GW/NW-062 – Hope Mountain

 

GW/NW-062 – Hope Mountain

18/09/2019

De-sensing..my first experience with the FT2

Another easy one…..I asked permission to park the car at the farmhouse at SJ 297 568. Val stayed to talk to the farmer’s wife who was working in the garden. I was up on top in no time and the Yaesu FT2 was hooked up to the Slim G. I immediately knew there was a problem as a chaser told me that I had a pile up yet I couldn’t hear anything. A quick ‘stand by everyone’ and I changed to the Yaesu FT270…problem solved (I’ve got a Sotabeams filter now for the FT2). Those communication towers below seemed to be at the  root of the problem. Great activation and to finish the day off we called in to see Gerald MW0WML and Sue for a cup of tea…thanks both.

Beluga on approach to Broughton

Beluga on approach to Broughton

Communications towers below summit

The office

7m pole today

12:24	2E0LKC	144MHz	FM	Peter
12:29	G1OHH	144MHz	FM	Sue
12:29	2E0LMD	144MHz	FM	Anne
12:30	G1PIE	144MHz	FM	Mark
12:32	2E0IXM/M	144MHz	FM	David
12:34	G0KZH	144MHz	FM	Elaine
12:36	2E0DIJ/M	144MHz	FM	Duane
12:40	2E0FNM	144MHz	FM	Matt
12:43	M0NZO	144MHz	FM	Greg
12:45	M0OAU/M	144MHz	FM	Lee
12:46	2E0JCM/M	144MHz	FM	John
12:47	2E0EZT	144MHz	FM	Carl
12:49	M7FRD/P	144MHz	FM	Richard
12:50	G7OEM	144MHz	FM	Tony
12:51	G4KRN	144MHz	FM	Alan
12:54	2E0RYR	144MHz	FM	Roger
12:59	G4WSB	5MHz	SSB	Bill
13:02	G0VWP	5MHz	SSB	Terry
13:03	G0FVH	5MHz	SSB	David
13:04	G0FEX	5MHz	SSB	Ken
13:04	EI3GYB	5MHz	SSB	Michael
13:13	G0RQL	3.5MHz	SSB	Don
13:14	GM6ZAK	3.5MHz	SSB	Andy
13:15	EI3GYB	3.5MHz	SSB	Michael
13:16	G4AZS	3.5MHz	SSB	Adrian
13:17	G0GWY	3.5MHz	SSB	Geoffrey
13:18	G4WSB	3.5MHz	SSB	Bill
13:19	MW0OFA	3.5MHz	SSB	Frank
13:23	MM1MAJ/P	5MHz	SSB	Martyn s2s GM/WS-106 The Fara

 

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