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Plynlimon 2019

 

Monday 30th December 2019 - "Gaulfest"

Somewhat remarkably, Jimmy and I had never activated this famous summit thus far in the 17 years we had been doing SOTA!  With a "Gaulfest" event set for this date, we made the decision to put that right!

Final approach to the summit        Plynlimon summit

It was a truly great day.  Plynlimon GW/MW-001 was lovely - I couldn’t believe I’d done 17 years of SOTA without doing this hill that is (just about) in daytrippable range.

Trig point  Jimmy MW0HGY/P  Beautiful day on Plynlimon

We started walking in the clag but succeeded in poking through to the sunshine and blue sky to reveal the cloud inversion!  So it was a perfect walking day, simply glorious - and the radio wasn't too bad either!

Jimmy M0HGY & Tom M1EYP        Jimmy MW0HGY/P

Every QRG on 2m FM was busy including a very loud French QSO on S20!  I had carried HF gear up with me but for some reason I couldn't be bothered to set it up.  Perhaps I had half a mind on the fact that it was the Gaulfest S2S event, and as such I would want to be focused on 2m FM anyway.  Accordingly, I simply sat by Jimmy and snatched the microphone from him every time a S2S opportunity presented itself!

Good inversion layer        Summit of Plynlimon

Jimmy ended up with ten QSOs, including four S2S.  I finished with nine, including three S2S.  We descended and began the substantial drive east to Church Stretton.

Stunning views        Tom M1EYP

It was great to catch up with Jordan M3TMX and Adrian G4AZS in the bakery (Mr Bun the Bakers, Church Stretton) afterwards.  We all hoped participation levels could increase again for Gaulfest 2020!

Plynlimon        Gaulfest meet - Jordan M3TMX, Jimmy M0HGY, Adrian G4AZS, Tom M1EYP

Time

Call

Band

Mode

S2S

Op

11:07z

GW0JAI

144MHz

FM

 

MW1EYP/P

11:08z

MW0OFA

144MHz

FM

 

MW1EYP/P, MW0HGY/P

11:10z

MW3TMX/P

144MHz

FM

GW/NW-012

MW1EYP/P, MW0HGY/P

11:19z

GW8SFT

144MHz

FM

 

MW1EYP/P

11:20z

2E0IXM/P

144MHz

FM

G/SP-004

MW1EYP/P, MW0HGY/P

11:33z

GW4TQE/P

144MHz

FM

GW/MW-026

MW1EYP/P, MW0HGY/P

11:34z

GW0MHF/P

144MHz

FM

GW/NW-044

MW0HGY/P

11:37z

2E0MDJ

144MHz

FM

 

MW1EYP/P

11:38z

M0BLF

144MHz

FM

 

MW1EYP/P

11:38z

M6DRW

144MHz

FM

 

MW1EYP/P, MW0HGY/P

11:42z

G0LGS

144MHz

FM

 

MW0HGY/P

11:44z

M0XGL

144MHz

FM

 

MW0HGY/P

11:45z

MW7ROY

144MHz

FM

 

MW0HGY/P

11:48z

M1JMH

144MHz

FM

 

MW0HGY/P