Another local one, stuck for something to do with my Son and my Niece I chucked them in the car "don't worry kids it only a little walk" now my lad loves a walk, my niece not so much.. infact if she has to do something physical away from WiFi for more then 5 mins, panic starts to set in!
Anyhow, this one is an old favourite, its above the village of my birth and childhood till the age of 20 - Diggle! its easy too, park the car where you can near Brun Clough Resr (the car park was closed at the time of activating) and follow the well marked paths to the Pennine way, keep following and you will find the trig.. EASY!
Just look at them happy smiling faces! 😂😂
Anyway, we soon got the roach pole up and the antenna, and started calling, calls were thick and fast with a nice mini pileup M0ALA was the qualifying first call, QSOs were mainly into Lancashire and Yorkshire the FT4XE doing the business on 5W into the flowerpot antenna. the best call was G1PHN, Clee Hills near Ludlow.. I couldn't believe it! 120 miles on 5W into a home made antenna... the quick session ended with 10 calls and 1 very happy operator!
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