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Agnew's Hill 2013

 

Tom MI1EYP        Tom's station

Our third and final summit on Sunday 18th August 2013 was Agnew's Hill GI/AH-005, the most local SOTA summit to Larne, Co. Antrim. A bit of a pain of a "round the houses" driving route at least gave us some previews of the impressive looking Slemish GI/AH-007 which we would climb in the next few days.

Jimmy MI0HGY        Summit cairn

We pulled into the usual rectangular walled parking spot, a couple of hundred yards or so up from the waymarked Ulster Way path to the summit. This is a bit of a peaty slog to be honest, and would never class as a favourite walk, although the view from the summit is nice when it is clear, as it was on this occasion.

12m groundplane    Rucksack zip repair - courtesy of Bart Simpson    Jimmy MI0HGY

It was six QSOs for me on 12m, three each on CW and SSB. A S2S with Steve G1INK/P on Birks Fell G/NP-031 was the highlight. On 2m FM, Jimmy recorded five contacts. It was now a case of getting back down to Larne to collect Marianne's dad in order to take him to our holiday apartment in Ballygalley for Marianne's scrummy Sunday dinner. Another good day.

EA1EDM

12m

CW

T

EA2CAR

12m

CW

T

MI0GDO

2m

FM

J

2I0ETB

2m

FM

J

DL2HWH

12m

CW

T

G1INK/P on Birks Fell NP-031

12m

SSB

T

GD8BUE

2m

FM

J

GB2LK

2m

FM

J

EA1AOM

12m

SSB

T

MI3GRZ/M

2m

FM

J

EC1CSV

12m

SSB

T

Great view over Larne Lough from the summit        Tom & Marianne at the cottage in Ballygalley