A windy & overcast day ended up sunny for an extremely pleasant walk back. These are really enjoyable hills in a great area. Binnein Shuas has some outstanding rock climbing on its south side including the celebrated Ardverikie Wall. The area is also great for cycling.
Binnein Shuas - GM/WS-198 - 746m - 4 points
QSOs: 40m CW - 3, 30m CW - 1
This hill provides good atomospheric interest up the craggy north side. The descent towards Shios requires care but due east from the summit there is a steep grassy gully that provides escape from the summit area.
I was on the summit by 1300 and after finding some shelter from the wind had the jumper dipole up and was working G4DMP from Leeds within minutes followed by DJ4ST, Hamburg & G3GUR, Bognor before moving to 30m and working DL4ZU near Berlin.
Binnein Shios - GM/WS-239 - 667m - 2 points
QSOs: 40m CW - 2, 30m CW - 2
This top also provided some good shelter from the wind and fine birds eye view over Ardverikie Castle (aka Glenbogle!) and the Lochs on both sides. On 30m DL8IG, Wilhelmshaven & DL5DTL, Dresden, followed by G3SES and G3RLG in Chester and Wimborne respectively on 40m. The battery was starting to struggle towards the end so dropped down to 1 watt for the last qso and still received a respectable 589 into Dorset.
This brings me up to 100 activator points. Seems small fry compared to those at the top of the table!
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