G4YSS: Activation Report for NP9, NP16 & NP31 on 28-02-13
Draft-2
G/NP-009 /6 BUCKDEN PIKE.
G/NP-016 /4 DODD FELL.
G/NP-031 /4 BIRKS FELL.
On 160-80-40-2m QRO & 4m QRP.
All times GMT on 28-02-13.
G4YSS using GX0OOO/P.
Unaccompanied.
Equipment:
IC706-2G; adjustable dipole; 5m mast; 160m loading coils (at halfway points in each leg).
One 8.8 Ah Li-Po for NP9 & NP16. One 13.2 Ah Li-Po for NP31.
IC E90 4-Band FM, 5W H/H with extended duck and 1.3 Ah integral battery for 4m-FM.
QRO pack: 11.5kg (25 pounds).
INTRO:
As usual when the winter bonus season has almost crept by unnoticed, I start reflecting on how little I have earned. I asked Will if he wanted to go to the Dales with me but it was too short notice.
NP9 ROUTE:
From the quarry parking place at SD 9455 7996 (413m ASL) walk a few metres up the tarmac, through a gate at SD 9454 8000, across fields then through a second gate at SD 9475 7979. The second gate was open today. A path across pasture land connects the two.
Follow a poor sort of path via: SD 9479 7975, SD 9486 7977 and SD 9507 7981 (at the latter point it is a quad track). Go up to a wall corner at SD 9516 7975 and then on to SD 9521 7966. Pass through a gateless gap in the wall at SD 9534 7954 and up steep ground to SD 9539 7951. Cross Cow Close Gill beside by the wall at SD 9546 7947, loosing a few metres here.
From the Gill crossing, swing right (south) to pick up the meagre path again at SD 9547 7936 and SD 9551 7933. Less than 300m later this wall-path joins the main drag coming up from Cray, at SD 9565 7921. The Cray path now takes you all the way to the top, via SD 9609 7885 in luxurious manner, being fully surfaced and stepped in places.
EXECUTION:
I left Scarborough at 04:30 for the 81 mile drive in moonlight, along icy roads to Bishopdale; arriving at the start point by 06:33 in dim daylight. While descending Sutton Bank at about 05:20, I called though GB3HG on 145.625 and got a reply. This was Andy M1SDE/ M in his Lorry on the way from Richmond to Maltby in South Yorkshire. We must have kept the QSO going for half an hour until Andy arrived at his destination. It made the over-familiar journey more bearable.
The elapsed time for the ascent which was started at 06:48 today was 45 minutes and route distance (one way) is around 2.4km. The required ascent, including renascent of 4m on the way up and the same on the way down, is 297m. Just one Lapwing was seen this year. I believe they are early nesters, which is probably why it got annoyed with me. There was tussocky, boggy ground to negotiate lower down but it was mostly frozen over. As altitude was gained the snow patches increased in size and frequency. Most of these were also frozen, which made for good walking.
The priority was to get into the camera, a taste of the stunning scene which greeted me. I was ahead of schedule anyway; once again too scared to alert early and get people out of bed for a reason that might not meet the time predicted.
I set up on the west side of the spine wall just beyond the trig point at SD 9609 7869 and I had the hill to myself for the duration. After stamping out a seat in the snow drift and lining it with my map case, I sat down for what I knew would be a lengthy activation. Unfortunately the sun was shining on the opposite side of the wall which was also the direction from which the stiff cold wind was blowing. You can`t have everything but it was minus 3C so I put on an extra layer; a Primaloft jacket.
BUCKDEN PIKE, G/NP-009, 702m, 6pts, 07:33 to 09:50. Minus 3 Deg.C. Wind NE at 15 mph. Bright sunshine. Patches of lying snow & wall drifts up to 2ft deep. Intermittent EE (Orange) mobile coverage. LOC: IO84XE, WAB: SD97.
Despite sending three text messages on arrival, phone coverage dropped to zero just when it came time to phone Roy. Murphy`s Law.
1.832 CW - 4 QSOs: Mark G0VOF was the first to answer me with a 579 report. Phil G4OBK (84km) gave me 599 at the end but in between were G3RMD Frank in Cheltenham (250km) and G4SSH Roy (105km) near Scarborough. There was no sign of Mike EI2CL but Dublin is a very noisy city. Not a bad start - 4 contacts on Top Band. The fact that Frank was easily worked as against the usual struggle or no QSO` was an encouraging indicator of band conditions. Power: 100W (50W for G0VOF).
1.843 SSB - 6 QSOs: This time the switch to voice mode was remembered. It was worth it too. After reworking Mark, Phil and Frank three additional stations were logged: G8ADD Brian; G8MIA Andy and EI3GYB Michael in Knock, Mayo. The latter QSO was a bit of a struggle from Michaels viewpoint but he got everything after a few repeats. Power was 100 Watts throughout and it`s a while since I experienced such good conditions on 160m almost 2 hours after dawn!
3.557 CW - 16 QSOs: As is often the case, Roy G4SSH was waiting and gave me a 559 in response to my 30 Watt signal. The two other Scarborough stations were next in the log; G0NUP Kevin & G4OOE Nick. After these I worked eight more Britishers who were mostly established chasers coming in at 599. In and amongst were overseas stations as follows: EI2CL; PA0B; DL1FU; ON4FI and F6OVQ. Most were 579 or better. With the 30 Watts offered to it, 80 was working very well inside and outside the UK. The reason for not hammering the battery was that I didnt intend to change it prior to the next summit.
3.724 SSB - 13 QSOs: The use of 30 Watts was continued on here but this time the stations were exclusively UK based chasers with a few newcomers. I am not trying to plug` the 80m band or anything (not much) but all were 59 to me. Incoming reports varied from 58 to 59+10dB apart from one; M0JLA - Rod in Hereford who gave me 47.
The Descent:
I started down at 09:51 arriving at Bishopdale quarry by 10:21. Next was the drive to Kidhow Gate which is at the end of the tarmaced section of the Cam Houses Road (some of it still snow-covered) where it meets the Pennine Way. The drive up Langstrothdale took from 10:25 to 10:45.
NP16 ROUTE:
Kidhow Gate; park near the gate at SD 8298 8339 and walk up the Pennine Way North. A minor path leaves the track at SD 8339 8434 but its not obvious. From there its steeply up via SD 8344 8435, crossing a beck at SD 8352 8432 and following a boggy track via SD 8364 8434, SD 8376 8439, SD 8386 8443 and SD 8397 8453 to the moated trig. The path is ill-defined a lot of the way and is easily lost. Dodd Fell may not be a remote summit but it`s relatively featureless and almost pathless. Good navigation is needed especially if you are descending in the dark.
The ascent start time for NP16 was 10:53. On this occasion I turned off the completely snow covered PW too early and found myself walking across a large snowfield on a sideways slope. Generally, the snow with soft grass underneath impeded progress and wasted energy, except where it had a frozen crust. Where this crust was thin you crashed through but it didn`t happen too often. The path was mostly hiding under snow near the top, making the tussocky alternative a real annoyance. Also the sun was melting this snow and weakening the crust.
I had thoughts of setting up for the activation somewhat short of the highest point but in the end, realising that the best of any meagre shelter from a stiff cold wind was close to the trig, I carried on. I need not have worried. The sun was climbing higher in the sky by now and it didn`t feel quite so cold.
NP-016: DODD FELL HILL, 668m, 4 pts, 11:25 to 13:51, 4 Deg.C, 15 mph wind. Bright sunshine. Large areas of lying snow. No EE (Orange) phone signal - unlike previous years. LOC: IO84VG, WAB: SD88.
There are just shallow depressions to sit in. At least by now it was 7 degrees warmer than NP9 had been. For the second time today I donned the jacket and stamped the snow down to make myself comfortable. That said, no matter how good the prep, there are always little bits of snow which mysteriously slide in from the edges of your sit mat with the obvious result.
Up to now I had not managed to get through to Roy on the phone, so once settled I erected the 2m J-Pole and called him with 50 Watts vertical on 145.400 to try to update him. No reply; only noise on the band which sounded a bit like data. Was this pager interference perhaps? If so, it was long range stuff.
3.557 CW - Nil QSOs: CQs from 11:43 to 11:45 with powers up to the maximum did not have the desired effect. Probably conditions were to blame and a flick up to 40m immediately detected life.
7.033 CW - 30 QSOs: Though no mention of 40m band operation had been made in the email Id sent Roy the night before, he picked up my CQ 1kHz up from a busy 7.032, on the first call. Great, I knew he would spot me but after not doing any demanding CW for seven weeks, I also wondered whether I was up for the likely pileup his spot might produce.
Since the 8.8 Ah Li-Po had already provided one summit activation, I turned the power down below 20 Watts and hoped it would be enough for the more difficult QSO`s. In fact the band turned out to be in superb condition for both UK and overseas stations, the UK being noticeably louder on average.
After the three Scarborough ops, the following entities were worked: G; OE; ON; SP; DL; HA; GI; PA; S52 and CT. Outgoing RSTs were 599 apart from two. Incoming reports were mainly 579 to 599 with one or two in the range 539 to 569 and QSOs came at the rate of one per minute.
Notable were CT1BQH followed by an S2S with S52CU/P Mirko on S5/RG-009. Gerald G4OIG who popped in to say hello with a strong signal. John G4WSX rounded this session off. If I remember correctly, I went in search of a clear SSB QRG and after a couple of minutes transmitted the QSY Frequency on 7.033. G4SSH, sharp as ever detected this and spotted the move on SOTAwatch. Without Roy things would have been much slower.
7.110 CW - 22 QSOs: Unless he was just happening by Roys spot must have been seen by G6TUH Mike in East Sussex who got the ball rolling. G6ODU Bob called in at the same time. I always try to acknowledge any callers no matter how many. If I were a chaser (which Im not because its way too difficult for me) I would want to know if I`d been heard, even if I had to wait a few minutes to be worked. Obviously with a lot of callers, which was about to happen in this instance, the QSO rate has to be speeded up as much as possible.
Soon after working Bob, things went off the scale. I must have made a list of 10 callers when three or four S2Ss simultaneously descended on me. I also prioritised a mobile in case of traffic difficulties but later suspected he was square wheeled so to speak. S2Ss worked in short order were as follows: 2E0YYY/P on G/SP-013; MW0IML/P on GW/NW-056; G4ASA/P on G/NP-032 and MW6GWR/P on GW/NW-063. Phew!
With some concern regarding the battery, the following callsign areas were worked: G; PA; MW: EI and GM. When a list of fixed stations is being worked and there are delays, there are usually one or two casualties. In this case Pete EI7CC was one and G4AFI looked like being another until he tried again after 15 minutes or so. Generally speaking we all know how it happens. You call in, wait to no avail, then the XYL breezes in to announce. I told you yesterday that we were going shopping. Venus and Mars?
Near the end the power was reduced from 30W to around 10W. Ken GM0AXY had reported a little distortion on voice peaks as if the mic gain was set too high. I put this down to the onset of power supply under-voltage but soldiered on, thinking the battery would suddenly let me down at any moment but it never did.
A few people asked for the WAB square. Before discovering an error caused by printing an Ingleborough logsheet on the rear of a Dodd Fell one, I was giving out SD77 instead of SD88. Apologies for that but I heard later that the WABers had worked out the error and corrected it with all parties.
1.832 CW - 1 QSO:
Just one contact logged on here – G4OBK with his wonderful signal. I didnt even get chance to turn the power up so Phil was worked with 10 Watts and an incoming report of 569. Thinking of the battery again, I gritted my teeth and gave it a few 100 Watt CQs but heard nothing. From that I concluded that SSB would just be a waste of resources.
145.400 (.425 & .450) FM - 9 QSOs: With nil phone coverage today, I thought I would try to contact Roy on 2m-FM again. Upon selecting 145.400 MHz-FM, I heard a strong signal. This was G6HFF on G/LD-053 and Glenn was immediately worked. Other chasers on Glenns channel had obviously heard me so I QSY`d to 145.425 and worked G4WHA/A Geoff in Penrith; G1OHH Sue in Lancaster; G0TDM John in Penrith; M0IOC Ian in Shotton Colliery and G6XBF Walt in Leeds.
Walt told me that we were causing interference to a station in Barnsley so at this point I re-established on 145.450, working G4UXH Colin, G6LKB Dave in Ulverston and finally G1KLZ Doug in High Bentham. Power for all these (except the S2S - 25W) was 50 Watts to the vertical J-Pole on my umbrella stuck in a snow drift because the mast was in use for HF. Dodd is a bad one for VHF and I have wept into S20 a few times using 4 Watts in the early days (2002-03). It was noticable how QRO helped here and amazingly the 8.8 Ah battery still hadn`t failed at the end of its second QRO activation!
Down Dodd:
It was time to go. The descent took 25 minutes mainly over snow, some of it soft by now. Again I cut the corner. Normally reaching the Pennine Way early would make for a faster descent but today it made little difference. On fell side or PW; either way it was snow and more snow. Of the three summits worked today, Dodd Fell had more than its fair share.
Back at the car by 14:16, next on the agenda was a battery change followed by the drive to Redmire for NP31. The only battery available was a 13.2 Ah Li-Po, which was much too powerful and a bit on the heavy side for one summit; particularly the one that involved the most ascent. The drive to Redmire was from 14:28 to 14:50.
NP31 ROUTE:
I have used this route since 2007-08 and it has the advantage of being a direct route to the SOTA recognized summit. The start point is Redmire Farm (SD 9365 7747) then through Kirk Gill Moor Wood before following up a grassy path beside a wall. Unfortunately (in snow) there is at least one steep section. For full details see: http://www.sotawatch.org/reflector.php?topic=2663#
For a previous activation I managed to park tight up against the wall and almost opposite the Redmire Farm entrance. Though it was a quiet time of day with perhaps 3 cars an hour, this is unadvisable due to the narrow road. Another time I parked 300m away at the bridge but today`s discovery; a wide part of the road at SD9356 7753 which is 100m west of the farm entrance, is preferable to either.
Best ascent time for this route was under 50 minutes but today it took an hour and twelve minutes from 15:03. The poor time was down to ankle bending tussock grass and steep ground with a snow covering but most of all, a lack of serious walking of late. It was a tiring journey and right into low sun. Even higher up the going wasn`t much easier and I felt somewhat downhearted. Higher still the path by the wall was beneath 2 feet of snow, which could not always support the weight of an activator and his QRO kit.
A further aggravation was when I realised I would have to pass the summit and activate at the remote side of the spine wall, due to the wind blowing exactly along the wall Id followed up. At least the spine wall with its quota of pig wire on top, looked easy to climb due to the height of snow on both sides but I hadnt bargained for shooting both legs down into soft snow up to my thighs while trying to traverse it. At the end of a hard climb, I begrudged the energy required for extraction but I was eventually over and out of the wind.
The dipole was set up at SD 9176 7638, just over the wall from the gate, the top of which was only just visible because of snow.
G/NP-031: BIRKS FELL, 610m, 4Pts, 16:15 to 18:26. 4 deg.C at first, falling to 1C after dark. Wind 15 mph. Low sun and sunset followed by low-cloud and snow. Areas of lying snow and wall drifts up to more than 2ft deep. EE (Orange) mobile coverage. LOC: IO84WE, WAB: SD97.
Should I just do 145 FM and 160 CW or stick to the plan of a two mode 80-160m activation? With a usable EE (Orange) signal for the first time since 07:45, it was time to phone Roy. Though Id experienced it before on NP31, I voiced my concerns about the prospect of another 1300 foot dark descent. In my mind was the much repeated heart versus head` battle between good Top Band propagation and a lower risk climb down before dark. If Top Band won, I knew that getting back to the car on this surface and route in the dark, though not actually dangerous, would nevertheless be no picnic. On the other hand it was yet a sunny afternoon with good visibility.
I decided to go for it; 80 followed by 160 and a dark descent. As a precaution, the headlamp was donned well in advance of it being needed.
3.554 & 3.547 CW - 14 QSOs: The first half dozen QSOs took place on 3.554 with 50W but then interference forced me onto 3.547. Since the battery was oversize for the requirements by a factor of three, to make it easier for chasers I turned the power full up and left it there. Starting once again with the Scarborough threesome, I worked the following countries: G; GI; ON; DL; GM; EI and F in 18 minutes. All were recognizable as chasers and reports were between 579 and 599 from me, with the same incoming, apart from three; G4SSH 559; G0NUP 339 and DL3HXX 449. Gerald called in once more and Dan F5SQA rounded things off.
3.724 SSB - 20 QSOs: SSBsent a few times is the drill here. Roy picks up the signal and posts the QSY. Easy for me! Don G0RQL and G6ODU were there waiting once again so aQRL?` was all that was required from me to be in QSO. Great work by the chasers and time saved for me!
20 stations were logged from a small pileup in 23 minutes. They comprised: G; GM; MW and DJ5AV. The latter; Mike had a lot of trouble hearing his report and must have doubted I heard his. However when he came in a second time a few minutes later, I was able to confirm good QSO which satisfied him. He usually works me in CW which is less difficult. After being initially lost in the flurry of callers, Bill G4WSB was worked as armchair copy. I dug him out from a tiny snippet of his south country accent; not even one full letter of his callsign being audible. Top band enthusiast dropped in here too and I was able to confirm 160 later.
The sunset behind what looked like Pen-y-Ghent was a photographic treat but it got dark very quickly after that. Moreover, I could see the first clouds of the day heading my way carried by a brisk wind. With coils inserted and tuned, I switched on the lamp and put my head down for the final two sessions. The time for my favourite band had come at last and this was a good hour of the day to experience it.
1.832 CW - 8 QSOs: The Top Banders were there waiting and with 100W output the following stations were worked: G0VOF; G4OBK; G3RMD; G4FGJ; G4SSH; EI2CL; G4ISJ and G4BLH. Signals varied from usable to strong. It is always a pleasure to work Mike EI2CL, who (like Phil and one or two others) has been with me on this band from the start. He is constantly struggling against appalling noise levels but still manages regular QSO`s.
Phil and his brilliant station at G4OBK is of course the standard from which all signals are judged and compared. How many times have I heard, I could only hear Phil 579 so I knew I had no chance of working the summit? Several got their second 160m SOTA of the day but Phil was the only one with all three. Propagation had been kind to Frank G3RMD in Cheltenham today and of late. With no more answers to CQs and precious little time, I QSYd. Not finding my intended QRG of 1.843 clear, I came back to announce a new one. I intended to go to 1.850 but that`s a VSWR value too far for my system and I was forced into retuning the coils. Being tired at this juncture, I may have sent some other freq or sent it badly.
1.845 SSB - 6 QSO`s:
After minor confusion about a good QRG, which were all noisy and a phone call to Roy, I found the lads waiting on 1.845. I had been up and down looking for a space but constrained by the aerial tuning. Lately I had been calling on 1.848. In full daylight this would not have happened; all channels would have been clear.
Once I got this sorted out we were away and the ten minute delay had further enhanced the chances of longer propagation. However the band noise had also increased with darkness and to a fixed station that increase was probably quite dramatic. Again with full power I worked: G4OBK; G3RMD; G6WRW; G8ADD; GW4EVX and GM4UAU. I was hearing these chasers 57 to 59 and in the case of Phil 50dB over 9! Reports on my signal were in the range 37 to 58 with a 59 from Phil. The session took 16 minutes and it took 3 or 4 minutes to work GW4EVX who I have worked many times on other bands.
Interestingly my son Philip G0UUU listened to this session via the internet on a remote receiver in Stafford (www.160m.net which he tells me is part of www.websdr.org). He described my signal (as heard on this receiver) as being, Almost unreadable and below the noise level, apart from the odd word. The chasers sounded much the same as I did, apart from Phil G4OBK who was 56 to 57 and Frank G3RMD who was coming in at about 33. This was not what I was hearing at all in my low noise paradise.
FINAL DESCENT:
The final descent started in full darkness at 18:26 but it wasnt what Id signed up for. After a perfectly sunny day, the rapidity of the transformation into thick low-cloud and windborne light snow came as a minor shock. Moreover the snow was the wet variety. After packing up and getting the headlight badly tangled in my coat hood, I re-climbed the wall, this time avoiding the snow trap. Soon I was head down and underway into wind without the coat but wearing mitts.
It wasn`t going to be pleasant so I walked as quickly as I could, mostly on the snow which was marginally easier than the tussock grass alternative apart from when you jolted through the crust. On the really steep sections the most efficient method was to half skip, half slide using the snow as a brake; the downside being wet feet from snow entering via the boot tops. Even that method became hazardous enough to force me onto the uneven grassy hillside, through reed beds and bogs.
At about 450m ASL, the headlight stopped bouncing back off fog and soon after this I was at the gate and into the forest. I could now stop worrying; it was just a routine walk through the dark forest and down to the road and car by 19:08.
It took from 19:13 to 21:12 to get home which was an hour later than the time given to my XYL before leaving. No update could be given until civilisation and a phone signal was reached. This entire area really is very poor for phone signals.
SUMMARY:
Total: 151 QSO`s, comprising:
13 on 1.8-CW.
12 on 1.8-SSB.
30 on 3.5-CW.
36 on 3.5-SSB.
30 on 7-CW.
22 on 7-SSB.
2 on 70.425-FM.
6 on 145-FM.
QSO Breakdown: 41 on NP9; 62 on NP16; 48 on NP31.
BATTERY UTILISATION:
NP9/ NP16: 8.8 Ah Li-Po 95% discharged (measured).
NP31: 13.2 Ah Li-Po 30% discharged (estimated).
Total power used: 12.3 Ah.
Ascent & Distance:
NP9: 297m (974ft) ascent / 4.8km (3.0 miles) up/down. 45U, 31D.
NP16: 94m (308) ascent, 4.2km (2.6 miles) up/down. 28U, 25D.
NP31: 390m (1280ft) ascent / 6.2km (3.9 miles) up/down. 78U, 42D.
Total: 781m (2,562ft) ascent 15.2 km (9.5 miles) walked.
Times:
Scarborough: 04:30 (81 miles)
Arr. Bishopdale: 06:33
Walk for NP9: 06:48
NP9: 07:33 to 09:50
Rtn. Bishopdale: 10:21
Drive to Kidhow: 10:24 to 10:45
Walk for NP16: 10:57
NP16: 11:25 to 13:51
Rtn. Kidhow: 14:16
Drive to Redmire: 14:28 to 14:50
Walk for NP31: 10:57
NP31: 16:15 to 18:26
Rtn. Redmire: 19:08
Redmire to Scarborough: 19:13 to 21:12 (84 miles).
Walking time: 4 hr-9 min.
Summit time: NP9: 2hr-17m. NP16: 2hr-26m. NP31: 2hr-11m. Tot: 6hr-54m.
Distance driven: 188 miles.
Activator points: 23.
OBSERVATIONS:
The general plan came together, albeit a little slowly. From the SOTA selection viewpoint, a certain amount of making it up as I went along seemed to reduce pressure on me. The WX was superb with sunshine combined with low temperatures throughout, apart from the walk down Birks which was demanding in the dark and fog. Generally conditions underfoot were not very good with much tussock grass and soft snow to cross in places. On the plus side in the morning on NP9, much of the snow was frozen, and capable of load bearing.
As is true of the majority of NP summits, the car with its resupply opportunities is never far away and accessible between activations. That means that you dont need to carry a wealth of resources, unlike big rounds in LD. A day limited to three summits gave greater summit times and more relaxed activations than last year when four NPs were packed in.
160m:
14 stations worked a total of 25 CW & SSB QSO`s on 1.8MHz. Considering we were well into the daylight period, Top Band conditions in the morning were very good, with good signal strengths combined with low noise. In the late afternoon signals were also quite strong but the band was noisier. Little was expected around noon and nothing would have been achieved had it not been for Phil G4OBK. SSB on this band seems to be getting quite popular but it will get harder from now on as the days lengthen. One op commented that he had just worked his first summit on 160.
Early and late, 80m worked very well indeed for both UK and overseas QSOs but 40m did sterling service around midday too. Apart from 4m-FM (3W) I used QRO throughout but QRP with an associated lighter backpack would have fulfilled most of the requirements on 80 and 40 today. Unfortunately that cannot be predicted with any certainty and if conditions are really bad, QRP wont work. Also 50 Watts was an advantage on 2m-FM from Dodd Fell, which is not a particularly good VHF location.
4m was tried from the first summit only (2 QSO`s) and 2m-FM was also underused. Again the old theory comes into play. Anybody who can work a SOTA on 2 could also manage it on 80 or 40 but 80 and 40 normally reach stations well out of VHF range too. In practice that may not always follow for closer stations because of gaps between the inner edges of skip zones and lines-of-sight etc. Apart from me, all three summits visited were deserted.
Thanks to ALL STATIONS WORKED and to the spotters: G0VOF; G4SSH; G4OBK; G6TUH and G4BLH. Thanks to Roy G4SSH for telephone liaison and listening out for QSY frequencies – once again he did an indispensable job! Special thanks to the Top Band chasers and to Phil G0UUU for his remote receiver report.
73, John G4YSS.
(Using GX0OOO/P; Scarborough Special Events Group Club Call)
