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Mynydd Rhiw NW-064

 

Mynydd Rhiw, GW/NW-064 - 304m ASL - SH 228 294 - OS Explorer 253 - 1 SOTA point         Map & summit information from SOTAwatch

This summit was activated on Sunday 18th July 2004, by myself, accompanied by Jimmy and Liam. 

Jimmy at the summit of Mynydd Rhiw    Tom MW1EYP/P at the summit of NW-064    Summit of Mynydd Rhiw NW-064

After the joys of Mynydd Enlli GW/NW-072, Steve INK joined Jimmy, Liam and myself for lunch in Aberdaron, although sadly the only open pub did not offer any appropriate ales, to the minimum requirements of a CAMRA enthusiast like Steve!   He set off for home, while me and the kids went for a final fling to Mynydd Rhiw GW/NW-064.  We drove to the village of Rhiw, and turned up the road to the first transmitter at SH 224 285.  From here, we could see that vehicle access was permitted further up the access track to the higher transmitter, so we used this to save a little time and leave a shorter walk as the last one of a long weekend.  We made directly from the car over the field and up the hillock to the trig point, and then shelter on one side of it to operate.  Four quick 2m FM contacts were made, including Steve well on his way and Roger and Rick descending Yr Eifl GW/NW-075, and reporting similar wonderful views and conditions to that which I had advertised to them!

We arrived home at 8.30pm, highly satisfied with a fantastic and memorable weekend.   Arise Sir Roger!

Tom MW1EYP/P operating from NW-064    Liam enjoying himself on Mynydd Rhiw!

Thanks to all the following stations worked on this activation, all worked on 2m FM with 2.5 watts:

2W0DAA Llanfairpwllgwyngyll Dave
GW1INK/M near The Rivals Steve
GW0VMW/M descending Yr Eifl Rick
MW0IDX/M descending Yr Eifl Roger