GW/SW-006 – Fan Gyhirych
30/03/2019
Poor band conditions
A chance comment to my friend Des that I was doing a
SOTA summit prompted a reply that he would like to join me. The previous
weekend I‘d joined John MW0XOT for his Mountain Goat summit but this time the
walk would be a little longer.
MW0XOT now Mountain Goat
We arrived at the parking spot at SN896222. There were a couple of cars there already but within minutes of us arriving
another 8 or so arrived so we were lucky to have secured a spot. It transpired
that most of them were part of a group of Para-gliders who were going to use
our summit as a take off point.
Our GPS track
On our way
It’s a three mile
walk to the top but we made good progress having to discard some of the cold
weather gear as the sun appeared and the faint hint of a breeze disappeared. We were passed by a convoy of cars all loaded
up with people and Para-gliders…they obviously had a key to the gate by the
parking spot.
Our target
Before I set up close
to the trig I gave a call for Viki..she was ready to set up so we agreed to
listen out on 145.500 and make the s2s when we were both ready. I was ready to share
the microphone with Des for his first summit activation but sadly he couldn’t
remember his callsign…doh! A nice run on 2m after my spot went up but it
soon went quiet.
2m contacts
A spot by John GW4BVE/p
on 60m attracted my attention but I just couldn’t get the s2s to stick as rapid
QSB took his signal away. I made a quick
QSY to my alerted 60m frequency and had a rapid s2s with Rod who had been
hovering on the frequency…nice one Rod.
12:06z
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MW6BWA/P
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144MHz
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FM
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Viki s2s GW/SW-003 Fan Brycheiniog
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12:08z
|
GW7MMG
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Philip
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12:09z
|
GW6OVD
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Mal
|
12:10z
|
MW6IUT
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Bryan
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12:11z
|
M1JMH
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
John
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12:16z
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2E0WPL
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144MHz
|
FM
|
Peter
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12:19z
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G0RQL
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Don
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12:20z
|
2E0LFA
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Tony
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12:33z
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MW0JLA/P
|
5MHz
|
SSB
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Rod s2s GW/SW-003 Fan Brycheiniog
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12:38z
|
2E0FGX/P
|
144MHz
|
FM
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Matt s2s G/SC-003 Beacon Batch
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12:41z
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MW3TMX/P
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Jordan s2s GW/NW-013 Pen Llithrig y
Wrach
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12:44z
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MW0JCQ/P
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
James GW/SW-041 Black Mountain
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12:48z
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MW6BWA/P
|
433MHz
|
FM
|
Viki s2s GW/SW-003 Fan Brycheiniog
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12:50z
|
MW0OFA
|
144MHz
|
FM
|
Frank
|
2m came alive and we had a flurry of s2s within 5
minutes and to finish it off I caught Viki on 70cms for her compulsory UHF
contact :) Full of anticipation I sent a
spot for 60m, gave numerous calls but was greeted by silence…. Up went the 80m loading
coils, another spot and a booming signal from Don RQL. It transpired nobody
could hear me on 60m…that happened a few weeks ago so the 60m band is a bit
iffy at the moment. A good run of SOTA and WAB chasers followed and an s2s with
Andy up in Scotland….thanks everybody.
13:04z
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G0RQL
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3.5MHz
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SSB
|
Don
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13:06z
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2E0FEH
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3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
Karl
|
13:07z
|
G7LMF
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3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
Graham
|
13:08z
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G7AFM
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3.5MHz
|
SSB
|
Phil
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13:10z
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GM8OEG/P
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3.5MHz
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SSB
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Andy s2s GM/SC-108 Deuchary Hill
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13:11z
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G4IAR
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3.5MHz
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SSB
|
Dave
|
13:11z
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G3RMD
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3.5MHz
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SSB
|
Frank
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13:12z
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GM6ZAK
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3.5MHz
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SSB
|
Andy
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13:12z
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G1YFF
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3.5MHz
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SSB
|
Jake
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13:13z
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G4WAB
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3.5MHz
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SSB
|
Phil
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Time for Coffee and sandwiches
Cray reservoir below
Des with Fan Brycheiniog GW/SW-003 behind
Another great day with Des suggesting that a few
more of these activations would fit in with his plans…he has found his callsign
now :)
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)
VHF:-Yaesu FT270 and
dipole
Antenna support – 5m Fishing pole
Thanks everyone for
the contacts
73 Allan GW4VPX
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