GW/SW-009 – Mynydd Troed – 609m – 4 Points

9 September 2009: 08:08 – 08:44 UTC

40 CW QSO on 7032 – 7033.5 kHz

Temperature: 9 – 17C

Car park: 51.947105 N / 3.222508 W

Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 41min
Distance: 1.3km
Total Ascend: 257m
Total Descend: 0m

GW/SW-009 and GW/SW-015 can be climbed from the same car park. Therefore you can find more pictures under the GW/SW-015 report.

QSL card for the GW/SW-009 – Mynydd Troed activation.

GW/SW-009 Mynydd Troed as seen from the car park at 7:03 UTC.

A public bridleway goes up to the top.

During the climb …

… and a glimpse back to the car park and the sister mountain GW/SW-015 – Mynydd Llangorse.

As I was approaching the top I saw wild horses again.

This is the trig point with my own shadow and the fibreglass pole growing out of my head.

Usually I take a few pictures of the antenna to round up the activation. These are different. While I was concentrating on the last QSO on 40m I saw a sheep tangling his front paw in the red guy wire. I tried to get hold of the guy wire but the sheep was faster running away and took the pole down. The only comment I heard was “baahhh baahhh”.

The 6th section from the bottom of the DK9SQ pole was broken in two places. In case you want to be prepared for your next GW/SW-009 activation I have a picture of the offending sheep 🙂