Wednesday 8 December 2021

Mynydd Troed GW/SW-009

 

Mynydd Troed  GW/SW-009

05/December/2021

A bit windy…..

Well it was a bit windy and I lost count of the number of times my poles were blown over on summit. A wire on the HF antenna broke as well but was soon repaired in the 'bomb hole' where I was hiding from the icy blast.  Mountain weather had forecast gusts of between 40 and 50mph…must have had a few of those?  Loads of s2s today ..thanks everyone including the chasers.

Park at SO160283..get there early..easy access to both summits

The familiar 'Troed steps'

Lookin back...nice view..my car way down in the valley

The trig in sight

Windy today...even bending the 4m pole

This happened so many times today

10:26

GW4TQE/P

144MHz

FM

John s2s Corndon Hill

10:28

2W0LPU

144MHz

FM

Lee en-route to summit

10:29

GW4BML

144MHz

FM

Ben

10:34

G4HQB

144MHz

FM

Philip

10:35

G8XYJ

144MHz

FM

Matt

10:37

MW0KXN/P

144MHz

FM

Kevin s2s Fan Nedd

10:38

GW6OVD

144MHz

FM

Mal

10:38

GW4TQD

144MHz

FM

John

10:40

MW0PJE/P

144MHz

FM

Peter en-route to summit

10:41

2W0FYP

144MHz

FM

Greg

10:49

MW0PJJ

144MHz

FM

Philip

11:01

2W0LPU/P

144MHz

FM

Lee s2s Allt yr Esgair

11:12

MW0KEN/P

144MHz

FM

??

11:20

MW6BWA/P

144MHz

FM

Viki s2s Mynydd Carn y Cefn

11:22

MW0JLA/P

144MHz

FM

Rod s2s Mynydd C y C

11:24

MW6BWA/P

433MHz

FM

Viki s2s diff band

11:28

MW0OFA

144MHz

FM

Frank

11:29

GW4BML

5MHz

SSB

Ben

11:32

G0RQL

5MHz

SSB

Don

11:34

G0FEX

5MHz

SSB

Ken

11:35

GI0AZA

5MHz

SSB

Esther

11:40

MW5RJC/P

144MHz

FM

Rick s2s Tor y Foel

11:50

MW0PJE/P

144MHz

FM

Peter s2s Waun Rydd

11:55

MW7DTE/P

144MHz

FM

Dan s2s Tor y Foel

12:24

MW0RWX/P

144MHz

FM

Robert s2s Cadair Idris

 

My activation set-up

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

HF Antenna – End-Fed HW - 49:1 Unun- link at 40m + extension for 60m ..with ‘clip in’ loading coil for 80m at link

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

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX

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