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Billinge Hill 2020

 

Friday 6th March 2020 - Gun G/SP-013, Winter Hill G/SP-010, Billinge Hill G/SP-017 & The Cloud G/SP-015

I got to the end of my maths teaching day in Altrincham, and the end of another successful and enjoyable week's work.  There was a game of staff football in which to partake - my first at Wellington School for 19 years(!).  After that, I couldn't resist grabbing another challenge multiplier on the penultimate day of the DV flavour, by taking a drive up to Billinge.

Billinge Hill summit at dusk        Tom M1EYP

As usual, I parked close to the end of the access road for Beacon Farm, and made the short walk up to the summit from there.  I just carried my Yaesu FT-70D handheld, and my headtorch of course, as daylight was about to cease!  I breathed a sigh of relief when the first three replies that came in were all on 2m C4FM.  After that, a further five stations were added on 2m FM (analogue), and I drove home.  SOTA was not yet done for the day though, and I took my second circuitous route of the day in order to activate The Cloud G/SP-015.

Time

Callsign

Band

Mode

18:44

2E0JYN

144MHz

C4FM

18:45

MW6SHJ

144MHz

C4FM

18:46

G7ROM

144MHz

C4FM

18:50

M1HLL

144MHz

FM

18:51

2E0FMI

144MHz

FM

18:52

2E0LKC

144MHz

FM

18:52

2E0LMD

144MHz

FM

18:54

G0HRT

144MHz

FM