11/10/2020
A long day – first of 2
I’d been putting these two off for years so as it was within my range to activate and not stop off anywhere on the way I decided to make these two my target for the day. As there are various approaches to these two I discussed my route with my friends and fellow activators Simon G4TJC, Gerald MW0WML and Karen 2E0XYL…thanks everybody. From the discussions I stitched together a circular route which would give me a good work out. I’d like to point out that two parts of my route (including downloadable GPS files) are on the SOTA Mapping page as uploaded by Simon https://www.sotamaps.org/tracks A wonderful resource which should be your first port of call when planning an activation. My route today is not the only one but did not involve any bog trotting or having to climb over fallen trees in the forestry. However, it was a fair test of stamina. I only saw two people all day but thoroughly enjoyed my day on the mountains playing radio.
10:07 |
GW0JAI |
144MHz |
FM |
Glyn |
10:08 |
MW3DLA |
144MHz |
FM |
Aled |
10:09 |
MW0WMW |
144MHz |
FM |
Mike |
10:10 |
2E0TDX |
144MHz |
FM |
Neil |
10:11 |
MW7JAB |
144MHz |
FM |
Janet |
10:12 |
GW3KCQ |
144MHz |
FM |
Eric |
10:13 |
G6FIT |
144MHz |
FM |
Tony |
10:15 |
GW4TQD |
144MHz |
FM |
John |
10:17 |
2W0LVE |
144MHz |
FM |
Chris |
10:19 |
GW4TJC/A |
144MHz |
FM |
Simon |
10:21 |
GW6DGU |
144MHz |
FM |
Roy |
10:24 |
GW3XRM |
144MHz |
FM |
Dave |
10:31 |
MW0JLA |
5MHz |
SSB |
Rod |
10:32 |
GW4CQZ |
5MHz |
SSB |
Martyn |
10:34 |
2E0XYL |
144MHz |
FM |
Karen |
10:35 |
MW0VLO |
144MHz |
FM |
Barry |
10:35 |
2W0LLJ |
144MHz |
FM |
Jenny |
10:36 |
GW4TGT |
144MHz |
FM |
Tony |
10:39 |
M0MDA |
5MHz |
SSB |
Mick |
10:40 |
M0BKV |
5MHz |
SSB |
Damian |
10:40 |
G0FEX |
5MHz |
SSB |
Ken |
10:41 |
G0RQL |
5MHz |
SSB |
Don |
10:42 |
G0HIO |
5MHz |
SSB |
Mike |
10:43 |
G0KKQ |
5MHz |
SSB |
Ed |
10:44 |
G0FVH |
5MHz |
SSB |
David |
10:45 |
MW0IDX |
5MHz |
SSB |
Roger |
10:46 |
G4IAR |
5MHz |
SSB |
Dave |
10:47 |
G3RDQ |
5MHz |
SSB |
David |
GW/NW-036 – Tarrenhendre
11/10/2020
Second of the day
It’s a long haul of 5.22 km from
Tarren y Gesail with a stiff energy sapping climb to the top…or maybe it was
just my energy running a little low. Nevertheless, I was soon on the air and
enjoying the radio after munching on an energy bar.
I qualified easily in 5 minutes with John GW4TQD and Glyn GW0JAI hovering in
anticipation and others just hanging back until the pile subsided…thanks
everyone.
It was nice to get Chris 2W0LVE (nr Newcastle Emlyn)
in the log for the second time. He was using his little Baofeng in the garden and
surprised on contacting me on both summits. We also had a contact on 80m when I
called into the Carmarthen ARS club net….fun day….thanks Chris and everybody on
the net.
13:36 |
GW4TQD |
144MHz |
FM |
John |
13:36 |
GW0JAI |
144MHz |
FM |
Glyn |
13:38 |
MW0NLG/P |
144MHz |
FM |
Malc s2s..Aran Fawddwy..GW/NW-007 |
13:41 |
GW4ZHI |
144MHz |
FM |
Bryn |
13:45 |
MW0OFA |
144MHz |
FM |
Frank |
13:47 |
2E0XYL |
144MHz |
FM |
Karen |
13:50 |
MW0WEE |
144MHz |
FM |
Andy |
13:51 |
2E0TDX |
144MHz |
FM |
Neil |
13:52 |
MW0WMW |
144MHz |
FM |
Mike |
13:54 |
GW8GLW |
144MHz |
FM |
Irfon |
13:54 |
2W0LVE |
144MHz |
FM |
Chris |
13:56 |
GW3KCQ |
144MHz |
FM |
Eric |
14:03 |
G0HIO |
5MHz |
SSB |
Mike |
14:04 |
G0RQL |
5MHz |
SSB |
Don |
14:06 |
MW0OFA |
5MHz |
SSB |
Frank |
14:17 |
GW4XUE |
3.5MHz |
SSB |
Dave |
14:19 |
2W0LVE |
3.5MHz |
SSB |
Chris |
14:20 |
GW4JQP |
3.5MHz |
SSB |
Peter |
Packing up...with sandwich
It’s a tricky 300m steep descent down the gully from
SH 678047 to the forestry track. It is
used quite frequently but footfall and water erosion has made it a little more
difficult and slippery in places…tread carefully.
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 ‘Slim G’.
Antenna support – 5m Fishing
pole
Thanks everyone for
the contacts
73 Allan GW4VPX
Superb effort and results Allan .I Was surprised to work you so easily from near the Teifi valley on a handheld ,your station certainly did all the work .
ReplyDelete73 Chris 2w0lve