GW/MW-040 – Carn Gafallt

GW/MW-040 – Carn Gafallt

19/08/2019

First of two and chasing s2s

I parked at SN 940 640 making sure there was enough room for any farm vehicles to pass. The first part of the route is easy on a well defined track but once you leave the track it becomes visually difficult with only sheep tracks and heather making it difficult to follow a definitive route to the summit…nevertheless I made it.

My GPS route

Parked on verge...plenty of room for farm vehicles

Once you leave the track..bracken and heather.

The office and a nice view

Slim G set up for 2m

Traps set up for 80m

First in the log were Rod and Viki on 2m. I was hoping to catch Tom and Jimmy but our timing was a little out of sync so once I finished on 80m I packed up to try and catch them on my next one

10:54	M6BWA/P	144MHz	FM	Viki s2s High Vinnalls G/WB-012
10:55	M0JLA/P	144MHz	FM	Rod s2s High Vinalls G/WB-012
11:01	MW0OFA	144MHz	FM	Frank
11:02	2E0RYR	144MHz	FM	Roger
11:02	M0JLA/P	5MHz	FM	Rod s2s High Vinnals G/WB-012
11:16	G4WSB	5MHz	FM	Bill
11:20	G3YZY	5MHz	FM	Howard
11:21	G4OBK	5MHz	FM	Phil
11:38	MW0TYM/M	144MHz	FM	Alistair s2s GW/NW-015 Glasgwm
11:45	G4WSB	3.5MHz	FM	Bill
11:46	2E0FEH	3.5MHz	FM	Karl
11:47	EI9GLB	3.5MHz	FM	Jim
11:49	G1SWX	3.5MHz	FM	Chris

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 – 5m Fishing pole

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX