I took an opportunity today to make good use of the winter bonus again. With the clock reset, and potentially poor visibility, Stony Cove Pike was a good option. Up from Kirkstone Pass, once you have summitted Raven Crag it is an easy navigation - keep the wall on your left-hand side until you reach the top. No views to be had today, wind was around 5 knots at the top with estimated temperature of -2 degC.
I didn’t think I’d unpacked my rucksack, but when checking the content at the top of Kirkstone I found that my EFHW was missing (extracted to be dried) so the FT-817 and battery was ditched, keeping the tactical mast and Spectrum Comms Slim-J for a 2m only activation using the FT1XD.
My Lora tracker was charged beforehand and, with continuing improvement coverage of 70cm APRS via Lora I was able to be tracked from Raven Crag to the summit.
I caught Roy @M0TKF on the summit of Helvellyn G/LD-003, working a nice pile up and apparently surrounded by Muggles. Myself, I saw three folk and followed a solitary set of footprints all the way up.
Great to get Andy @MM7MOX and Chris @MM0UHR S2S on GM/SS-133, Tim @G5OLD was on the ascent to The Old Man of Coniston and has been making the most of SOTA in the LD over the past few days.
| TIME | CALLSIGN | BAND | MODE | RST | RSR | OPERATOR | SIG | REF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:52 | G6AEK | 2m | FM | 59 | 59 | David | ||
| 11:53 | G7CDA | 2m | FM | 59 | 59 | Douggie | ||
| 11:55 | G0TDM | 2m | FM | 59 | 58 | John | ||
| 11:56 | G5OLD/P | 2m | FM | 59 | 59 | Tim | ||
| 11:58 | GM4WHA | 2m | FM | 59 | 55 | GEOFF | ||
| 11:58 | MM7MOX/P | 2m | FM | 59 | 59 | Andy | SOTA | GM/SS-133 |
| 12:00 | MM0UHR/P | 2m | FM | 57 | 59 | Chris | SOTA | GM/SS-133 |
| 12:01 | G1FVA | 2m | FM | 59 | 59 | Keith | ||
| 12:02 | MW0SZR | 2m | FM | 59 | 55 | Adrian | ||
| 12:02 | G0MHF | 2m | FM | 58 | 59 | John | ||
| 12:03 | M0SSD | 2m | FM | 59 | 59 | George | ||
| 12:12 | G6ZET | 2m | FM | 59 | 59 | DAVID |
