Garreg-hir, GW/MW-017 - 485m ASL - SN 998 979 - OS Explorer 215 - 1 SOTA point            

SOTA road trip, Day 1 - Saturday 1st August 2020

From Caeliber Isaf GW/MW-031, I finally broke free of the Welshpool cluster of hills and drove a few miles west into Mid Wales.  I parked on a wide grass verge at Newhouse then commenced my walk along the bridleway opposite.

The wind was picking up, so I used the shape of the hill to select a sheltered spot beside a fence just short of the summit trig point.

Just three QSOs were achieved on 17m CW, and I needed to change to a different mode in order to achieve qualification of the summit.  For the first time on this road trip, I utilised FT8 mode, which brought the all-important fourth contact, and then a nice QSO from Mauritania a few moments later.  We were definitely now into the evening period of the day, and I was starting to formulate my plans for the night.  The next target was Bryn Amlwg GW/MW-015.