Today's SOTA Activation.
GW/NW-046. 16th February 2019.
Altitude 540 M. Grid SJ 055211.
Today was going to be a new summit for me what they call a Unique Summit. I was off into North Wales half way between Welshpool and Bala. I left home at 06:50 a.m. (a late start for me this week). I had only planned on activating one summit and testing out my new EFHW antenna. The car park location for today was about another 600 meters further up the tract than others have parked. Be warned if you don't have a 4x4 I would not go that far. Grid SJ 06233 20980.
I forgot to track my ascent but managed to tract the descent. 27 minutes to ascend and 22 minutes to descend, lots of loose tress and branch's so be very careful if you are planning a visit soon.
I spent about 30 minutes erecting my two masts, a 10M SOTA pole with my new
EFHW (End Fed Half Wave) 30/20M linked. Also my 6M mast with SOTA Beams 40/30/20M linked dipole. I wanted to compare and I would say the EFHW was up by 3 S points.
The activation went well with 14 QSO's including 4 S2S's. I had taken my drone up with me to the summit, below is an edited video of the drone flight.
Today was going to be a new summit for me what they call a Unique Summit. I was off into North Wales half way between Welshpool and Bala. I left home at 06:50 a.m. (a late start for me this week). I had only planned on activating one summit and testing out my new EFHW antenna. The car park location for today was about another 600 meters further up the tract than others have parked. Be warned if you don't have a 4x4 I would not go that far. Grid SJ 06233 20980.
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I spent about 30 minutes erecting my two masts, a 10M SOTA pole with my new
EFHW (End Fed Half Wave) 30/20M linked. Also my 6M mast with SOTA Beams 40/30/20M linked dipole. I wanted to compare and I would say the EFHW was up by 3 S points.
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