The second summit on Wednesday 20th February 2014 was Foel Fenlli GW/NW-051.  The scheduling was easy to stick to at this end of the day, as I was full of energy, and also easily remembered the routes involved without a Jimmy or a satnav. This would not be the case later on! I paid my pound to park at Bwlch Penbarrass and set off up Foel Fenlli.

       

So far so good. I was QRV by 10am as planned, but still had the problem with the Palm Cube. I realised that if I removed and reinserted the battery, the paddle would work again - just so long as I didn't touch one of the Palm Cube buttons, which would cause the whole thing to lock up again! I had a quick look at the instruction booklet which I keep in the same Exped Drybag as my radio gear, but decided this was a job for home. For today, I would "make do" with using the Palm Paddle in traditional fashion.

It was just five QSOs on 24MHz CW for this activation, all from Russia/Eastern Europe. My set up spot was deep down between two ramparts of the iron age fort to keep out of the wind, and I had no phone coverage from there. I am afraid that rather then walk up to the summit to spot a SSB frequency, I just decided to pack up and go to the next summit - Moel Famau GW/NW-044!  Selfishness of the Highest Order.