G/CE-001 - Cleeve Hill & G/WB-023 - Hegdon Hill
02/09/2017
On our way to Warwick
This was the weekend of the Telford Hamfest so we decided to visit Rhodri, go to the Hamfest and activate a few summits
and try and get some more completes
(activate and chase). Cleeve Hill is a
very easy summit so I decided to pack the FT857 and some folding chairs. We parked at the parking place near the Comms
Towers (SO 994248) and walked some 200m in a South Easterly direction and set
up near the Trig.
On our way to the Trig in the distance
I set a spot up for 2m
and first in the log was David GW3RDQ/p with an s2s from Mynydd Troed....thanks
David for that surprise. Despite many calls only another 3 made my log so I
quickly moved to 60m which brought the usual run of chasers .
A very comfortable activation
No breakthrough from the Comms towers
I hadn’t realised that there was a Field day
on HF so my visit to 40m was short lived as the only contact I made was with
Miroslav telling me that the contest QRM
on his side was making it difficult to hear me..that was my one and only
contact despite turning the wick up on the 857. Back to 2m and Stuart and Matt
were booming in from Cheltenham but despite another spot by Stuart there were
no takers….
12:22z
|
GW3RDQ/P
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144MHz
|
FM
|
David s2s
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12:27z
|
2E0LJZ
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Matt
|
12:32z
|
2E1CAF
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Sven
|
12:34z
|
M0JEA
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Martin
|
12:42z
|
M0BKV
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Damian
|
12:43z
|
G0RQL
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
12:44z
|
M0NTC
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Gez
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12:45z
|
G0VWP
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Terry
|
12:45z
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G0TDM
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
12:46z
|
M0MDA
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Mick
|
12:46z
|
G8VNW
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Nick
|
12:47z
|
G0TNF
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Michael
|
13:08z
|
OK1DVM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Miroslav
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13:31z
|
G0LGS
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Stuart
|
13:34z
|
2E0MDJ
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Matt
|
Telford Hamfest 2017
I spent so much time rummaging and talking to fellow SOTA
enthusiasts that I forgot to take any pictures…very enjoyable visit..down in
the diary for next year :)
G/WB-023 – Hegdon Hill
04/09/2017
On our way home
This is a drive on summit and in the words of many other
activators ‘one that I will not be returning to’. I set up by the gate in the farm lane at SO
585539 (see Phil G4OBK’s blog http://catterblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/a-welsh-borders-road-trip-doing-sota_14.html
) in order to take advantage of bagging
the Trig which was over the hedge in the field behind me. Another disappointing activation as the bands
were not behaving although I did manage to grab a few s2s so thanks to
Christophe, Esther and Ian for making that possible. Once again the wick was turned up on the FT
857…some reports were 5/9+ whilst others could barely hear me. It began spitting with rain so I didn’t hang
around as we had quite a long journey ahead of us..thanks to everyone that made
my log.
11:40z
|
G0RQL
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
11:42z
|
G4WHA/A
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Geoff
|
11:43z
|
G0FEX
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Ken
|
11:44z
|
G0TDM
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
11:44z
|
M0BKV
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Damian
|
11:45z
|
G4IAR
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Dave
|
11:45z
|
M0TVU
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Paul
|
11:46z
|
GW0PLP
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
11:50z
|
G0SKA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Charles
|
11:58z
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DL1CR/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Christoph s2s
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12:00z
|
GW3XHG
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
David
|
12:05z
|
G0TDM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
12:07z
|
MW0CND
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Martin
|
12:07z
|
GI8SKN
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
David
|
12:08z
|
G0FEX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Ken
|
12:09z
|
DJ5AV
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Michael
|
12:14z
|
G0AZA/P
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Esther s2s
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12:15z
|
G0AZB/P
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Ian s2s
|
12:16z
|
M0JLA
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Rod
|
12:22z
|
G4WTF
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Ian
|
Activation set
up:- (HF) Yaesu FT857 (22Ah LiPo), Antenna
- 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
