Aberdare And District Amateur Radio Society AADARS: GW/SW 039, 036 & 028

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

GW/SW 039, 036 & 028

Summit Information for GW/SW-039

Mynydd Llangyndeyrn - 262m, 1 point

Association: Wales Region: South Wales

Latitude: 51 47 48 N, Longitude: 4 12 10 W

Grid Reference: SN 482132, QTH Locator: IO71VT

What a fantastic day for a few SOTA activations! 27deg.C with a light breeze to take the edge off.

On my own again today so I took a leisurely drive down the M4 towards Carmarthen to the starting point for my first activation of the day SN478 128.

From here there is a path straight to the summit, about 10 minutes easy walk away.

Strange conditions on vhf today, with some qrp stations coming in from Cornwall but very quiet locally. Worked a couple of summit to summits but very surprised to work one of my regulars, Dave MV0IBC from Rowley Regis from here.

The contacts soon dried up on 2 meters so I set off for the second summit of the day GW/SW-036

Time	Call	Band	Mode	Notes
09:40z	GW4VPX	144MHz	FM	Allan
09:48z	GW6DGU	144MHz	FM	Roy
09:54z	MV6RGF	144MHz	FM
09:55z	M3XIE	144MHz	FM	David
09:57z	M0COP/P	144MHz	FM	Peter
09:58z	M6GBO	144MHz	FM	Bruce
10:04z	MV0IBC	144MHz	FM	Dave

Summit Information for GW/SW-036

Mynydd Sylen - 284m, 1 point

Association: Wales Region: South Wales

Latitude: 51 45 3 N, Longitude: 4 9 9 W

Grid Reference: SN 515080, QTH Locator: IO71WS

At the second summit there are a couple of large transmitting masts so I was half expecting a little breakthrough on 2 meters but I did not experience any.

It took quite a lot of effort to get my 4 contacts in the log, I think everyone must be sunning themselves in the garden today hi hi.

Very easy to access this summit as it is only a couple of hundred yards from the road.

Time	Call	Band	Mode	Notes
11:04z	GW4VPX	144MHz	FM	Allan
11:07z	M6GBO	144MHz	FM	Bruce
11:09z	G7FLI	144MHz	FM	John
11:25z	G6HWO	144MHz	FM

Summit Information for GW/SW-028

Mynydd y Betws - 374m, 1 point

Association: Wales Region: South Wales

Latitude: 51 46 1 N, Longitude: 3 56 15 W

Grid Reference: SN 664094, QTH Locator: IO81AS

I arrived at my final summit at around 12.10Z and set up for my final activation of the day.

Again, very quiet on 2 meters locally taking an hour to get 5 contacts, but a qso with Ian, GJ7DNJ followed by a summit to summit with Colin, GM4UXH on 5Mhz, who was making the first ever activation of GM/SI-054 made a great end to the day. Many thanks to all those who helped with my 3 activation's today.

73, Mal GW6OVD