A fab day out.

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I hadn’t seen my pal Ollie for a while and planned a visit for the weekend to catch up.
I wasn’t really thinking about hills but the weather forecast looked good and I wondered about Schiehallion. I’ve seen it’s distinctive shape from other hills but have never walked up anywhere so high before, so was a bit wary.
We made a plan with Dun Coillich as a backup, helpfully the summit of Schiehallion is visible from Ollie’s kitchen window so when having breakfast we could see the top was clear.
A short drive to the car park and a bit of faff with coins in the pay and display then we were off. The walk has a great path up to the boulder field then a bit of care is required to get up to the actual summit.

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The wind was biting cold as we got to the top but after some photos we found a sheltered spot in the sunshine to setup the antenna.
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I wasn’t sure which antenna to take but in the end used my usual 6m pole , HF dipole and flowerpot for 2m. With Ollie’s help I got it hoisted and sat with my arm round the base to hold it in place. Solo I would probably have just done 2m handheld but it was good to reach a bit further on HF. 38 QSO’s in total starting with s2s to Fraser MM0EFI on GM/ES-053. HF got me out to Greece in the East, New Hampshire in the West and the Canary islands to the South.
A fab day out.
Andy
MM7MOX

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Fantastic report and what a fine Munro !

I saw your spot just as I was starting my descent from Drygarn Fawr GW/NW-003. For a moment, I considered turning back to re-erect the HF kit to work you on this fine peak !

I am in Arran next weekend so hope for another S2S opportunity especially 2m to GM/SS

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Thanks for the S2S. I was standing on the trig of Ben Newe at the time. I’d only brought a Quansheng and very cheap ali express telescopic whip, which isn’t even rh-770 length. So, I was pleased to hear you from Schiehallion.

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