GW/SW-033 Wentwood

 GW/SW-033 Wentwood

26/May/2021

Brambles and general wilderness …no HF on this one

About 45 minutes from my previous summit and I was parking at ST413945. Head for the Communications tower and turn left shortly after passing the tower. On arrival at the trigpoint it was evident that setting up HF would be difficult as it was very much a jungle of brambles and young trees.

Park here....head for the Communications tower

Take the left path

Turn left for the Trigpoint

The Trigpoint

With a spot and a quick CQ I started my activation. Qualifying the summit for me was Rod with a message to say that he and Viki would soon be in a position to give me another s2s. I had some nice chats and an especially long one with my friend Jeff near Cardiff until eventually the s2s with Rod and Viki…thanks both.

13:35	G1OKD	144MHz	FM	Ron
13:40	M7HFD/P	144MHz	FM	Ryan nr Malvern
13:42	M0VRF	144MHz	FM	John nr Bristol
13:44	M0JLA/P	144MHz	FM	Rod
13:45	M6BWA/P	144MHz	FM	Viki
13:47	M0TFY/M	144MHz	FM	David
13:50	GW6OVD	144MHz	FM	Mal
13:54	GW3UZS	144MHz	FM	Jeff nr Cardiff
14:07	M6BWA/P	144MHz	FM	Viki s2s
14:08	M0JLA/P	144MHz	FM	Rod s2s
14:11	M6BWA/P	433MHz	FM	Viki s2s diff band
14:12	G4TCI	433MHz	FM	Mike in Somerset

 

My office to the left of the Trigpoint

The office

A jungle of brambles but a nice view of the Severn Estuary

This is a nice easy summit and would be ideal for someone starting off in SOTA. I’m sure there are other locations for setting up a HF antenna as the AZ is large but heavily forested. Today I wanted the Trigpoint for WAB so a quick 2m activation was the order of the day with a very long journey home.

My activation set-up

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

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

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX