Divis, GI/AH-004 - 478m ASL - J 280 754 - OSNI Discoverer 15 - 2 SOTA points           

Tuesday 30th November 2021

On this morning, I had a deadline to be back at the accommodation by 10am, so I got up at 5am and got on the road back to Belfast.  The barrier was locked at the start of the access road, so it wasn’t possible to shorten the walk by parking at the National Trust coffee shop.  I parked and started my walk from the main NT car park on Divis Road.

I followed the Summit Trail which culminates with a pleasant engineered path onto the summit and trig point.

The M.O.D. base has long since disappeared but another compound contains a transmitter mast, and I used the tall fences to provide shelter.

Again I used the Alexloop and started on 40m, but it was a bit early even for this band.  I managed two QSOs on 40m CW with well-known chasers. One more was added on 2m FM with the HT, then I was rather scrabbling around for the fourth.  SA4BLM came through with a big signal on 30m CW, and then it was nice to catch Robert MI0GDO on 2m FM for a fifth.  An amusing moment came when Robert asked me if my dad also needed the QSO!