB	Dave
10:44z	G0GWY	5MHz	SSB	Geoff
10:44z	PA0SKP	5MHz	SSB	Sake
10:45z	G0VWP	5MHz	SSB	Terry
10:45z	M0NTC	5MHz	SSB	Gez
10:45z	G0TDM	5MHz	SSB	John

I was very much aware that Adrian GW4AZS/p was due on Pen y Fan GW/SW-001 so a quick call on 2m brought Lee MW6LPU to the log …Lee lives down in Llangorse.  I was aware that a /p station was calling so I quickly finished with Lee to give the /p station a chance….it turned out to be Rod informing me that it was pouring with rain on his summit and giving him second thoughts about activating the next one unless the weather improved.  I told him I was packing up slowly but would be hanging on for Adrian keeping my fingers crossed that it would not be too long a wait.  As soon as Rod finished I gave a call for Lee once more and we had a nice little chat about SOTA as he was only just starting to get interested  and hoping to activate a few local summits in the near future. The time passed quickly and as I was packing the last items into the rucksack up pops Adrian for my final contact and s2s from  Mynydd Troed..thanks Adrian.

10:59z	MW6LPU	144MHz	FM	Lee
11:01z	MW0JLA/P	144MHz	FM	Rod s2s
11:10z	GW4AZS/P	144MHz	FM	Adrian s2s

Clouds hiding Pen y Fan...visitors on summit

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