GW/SW-031 Mynydd Uchaf

 

GW/SW-031 Mynydd Uchaf

11/04/2021

The sun was shining…avoided the snow.

Thanks to everyone who contacted me on GW/SW-031 Mynydd Uchaf and chosen as I would avoid any snow showers that had been forecast.  HF was especially testing with a contest on 40m which I avoided and also general band conditions were down. It was great to get Esther and Ian in the log on 60m after a long absence due to Covid restrictions.

My antenna farm ... not attached to the wind generator

09:18	GW4XUE	70MHz	FM	Dave
09:21	GW8PSJ	70MHz	FM	Les
09:23	MW0VLO	70MHz	FM	Barry
09:24	2W0LLJ	70MHz	FM	Jenny
09:25	GW1JVF	70MHz	FM	Richard
09:35	MW0OFA	144MHz	FM	Frank
09:36	GW4XUE	144MHz	FM	Dave
09:37	2W0FLW	144MHz	FM	Derek
09:38	GW4TGT	144MHz	FM	Terry
09:38	MW0VLO	144MHz	FM	Barry
09:38	2W0LLJ	144MHz	FM	Jenny
09:39	G0RQL	144MHz	FM	Don
09:39	GW4TFS	144MHz	FM	Glyn
09:41	MW0HMV	144MHz	FM	Daran
09:45	MW6IVK	144MHz	FM	Philip
09:46	GW4TQD	144MHz	FM	John

 

It was a morning of experimenting as I have now made a resonant 60m End-fed with a link at 40m to give me 20m, 15m, and 10m without an ATU on workable sections of the bands if necessary.  80m was accomplished with a loading coil in the 40m link. I still used the internal ATU on the KX2 to keep the rig happy.  This is work in progress but I still miss the linked dipole which is more compact on summit with not having to erect an extra pole for 4m/2m...it is as if I have an antenna farm on summit ... still it is all lighter to carry than what I was carrying previously.

GI0AZA and GI0AZB in the log

09:55	GI0AZA	5MHz	SSB	Esther
09:55	GI0AZB	5MHz	SSB	Ian
09:58	MW0VLO	5MHz	SSB	Barry
09:58	G0RQL	5MHz	SSB	Don
09:59	M0OAT	5MHz	SSB	Graeme
10:05	G0FEX	3.5MHz	SSB	Ken
10:06	G4OBK	3.5MHz	SSB	Phil
10:07	MW0VLO	3.5MHz	SSB	Barry
10:08	2W0LLJ	3.5MHz	SSB	Jenny
10:09	2E0FEH	3.5MHz	SSB	Karl
10:10	G4WSB	3.5MHz	SSB	Bill
10:39	F4WBN	14MHz	SSB	Christian
10:41	EA7GV	14MHz	SSB	Jose
10:42	EA5K	14MHz	SSB	Miguel
10:43	SV1RVJ	14MHz	SSB	Kyriakos
10:45	MW0SAW/P	14MHz	SSB	Steve

If I ditched 4m and 2m then the set up would be fantastic to carry as my 6m Carbon Fibre pole and End-fed combo is super light.  On the other hand I would miss my 2m QSOs with all the chasers….thanks everyone.

My activation set-up

HF:- Elecraft KX2 (8 watts) and 4Ah LiPo

HF Antenna – End-Fed with loading coil for 80m

HF Antenna support – 6m Sotabeams Carbon Fibre Fishing pole

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VHF/4m Antenna support – 4m Life’s a Breeze Glass Fibre Fishing pole

(VHF) Yaesu FT270 2m-FM (5watts) into a ‘Slim G

4m-fm  rig:-  Wouxon KG-UV8G (7.5 watts) into ‘flowerpot’ antenna 

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX