GW/MW-025 – The Begwns

GW/MW-025 – The Begwns

14/01/2019

Second of the day

The Roundabout at the top of the hill that forms part of The Begwns (easy summit)

The Trig next to the Roundabout

I’d managed to get halfway up to The Begwns before I heard Viki calling on 70cms, so once I was up next to the wall I gave her a call on the handheld….in the log with a qsy to 2m for her also as well as picking up Matt in Cheltenham…thanks Viki.

14:06z	M6BWA/P	433MHz	FM	Viki s2s..G/WB-004..Titterstone Clee Hill
14:12z	M6BWA/P	144MHz	FM	Viki s2s..G/WB-004..Titterstone Clee Hill
14:14z	2E0MDJ	144MHz	FM	Matt, Cheltenham

I quickly set up the 7m pole for this one as I’d left my 5m pole and walking sticks back in the car.  I’d set up not too far from the trig and out of the wind. The links had been set for 60m but a spot came up on 40m for John MW0XOT/p on Mynydd Llangorse which I could see in the distance. A quick tap on the ATU button on the KX2 and I was able to safely call John for an s2s with 5/9 each way….thanks once again John. By now Rod was up and running on 60m, he too was quickly in the log so I moved with a qsy frequency announcement. A nice run of chasers followed and a surprise HNY contact with Ken and Christine from Edinburgh.

14:21z	MW0XOT/P	7MHz	SSB	John s2s..GW/SW-015, Mynydd Llangorse
14:23z	M0JLA/P	5MHz	SSB	Rod s2s..G/WB-004..Titterstone Clee Hill
14:25z	GI4ONL	5MHz	SSB	Victor, Bushmills, NI
14:26z	M0TMD	5MHz	SSB	Helen, Glossop
14:27z	G4WSB	5MHz	SSB	Bill, Wiltshire
14:28z	G0FEX	5MHz	SSB	Ken, Leicester
14:28z	G4AFI	5MHz	SSB	Andrew, Hants
14:28z	GW0PLP	5MHz	SSB	Don nr Aberporth
14:29z	G0ELJ	5MHz	SSB	Dave, Norfolk
14:30z	GM4YMM	5MHz	SSB	Christine, Edinburgh
14:31z	GM0AXY	5MHz	SSB	Ken, Edinburgh
14:32z	G8MIA	5MHz	SSB	Andy, Rugeley
14:33z	GW6OVD	5MHz	SSB	Mal nr Nelson, South Wales
14:34z	G0ROW	5MHz	SSB	Alan, Manchester

Sun my previous summit..taken from The Begwns

I quickly added the 80m coils, sent a spot to Sotawatch but my calls went unanswered….it transpired I was being swamped by an UK station running high power and taking up a considerable amount of bandwidth….ah well time for coffee and sandwiches. Whilst eating my dinner I tried to help Viki to get an s2s with John (success eventually), had a nice chat with Lee in Llangorse and a really good contact with Peter up in Wolverhampton. A good day with a total of 10 activation points.

14:59z	M6LPU	144MHz	FM	Lee nr Llangorse
15:05z	M6PDJ	144MHz	FM	Peter, Wolverhampton

My activation set-up

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

VHF:- Yaesu FT270 and dipole

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