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Ruardean Hill WB-021

 

Ruardean Hill, G/WB-021 - 290m ASL - SO 635 169 - OS Explorer OL14 - 1 SOTA point        Map & summit information from SOTAwatch    Click to return to summit index

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

From May Hill G/WB-019, I followed the satnav the short distance south-west to Ruardean.  In the village of Ruardean Hill, I drove onto the good tracks and found a parking space.

Trig point on Ruardean Hill        17m GP

I set up the 17m GP antenna beside a bench close to the beacon, but not before nipping over the road to grab a photograph of the trig point, enclosed as it is in a gated area.

Ruardean Hill summit area        Tom M1EYP

Seven CW contacts were made, including S2S with Fabio IK2LEY/3 in Italy.  Three summits activated before local midday, and I was now back in the car and on my way back into Wales (just) for Graig Syfyrddin GW/SW-020.

Time

Callsign

Band

Mode

S2S

10:36

OK2PDT

18MHz

CW

 

10:36

SP9AMH

18MHz

CW

 

10:37

EA2IF

18MHz

CW

 

10:39

DH0DK

18MHz

CW

 

10:42

IK2LEY/3

18MHz

CW

I/VE-069

10:45

OE6GND

18MHz

CW

 

10:46

EA7GV

18MHz

CW

 

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