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Ward's Stone SP-003

 

Ward's Stone, G/SP-003 - 561m ASL - SD 592 587 - OS Explorer OL41 - 2 SOTA points         Map & summit information from SOTAwatch    Click to return to summit index

Sunday 13th February 2022

Trig point and handheld        Tom M1EYP

Waterproofs worked.  Never emerged from 6 hours hiking in constant heavy rain so dry!  Stupidly I went to the 561m trig on Ward’s Stone first.  Just one contact from there.  Remembered that the other trig (560m) has a much better VHF take-off so walked the kilometre or so over to there and got the other three contacts.  Cancelled the 3rd summit - but forgot to delete the waypoint in the satnav, so wasted some time following country lanes around to the foot of Fair Snape Fell - doh!  I’m getting more and more confident of qualifying activations on most G and GW summits on just a 2m handheld and rubber duck. Quick, easy - and minimises “ranger danger” too.

The other trig point!        Ward's Stone summit area

Heavy rain continued through the day.  My new waterproofs held firm!  Much longer walk than I remembered it to be - but maybe because the first time I’ve done it in winter - or maybe I’m just getting old!

Gushing torrent accompanying the descent        Lots of fast running water around today

Time

Callsign

Band

Mode

15:14

G6HMN

144MHz

FM

15:31

2E0XLG/P

144MHz

FM

15:33

G6AEK

144MHz

FM

15:34

M5EVT

144MHz

FM

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