GM/SS-198 - East Lomond - 448m - 1 Point

As part for our Scotland holiday I planned a few SOTA activations. It turned out that the hills in Fife were barely activated on HF so far. GM/SS-198 could be squeezed into the family diary before having lunch in Kirkcaldy. I parked the car on the East side of the hill und walked to the top within 15 minutes. Weather was very windy and I had to errect my antenna on the East side instead of the preferred Southern slope towards Central Europe.

30 August 2009: 10:50 - 11:12 UTC

22 CW QSO on 7031.5 kHz

Hiking statistics - uphill only
Time: 15min
Distance: 1.0km
Total Ascend: 111m
Total Descend: 0m

Temperature: 15C

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The track was recorded with a Holux M-241, exported as gm_ss198.kmz and imported to Google Earth.
qsl_gm_ss198.jpg (29243 bytes) QSL card for the GM/SS-198 - East Lomond activation.
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The spacious car park. The track begins ...
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... and even a mountain biker goes up the hill. a few locals.
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On top of East Lomond with both West Lomond - GM/SS-154 (right) and Bishop Hill - GM/SS-187 (a bit to the left in the centre) in the background. A bit further down this structure was found.
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View back to the car park with Largo Law - GM/SS-259 at the horizon. East Lomond from the West side near the car park I used for West Lomond - GM/SS-154.

Last Update: 08.10.09