GW/MW-010

Summit Information for GW/MW-010

Gwaunceste Hill - 542m, 2 points

Association: Wales  Region: Mid Wales   

Latitude: 52 11 28 N, Longitude: 3 13 59 W

Grid Reference: SO 158555, QTH Locator: IO82JE 

Today's Sunrise: 08:08 UTC, Today's Sunset: 16:02 UTC 

The starting point for today's activation was SO 165-534 where there is enough room to park a couple of cars but the access roads leave a lot to be desired.  From here its about 2.3k to the summit with just 146M of ascent.  There is a pretty obvious vehicle track heading off in the right general direction so I followed this most of the way up the gentle gradient.  As you reach the last of the trees at SO 162-546 the track becomes a little vague and the gradient becomes steeper.  At some points along the way I passed through areas of knee deep heather which combined with the gradient made progress rather slow.

At the summit there is room for whatever antennas you may wish to use, in this case I just used my 60/40 inverted V.  Unfortunately this had to be a quick activation as I had promised to be at my granddaughters  Christmas concert shortly after lunch so I decided to just work 5Mhz.

Steve, (G6LUZ) was kind enough to spot me on my second contact and within 25 minutes I was all done.  After working Allan, (GW4VPX) summit to summit, I left him with the frequency and was off down the hill to enjoy the afternoons festivities.

Many thanks to all chasers for all your continued support.

73

Mal  (GW6OVD/P)

Date:09/Dec/2013 Summit:GW/MW-010 (Gwaunceste Hill) Call Used:GW6OVD/P 

Time	Call	Band	Mode	Notes
10:34z	G4JJS	5MHz	SSB	Simon
10:40z	G6LUZ	5MHz	SSB	Steve
10:41z	GW6DGU	5MHz	SSB	Roy
10:44z	G0RQL	5MHz	SSB	Don
10:46z	M0IML	5MHz	SSB	Barry
10:47z	M0MDA	5MHz	SSB	Michael
10:48z	G0TRB	5MHz	SSB	Roger
10:48z	GI4ONL	5MHz	SSB	Victor
10:48z	M0JLA	5MHz	SSB	Rod
10:50z	G6ODU	5MHz	SSB	Bob
10:51z	G4AFI	5MHz	SSB	Andrew
10:52z	G8VNW	5MHz	SSB	Nick
10:53z	G4FGJ	5MHz	SSB	Gordon
10:53z	GW8OGI	5MHz	SSB	Ian
10:55z	M0COP	5MHz	SSB	Peter
10:57z	G4JCL	5MHz	SSB	Derek
10:59z	M0XCH	5MHz	SSB	Clive
11:00z	GW4VPX	5MHz	SSB	Allan S2S GW/MW-011

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