GW/SW-014 – Mynydd Carn-y-cefn – 550m – 2 Points

After activating Coity Mountain – GW/SW-012 I headed for Mynydd Carn-y-cefn – GW/SW-014. I parked next to the entrance of West Monmouthshire Golf Club.
I started on 12m again and the moved to 30m and worked down the pile-up.

26 December 2013: 13:03 – 13:41 UTC

Temperature: 4 C at the car park

Rig: KX3, 10W, 4400mAh LiPo
Ant: SOTApole, 13.1m Inv. L, 5x 4m Radial

8 CW QSO on 12m, incl. N4EX and N7UN
37 CW QSO on 30m
S2S QSO on 12m with M1EYP/p on G/SP-015 and GW0PEB/p on GW/NW-067.

Car park:  51.787322 N / 3.183609 W; 382m.

Hiking statistics – uphill only:
Time: 36 min
Distance: 2.7 km
Total Ascend: 180 m / – 10 m

Track from near the Golf club house to the trig point.

Golfers on the highest golf course of the UK.

Trig point on Mynydd Carn-y-cefn with Brecon Beacon NP on the horizon.

Is this IOTA on SOTA ? The 5x 4m long radials for the 13.1m Inv-L can be clearly seen.

Trig Point with Waun Rydd (GW-SW-004) and Pen y Fan (GW/SW-001) in the background.

View to Brecon Beacons NP from GW/SW-014.

Close up picture of Waun Rydd – GW/SW-004 and Pen y Fan – GW/SW-001 on the left.