Gm ss-129

Activation Reports
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Great condx on 20m today from GM/SS-129.
LNR Precision mountain topper 3b with 2w into an EFHW vertical antenna. Best dx was N4EX and N1GB
Doug GM0ELP

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Well done Doug, and nice to see the wee beastie in the ‘wilds’ - hi! And if I’d been watching the Alerts (presume you alerted?) I’m sure we could have worked on ground wave?

GL with your future SOTAearing with the Mountain Topper.

73

Jack(;>J

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Hi Jack,
No I didn’t advertise the activation, but I will do next time. Was nice to get a run of 5 stations in a row (at one point) and even a pile up depth of 2 :-). Learned a few lessons:

  1. need to bring something better to sit down on
  2. I had to set up on the leeward side of the summit due to the wind. In my mind eye I was going to use the trig point to hold the pole but was lucky to find a small fir tree. Need to bring guy ropes and pegs next time.
  3. Need to bring warmer coat for the dog, he was cold and kept pushing into me for a heat especially when it started snowing. Not good mid pile up hi.
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Good Doug - your now own a learning curve to this great aspect of our hobby. And there is bags of advice on this Reflector to keep you straight - hi!

(;>J

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I saw the spot for 20m CW and had a listen, but nothing heard from you Doug. I also looked for Andy GM8OEG later on, but nothing heard there either. Obviously skip was a little too long yesterday.

73, Gerald G4OIG (on G/DC-008 down in Cornwall).

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Thanks for trying Gerald.Hopefully next time I may be active on 40m as well.

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Unfortunately I didn’t have 40m with me, so I missed out on more local S2S opportunities, but getting across the pond was the priority on this occasion. There is always far too much to do on a summit, even with a 5 hour operating window!

73, Gerald G4OIG