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Freeholds Top 2020

 

Thursday 4th June 2020 - Hail Storm Hill G/SP-009, Freeholds Top G/SP-011, The Cloud G/SP-015 & Gun G/SP-013

After Hail Storm Hill G/SP-009, it was a short drive out of the Rossendale Valley, through Bacup, and around to the parking spot in front of the gate and cattle grid, where the Rossendale Way and Limers Gate track head south from the A681.  Once was more than enough to make the mistake of attempting to follow the Rossendale Way all the way to the summit!  This looks like the best way on the map - but suffice to say, I've stayed on the Limers Gate tracks for most of the distance ever since!

10m-12m GP  Tom M1EYP  Freeholds Top summit

I cut up to the dry stone wall, which I followed for the last section, arriving at the trig point shortly after 8.30am local.  Not bad for a second summit of the day over an hour's drive from home!  This time, there was no waiting for the bands to spring into action, and plenty of QSOs were made on 12m FT8, 10m FT4 and 10m FT8.  I was back home by early afternoon, and ended up going out again later to my local summits, starting with The Cloud G/SP-015.

Time

Callsign

Band

Mode

07:51

EA4M

24MHz

FT8

07:54

SM4CJM

24MHz

FT8

07:55

G4OBK

24MHz

FT8

07:57

SA4BLM

24MHz

FT8

08:00

YL3JI

24MHz

FT8

08:03

F5JKK

24MHz

FT8

08:06

M0NZO

24MHz

FT8

08:09

EA7GV

24MHz

FT8

08:11

EA1FU

24MHz

FT8

08:19

SP9KR

24MHz

FT8

08:22

S57X

24MHz

FT8

08:24

M0PTB

24MHz

FT8

08:35

LY3BFH

28MHz

FT4

08:40

IZ4WNA

28MHz

FT4

08:47

G8FVK

28MHz

FT8

08:51

M0TXK

28MHz

FT8

08:56

G4OBK

28MHz

FT8

08:57

EA5K

28MHz

FT8

09:02

IW7DOL

28MHz

FT8

09:21

DL8UFO

24MHz

FT8

09:28

OH3OJ

24MHz

FT8

09:30

DD6UVO

24MHz

FT8