GW/MW-004 – Pen y Garn

GW/MW-004 – Pen y Garn

13/04/2019

2m was quiet

As I walked up from the parking spot for Pen y Garn I soon felt the full force of the wind, another 100m in height had a marked difference in wind speed…HF would be doubtful as I was buffeted as I approached the cairn and trig. I was confident that I had quite a while to wait for Andrew to summit GW/MW-001 so I quickly set up my 2m dipole on the fishing pole and called CQ SOTA. 

My 2m dipole held in place with Velcro

Even though a spot was up on Sotawatch contacts were very slow…Pen y Garn is usually a good summit for VHF but not today. Of those contacts I made they were 5/9 so the equipment was working.

11:50z	MW0OFD	144MHz	FM	Frank
11:57z	2W0RYR/P	144MHz	FM	Roger heading for SW-003
12:10z	GW0PLP/P	144MHz	FM	Don in Aberystwyth
12:14z	GW4UKU	144MHz	FM	Pete, Pwllheli
12:15z	2W0RYR/P	144MHz	FM	s2 Roger, Fan Brycheiniog GW/SW-003
12:28z	2W0HYW/P	144MHz	FM	s2s Hywel, Mynydd Llangyndeyrn GW/SW-038
12:29z	GW8SFT/M	144MHz	FM	Dave
12:39z	MW0CJE/P	144MHz	FM	s2s Andrew, GW/MW-001 Plynlimon

A few bonus s2s came my way as Roger and Hywel had both popped up on their respective summits so I was delighted with those extra points..thank you both. 

Waiting for Andrew

Eventually, Andrew made my log but only just managed to qualify the summit…the chasers were not there today. I think that the sun and the warmth in the valleys had prompted many to go out for the day… very different on the summits though.

Many layers today..the trig, cairn and wind generators in the distance...whizzing around today

The wind was far to fierce  for HF so reluctantly I packed away but not before having a lovely chat with a couple passing through.

My activation set-up

VHF:-Yaesu FT270 and dipole

Antenna support – 5m Fishing pole

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX