G/DC-005 – Christ Cross
24/11/2018
Three of Seven
The weather had not improved overnight so I decided to hit
the other easy summit of Christ Cross, South of Tiverton. Plenty of room to park at SS 966050.
With full waterproofs on and umbrella at
the ready I left Val in the car and made my way up the narrow wet and muddy farm
track to the Communications tower and the Trig.
The gate was open so I headed up the lane...be aware that there is a house being built on the left
Communications tower on Christ Cross
Having done the usual of
letting the chasers know what frequency I’d be on I gave a call of ‘Is this frequency in use?’ only to get a reply
from Bill G4WSB ‘Is that you Allan?’ and then the fun began…thanks for the spot
Bill.
12:06z
|
G4WSB
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Bill
|
12:07z
|
G4TJC
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Simon
|
12:08z
|
M0TMD
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Helen
|
12:09z
|
G4TQE
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
12:10z
|
G0RQL
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
12:11z
|
GI0AZB
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Ian
|
12:14z
|
G6LKB
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
David
|
12:14z
|
G6NHW/P
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Pete
|
12:15z
|
MW0XOT
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
12:15z
|
PA0SKP
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Sake
|
12:16z
|
GI0AZA
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Esther
|
12:16z
|
G0VWP
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Terry
|
12:17z
|
MW0ISC
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Stephen
|
12:17z
|
M1MAJ
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Martyn
|
12:18z
|
G0FEX
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Ken
|
12:18z
|
G7LMF
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Graham
|
12:19z
|
G4ATX
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Phil
|
12:21z
|
M0INM
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Larry
|
12:23z
|
M0WPS
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Wayne
|
12:24z
|
GW6DGU
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Roy
|
12:24z
|
GW6OVD
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
Mal
|
12:25z
|
MM0GGI
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
John
|
12:26z
|
G0ELJ
|
5MHz
|
SSB
|
David
|
The excitement soon finished on 60m so a visit to 80m with
many calling me once again in order to pick points for other awards like Worked
all Britiain.
12:36z
|
G0RQL
|
3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
Don
|
12:38z
|
G0WFH/P
|
3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
Christopher
|
12:38z
|
M3FEH
|
3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
Karl
|
12:40z
|
G0VWP
|
3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
Terry
|
12:41z
|
GI0AZA
|
3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
Esther
|
12:42z
|
G0HRT
|
3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
Rob
|
12:43z
|
GI0AZB
|
3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
Ian
|
12:44z
|
G0GWY
|
3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
Geoffrey
|
12:45z
|
MM0XPZ
|
3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
SW
|
12:45z
|
M0TMD
|
3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
Helen
|
Just finished on 80m...back on the standard Elecraft microphone today.
I’d plugged the linear in today so a visit to 40m brought a good
run of chasers and three s2s so thank you Mark, Rene and Marko for the points. Well done to Esther GI0AZA and Ian GI0AZB who
got me on all three bands.
12:55z
|
SP6GNK
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Piotr
|
12:56z
|
HB9DHA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Reinhard
|
12:56z
|
HB9DBM/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Mark..s2s HB/BE-108
|
12:57z
|
GI0AZA
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Esther
|
12:59z
|
HB9CRY/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Rene..s2s HB/BE-108
|
13:00z
|
GI0AZB
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Ian
|
13:01z
|
DL4FDM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Fritz
|
13:03z
|
F5JKK
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Eric
|
13:03z
|
M0BKV
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Damian
|
13:03z
|
GM0HUU
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Steve
|
13:04z
|
F5LMK
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Schmidt
|
13:04z
|
DL3HXX
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Lothar
|
13:04z
|
IK2LEY
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Fabio
|
13:05z
|
DG1NPM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Nobby
|
13:06z
|
S57MS/P
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Marko..s2s S5/BI-073
|
13:08z
|
EA2DT
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Manuel
|
13:09z
|
DJ5AV
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Michael
|
13:09z
|
DL5FBB
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Rolf
|
13:10z
|
IK3HMB
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Giorgio
|
13:11z
|
SP9AMH
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Mariusz
|
13:12z
|
S57ILF
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Franci
|
13:12z
|
PE1PYC
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Henri
|
13:13z
|
EA5EM
|
7MHz
|
SSB
|
Juanjo
|
By the end of the pile-up I was well under the umbrella as
the rain came down. Thanks to all the chasers but I must say this is a summit
that I won’t be coming back to…just had to be ticked off the list.
Heading back down the track
My activation set up
(HF)
Elecraft KX2 (5 watts) and 4Ah LiPo
UK-MX 50M
linear and 4Ah LiPo
Antenna - 3 band link dipole
(60/40/20 (+15m extensions +80m loading coils)
Antenna support - 4m Fishing pole.
Thanks everyone for
the contacts
73 Allan GW4VPX
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