G/LD-053 Claife Heights

G/LD-053 Claife Heights

18/05/2019

SOTA Weekend in the Lake District - Day1

After a night at a B&B in Windermere the big day had arrived. The SOTA weekend had been organised by Mark M0NOM so thank you Mark for all the hard work in pulling it all together. I had planned this trip carefully and chosen a summit that I had not done before and one that would give me a chance of getting as many s2s as possible as I was within striking distance of my 5000 point target for the SOTA Summit to Summit Platinum award.

This summit has a history which is linked to Beatrix Potter

I parked the car at Far Sawrey SD378954 in the community hall car park, crossed the road and made my way to Claife Heights.

My GPS track

Park here

Cross the road

It’s a nice easy route with the occasional glimpses of Lake Winderemere. 

Geese grazing

Follow the track

Follow the track

Across to Windermere

No view on the summit as the trees have grown which also made me concerned that my 2m signals would be attenuated….no probs as s2s 2m contacts began to roll in from 9:29am onwards.

09:29	M0KPW/P	144MHz	FM	Chris s2s G/LD-049 Kirkby Moor
09:32	M0NOM/P	144MHz	FM	Mark s2s G/LD-003 Helvellyn
09:33	M0SNA/P	144MHz	FM	Paul s2s G/LD-003 Helvellyn
09:49	G4IBP/P	144MHz	FM	Paul s2s G/LD-010 St Sunday Crag
09:54	G4TQE/P	144MHz	FM	John s2s G/LD-052 Hutton Roof Crags
10:02	G4VFL/P	144MHz	FM	Andrew s2s G/LD-028 Harter Fell (Eskdale)
10:06	G4WHA/M	144MHz	FM	Geoff /M en-route Skiddaw
10:10	G0WPO/P	7MHz	SSB	Neil s2s G/LD-012 High Stile
10:15	EA6/G4ONL/P	14MHz	SSB	Victor s2s EA6MA-032 Santuari de Cura
10:22	GW8OGI/P	144MHz	FM	Ian
10:24	G3TQQ/P	144MHz	FM	Dave s2s G/LD-046 Lambrigg Fell
10:25	M0NOM/P	144MHz	FM	Mark s2s ..already worked :)
10:26	M0SNA/P	144MHz	FM	Paul s2s ..already worked :)
10:26	G1OHH	144MHz	FM	Sue
10:29	M0RSF/P	144MHz	FM	Paul s2s G/LD-017 Red Screes
10:30	2E0IME/P	144MHz	FM	Andrew
10:31	M1BUU	144MHz	FM	Colin
10:33	G4OBK/P	144MHz	FM	Phil s2s G/LD-018 Stoney Cove Pike
10:36	M0HQO/P	144MHz	FM	Pete G/LD-024 Pike of Blisco
10:40	G0EVV/P	144MHz	FM	David G/NP-001 Cross Fell
10:48	G3SED	5MHz	SSB	Mike
10:52	G3YZY	5MHz	SSB	Howard
10:53	G0RQL	5MHz	SSB	Don
10:53	G3RDQ	5MHz	SSB	David
10:56	MW0OFA	5MHz	SSB	Frank
10:57	G0VWP	5MHz	SSB	Terry
10:59	MI0JLA/P	5MHz	SSB	Rod s2s GI/SM-021 Slievemore
10:59	G0IBE/P	5MHz	SSB	Richard s2s G/CE-003 Bredon Hill
11:01	EI3GYB	5MHz	SSB	Michael
11:12	G4WHA/P	144MHz	FM	Geoff s2s G/LD-004 Skiddaw
11:17	MX0TA	144MHz	FM	Andy s2s G/LD-050 Gummers How
11:29	G6MZX/P	144MHz	FM	Geoff s2s G/LD-041 Binsey
11:35	2E0MIX/P	144MHz	FM	Derek s2s G/LD-034 Hard Knott
11:48	M6KZB/P	144MHz	FM	Chris s2s G/NP-029 Sharp Haw
11:54	M/HB9DST/P	10MHz	CW	Paul s2s G/LD-050 Gummers How
12:01	G4IPB/P	144MHz	FM	Paul s2s G/LD-007 Fairfield
12:01	G4IPB/P	144MHz	FM	Paul s2s G/LD-007 Fairfield
12:09	M/N6JFD/P	144MHz	FM	Jamie s2s G/LD-003 Helvellyn
12:19	2E0FEH	3.5MHz	SSB	Karl
12:21	G3RMD	3.5MHz	SSB	Frank
12:22	G3TQQ/P	3.5MHz	SSB	Dave s2s G/LD-046 Lambrigg Fell..diff band
12:24	EI3GYB	3.5MHz	SSB	Michael
12:24	GB4ABG	3.5MHz	SSB	Dave
12:27	GI0AZA	3.5MHz	SSB	Esther
12:30	MW0PLA/P	3.5MHz	SSB	Paul s2s GW/MW-026 Long Mountain-Beacon Ring
12:44	G8CPZ/P	144MHz	FM	Andy s2s G/LD-058 Arnside Knott
13:33	M1FHM/P	144MHz	FM	Alan s2s G/LD-001 Scafell Pike
13:44	M0OAT	144MHz	FM	Graeme s2s G/LD-059 Muncaster Fell
13:53	G4IPB/P	144MHz	FM	Paul s2s G/LD-022 Seat Sandal
13:54	M/N6JFD	144MHz	FM	Jamie s2s G/LD-022 Seat Sandal
13:54	M0SNA/P	144MHz	FM	Paul s2s G/LD-022 Seat Sandal
13:54	M0NOM/P	144MHz	FM	Mark s2s G/LD-022 Seat Sandal
14:03	G4OBK/P	144MHz	FM	Phil s2s G/LD-017 Red Screes

 

The trig

My office

Well established trees

Handheld for final s2s of the day

It was a fantastic day with a few notable contacts (in green above). Most of us met up later in the evening for a meal….looking forward to the next one.

My activation set-up

HF:- Elecraft KX2 (8 watts) and 4Ah LiPo

Antenna - 3 band link dipole (60/40/20 (+15m extensions +80m loading coils)

(VHF) Yaesu FT270 & Yaesu FT2 (5watts) into a ‘cable tie’ dipole.

Antenna support – 7m Fishing pole

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX