G/SE-013 Detling Hill & G/SE-005 Botley Hill
04/08/2017
Back on the hills
Our youngest son
and fiancée had bought me a special gift for my birthday. It was a trip on the Bluebell Railway and a visit to Wakehurst owned by the National Trust but used and
managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Sheffield Park..our starting point on the Bluebell Line
Our Engine
On the move
As we were down in
the South East of England I could not resist activating a few SOTA summits and
trying to complete G/SE. It would also be chance to meet up with Barry M0IML
once again and have a joint activation.
Barry M0IML at the Trig on Detling Hill
As these
are easy summits a bit of QRO was the order of the day so I took my Yasesu
FT857 with my lightweight 22Ah LiFePo4. Val went Geocaching
so as usual we started on 60m logging the ever faithful band of chasers. Moving on to 40m we were chased by Juerg for
an s2s…thanks Juerg ....and as the chasers
dried up we went s2s hunting.
Setting up...22Ah battery in my hand...it was seaside weather :)
Gerald had
sent me a text that he was about to set up on summit which eventually resulted
in a nice QSO with him before he spotted for his activation…thanks Gerald.
09:07z
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G0FEX
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5MHz
|
SSB
|
Ken
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09:08z
|
G4ATX
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Phil
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09:12z
|
M0JLA
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Rod
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09:13z
|
G4IAR
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
09:14z
|
EI9GLB
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Jim
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09:15z
|
G4WSB
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Bill
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09:19z
|
G4ZRP
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Brian
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09:21z
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G8ADD
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Brian
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09:25z
|
G7DHW
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
WAB SX95
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09:35z
|
OM1AX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Vlado
|
09:37z
|
HB9BIN/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Juerg s2s
|
09:49z
|
IX1IHR
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Claudio
|
09:50z
|
PE1PIC
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
KeesJan
|
09:55z
|
M1FHM/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Alan s2s
|
10:01z
|
HB9/PA3FYG/P
|
14MHz
|
SSB
|
Hans s2s
|
10:09z
|
HB9/IW3AGO/P
|
14MHz
|
SSB
|
Heinrich s2s
|
10:23z
|
DL/MOWML/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Gerald s2s
|
My Log
Barry sending a spot for me...
Unfortunately, Barry
could not join me for Botley Hill but gave me directions on where to set-up
within the massive activation zone but not far from the actual summit. Gerald DL/M0WML/p and I had been communicating by text in
between summits and we had a rough idea of our respective ETAs. As I was early I spotted myself for 60m but
surprisingly no takers to my CQ SOTA calls? I moved to 40m with a self spot…still
no response? Panic as Gerald was on his
summit. I had checked all the settings
on the FT857 as we had been messing around with some of them on the previous
summit to get cw operational. By now
Gerald was calling me (5/9+) and I was answering..nothing. Eureka moment…change the microphone…bingo…Gerald
came back with a 5/9…whew!... lucky I always carry a spare mic. I left Gerald to his pile-up and moved lower
down on 40m…thanks to Juerg for another s2s. I finished the activation with another visit
to 60m…more success this time :)
13:55z
|
DL/M0WML/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Gerald s2s
|
13:59z
|
OE5AUL
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Peter
|
14:01z
|
G0TDM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
14:02z
|
DK2RZ/M
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Wolf
|
14:03z
|
EA2CKX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Pedro
|
14:03z
|
EA2DT
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Manuel
|
14:04z
|
DJ3GG
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Rudi
|
14:05z
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DJ2NO
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
|
14:06z
|
HB9BIN/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Juerg s2s
|
14:07z
|
G0RQL
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
14:07z
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EA3EVL
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Pablo
|
14:08z
|
IN3XUG
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Walter
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14:14z
|
G0RQL
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
14:15z
|
M0JLA
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Rod
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14:19z
|
G0FEX
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Ken
|
As my back is a lot
better now I’ll be back on the Welsh summits next week if the WX improves.
Activation
set up:- (HF) Yaesu FT857 (22Ah LiFePo4), Antenna - 3 band link dipole (60/40/20 (+15m extensions +80m loading
coils), Antenna support - 7m Fishing pole.
Thanks
everyone for the contacts
73 Allan GW4VPX & Barry M0IML
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