{"id":36,"date":"2018-07-08T23:36:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T23:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2021-07-15T09:20:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T09:20:48","slug":"g-se-001-vhf-nfd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/index.php\/sota-summits-on-the-air\/english-summits\/g-se-001-vhf-nfd\/","title":{"rendered":"Walbury Hill 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">G\/SE-001 \u2013 VHF NFD<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>VHF field day (NFD) seemed like a good time to activate Walbury hill again and at the same time enter the next backpackers contest.\u00a0 Unfortunately when the day came around it did not work out as planned.\u00a0 NFD started at 15:00 on the Saturday and almost immediately I heard a strong signal giving out the locator IO91gi which is Walbury Hill.\u00a0 I quickly established who it was on the hill and realised there was no way I was going to be able to enter the backpackers contest from the same hill.\u00a0 Instead, I relocated my backpacker entry to Granham hill nearer home and rearranged my SOTA activation for 15:00 on the Sunday when the NFD finished.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37\" src=\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_5b431de21dd8e-300x239-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_5b431de21dd8e-300x239.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_5b431de21dd8e-300x239.png 300w, http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_5b431de21dd8e.png 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I met up with Ken at the car park for the walk up to the trig point.\u00a0 Unfortunately we were busy chatting and missed the gate into the field so had to backtrack a little.\u00a0 The NFD station had set up near the trig point so we detoured over to say hello before heading for the trig point.\u00a0 Once again I set up next to the trig point and soon had seven contacts in the log.\u00a0\u00a0With the point in the bag I packed up and gave Ken a hand trying to operate on 20m before returning back along the same route we arrived on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Journey Details<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Date \u2013 8th July 2018<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Postcode \u2013 RG17 9EL<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Parking \u2013 SU 370 620<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Radio \u2013 Kenwood TH-D74 + 50W PA on 2m<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Antenna \u2013 2 ele yagi<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Band \u2013 144 FM<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Contacts \u2013 7<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>SOTA points \u2013 1<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Group \u2013 Myself and Ken<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Log<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_5b43215a0227d.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Walking Route Summary<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.m1cje.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_5b4321ba9aa2a-258x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G\/SE-001 \u2013 VHF NFD VHF field day (NFD) seemed like a good time to activate Walbury hill again and at the same time enter the next backpackers contest.\u00a0 Unfortunately when the day came around it did not work out as planned.\u00a0 NFD started at 15:00 on the Saturday and almost immediately I heard a strong &hellip; 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