GW/NW-044 Moel Famau

I hope to be doing my first SOTA activation tomorrow after work. I finish at 13.30 and plan to be setup by 15.00 depending on WX...

Listen out for me on 145.500 FM and 144.300 SSB.

73 De Dave

Well I did it and am pleased to say I made 36 contacts in 3 hours on 2m FM and the furthest contact was Devon.

Thank you to everyone for the patience contacting me in my first SOTA activation.

73 De Dave

well do dave sorry i had no radio today

You made it into Devon, thats great. Any videos or anything from the expedition?

Nope Simon but I hope to do it again this Thursday if it's not raining :-) and will take the camera this time :-). I wanna try my FT-857 out with the sota beam and last time I did it I had the FT-817. Bigger radio and a smaller slab I think to counter the weight out :-).... I took a 12a battery last year, this year I will take the 7a and leave a spare in the car as there is another summit across the way... Just depends on how tired I get hee hee

Dave

Everything is packed and ready to go :-). Just need some sleep as I'm up at 08.00 and plan to be at the carpark for 09.00 and spend the day up there. I am taking 2 7a SLAB so that should keep the station running for a few hours ;-)

Dave

good qso dave today into blackpool.

Thanks Andy for the contact. I have uploaded my log on my website and will be uploading it to the SOTA site later.

I made 26 contacts just playing on 2M FM.

Steve GW7AAV was on GW/NW-051 which was next to my activation and he was working most bands. I'll have to make a linked dipole for HF before next time...