GW/MW-038 – Disgwylfa Fawr

GW/MW-038 – Disgwylfa Fawr

13/04/2019

Chasing s2s

Andrew M1CJE had alerted that he would be doing three summits in my area so I could not miss the opportunity to gather a few more s2s points. I chose Disgwylfa Fawr which would be only a stone’s throw from Andrew’s first summit and just over an hour from home.

My GPS track

 Disgwylfa ahead, on my way up the track  (not shown on map)

Lake Syfydrin and Cardigan Bay in the distance..looks nice but it's cold

Mountain Weather had forecast wind speeds of 30-40mph so a good bend in the pole could be expected and it would be touch and go whether to attach the coils for 80m. Not only was it windy but the chill factor was probably touching on freezing as Andrew and I commented on later.  

Andrew was soon in the log as we had timed our arrival on summit to perfection. I soon qualified the summit but 2m soon went quiet so on to 60m.

08:53z	MW1CJE/P	144MHz	FM	s2s Andrew GW/MW-008 Drosgol
09:03z	GW0PLP	144MHz	FM	Don
09:04z	MW0OFA	144MHz	FM	Frank
09:07z	GW8SFT/M	144MHz	FM	Dave
09:14z	G4TJC/P	5MHz	SSB	Simon
09:14z	M0TMD/P	5MHz	SSB	Helen
09:19z	G0RQL	5MHz	SSB	Don
09:23z	GB2ABG	5MHz	SSB	Dave
09:24z	G0FEX	5MHz	SSB	Ken
09:25z	M0NMI	5MHz	SSB	David
09:26z	G1BLJ	5MHz	SSB	Steve
09:28z	MW0OFA	5MHz	SSB	Frank
09:30z	G6LKB	5MHz	SSB	Dave
09:47z	2E0FEH	3.5MHz	SSB	Karl
09:49z	GM4WHA	3.5MHz	SSB	Geoff
09:51z	GB2ABG	3.5MHz	SSB	Dave
10:17z	MW1CJE/P	144MHz	FM	s2s Andrew GW/MW-007 Banc Llechwedd-mawr

Simon and Helen had gone out on to their local summit which sadly is not a SOTA, nevertheless thank you both for making the effort and making my log. The band wasn’t good and I soon moved to 80m where strong signals from Karl in Saltash and a surprise call from Geoff in Annan followed by Dave with his WAB special event callsign…thanks everyone.

The wind putting a good bend in my 5m pole, Drosgol in the distance.

I poured a cup of coffee but didn’t have time to start it when Andrew called from Banc Llechwedd-mawr with 5/9 each way. It was time to finish the coffee and head for Pen y Garn to catch Andrew on his third summit of the day.

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