![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_5009-300x169-1.jpg\")
<\/a>Three fairly easy tops done in one day.\u00a0 Weather\u00a0forecast<\/a>\u00a0not great but at least it had warmed up a bit.\u00a0 As it turned out it remained dry but overcast all day although the top of Waun Fach was in the cloud and sub zero.<\/p>\n There is no proper parking at Waun Fach, it is just a case of getting onto the verge somewhere, there is a reasonably wide and flat space just up the northern road from the junction.\u00a0 The climb is uneventful but enjoyable, better when it is clear on the tops and there is a view.\u00a0 There was still a few traces of ice around at higher elevations but nothing to affect progress.\u00a0 Above about 750m in the cloud the wind was blowing freezing fog which covered everything in a thick frost.<\/p>\n The top is fairly exposed with no real cover.\u00a0 There is a small rock at the summit just big enough to use as a bench but not enough to give any shelter.\u00a0 The large boulder that used to mark the summit has been removed although the erosion pit is still clearly visible if you know what you are looking for.\u00a0 I set up the station holding the aerial rather than guying it and soon had seven contacts in the log.\u00a0 The descent was straight forward and quicker than the ascent.<\/p>\n Date \u2013 13th January 2018<\/p>\n Postcode \u2013 LD3 0EU<\/p>\n Parking \u2013 SO 186 290<\/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 7<\/p>\n SOTA points \u2013 8 (+3)<\/p>\n Group \u2013 Myself<\/p>\n It\u2019s a short drive from Waun Fach south to the col at the top of Cwm Sorgwm.\u00a0 There is parking easily for two cars only and both spaces were full.\u00a0 I tried to get on the verge just to the south west of the normal parking but managed to get the car stuck there on the soft wet ground.\u00a0 Eventually with a lot of heaving and some help from one of the other drivers I managed to get off and was able to take the space left by the driver who helped.<\/p>\n The walk up\u00a0Mynydd Troed was uneventful.\u00a0 There had not been too much rain recently so the steep bit at the top was fairly dry which made it easier to climb.<\/p>\n It was quite windy at the top but just to the north of the trig point there are a couple of small depressions just the right size to provide some shelter.\u00a0 I set the station up there and called CQ.\u00a0 It took some time to make the contacts this time, at one point I didn\u2019t think I would qualify the summit but with some perseverance I eventually made the four contacts required although generally the signal reports were down.\u00a0 This hill is lower than Waun Fach which lies to the East and tends to mask the signal.\u00a0 At this point I was seriously wondering whether it would be worth climbing\u00a0Mynydd Llangorse if there was no activity.\u00a0 I had only alerted Waun Fach on the reflector so perhaps no one was expecting this activation.\u00a0 I packed the station away but when I came to the aerial I realised I had not extended the telescopic sections, ahh, that was why no one could hear me.\u00a0 Decided to go for\u00a0Mynydd Llangorse after all.<\/p>\n Date \u2013 13h January 2018<\/p>\n Postcode \u2013 LD3 7UL<\/p>\n Parking \u2013 SO 160 283<\/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 4 (+3)<\/p>\n Group \u2013 Myself<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Back at the car I soon ate lunch and after a quick change of batteries I set off up Mynydd Llangorse.\u00a0 It is an easy climb and I was soon nearing the top.\u00a0 As I reached the top I reached for my map to check my position but couldn\u2019t find it, I must have left it in the car when eating my lunch. doh..\u00a0 Unfortunately the summit reference was written on the top of the map so I now didn\u2019t know the summit number.\u00a0 Well I wasn\u2019t going to walk all the way back down again so I spent the rest of the walk to the summit trying to remember the summit reference and name.\u00a0 I did of course have a spare map in my bag so could look up the summit name on that.<\/p>\n I reached the cairn at the crossroads where I activated last time but could see that I could gain another couple of metres height if I continued another 100m along the path.\u00a0 Given the problems getting contacts on\u00a0Mynydd Troed I decided that another couple of metres might make the difference so I continued on to the highest point.<\/p>\n I set up the station here, again holding the aerial pole rather than guying and this time I made sure I extended the aerial elements properly.\u00a0 Calling CQ a few times I was again met by complete silence.\u00a0 With perseverance I did eventually manage to make the four contacts required but it was hard work.\u00a0 Unfortunately the summit reference I gave out was wrong, I had decided this was summit GW\/SW-013 but in fact it was GW\/SW-015 so apologies to any chasers who have logged the wrong summit.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think it makes any difference to points as they are both two pointers and no one else activated 013 that day.\u00a0\u00a0Signal reports were down again so I started to suspect that I may have blown the finals in the amplifier due to the high SWR when operating on\u00a0Mynydd Troed.\u00a0 The route back down to the car was uneventful and I was soon on my way back towards home and looking forward to dinner.<\/p>\n Date \u2013 13h January 2018<\/p>\n Postcode \u2013 LD3 7UL<\/p>\n Parking \u2013 SO 160 283<\/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 2 (+3)<\/p>\n Group \u2013 Myself<\/p>\n The day was long but some very enjoyable walking.\u00a0 In total I managed to gain another twenty three points bringing me up to 150 so far.<\/p>\n When I got back I set up the amplifier and antenna in the back garden and checked the output.\u00a0 Power out was still about the same at around 85 Watts and SWR was around 1:1.2 so nothing wrong there.\u00a0 I was relieved not to have damaged the amp but still puzzled as to why I could hear people on the top but they could not hear me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GW\/SW-002,\u00a0GW\/SW-009 &\u00a0GW\/SW-015 \u2013 Three Peaks Icing up on the top of Waun Fach Three fairly easy tops done in one day.\u00a0 Weather\u00a0forecast\u00a0not great but at least it had warmed up a bit.\u00a0 As it turned out it remained dry but overcast all day although the top of Waun Fach was in the cloud and … Continue reading Waun Fach, Mynydd Troed and Mynydd Llangorse 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":199,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-south-wales","category-summits-on-the-air","category-welsh-summits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287","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=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1321,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287\/revisions\/1321"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Route<\/h3>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5a5c75017ada5-768x420-1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nWaun Fach<\/h3>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_5007-e1516009470783-169x300-1.jpg\")
<\/a>GW\/SW-002\u00a0Log<\/h3>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5a5c7998b0943.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nJourney Details<\/h3>\n
Walking Route Summary<\/h3>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5a5c7573274ff.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nMynydd Troed<\/h3>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4937-300x169-1.jpg\")
<\/a>GW\/SW-009 Log<\/h3>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5a5c7d35a148a.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nJourney Details<\/h3>\n
Walking Route Summary<\/h3>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5a5c75a4d29ac.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nMynydd Llangorse<\/h3>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4943-300x169-1.jpg\")
<\/a>![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4944-300x169-1.jpg\")
<\/a>GW\/SW-015 Log<\/h3>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5a5c7edd477b6.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nJourney Details<\/h3>\n
Walking Route Summary<\/h3>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/img_5a5c75f84b4a5.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nOverall Summary<\/h3>\n