How much SOTA max per day?
Good effort Fraser! Zero shelter up there. What I said during our QSO:
" Fraser, you are a month too late. It was perfect weather when Colwyn & I were up there!!"
73 Gavin
GM0GAV
Cold summit in North Wales GW/NE-026 Mynydd Mawr. Plenty of contacts but bone chilling cold in the cloud. Iām amazed at how much camp squalor I can generate in under an hour!
Thanks for completing the QSO via the Reflector Gavin.
I seem to be specialising in giving you Completes and Iām always impressed when you reach me on 2m or 20m!
Any requests for the next one?
Cheers, Fraser
Thatās a cracking photo Barry. I havenāt seen much in the way of red deer this winter. Maybe theyāve all been shot because thereās now more money in growing trees?
Thanks for the Chase on Glas Maol today. Great to work you at last. 2m SSB & FM were great fun today! I had a great day up there and will report on it next weekā¦
Hi Fraser - Heard you today on 2m FM from G/NP-007 - but you disappeared into the noise before I could work you. Still very impressive for 2m FM with a jpole . Paul
Hi Paul, yes it was up and down a bit. I was running 35 watts into a 4-ele beam. I worked Don GORQL in Devon on 2m ssb earlier on, which really surprised me! I think thatās about 400 miles.
Cheers, Fraser
I was listening for you down in Northampton. I heard something once or twice, probably by aircraft scatter, but the signals were only transient. Well done working Don. I failed on that from Glas Maol, but managed it from Mealna Letter. You win some, you lose some.
EDIT - Log check: I did work Don G0NES in Birmingham from Glas Maol.
Cheers Gerald. It felt like I was winning yesterday, thatās for sure!! WX was awesome too.
Well done on that one Fraser good to work you on 2ssb,donāt let it stop there, we
as Gerald will tell you I am here most times to have a crack! 73 Don.
Cheers Don! Highlight of the year so far. I was hoping youād be on. I certainly will try again, thatās for sure. Heavier kit, so it needs the right summit.
73, Fraser
We had four transiting Reds on the shoot yesterday (Glenlivet).
Thanks for the qso, I had just swapped out the 23cm beam for the 2m one when I saw your spot so saved me trying to see if GB3NGI was audible (standard test to make sure all connections are in place ). Sorry if I cooked your front end, didnāt want to faff about with turning the power down!!!
Oh, a complete as well - thanks