Great Orme 2019

We had hoped for something a little bit more ambitious. But Jimmy was tired (yes, Jimmy M0HGY, not me), and the weather forecast was horrendous. The very wet weather was moving from south to north. It was due to hit southern Snowdonia around 10am BST, but not Llandudno until early afternoon. So the extended time window for activating, and the “quick escape” possibilities were the deal breakers.

I paid £3 for up to four hours parking on the car park just below the summit. The warden was working right beside the car park, so I verified permission with her. It was actually unusually mild and calm for the summit of the Orme, even in summer. We were perfectly comfortable until the rain front finally arrived around 1.30pm. Before then, we were approached by an interested fellow - Pete MW1AWT - who stayed with us for around an hour chatting and observing our activity.

One of Jimmy’s 2m FM contacts was Karl MW3KMB who was with the NWRS, at the foot of the Orme and setting up for the weekend’s GB2ORM D-Day special event station. We went there after packing up to meet the team and were impressed by the organisation and planning involved, including the food and hot drink tent!

Jimmy made 20 QSOs - 14 on 2m FM and 6 on 30m FT8. I made 33 contacts - 6 on 2m FM, 14 on 30m CW and 13 on 30m FT8. Several S2S were made. Richard G3CWI in Macclesfield couldn’t hear my 30m signal, so received me via a webSDR. I was able to receive him though, albeit weakly, and so a good QSO was made. A satisfactory conclusion to a very good and successful week in Snowdonia. Thanks to all chasers.

Time	Call	Band	Mode	S2S	Op
10:21z	GW4ZPL/P	144MHz	FM		MW0HGY/P
10:22z	EA2DT	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
10:24z	DL3HXX	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
10:25z	SA4BLM	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
10:26z	G0HIK/P	144MHz	FM	G/LD-049	MW1EYP/P, MW0HGY/P
10:27z	M0XJR	144MHz	FM		MW0HGY/P
10:31z	GW7BZR	144MHz	FM		MW0HGY/P
10:33z	DL4YR	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
10:34z	S52CU	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
10:35z	G0UXC	144MHz	FM		MW0HGY/P
10:36z	G7OEM	144MHz	FM		MW0HGY/P
10:36z	ES8GP	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
10:38z	G0SLR	144MHz	FM		MW0HGY/P
10:40z	YO6CFB	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
10:42z	OK2BGN	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
10:44z	GW8OGI/A	144MHz	FM		MW0HGY/P
10:46z	GW3VVC	144MHz	FM		MW0HGY/P
10:50z	EA3AGP	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P
10:51z	9A7BB	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P
10:53z	DF6XP	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P
10:55z	DK5OPA	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P
10:58z	SP2BAS	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P
11:00z	IK2LEY	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P
11:01z	GX0OOO/P	144MHz	FM	G/LD-007	MW1EYP/P, MW0HGY/P
11:03z	HB9CRY	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P, MW0HGY/P
11:08z	G4BLH/M	144MHz	FM		MW0HGY/P
11:08z	SM5IZS	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P
11:10z	SP3N	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P
11:21z	IK2RMZ	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
11:22z	G3CWI/P	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
11:25z	HB9BIN/P	10MHz	CW	HB/OW-022	MW1EYP/P
11:26z	LA8BCA	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
11:29z	DL1FU	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
11:29z	F5HTR	10MHz	CW		MW1EYP/P
11:46z	SP8AMJ	10MHz	FT8		MW0HGY/P
11:52z	LA5BBA	10MHz	FT8		MW0HGY/P
11:55z	DL1RI	10MHz	FT8		MW0HGY/P
11:57z	ON4KDV	10MHz	FT8		MW0HGY/P
12:02z	DL5JH	10MHz	FT8		MW0HGY/P
12:16z	LA9L	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P
12:20z	MD3OED	144MHz	FM		MW0HGY/P
12:22z	OE5PEN	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P
12:23z	PA1EZ	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P
12:27z	GX0OOO/P	144MHz	FM	G/LD-010	MW1EYP/P, MW0HGY/P
12:29z	MW3KMB	144MHz	FM		MW0HGY/P
12:29z	IZ3ZOW	10MHz	FT8		MW1EYP/P
12:50z	MW0BYT	144MHz	FM		MW1EYP/P
12:51z	GD3ZZN	144MHz	FM		MW1EYP/P
12:54z	GW3XRM	144MHz	FM		MW1EYP/P

Some summary analysis of our week in Snowdonia: