I’ll add some details later, but it was -8 degC in the car this morning, -6 degC on the summit, here are the photos…
21:00 UTC update at end…
Dow Crag, Old Man of Coniston and Whetherlam
Dow Crag and Old Man of Coniston
Dow Crag, Old Man of Coniston and Whetherlam
Fairfield Horseshoe
Red Screes in the centre
Red Screes & Stony Cove Pike
Fairfield Horseshoe
Looking South towards Morecambe Bay
Sunrise in the East
Sunrise in the East
Sunrise in the East
Sunrise in the East
Sunrise in the East
Windermere in the Foreground looking West
Summit of Old Man of Coniston
Summit of Fairfield
Fairfield Horseshoe
Bowfell and The Langdales
Dow Crag, Old Man of Coniston & Whetherlam
Windermere in the Foreground looking West
View towards Ulverston (Hoad Monument in the foreground, off-shore wind farm in the background)
Fairfield Horseshoe with Windermere
View to the North
Gummer’s How OS Benchmark
Heasham Nuclear Power Station
Blackpool Tower with Welsh Mountains in the Background
Blackpool Tower
View to the South East towards Barrow
View to the North
Red Screes
Fairfield
On the descent
On the descent
On the descent
On the descent
On the descent
On the descent
On the descent
Lakeside
Lakeside
Lakeside
Windermere Steamers The Teal & The Swan at Lakeside
Blackpool Tower & Welsh Mountains
View to the South
On the descent
On the descent
21:00 UTC update
Thank you for all the lovely comments. Although it was cold on the summit thankfully the wind stayed below about 5 knots so I was able, with ample layers, three pairs of gloves and a hot drink, to stay warm for the duration. It was very special to see the sunrise and I absolutely love the Lake District views when there is snow on the tops. There were a few people who had ventured out around the same time and then a steady trickle throughout the activation.
The FT-817 barefoot continues to impress with the solid 5w output doing very well. It was lovely to exchange seasons greetings to so many of my amateur radio friends. Of special mention is @EA2DT who has been my most consistent chaser and managed to make the contact on 80m after having just missed each other on 40m (I heard him calling just after I’d reclipped the SOTABEAMs quad-band dipole for 80m and he had gone by the time I ran around setting it back to 40m), thank you Manuel for the dedicated chasing.
I’ve added some comments below the photos explaining the aspect. On a good day you can see Blackpool Tower but there haven’t been too many days where I am able to make out the Welsh Mountains behind however. My last contact was fittingly with Santa’s Own Amateur Radio Station OH9SCL who has been doing a splendid job over the past few days when I have got contacts in various locations and it was great to get a 59 with my /QRP setup.
Santa was good to me this year, he bought me a Mountain Topper MTR3B and a Digimaster MiniProSC so hopefully I will be expanding the communication modes available from the fell tops.
Mountain Topper MTR3B
Merry Christmas to all and a safe, healthy 2021 please!
Mark.
Date: 25/12/2020 | Summit: G/LD-050 (Gummer’s How) | Call Used: M0NOM/P | Points: 0 | Bonus: 0 |
| Time | Callsign | Band | Mode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:50 | F5LKW | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:50 | EA2CKX | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:51 | SA4BLM | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:51 | ON2LVC | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:52 | ON5SWA | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:52 | SV2RUJ | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:53 | DJ5AV | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:53 | OM1AX | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:54 | DL2HWI | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:54 | ON4PRA | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:55 | S57ILF | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:55 | SP9AMH | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:56 | G8CPZ | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 08:56 | F4HZR | 7MHz | SSB | |
| 09:05 | GM0AXY | 3.5MHz | SSB | |
| 09:05 | EA2DT | 3.5MHz | SSB | |
| 09:05 | G0RQL | 3.5MHz | SSB | |
| 09:06 | 2E0AGB | 3.5MHz | SSB | |
| 09:06 | 2E0FEH | 3.5MHz | SSB | |
| 09:08 | ON7QR | 3.5MHz | SSB | |
| 09:09 | GM7NZI | 3.5MHz | SSB | |
| 09:09 | G4OBK | 3.5MHz | SSB | |
| 09:18 | G7WKX/P | 144MHz | FM | SOTA: G/LD-059 |
| 09:20 | M7NDC/P | 144MHz | FM | SOTA: G/LD-059 |
| 09:20 | G0CPJ | 144MHz | FM | OP: Phil QTH: Freckleton |
| 09:25 | M0LJH | 144MHz | FM | OP: Les QTH: Blackpool |
| 09:30 | EA2BD | 14MHz | SSB | |
| 09:31 | EA7GV | 14MHz | SSB | |
| 09:31 | SV2OXS | 14MHz | SSB | |
| 09:32 | SV1RVJ | 14MHz | SSB | |
| 09:32 | EA1DHB | 14MHz | SSB | |
| 09:33 | SV2SOQ | 14MHz | SSB | |
| 09:34 | F6CZP | 14MHz | SSB | OP: Phil QTH: South France Nr. Marseille |
| 09:36 | S55VN | 14MHz | SSB | |
| 09:38 | SP9AMH | 14MHz | SSB | |
| 09:38 | S57NJM | 14MHz | SSB | |
| 09:40 | DK8SL | 14MHz | SSB | OP: Sasha RIG: FT-3000 ANT: Hi-gain Vert WX: Sunshine 4 degC |
| 09:44 | S521PMC | 14MHz | SSB | |
| 09:48 | OH9SCL | 14MHz | SSB | WX: -5 degC |
