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The view from Burton Dassett

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2021 9:05 am
by radiogareth
My son Josh lives in Warwick and these hills are conveniently nearby, meaning I could combine a days operating with a subsequent visit to see him.
Being fairly central and with mostly good take-offs in nearly all directions, I wondered is anyone has experience of operating from here?
The best carpark in terms of playing with masts etc seems to be 52.16791480704562, -1.4235707861201123
I'm thinking it could be good for north, Wales and Shropshire and probably the southern contingent unless there's some Chilterns in the way....
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Gareth

Re: The view from Burton Dassett

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2021 9:41 am
by g8gtz
Yes, I went up there on the way home from CAT21 and worked G4FRE 42km away in IO92FN on 5.7GHz DATV with an MER of 22 - https://batc.org.uk/contests/6cm-ladder/

It's a good site to the north and west but you have to pay a £2.50 parking charge!

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Noe
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Re: The view from Burton Dassett

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:18 am
by G4FRE
The other end of the CAT21 path was at Hartshill IO92FN. On narrowband GB3OHM was heard but no sign of GB3ZME.
Takeoff from IO92FN Note the counterweight!
Takeoff from IO92FN Note the counterweight!
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Noels signal on 6cm
Noels signal on 6cm
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Re: The view from Burton Dassett

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:28 am
by radiogareth
OK, £2.50 isn't a problem....might try the October 2+70 activity weekend from there. Might be a path up to Rob too.
Gareth