In just over a weeks time, a few interpid GM/ES Activators, along with a couple of associate members, will be out on the hills near Braemar. See SOTAWatch3 for alerts. We plan on meeting up at The Bothy in Braemar for a late lunch at 2pm.
There should be at least five summits activated. A good chance for local summit to summits if anyone fancies it! Maybe some of the GM/SS folks fancy getting up high somewhere?
I hope the weather is favourable - or at least not too unfavourable! Sometimes the Highlands weather defeats the strongest of us. I’ve marked the calendar and will listen for any 40m SSB that wafts my way.
I saw the “mass” alert for next Friday in GM/ES.
I’ll try and chase if possible and see if I can get up a summit to do it.
A bit of transport/calendar juggling required for me.
Andy
MM7MOX
I’m just wondering if Fraser et al. have taken control of the Geostorm satellite network and thus can control the WX!!
Interesting though so let’s see if I can remain working part-time next week and the WX is good enough to take part. Either in GM/ES or at least some with a good “view” of those summits.
EDIT: Hey, GM/ES-067 Craig Ghiubhais has not been taken. I thought that would go first
Ohhh I have a TOIL day in the bank from work! If the weather looks ok I may head out and join you. Done most hills around there except GM/ES-026 - joining up with Tim! Or perhaps GM/ES-019
Thanks Fraser, but I haven’t really got a very effective 2m SSB station (My home-brew 5 ele yagi is electrically good, but mechanically is prone to disassemble itself in a slight breeze) - so 2m SSB might be something for later in 2025. Ironic really as when I first started SOTA 2m SSB was what I was aiming for on most summits…
Well I’m considering wandering up as far as Braemar if the WX looks very jolly. Or a good way North up the A9 / A93 if the WX looks quite jolly. Maybe just into Perthshire if it will be OK and somewhere down here if it’s dry but miserable.
I’m contemplating Arthur’s seat if I can get permission sorted out or Allermuir.
Neither are Winter bonus , but Arthur’s seat would be a complete and unique for me and maybe Fraser since I chased him there.
I was thinking of a second outing for my minimal footprint HF antenna which I used from a ledge on Stac Pollaidh last year.
I have another outing in the afternoon ( Engineers and beers) so it has to be fairly close to home.
Andy
MM7MOX
I’ve been itching to get out on the local hills since our return from EA8/TF a few days ago, would 11:30 be a good time to “scale” GD/GD-001 with my HF/VHF gear next Friday?
Early indications of decent (well, survivable) weather later this week. The forecast below is for GM/CS-060 Morrone, the 860m hill that sits above Braemar.