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

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.

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The track was recorded with a Holux M-241, exported as gw_sw009.kmz and imported to Google Earth.
gw_sw009_qsl.jpg (31548 bytes) QSL card for the GW/SW-009 - Mynydd Troed activation.
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GW/SW-009 Mynydd Troed as seen from the car park at 7:03 UTC. A public bridleway goes up to the top.
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During the climb ... ... and a glimpse back to the car park and the sister mountain GW/SW-015 - Mynydd Llangorse.
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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.
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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 :-)

Last Update: 08.10.09