2m SSB and 144.300MHz

[M0WIV]

For completeness, the activation which this and the other thread mention took place and my brief report can be found here:

Hardown Hill G/SC-011 - 2m Activity

I activated Hardown Hill G/SC-011 this morning and for a bit of variety I attempted it using 2m only and using 4 different modes: SSB, FM, CW and FT8 digital mode. [PXL_20211218_120034979] The weather forecast was good for December and on the hill it was better than expected as the fresh breeze forecast was not felt. But it was cold for Dorset at about 8C to begin with warming up just one degree to 9C at the end. I started on 2m SSB with a 5 element Diamond 144S5R Yagi hung…