GW/SW-003 – Fan Brycheiniog – 802m – 8 Points

27 December 2011: 10:27 – 10:56 UTC

33 CW QSO on 7032 kHz

In 2011 I rewired my station on the DC side to Powerpole connectors. At the same time I also bought a Watt’s Up Meter which showed after the activation:

13.15V / 0.35 A during RX of the K2
5.8Wh / 0.437Ah which I used for all 33 QSO
12.98Vm – Volt Minimum
25.7Wp – Watt Peak
1.89Ap – Ampère Peak

Car park: 51.887821 N / 3.663992 W, 473m

Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 1h39min
Distance: 4.4km
Total Ascend: 406m
Total Descend: 70m

Temperature: 8C at car park at 12:40 UTC

QSL card for the GW/SW-003 – Fan Brycheiniog activation.

This ruin can be used for navigation and there was much less visibility during ascend.

The path is really nicely done!

On the top with fog and high wind.

Yes, I was there.

Almost on the top

On the way back with Llyn y Fan Fawr in the background.

One of the many streams. Waterproof shoes is mandatory.

GW/SW-006 – Fan Gyhirych was my initial afternoon hill as seen from the car park but it was too foggy and windy and I chose GW/SW-010 instead.

Next time I will park my car a bit further down and take this path. First of all the walk starts flat and not down hill and secondly it is easier to navigate in foggy times. Although next time the sun will be out 🙂

Due to fog I came off the track during the ascend and was walking too much in direction South (left path in the above picture). As soon as my GPS showed 600m asl I was looking for the lake which I could’t see in the fog and concluded after looking the at my compass I must head North-West and after 5 minutes I finally found Llyn y Fan Fawr.