GW/SW-007 & GW/SW-006

 

06/09/2020

This was to be a double activation day. The weather was not great with heavy showers passing through so I made sure I had my wet weather gear with me.

 

My Route

GW/SW-007 – Fan Nedd  (4 points)

Looking towards Fan Nedd from the start of my journey

The office on Fan Nedd..rain clouds behind

My next summit

09:36	MW7ARE	144MHz	FM	Jethro
09:37	GW0JLX	144MHz	FM	Andy
09:38	MW6IUT	144MHz	FM	Bryan
09:40	GW7MMG	144MHz	FM	Philip
09:41	GW4MOZ	144MHz	FM	John
09:42	2E0RYR	144MHz	FM	Roger
09:44	2W0HYW	144MHz	FM	Hywel
09:46	G1PHN	144MHz	FM	Mick
09:51	MW0XOT	144MHz	FM	John
10:10	MM0GGI	5MHz	SSB	John
10:13	GI0AZA	5MHz	SSB	Esther
10:14	GI0AZB	5MHz	SSB	Ian
10:16	EI2KO/P	5MHz	SSB	Martin
10:23	G0FEX	3.5MHz	SSB	Ken
10:25	G0RQL	3.5MHz	SSB	Don
10:42	GW4TJC/P	144MHz	FM	Simon s2s..Manod Mawr
10:51	G4TQE/P	144MHz	FM	John s2s Christ Cross

Great to get Simon and John in the log…both difficult contacts but we made it stick…thanks both.

 

On my way

GW/SW-006 – Fan Gyhirych  (6 points)

Black clouds with rain kept coming over and I had to pull the plug on the activation just as I was getting going on the Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society ‘s club net…30 minutes later after I had left the summit the sun was shining.  No s2s on this one.

Reaching the trig on Fan Gyhirych

Rain on the way

13:00	GW0JLX	144MHz	FM	Andy
13:01	MW1HOG	144MHz	FM	Nick..IO81cu
13:04	GW4BUD/P	144MHz	FM	Barry on Hay Bluff
13:06	MW6IUT	144MHz	FM	Bryan
13:07	2W0HYW	144MHz	FM	Hywel
13:09	MW7GIB	144MHz	FM	Paul
13:10	2W0FLW	144MHz	FM	Derek
13:17	G0RQL	5MHz	SSB	Don
13:18	G0FEX	5MHz	SSB	Ken
13:20	IW3AGO	5MHz	SSB	Heinrich
13:21	G0HIO	5MHz	SSB	Michael
13:26	GW0JLX	3.5MHz	SSB	Andy
13:32	2W0LVE	3.5MHz	SSB	Chris

Heading back

PyF and Corn Du in the distance

The car

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