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Aconbury Hill WB-024

 

Aconbury Hill, G/WB-024 - 276m ASL - SO 505 330 - OS Explorer 189 - 1 SOTA point        Map & summit information from SOTAwatch    Click to return to summit index

SOTA road trip, Day 7 - Friday 7th August 2020

From Garway Hill G/WB-013, it was another satnav-led drive north west, mainly on unclassified narrow lanes, but with a bit on the A466 north towards King's Thorn.  I parked on a small parking area adjacent to the church due south of the summit.  The public footpath leads off from here in a westerly direction before very soon turning north to progress directly towards the summit, through the woods.

Tom M1EYP Trig point 17m GP

I was enjoying the warm sunshine on a lovely day in Herefordshire.  Like on the previous summit, things seemed to dry up after three QSOs on 17m CW, but I did notice a spot of an ongoing SOTA activation on 17m SSB.  S57MS/P was contacted and worked summit-to-summit.  I could now make the quick return walk - I hesitate to describe it as a "descent" - and drive up to Hegdon Hill G/WB-023.

Time

Callsign

Band

Mode

S2S

15:00

DF4TD

18MHz

CW

 

15:01

EA7GV

18MHz

CW

 

15:02

OK2PDT

18MHz

CW

 

15:10

S57MS/P

18MHz

SSB

S5/RG-057

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