M1PAC: Up at the Windfarm With The Diamond F-23 antenna

Sunday, 27 May 2012

Up at the Windfarm With The Diamond F-23 antenna

This Sunday ( 27th of may) was beautiful.

I packed all the usual stuff with the exception of the yagi beam , and drove up to Ovenden wind farm. The landscape is outstanding and HF VHF and UHF do quite well from up there.

Arwen wasn't the carrier of the mast and equipment, it was the new love of my life Fraya the new Ford Focus Zetec Auto. and she acquitted herself quite well. aside from the fact her titchy battery was USELESS!

A bigger battery is required , I need about 100-175 AmpHr battery, so an old wagon battery should do .I will have a look on fleabay later to see if I can acquire one .Thanks to my mate Stuzzie a soon to be radio ham I knew I was getting over to Leeds but there were no contacts from that way.

CQ 2 meters CQ 2 Meters this is MQ1PAC/Mobile

I was using the MQ call I have an NOV for the Queens Jubilee event and one for the olympics.

From ovenden there were lots of contacts to be made and if I had gotten up earlier I might have got a few more ,anyway I had approximately 21 contacts on VHF .

A List of the contacts

M6NAE Neil in Manchester
2Q1DNB Peter at the Wakefield club
MQ6RIK Richard in Brighouse
MQ6NHA Sarah near Manchester
G0MZZ A benson from Batley
2E0VLS Ray over near Hull
2E0CTH Chris from by-fleet Surrey
2E0CSD Craig from Keighley
G4JJS Simon from Bingly
2E0LEV Mick from Dewsbury
G7PFY John over in Guiseley
G0CJV Clive in Grimsby
M0UJD Kevin from north Walsam
M0NEY Dave in Scunthorpe
M3TVV Dave in Allerton Bywater
M3ZKU David from Hudderfield was over at HAWES N Yorks activating a hill. Nice one
M6VWD Eddie in Rochdale No QRZ page tut tut Edddie
G0NHJ John From Crammington
M3ROU Peter in Rochdale
G0MZZ Tony in Birstall
2E0RIZ Craig over in Keighley
G4ONG Bernie in Warrington
MQ0IAA Ian over in Wakefield who told me that for getting and station there is a certificate going for confirming 100 "Q" stations