GW/SW-023 Allt yr Esgair

 GW/SW-023  Allt yr Esgair 

 393m, 1 point

Association: Wales  Region: South Wales   

Latitude: 51 54 37 N, Longitude: 3 16 19 W

Grid Reference: SO 126243, QTH Locator: IO81IV 

Today's Sunrise: 05:55 UTC, Today's Sunset: 18:17 UTC

Today's starting point is at the village hall at SO122 256 where there is ample parking and a picnic table with great views over Llangorse Lake. From here there is a very clearly defined footpath all the way to the summit which is around 1.5K with 193M of ascent..  Since my last activation of this summit, there has been a great deal of work done to improve the path which used to be very muddy in places.

At the summit there is a dry stone wall, which offers a nice sheltered spot to operate from.

Alt yr Esgair is surrounded by high ground which would make a  purely VHF activation a little challenging, so most of my contacts were made on HF.

Alan (GW4VPX) and Steve (GW0BBU) were activating SW-010 Craig Y Llyn, on the opposite side of the Brecon Beacons, so during our S2S qso we arranged to rendezvous  for a chinwag and to put a face to the voice over a cup of coffee.  Great to finally meet the lads in person after so many S2S chats.

Date:20/Sep/2013 Summit:GW/SW-023 (Allt yr Esgair) Call Used:GW6OVD/P Points: 1 

Time	Call	Band	Mode	Notes
09:20z	GW4VPX	144MHz	FM	Allan S2S GW/SW010
09:21z	GW6DGU	144MHz	FM	Roy
09:27z	MW0TOX	144MHz	FM	Baz
09:29z	MW1AND	144MHz	FM	Mel
09:34z	M0IML	5MHz	SSB	Barry S2S G/SE013
09:37z	G6LUZ	5MHz	SSB	Steve
09:38z	G8ADD	5MHz	SSB	Brian
09:39z	G0RQL	5MHz	SSB	Don
09:40z	G8AVU	5MHz	SSB	Bob
09:42z	G0VWP	5MHz	SSB	Terry
09:43z	G4OBK	5MHz	SSB	Phil
09:44z	G0TRB	5MHz	SSB	Roger
09:45z	GI4ONL	5MHz	SSB	Victor
09:45z	G0ELJ	5MHz	SSB	Dave
09:46z	G4IIJ	5MHz	SSB	Ian
09:59z	G3PNH	7MHz	SSB	Bernard
10:17z	G4ZRP	7MHz	SSB	Brian
10:19z	G0EOB	7MHz	SSB	Fred
10:20z	M0IML	7MHz	SSB	Barry
10:23z	LX2JV	7MHz	SSB	Jeff
10:25z	GB2CPM	7MHz	SSB	Peter
10:30z	G3ZQQ	7MHz	SSB	Jim
10:36z	MW0BBU	144MHz	FM	Steve S"S GW/SW-010