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Beacon Hill MW-009

 

Beacon Hill, GW/MW-009 - 547m ASL - SO 176 767 - OS Explorer 214 - 2 SOTA points         Map & summit information from SOTAwatch    Click to return to summit index


Friday 28th December 2018 - Gaulfest - Pegwn Mawr GW/MW-006 & Beacon Hill GW/MW-009

Start of the footpath        Easy walking like this most of the way to the summit

After Pegwn Mawr GW/MW-006, we moved across to Beacon Hill GW/MW-009.  This was a very satisfying walk.  About 40 minutes, so more of a stretch of the legs than the earlier hill, but easy along a clear and very gentle path.  A little boggy in places. 

Jimmy M0HGY        Tom & Jimmy

This time I just went straight on the handheld and had qualified before Jimmy had got the MFD up!  He too qualified easily.  I made six contacts - 5 on 2m FM and one on 70cm C4FM.  Jimmy made five QSOs - 4 on 2m FM and one on 70cm C4FM.  We both worked Jordan M3TMX/P, who was still on The Wrekin G/WB-010

Summit of Beacon Hill        The trig point

Finally we drove for an hour over to Church Stretton and Mr Bun the Baker, for coffee and bread pudding in the company of Jordan M3TMX, Paul M0PLA and Jamie M6SZF.  This was very enjoyable, and a brilliant end to a brilliant day. 

Tom M1EYP        Gaulfest 2018 - Tom M1EYP, Jimmy M0HGY, Jordan M3TMX, Paul M0PLA, Jamie M6SZF

Well, not quite the end.  Jimmy and I grabbed a pint at the Three Fishes at Bayston Hill, and a ruby at Zest, Arclid near Sandbach.  Gaulfest is back!

Jimmy at the curry house        The inaugural Gaulfest back in 2003

Time

Call

Band

Mode

S2S

Op

13:19z

M3TMX/P

144MHz

FM

G/WB-010

MW0HGY/P, MW1EYP/P

13:21z

2E0MDJ

144MHz

FM

 

MW0HGY/P, MW1EYP/P

13:22z

G0LGS

144MHz

FM

 

MW0HGY/P, MW1EYP/P

13:26z

M5DND

144MHz

FM

 

MW1EYP/P

13:33z

M0JLA

144MHz

FM

 

MW0HGY/P

13:41z

G8XYJ

144MHz

FM

 

MW1EYP/P

13:47z

G8XYJ

433MHz

C4FM

 

MW0HGY/P, MW1EYP/P