Cefn Eglwysilan, GW/SW-025 - 382m ASL - ST 097 905 - OS Explorer 166 - 1 SOTA point            

SOTA road trip, Day 4 - Tuesday 4th August 2020

From Mynydd Dinas GW/SW-040, I drove East towards and through Pontypridd, and then out onto the country lanes rising out of Taff Vale.  This was a short walk in terms of horizontal distance, though a slog up a steep grassy incline was necessary.  Part way to the summit I was surprised by a large mast, which appeared on closer inspection to be part of a local amateur repeater station.

The 17m band was still behaving on "legacy modes", and ten contacts were made fairly quickly on CW.  The FT8 "bail out" would not need to be invoked in the day just yet!  After a quick walk back to the car, I got on my way towards Garth Hill GW/SW-034.