GW/SW-026 - Bryn Arw - 384m - 1 Point

5 April 2009: 12:17z - 12:57 UTC

12 CW QSO on 7032 kHz
20 CW QSO on 10118 kHz

Conds on 30m were much better compared to 40m.

KAT2 readings:
7032 kHz: L = 6.8 uH / C = 50 pF
10118 kHz: L = 2.6 uH / C = 190 pF

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The track was recorded with i-gotU GT-120 datalogger offered by Mobile Action. The data was processed by @trip PC software that comes with it, exported as gw_sw026.gpx and finally imported to Google Earth.
gw_sw026_qsl.jpg (21781 bytes) QSL card for the GW/SW-026 - Bryn Arn activation.
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Car park #90 in the forest. Across the road the walk begins ...
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... and soon to be greated by the locals. The second summit (1 metre lower) features a "Steinmandli" (a Swiss-German expression for this pile of stones) with the GT-120 GPS datalogger on top.
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A small tree was used as base for my 10m DK9SQ pole. GW/SW-016 - Ysgyryd Fawr in the background. View from the shack towards East.
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My antenna is a 2x 6.7m Doublet fed by 10m 450 Ohm balanced line. The insulator at the one end of of the Doublet.
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The whole antenna system packed away ... ... and good-bye to the locals.

Last Update: 08.10.09