Bishop Hill SS-187

Bishop Hill, GM/SS-187 - 461m ASL - NO 185 043 - OS Explorer 370 - 1 SOTA point

Tuesday 1st July 2022 - East Lomond GM/SS-198, West Lomond GM/SS-154 & Bishop Hill GM/SS-187

These can be done as a linear walk - by leaving the car at the start/end point for Bishop Hill (car park beside Holl Reservoir) and persuade a kindly local to chauffeur you from there to the high car park close to East Lomond to start the three summit traverse.

We opted to go for the “easy” option of three separate “there and back” walks from closest parking spots - but I’m not convinced this was indeed the easy option - as each walk-in had to be reversed, ie doubled!

Anyway, 15 miles walked, 30,000 steps. Mainly 20m CW for me, but some SSB, and brief diversions onto 40m and 15m - and Jimmy’s 2m FM kit for a couple of S2S (Paul MM0SNA/P on GM/SS-224 & Andy GM6ZAK/P on GM/SS-277).

We had plenty of time available for this third activation of the day, especially having agreed not to try and squeeze in a fourth. So some time "playing radio" was enjoyed.

Cracking day in yet more sweltering Scottish sunshine. Later relaxing with Marianne and Liam over beer and dinner in The Bank - our favourite pub in Anstruther. This turned out to be our last day of SOTA activating on this particular family holiday - we'd got plenty done though - 13 activations, 12 of which were new uniques.

Time	Callsign	Band	Mode	S2S	Op
13:49	MM1EYP/M	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
14:22	GM6ZAK	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
14:26	MM0SNA/P	144MHz	FM	GM/SS-224	MM1EYP/P, MM0HGY/P
14:28	MM0IVR	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
14:30	GM4CXM	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
14:31	GM8PKL	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
14:33	GM4YWI	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
14:34	2M0KIE	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
14:37	EA3AVV	14MHz	CW		MM1EYP/P
14:38	DJ2MX	14MHz	CW		MM1EYP/P
14:39	GM6HGW	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
14:42	F8DGF	14MHz	CW		MM1EYP/P
14:43	MM0IVR	14MHz	CW		MM1EYP/P
14:51	EA7GV	21MHz	CW		MM1EYP/P
14:56	GM0GAV	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
14:57	GM3ZZA	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
14:57	SV1DAY	21MHz	CW		MM1EYP/P
15:01	MM7SKL/M	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
15:04	MM6SFF/P	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
15:05	F4WBN	21MHz	CW		MM1EYP/P
15:07	KF9D	21MHz	CW		MM1EYP/P
15:21	W4GO	18MHz	CW		MM1EYP/P
15:30	GM3VAL	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
15:32	MM0XNC	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
15:35	EA2DT	14MHz	SSB		MM1EYP/P
15:36	MM6JCZ	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
15:37	EA1DHB	14MHz	SSB		MM1EYP/P
15:37	EA3EVL	14MHz	SSB		MM1EYP/P
15:41	GM0AXY	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P
15:43	GM4YMM	144MHz	FM		MM0HGY/P

A summary breakdown of our combined portable operating on this holiday can be seen in the table below: