Got my DIY done on Friday and Saturday so I had the chance to pop out for some field radio on Sunday morning. To be honest when I got up I was not feeling it at all to go out, the sky was grey and the was a little bit of drizzle and the sofa looked pretty comfy.
And it was whilst I drank my coffee but the forecast sad it was going to clear up so onwards and upwards. I got dressed and grabbed all my gear, boots on and out the house.
It was a very pleasant walk with the sun on my face until I got to track down to the park, it’s muddy at the best of times and today it was pretty bad, kept slipping but did not go over so small wins.
I got to usual place and was now out of the shelter of the hedges I could really feel the wind. Might be a cold one this.
I got the mast and antenna setup in the normal way an inverted slopping L, got the radio on and had a tune a round and a listen. A few other OTA stations were on but in pileups so was not going to break through with 5w, so I found a free frequency and spotted myself and started calling CQ.
Richard M1AOB was the first to come back to me and then a mix of POTA regulars and some new to me hunters. Was nice to work Alex PD3RL and Don G0RQL.
I heard the red kites first and then I saw them, at least 2 of them and one kept swooping down near to me. Was lovely to watch them in the sky.
I moved over to 20M and got nearly 20 QSO’s across Europe from Finland to the Canary Islands. The wind had picked up a bit and I was really starting to feel the cold so thought I would have a quick go on some other bands and made 3 contacts on 17m and one 15m.
Neil M0NJH and Alistar M7FPX had planned to have a CW session on 40 so I changed bands and had look at the WhatsApp group chat, Neil was on the air but Al was not quite ready so I jumped in and made quick CW QSO with Neil.
Then it was time to pack up and head home to warm up.
| Operation Details |
| Park: https://pota.app/#/park/GB-0021 Grid square: IO93lt WAB square: SE63 |
| Working Conditions |
| Icom IC-705 Icom AH-705 Sotabeams tactical mini Sotabeams EFLW Ham2K Polo |
| Operation Totals |
| 39 QSOs 14 DXCC Entities 5 P2P 4 Band and 2 modes 40m – 1 CW, 15 SSB 20m – 19 SSB 17m – 3 SSB 15m – 1 SSB |
