I originally planned to activate The Cloud on Saturday morning and then head off to the Peak Wildlife Park – however, plans quickly changed when I made contact with MW7MWZ who explained that Gun (G/SP-013) was practically around the corner and “about a 3 minute hike from the parking spot.” So unusually for me, here’s …
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This weekend I completed four SOTA summits, saving the biggest for last. For Whernside, I hiked in from the roadhead at SD 763 793 up to the summit along the “Three Peaks Walk” (SD760816, SD755825, SD740823) making this hike about 13 km total with an ascent of about 445 meters. There are a couple of …
This week I needed to travel to Northern Ireland for work and so I planned to take my TX-500 HF radio with me, and my MC-750 antenna to allow me to activate a SOTA summit just outside of Belfast, where I would be working. I’d never flown with a setup quite like this previously, so …
I had a day off work at short notice, so did the only sensible thing: planned a SOTA activation. I picked Kinder Scout since I’ve activated most of the South Pennies and figured I’d drag nearly 6Kg of radio kit up there whilst I was at it. I packed my FT-857D and my MC-750, plus …
Easington Fell is an easy activation, with plenty of parking and a short, relatively flat, hike in. It’s a great option if you’re not up to a challenging hike but still want to grab some SOTA points. That said, it’s still a pretty darn scenic spot too. Overall, it should have been a great activation…it …
For this activation, we parked just off Rochdale Road (SD 81049 18201) although good parking spots on this side of the fell were very limited. The plan was to walk along the road to the start of the public footpath at SD 81388 17834 and then walk along the base of the hill in the …
I’ve climbed Parlick and Fair Snape Fell a bunch of times but for some reason never activated it. So I convinced someone to come on a hike with me and packed my IC-705. I parked at SD 6015 4421 where there’s enough space for at most about 10 cars and headed up Parlick. It’s about …