So with a fixed transverter, April was a big improvement (92 contacts/32 multipliers/472k points/4th place, but it was time to find a new location for the summer. I was also getting fed up with people asking me what I was doing in the pub car park.
The best hill with a road in West Yorkshire is Ilkley Moor and there’s a few places to park a car at the side of the road with a good take off for most of the UK.
The public road peaks at 380m but doesn’t go right to the
top and there is a significant obstruction roughly 20m higher blocking ENE to
ESE. There's a gated track to a higher area at 390m which was originally claimed
by police/fire services but their towers were removed a few years ago (thanks
to Airwave). A small comms station
remains and is still gated/fenced off.
By a stroke of luck, it turned out that I knew the ‘right man’ through
work and I was able to get access through the gate to the top. The access track ends north
of the existing building and mast so the site is slightly obstructed for a UKAC
contest - but great for Denmark and Germany!
The view to the south/southeast from Ilkley Moor. The boulders are supposed to prevent off-roaders churning up the ground.
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