GW/SW-013 Tor y Foel

GW/SW-013 Tor y Foel

04/12/2018

Second of Two

My GPS track

Rod and Viki were already on their summits by the time I reached the top.  I was lucky not only to get Viki in my log for an s2s but also Neil and Phil.  Phil had already activated this one in the morning but only using 2m.  I soon qualified the summit with a call to Mal who had just finished with Phil.

14:00z	M6NSV	144MHz	FM	Neil s2s..G/WB-003
14:07z	GW4HQB/P	144MHz	FM	Phil s2s..GW/SW-023
14:21z	MW6BWA/P	144MHz	FM	Viki s2s..GW-SW-005
14:22z	MW6BWA/P	433MHz	FM	Viki s2s..GW/SW-005
14:29z	GW6OVD	144MHz	FM	Mal

In the 'bomb hole'

 There was no sign of Rod on 2m but he soon called me as I made my way through a mini-pileup on 60m.

14:32z	M0TMD	5MHz	SSB	Helen
14:34z	G8ADD	5MHz	SSB	Brian
14:37z	GI0AZA	5MHz	SSB	Esther
14:38z	G4WSB	5MHz	SSB	Bill
14:40z	MW0JLA/P	5MHz	SSB	Rod s2s..GW/SW-001
14:50z	G4YUM	5MHz	SSB	Linda

Untidy office as I come back from changing the loading coils

It was really cold and I was glad I had set up in what I call ‘the bomb hole’ which protected me from  the Southerly blast.  Brian G8ADD had warned me that the rain was moving in over the Bristol Channel and would soon be hitting South Wales with a possibility of snow on high ground.

14:57z	G0FEX	3.5MHz	SSB	Ken
14:58z	M3FEH	3.5MHz	SSB	Karl
14:58z	GW0PLP	3.5MHz	SSB	Don
14:59z	GI0AZA	3.5MHz	SSB	Esther
14:59z	M0TMD	3.5MHz	SSB	Helen
15:00z	MW6IUT	3.5MHz	SSB	Bryan
15:00z	G6NWW	3.5MHz	SSB	Pete
15:01z	DK7ZH	3.5MHz	SSB	Manfred
15:02z	G4AFI	3.5MHz	SSB	Andrew
15:03z	G4KRN	3.5MHz	SSB	Alan
15:03z	G4OBK	3.5MHz	SSB	Phil
15:04z	M0WPS	3.5MHz	SSB	Wayne

Heading back down to the car

As the calls came to an end I quickly packed up and made my way down hill with the intention of meeting up with Rod and Viki at Storey Arms where I assumed they would have parked their car.  I didn’t know which car park they were in so decided to visit the one opposite the Storey Arms Outdoor Education Centre.  Good choice as I saw Viki packing her rucksack into their car but no sign of Rod.  Viki came and sat in the warmth of my car sharing some lovely mince pies…Rod arrived as it was getting dark and just before the rain turned to sleet…we had a long chat before going our separate ways…great ending to an enjoyable SOTA day on the mountains.

My activation set-up

HF:- Elecraft KX2 (10 watts) and 4Ah LiPo

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