Mike G7HEM
@g7hem.bsky.social
Radio ham, SOTA MG, hill walker, windsurfer, coder ... and whatever else has grabbed my attention this week.
CQ SOTA Sat 11th April (all times UTC) 0900 GW/MW-032, Upper Park 1100 GW/NW-061, Y Golfa 1330 GW/MW-031, Caeliber Isaf Timings approx on last two. Upper Park is super rare due to access restrictions. I'll be approx 1hr on summit along with many others. 40m, 20m, 2m, maybe others. Call in!
A bit of tropo lift at the weekend so I took a walk up my local SOTA with my 5W handheld and talked to someone sitting in their car 227 miles away, 59 both ways. Now I wished I'd taken the FT-857 and 6 ele beam! Very happy with that contact though.
Fantastic day out yesterday. Firstly, SOTA activation of t Clee Hill for a S2S party, which to me from 999 yo 1008 chaser points. Then onto the annual GW SOTA hog roast which was a blast. Lovely to catch up with people and finally meet some of the people I've been talking to for years.
Looking forward to the GW SOTA hog roast in a couple of weeks! And will be activating from a mid Wales summit too, one I haven't done yet. Planning on going all out for that one ... the usual vhf, uhf and 23cm, and unusually for me, hf!
Just come back from a lovely weekend in Wales with family and managed a couple of SOTA summits along the way. GW/NW-046 Rhialgwm GW/NW-012 Cadair Berwyn I would have gone on hf but it was too windy (30+ mph) for all that antenna support and wire.
Sunday 27 April Afternoon: 20km mountain biking around Mortimer Forest including a SOTA activation of High Vinnalls G/WB-012. Evening: one hour on the microlight over Shropshire with a newbie in the other seat.
Was in Cornwall over the weekend and ticked another 2 summits off the SOTA list. G/DC-002 Brown Willy and G/SC-003 Beacon Batch on the way home. Just about managed to qualify both on VHF.
