Tuesday 29 August 2017

GW/MW-015 - Bryn Amlwg

GW/MW-015 - Bryn Amlwg

28/08/2017

More s2s hopefully  (see previous blog..Garreg Hir in the morning)

Bryn Amlwg is situated in a wind farm with some 60+ generators whirring away and boy were they noisy today. I parked the car at SN 930958 and headed North down what seemed like a fairly new road then up to pick up the various bridle and other paths that were showing on the map...1.7miles to summit.  
My GPS track
Park here at SN 930958..Val is heading for the gate to take us North.
Head North through the gate ..no Private signs visible...new road
Heading up towards wind farm at SN 925962
Trig on the horizon
There was a strong breeze and the turbines were all working hard with the occasional clunks breaking up the wind noise. I started the activation with a surprise s2s with Rob MW0VFC/p who was on Eilidir Fawr so thanks Rob for the valuable points…he was hoping to activate Snowdon later… 60m was working well and a good run of chasers made my log…thanks everyone.
Now where does this plug into ?
12:26z
MW0FVC/P
144MHz
FM
Rob s2s
12:33z
EI3GYB
5MHz
SSB
Michael
12:34z
G0FEX
5MHz
SSB
Ken
12:35z
G0RQL
5MHz
SSB
Don
12:37z
EI9GLB
5MHz
SSB
Jim
12:38z
G4TJC
5MHz
SSB
Simon
12:40z
EI8DY
5MHz
SSB
Joe
12:42z
GM0AXY
5MHz
SSB
Ken
12:43z
GM4YMM
5MHz
SSB
Christine
12:45z
G1PGY
5MHz
SSB
Colin
12:46z
G4OBK
5MHz
SSB
Phil
12:47z
G0EVV
5MHz
SSB
David
12:48z
M0WBG
5MHz
SSB
Neil
I quickly moved on to 40m but this band had changed from the my morning session (Garreg Hir) and the chasers soon dried up nevertheless it was nice to get so many in the log.
13:00z
DJ5AV
7MHz
SSB
Michael
13:02z
EA2LU
7MHz
SSB
Jorge
13:03z
DL3HXX
7MHz
SSB
Lothar
13:04z
EA2DT
7MHz
SSB
Manuel
13:04z
OM1AX
7MHz
SSB
Vlado
13:04z
IN3ADF
7MHz
SSB
Markus
13:05z
DF5WA
7MHz
SSB
Berthold
By the Trig
Now Tom and Jimmy were due on Moel Hebog GW/NW-014  but I noticed that they had changed their activation time which was a little later than planned…Val and I would have to hang around for a while to pick up some more s2s points and as the sun had decided to show itself  it was now quite a pleasant afternoon.  I decide to attack 20m….quite a pile-up really :)
Dwarfed by the pylon
13:15z
SV2OXS
14MHz
SSB
Christos
13:16z
SP6JBF
14MHz
SSB
Jacek
13:20z
DR60VKL
14MHz
SSB
Peter - Clubstation
13:20z
IZ5RKL
14MHz
SSB
Matteo
13:21z
DL6ATM
14MHz
SSB
Wilfried
13:21z
OE8SPW
14MHz
SSB
Paul
13:22z
F1PSX
14MHz
SSB
Jean-Yves
13:23z
SP3HDU
14MHz
SSB
Janusz
13:24z
EA4FVT
14MHz
SSB
Diego
13:25z
DL8DXL
14MHz
SSB
Fred
13:25z
DL/KI6EAB
14MHz
SSB
John
13:26z
OE3IPU
14MHz
SSB
Gottfried
13:26z
IZ5CPK
14MHz
SSB
Renato
13:26z
F4HPZ/P
14MHz
SSB
13:27z
ON7ZM
14MHz
SSB
Jean Pierre
13:27z
OK1CZ
14MHz
SSB
Petr
13:28z
DD5LD
14MHz
SSB
Ed
13:29z
F5LMK
14MHz
SSB
Schmidt
13:29z
SV1JMC
14MHz
SSB
Vasilis
13:30z
YO6CFB
14MHz
SSB
Lacy Laszlo
13:30z
S56IHX
14MHz
SSB
Marjan
The band went quiet…perhaps the chasers dried up or my batteries were running low…not sure  what happened  so I decide to call on 2m with a spot to help me along. Only one chaser in the log but it also eventually brought Tom to my attention to say that Jimmy would be on the summit shortly and he wasn’t too far behind…thanks both for the contacts.
13:43z
G4IZZ/P
144MHz
FM
Mike
13:50z
MW0HGY/P
144MHz
FM
Jimmy s2s
14:08z
MW1EYP/P
144MHz
FM
Tom s2s
Apart from the wind turbines Bryn Amlwg is an easy summit especially if you have a bike as the link roads are all nice and smooth……

Activation set up:-  (HF) Yaesu FT817 (4Ah LiPo), UK-MX 50M linear (for 817) and (4Ah LiPo) Antenna - 3 band link dipole (60/40/20 (+15m extensions +80m loading coils),            (VHF)  Yaesu FT270 (5watts) into a ‘cable tie’ dipole Kenwood TH-F7 for 70cms 
Antenna support - 7m Fishing pole.

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX

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