Headed to London next week

[N8PEM]

Good afternoon to all my ham friends across the pond!

Headed to London with the family on vacation next week. 5 Aug to 13 Aug. Preliminary plans are to activate Wendover Woods G/CE-005 towards the end of the trip via tube/train.

Fully capable of running solo, but sometimes ham radio is more fun when you build relationships. If anyone wants to be my SOTA tour guide (date and summit could be flexible) feel free to reach out directly to me at chrisrismiller@gmail.com.

Can’t wait to activate where it all started!

vy 73 - de N8PEM

[N4DCW]

HamAlert set! Safe travels!

[G8CPZ]

@N8PEM

Preliminary plans are to activate Wendover Woods G/CE-005

Hi Chris, if case you haven’t activated Wendover Woods before, I provided a bit of travel and operating info a few years ago for another US visitor, which I think is still relevant. See below …

Easiest activation for visitor to London G/SE-002?

Hi Scott, You haven’t mentioned whether you intend to activate at the weekend or not. In case you’re considering Wendover Woods G/CE-005, I use to live a mile or two away and found it hard to get four 2m FM contacts during the week. You will need a better antenna for your HT than the stock rubber duck. I use a Diamond RH-770 half-wave telescopic whip. There are a number of 2m FM repeaters in range and – if you’re struggling to get contacts - you could always make requests there for simplex QSO…

[N8PEM]

Thanks for that Great info Andy. I do plan on an HF CW activation. If I only have one shot at activating I want to make it a good one!