G/DC-003 Kit Hill, Cornwall

[G0KPE]

This is such an easy summit to reach, it feels like ‘cheating’ : -)
You can drive right to the summit where there is a car park. There are wonderful 360° views from up here if you are as lucky with the weather as I was. This must be a very popular VHF activation site for local amateurs.

My activation point was just thirty metres from where I parked, on a raised square of ground that has a trig point in one corner.

My equipment set-up was: -

• 6-metre telescopic pole
• Sotabeams 40/30/20m linked dipole
• Elecraft KX1 transceiver

I was quite restricted with time, but spots on Sotawatch paid dividends and gave me the QSOs to officially ‘activate’ Kit Hill, G/DC-003, in the time that I had available. Many thanks to the following: -

[MW0WML]

I was there on Saturday. Nice little hill with great views.

Thanks for the write up.

[G4OIG]

I wonder whether the dragon (ranger) is still in office. When I activated it we passed as I was arriving at the hill. A near miss!

Activation Report DC-002 and DC-003

Brown Willy DC-002 and Kit Hill DC-003 - Monday 30th July 2007 After a pleasant Sunday with the wife and daughter which included a trip to Padstow, I packed the car and managed to depart from Lostwithiel at 0910UTC on Monday 30th July. I had given consideration to travelling part way home (Northampton) and detouring to activate a couple of SC summits on the way home, but with the excellent weather I decided to stay in Cornwall and activate Brown Willy DC-002 and Kit Hill DC-003 instead. Brown W…

[M6GYU]

I wouldn’t worry at all about not walking. There are plenty of similar summits in other countries which can be reached in much the same way.

[G0KPE]

I had no interruptions when setting up and operating at Kit Hill. Probably received some curious glances from other visitors to the hill, but hey-ho, that goes as standard with some SOTA activations