I will be activating on 2m FM using my handheld and slim-G antenna. I would appreciate folks in GM and GI listening. G/LD activators are also in with a chance too. Ben will be using HF with his KX2 and EFHW. There’s 30 points on offer here.
It is a big hike with a reasonable amount of scrambling and exposure. There may even be some simple Grade I winter climbing, depending on how much snow is left. There certainly is plenty on the north face of The Ben at the moment. Our timing will be variable as a result. We will post alerts, however look for the spots.
I will try to listen out for you from my work QTH but unfortunately my boss is visiting on Tuesday & Wednesday. If I am able to reply, it should be easy for my 2m handheld as 2 of the summits are line of site and WS-002 is just tucked in behind WS-003 from my office window.
Looks like the weather will be good for a big trip.
Good luck and hope to catch you on 2m tomorrow.
73, Robin.
Should be a able to catch you on WS-002 (FM & HF with Ben?) but out cycling for the rest of the day with my cycle group. Enjoy the the ‘ups-and-doons-zees’
Looks epic - enjoy! the CMD arête is something special!
I would very much like to try for a 2m summit to summit, not successfully had 2m yet in Scotland. I will be in nearby summits, possibly in the grey corries.
Sadly I ‘mislaid’ my SMA to BNC connector so I’m only on a whip. I had a nice pile up of Lewis hams on the coast with the slim Jim, but sadly nothing on the summits with only a whip.
Whip would work. I’ve worked GM/SS from your area with a whip. Look forward to a S2S
Alternatively, do you want me to bring an adaptor. Travelling to camp at the ski range this evening.
That would be incredible, I could pick it up this evening and say hello. And get it back to you following the trip, I’m due here all week, so super useful.
I was looking to see if there was some sort of tv installer shop in Inverness or Fort William that I could visit on way south to find a way, but no luck.
Good luck and when I did Ben Nevis a couple of years ago I thought about coming via WS-003.
Glad I didn’t as the ridge between the two looks decidedly “narrow” and as it turned misty once I was on Nevis I really wouldn’t have wanted to do the descent to the saddle and then it in those conditions.
Would love to try for a S2S but my VW Golf has a ridiculous gas tank flat/cover failure…VW are too cheap to provide a manual release so I have a perfectly functional vehicle but no easy way to refuel it.
All the best for the trio and to Tim for his chosen summits. I might be around to chase, but nothing is guaranteed when the combination for the day is a trip to the dentist and childcare.
Well done both. Listened for you Fraser on 2m but my 5 ele beam wasn’t quite making it with no lift conditions…I’ve managed it years ago. Got Ben on all 3 and the ‘Ben’ activation brought back good memories of the time I activated it many years ago for Sota.
The shelter is a disgrace. Full of litter, toilet roll and smells of pee. The summit was very quiet at 4pm, except for a couple sitting at the ruins. Not a breath of wind, so fine sitting in the open, with Ben by the trig and me at the top of Indicator Wall.
