{"id":623,"date":"2019-06-26T13:12:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T12:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joebyte.de\/?p=623"},"modified":"2023-06-19T16:34:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T15:34:49","slug":"sota-activation-high-willhays-g-dc-001-on-22-05-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joebyte.de\/en\/sota-activation-high-willhays-g-dc-001-on-22-05-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"SOTA – Activation High Willhays (G\/DC-001) on 22.05.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SOTA activation on Dartmoor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To Devon? Our hosts in Cornwall raised an eyebrow. Hasn\u2019t Cornwall so much to offer? After a little explanatory work about the SOTA regions, which are spread over several counties, they were satisfied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Dominic Smith’s<\/a> excellent access information and getting information about the possible access times<\/a> (This part of Dartmoor National Park is managed by the British Army) planning was quickly done. My XYL and I were able to park our car at the end of the official track. We reached the summit, which is actually more of a plateau, on foot in best weather and with very little wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High\nWillhays, the highest point in Dartmoor, offers plenty of space for antennas\nand the construction of my multiband dipole on the fiberglass mast was quickly accomplished.\nI started radio operation in telegraphy at 40 m and already heard the CQ call\nof Juan-Carlos, EA1AER\/p, while setting the frequency. So the first QSO became\nan S2S (summit to summit) connection. After another connection with Bernd,\nDL6NBS, and another S2S connection with J\u00fcrg, HB9BIN\/p, no more calls came\nback. Meanwhile a contest had started and probably made things difficult. After\na change to the 30 m band and a spot on Sotawatch, however, I managed a number\nof other connections in telegraphy. Unfortunately, at the last QSO with DL5CX\nmy morse key gave up – the battery in the keyer was exhausted and unfortunately\nno replacement was available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I had\nplanned a test with the FT-8 operating mode anyway, the station was reconfigured,\nthe notebook was started and after some adjustment work, I could log three\ndigital connections. Test successfully completed. And many thanks to all OMs\nfor the calls and QSOs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After packing up and descending to the car we had a break in Okehampton before going back to Cornwall. There we stayed for the rest of the holiday. Which pleased our hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Open air shack on High Willhays<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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