GW/SW-013 Tor y Foel

 GW/SW-013 Tor y Foel

11/02/2022

Great fun today

Great morning on Tor y Foel GW/SW-013 although I did feel a little lonely as other activators were having summit parties….. 44 contacts ITL with a very good run of 26 on 40m ...11 s2s, mainly with the same summits…. :) Had a nice few minutes testing with antenna analyser a new small 49:1 unun transformer for EFHW which I'd made a few days ago. Thanks to Frank MW0OFA for the help in comparing my two set ups and to Lee 2W0LPU for the 'heads up s2s' and company. Thanks also to Sue (XYL of Gerald Davison MW0WML) for the hand knitted gloves which I used for the first time yesterday...nice and warm.

 

My GPS track

New gloves...

The summit

All set up

Experimenting...

Waun Rydd GW/SW-004 in the distance

11:03	2W0LPU	144MHz	FM	Lee
11:23	GW4BML/P	5MHz	SSB	Ben s2s Great Rhos
11:25	M0JLA	5MHz	SSB	Rod
11:26	G8ADD	5MHz	SSB	Brian
11:27	GW3YQP	5MHz	SSB	Chris
11:28	MW0OFA	5MHz	SSB	Frank
11:33	MW1CJE/P	144MHz	FM	Andrew s2s Waun Fach
11:42	MW0MZM/P	144MHz	FM	Mark s2s Waun Fach
11:48	M7HFD/P	144MHz	FM	Lee s2s Worcester Beacon
11:53	M6BLV	7MHz	SSB	John
11:54	G0RQL	7MHz	SSB	Don
11:54	DK1HKV	7MHz	SSB
11:55	ON7LO	7MHz	SSB	Louis
11:55	F4WBN	7MHz	SSB	Christian
11:56	2E0FEH	7MHz	SSB	Karl
11:56	M7CAD	7MHz	SSB	Glyn
11:57	2E0MIX	7MHz	SSB	Derek
11:57	EA2DT	7MHz	SSB	Manuel
11:57	G4TJC	7MHz	SSB	Simon
11:58	2W0JHO	7MHz	SSB
11:59	EA2IF	7MHz	SSB	Guru
11:59	M0ZVB	7MHz	SSB	Patrick
12:00	2E0ESY	7MHz	SSB	Mike
12:01	SA4BLM	7MHz	SSB	Lars
12:02	G4TCI	7MHz	SSB	Mike
12:02	M0TMD	7MHz	SSB	Helen
12:03	G4IAR	7MHz	SSB	Dave
12:04	EA3EBJ	7MHz	SSB	Roca
12:04	G6LKB	7MHz	SSB	David
12:05	G0KKQ	7MHz	SSB	Ed
12:05	M7EGD	7MHz	SSB	Gary
12:06	PD1RO	7MHz	SSB	Rolf
12:07	M0PTZ	7MHz	SSB	Paul
12:07	DJ5AV	7MHz	SSB	Mike
12:08	PA3ECZ	7MHz	SSB	Ruud
12:39	GW4EUK/P	144MHz	FM	s2s Fan Brycheiniog
12:43	GW1BXX	144MHz	FM	Adrian
12:55	MW5RJC/P	144MHz	FM	Rick s2s Cefn yr Ystrad
12:56	MW0RWX/P	144MHz	FM	Robert s2s Beacon Hill
13:00	GW6OVD	144MHz	FM	Mal
13:03	MW0OVW/P	144MHz	FM	Gillian s2s Beacon Hill
13:04	GW4HQB/P	144MHz	FM	Philip s2s Beacon Hill
13:26	MW1CJE/P	144MHz	FM	Andrew s2s Mynydd Troed
13:27	GW4BML/P	144MHz	FM	Ben s2s Beacon Hill

Heading down...

My activation set-up

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

HF Antenna – End-Fed hybrid - 49:1 Unun 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

Thanks everyone for the contacts

73 Allan GW4VPX