GW/NW-060 Mynydd y briw

GW/NW-060 Mynydd y briw

10/August/2021

Long trek from home

Early start today to get to my first summit West of Oswestry…2.5 hours to the parking spot.  I was hoping to get Rod and Viki in my log as they were up in North Wales for the week.  Thanks to everyone that made my log. I carried the Yaesu FT1900 (with Zippy 4200 battery) to Mynydd y briw which gave me up to 50 watts to the Slim Jim as I thought it might be a difficult summit for 2m...notice that most of my 2m contacts were s2s with only two home based chasers.

GPS route from Sota mapping (MW0WML)

Don't block the gate

Steep but not far to go

Ready to transmit

Nice s2s in the log

10:04	M0WCW/P	144MHz	FM	Colin s2s Black Hill
10:11	MW0OFA	144MHz	FM	Frank nr Cardigan
10:12	MW6BWA/P	144MHz	FM	Viki s2s Foel Fenlli
10:14	M0MTP/P	144MHz	FM	Mateusz s2s The Cloud
10:19	GW4SHF	144MHz	FM	Stephen nr Llanfair Caereinion
10:30	GW8NZN/P	144MHz	FM	David s2s Tal y Fan
10:36	MW6BWA/P	433MHz	FM	Viki s2s Foel Fenlli 70cms
10:42	GW4TQE/P	144MHz	FM	John s2s Moel y Gamelin
10:44	MW0JLA/P	5MHz	SSB	Rod s2s Mynydd Rhyd Ddu
10:47	GW0UXC/P	144MHz	FM	Peter s2s Foel Fenlli
10:51	GW6OVD/P	5MHz	SSB	Mal..mobile South Wales
10:54	M0NMI	5MHz	SSB	David nr Swindon
10:55	G0RQL	5MHz	SSB	Don nr Holsworthy
10:56	G3YZY	5MHz	SSB	Howard in Hampshire
10:59	G4OBK	5MHz	SSB	Phil in Yorkshire
11:05	MW5RJC/P	144MHz	FM	Rick s2s Mynydd Troed
11:06	GW4HQB/P	144MHz	FM	Philip s2s Fan Fawr

 

The view from the top

I hate going downhill :)

My activation set-up

HF:- Elecraft KX2 (8 watts) and 4.2Ah LiFe

HF Antenna –ybrid  Hybrid End-Fed Half Wave with loading coil for 80m and extension for 60m

HF Antenna support – 6m Sotabeams Carbon Fibre Fishing pole

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

(VHF-UHF) Yaesu FT1900 - FM (5-50 watts) into a ‘Slim J’

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX