GW/MW-034 - Mynydd Cynros

GW/MW-034 - Mynydd Cynros

10/10/2018

360 degrees blue sky

What a cracking day. John GW4TQE/p was in my area with great opportunities for s2s and a chance to meet up with him and his XYL once again.  As usual I parked opposite the Church and Abbey at Talley (SN 632328) and made my way up the zig-zag path towards the summit….felt the weight of my rucksack today as I had packed the linear and lunch.

Early morning at the Abbey

Autumn leaves

Not far now

I’d have qualified easily within a matter of minutes if my friend Peter GW4JQP had been able to hear me on 4m, he was suffering QRM and I wasn’t making the trip to Ammanford ...he was 5/9 with me. I quickly moved to 60m and Mike G0HIO called in to give me my fourth contact to qualify the summit…he was pleased as it was a complete for him (activate and chase of a summit).

Ready for the activation

08:46z	MW0VKD	144MHz	FM	Kevin .. Kidwelly
08:50z	MW0VKD	70MHz	FM	Kevin .. diff band
08:54z	MW0ZVR	144MHz	FM	Barry
08:55z	GW0PLP	144MHz	FM	Don .. nr Aberporth
09:03z	G0HIO	5MHz	SSB	Mike .. Burton upon Trent
09:06z	M0IML	5MHz	SSB	Barry .. nr Dover
09:10z	G0RQL	5MHz	SSB	Don .. Holsworthy
09:11z	G4OKM	5MHz	SSB	Mike .. Berkshire
09:17z	GW4TQE/P	144MHz	FM	John s2s.. GW/SW-036 Mynydd Sylen
09:26z	GW4JQP	144MHz	FM	Pete .. Ammanford
09:39z	EI3GYB	3.5MHz	SSB	Michael .. County Mayo
09:42z	G6NHW	3.5MHz	SSB	Peter .. Birmingham
09:44z	G4OBK	3.5MHz	SSB	Phil .. Pickering
09:44z	G0RQL	3.5MHz	SSB	Don .. diff band
09:45z	M0TMD/P	3.5MHz	SSB	Helen .. nr Glossop
09:57z	DL/OE9EGI/P	7MHz	SSB	Egon s2s .. DL/AL-110
09:59z	IK2LEY	7MHz	SSB	Fabio
10:00z	EA2CKX	7MHz	SSB	Pedro .. Spain
10:01z	OE5AUL/P	7MHz	SSB	Peter s2s .. OE/OO-265
10:02z	OE5YYN/P	7MHz	SSB	Sylvia s2s .. OE/OO-265
10:04z	PA7ZEE	7MHz	SSB	Geert .. Netherlans
10:05z	ON4FI	7MHz	SSB	Karel .. Belgium
10:05z	SQ9MDF	7MHz	SSB	Leszek .. Poland
10:06z	OK3KW	7MHz	SSB
10:10z	GW4TQE/P	144MHz	FM	John s2s .. GW/SW-039

My Log

Cracking day

I had a busy time on the summit without the use of the linear.  I never even had time to eat my dinner as my last s2s with John brought a comment that he was ready to head for his next summit. This meant that I had better pack up as I had a long way to go to meet up with him.

Talley below...SOTA summits in the distance

GW/SW-031 - Mynydd Uchaf

Arriving at the car park (SN 717095) at Mynydd Uchaf you can’t but notice the wind generators that have been erected lately.  I was on summit in good time to catch John 2m on Mynydd y Betws..he would soon be with me  .... I even had time to eat my lunch. Not wishing to spoil John’s activation of Mynydd Uchaf I decided to stick to chasing as I knew Rod would be on summit soon from the Scottish Borders…bingo, soon in the log..thanks Rod. Keeping away from 2m I called on 4m and back came Peter in Ammanford then as John arrived on summit Dave and Nick made my log from the Lake District…thanks everyone.

GW4TQE/p

12:07z	GW4TQE/P	144MHz	FM	John s2s .. GW/SW-028
12:18z	M0JLA/P	5MHz	SSB	Rod s2s .. G/SB-004
12:35z	GW4JQP	70MHz	FM	Peter .. Ammanford
13:05z	G3TQQ/P	3.5MHz	SSB	Dave s2s .. G/LD-018
13:06z	G4OOE/P	3.5MHz	SSB	Nick s2s .. G/LD-018
13:07z	GW6OVD	144MHz	FM	Mal .. Nelson
13:12z	GW0PLP	144MHz	FM	Don .. nr Aberporth
13:13z	G0RQL	144MHz	FM	Don .. Holsworthy

My Log

80m loading coils in place...wind turbines now close to the summit

It was great to see John again after our last Joint activation. He soon qualified the summit on 2m with me picking up a quick ‘hello’ with Mal, Don PLP and Don RQL.  It had been a great day but John was keen to move on to Trichrug for his last summit. I chased him on the way home by stopping in a lay-by on the Black Mountain…thanks John.

(HF) Elecraft KX2 (5 watts) and 4Ah LiPo

(VHF) Yaesu FT2 with cable dipole on fishing mast

4m Wouxun KG-699E with loaded  flexiwhip antenna

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