GW/SW-023 – Allt yr Esgair

GW/SW-023 – Allt yr Esgair

10/05/2017

Chasing s2s once again..second summit of the day (see previous post)

Gerald and I parted company at Storey Arms as he was heading back down to Pembrokeshire but taking in the summit of Trichrug GW/SW-022 which would be an unique for him.  I made my way around to the Llangasty Community Hall car park ( SO 122 256) and the beginning of the trail to the summit of Allt yr Esgair.

Llangasty Community Hall....looking towards Llangorse Lake

Information board-Llangasty Community Hall

Track to the summit can be narrow in places...beware of Mountain bikes!!

I grabbed a quick sandwich as well as talking briefly to Lee MW6LPU over in Llangorse on 2m then made my way to the top..  Although Lee had warned me it was quite a shock to see the amount of tree and vegetation clearance that had taken place….nice views all round now.  Easy navigation…just follow the track to the summit.

Abundance of Bluebells

Clear view towards Pen y Fan

Looking towards Mynydd Troed and Mynydd Llangorse..Barry's double for the day

I had tried to chase Myarth GW/SW-035 for several years without success..today would be a different matter as Rod and Viki would be activating it whilst I was on Allt yr Esgair and I could also see the summit :) 

Myarth..just down the valley

Barry IML was by now over on Mynydd Llangorse so we soon had a few s2s flying around on a variety of bands as can be seen from my log. Gerald soon joined in the fun but sadly Viki missed out on a contact with him even with a 2m beam…Pen y Fan was in the way. 

14:30z	MW0IML/P	144MHz	FM	Barry s2s
14:33z	MW6LPU/P	144MHz	FM	Lee, Llangorse
14:35z	MW0IML/P	70MHz	FM	Barry s2s
14:46z	GW1SXT/M	144MHz	FM	Mike
14:47z	MW6BWA/P	144MHz	FM	Viki s2s
14:48z	MW6BWA/P	433MHz	FM	Viki s2s diff band
14:49z	MW0JLA/P	433MHz	FM	Rod s2s
15:03z	MW0WML/P	144MHz	FM	Gerald s2s
15:12z	G0RQL	5MHz	SSB	Don, Devon
15:12z	G6TUH	5MHz	SSB	Mike, East Sussex
15:13z	MW0IML/P	5MHz	SSB	Barry s2s diff band
15:13z	G0VWP	5MHz	SSB	Terry
15:16z	G3WZD/A	5MHz	SSB	Duncan
15:20z	G4IAR	5MHz	SSB	Dave, Leicestershire
15:30z	SM7DIE	7MHz	SSB	Tore, Sweden
15:31z	EA2CKX	7MHz	SSB	Pedro, Spain
15:32z	OH6JYH	7MHz	SSB	Harri, Finland
15:32z	F5LKW	7MHz	SSB	Roger, France
15:33z	DJ5AV	7MHz	SSB	Michael, Germany
15:34z	SM6CNX	7MHz	SSB	Dan
15:38z	MW0JLA/P	5MHz	SSB	Rod s2s diff band
15:50z	MW0WML/P	5MHz	SSB	Gerald s2s diff band

I had taken the KX2 (10 watts) to the summit and I was soon on 60m picking up 7 regular chasers with a further  6 difficult contacts on 40m. I had to give Rod and Gerald a call when they appeared on 60m to end the day.  

Elecraft KX2

Rod, Viki, Barry and myself had arranged to meet up in Crickhowell for an evening meal …a perfect end to a perfect SOTA day…thanks everyone.

My activation set up:-  (HF) Elecraft KX2 (10 watts) (4Ah LiPo), Antenna - 3 band link dipole (60/40/20 (+15m extensions +80m loading coils),  (VHF) Yaesu FT270 (5watts) into a ‘cable tie’ dipole, ( 4m) Wouxon KG699E. (UHF) Kenwood TH-F7E. Antenna support - 7m Fishing pole.

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX