Just to say a big “thank you” to all those stations who read the reflector and alerts and who took the time and trouble to call me today.
Conditions were extremely testing to say the least, a fact borne out by the pile of papier mache in front of me that used to be my log books!
The temptation was to leave the summit after a couple of hours, however the non-stop contacts and the words of encouragement spurred me on and I stayed until 1530 hrs.
This really is testament to a remarkable hobby, the way people put out the word I was perched on SP-004 and asking stations to call me.
Anyway, for those who are interested in the figures, the final haul was just over 150 contacts, all on 2 Metres. I’m sure you’ll all agree, this is a wonderful result solely on the 2 Metre band, in such harsh condition and the time of the year.
All the contacts were made on my FT-857 using 7 Watts and my home brew dipole and SLABs.
The SLABs held up remarkably well in the cold conditions, the 12Ah was virtually flat, but the 9Ah still seemed to be performing well.
Don’t forget… The beam is dead, stick with your dipole
Sounds like a challenge to me! I would at least check the results of the last two VHF activity contests before making such a prounouncement if I were you!
Sounds like a challenge to me! I would at least check the results of
the last two VHF activity contests before making such a prounouncement
if I were you!
Cheers Tom, will do. Thanks to you and Jimmy for the call.
Anyway, for those who are interested in the figures, the final haul
was just over 150 contacts, all on 2 Metres. I’m sure you’ll all
agree, this is a wonderful result solely on the 2 Metre band, in
such harsh condition and the time of the year.
A veritable achievement! Many congratulations! (Not least for having braved the cold.)
I have never worked that many stations on 2m in a single session - not even in a contest.
I don’t know how you managed to stick it out in the cold for so long. So much for the FT857 & dipole, tell us what your insulation and waterproofs are!
No SOTA for me today, I was orienteering on Cleeve Hill, and that was cold enough.
Congratulations on 150 qsos Mike, that is a fine total for any activation but for 2m only it is remarkable. It was very nice to be able to work you on this activation, your 7 Watts & dipole were doing a fantastic job!
However, I don’t think I’ll be re-entering that lot again
Looking at the log, he called at the same time as G5VZ, whose call I took first. I wrote both calls down at the same time, then went back to GW4BVE and wrote his callsign in again
You don’t need to write them all in again Mike. Just download the CSV file of your activator log, cut it down to just the QSOs of this activation, remove the ‘extra’ BVE log, save it. Then delete the activation from your log, then upload the now corrected CSV file of it.
…and more complicated than it needs to be, but implementing a simple “edit log entry” facility might well be a more complicated task than its description implies…
You don’t need to write them all in again Mike. Just download the CSV
file of your activator log, cut it down to just the QSOs of this
activation, remove the ‘extra’ BVE log, save it. Then delete the
activation from your log, then upload the now corrected CSV file of
it.
Much quicker and simpler than it sounds.
But fraught with the risk of cocking it up and having to type the whole activation in again!
I have also often thought it would be nice to be able to edit a single line in a log after it has been uploaded, but at the moment you can only do this during the log entry process.
