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<\/a>I decided to try May Hill from the road to the West.\u00a0 This is a narrow road but there is parking available for about four cars in a small lay-by at\u00a0SO 688 213.\u00a0 It is a short walk up the hill to the small copse on the summit.<\/p>\n
I soon set the station up alongside the trig point and logged six contacts.<\/p>\n
G\/WB-019 Log<\/h3>\n
Date \u2013 24th February 2018<\/p>\n Postcode \u2013 GL17 0RF<\/p>\n Parking \u2013 SO 688 213<\/p>\n Radio \u2013 Kenwood TH-D74 + 50W PA on 2m<\/p>\n Antenna \u2013 2 ele dipole<\/p>\n Band \u2013 144 FM<\/p>\n Contacts \u2013 6<\/p>\n SOTA points \u2013 1<\/p>\n Group \u2013 Myself<\/p>\n A few miles to the South or May Hill is Ruardean hill.\u00a0 This has to be one of the shortest SOTA walks there is.\u00a0 The summit is on the village green and there is room to park on the roads nearby.<\/p>\n Date \u2013 24th February 2018<\/p>\n Postcode \u2013 GL17 9AR<\/p>\n Parking \u2013 SO 634 169<\/p>\n Radio \u2013 Kenwood TH-D74 + 50W PA on 2m<\/p>\n Antenna \u2013 2 ele dipole<\/p>\n Band \u2013 144 FM<\/p>\n Contacts \u2013 4<\/p>\n SOTA points \u2013 1<\/p>\n Group \u2013 Myself<\/p>\n G\/WB-019 \u2013 May Hill Had a spare Saturday afternoon and the weather was looking good so thought I would bag a couple of 1 pointers. May Hill summit I decided to try May Hill from the road to the West.\u00a0 This is a narrow road but there is parking available for about four cars in … Continue reading May Hill & Ruardean Hill 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,14,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-english-summits","category-summits-on-the-air","category-welsh-borders-summits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions\/1244"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5a97c83832493.png\")
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Walking Route Summary<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nG\/WB-021 \u2013 Ruardean Hill<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>If operating on VHF then there are a couple of small masts on the buildings nearby that create a lot of interference on the channel.\u00a0 You will need a radio with a reasonable front end to avoid overloading.\u00a0 I soon managed to get four contacts in between the bursts of noise before packing up and heading back to the car.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5a97cd837eea3.png\")
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Walking Route Summary<\/h3>\n
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