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Graig Syfyrddin SW-020

 

Graig Syfyrddin, GW/SW-020 - 423m ASL - SO 404 210 - OS Explorer OL13 - 1 SOTA point         Map & summit information from SOTAwatch    Click to return to summit index

SOTA road trip, Day 7 - Friday 7th August 2020

From Ruardean Hill G/WB-021, it was a drive of around 20km West.  I parked on a verge opposite the access road up to Dawn of the Day Cottage.  I was tempted to try driving up that and requesting to park up there to save some vertical metres of climbing, but half-remembered something about this not being possible - and remembered that I was supposed to be getting metres in my legs and calories burned for my own good!

Sheep making use of the shade!        Tom MW1EYP/P

I walked up the grassy path in parallel to the cottage driveway, gaining about 75m in height.  From the T-junction of public footpaths then reached, I continued ahead in a straight line for the final approach to the trig point, gaining a further 50m or so vertically.

Another radio installation on the summit!        Trig point and 17m groundplane antenna

I did another activation just on 17m CW, and made just the required four contacts.  Next up was Garway Hill G/WB-013.

Time

Callsign

Band

Mode

12:15

F6GUF

18MHz

CW

12:17

F8DGF

18MHz

CW

12:17

OK2PDT

18MHz

CW

12:19

EA2DT

18MHz

CW

Graig Syfyrddin 2006