Thursday 9 July 2020

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