Activation Report for Foel Cedig, GW/NW-034

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Below is the activation report for Foel Cedig, GW/NW-034 from last Thursday.

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…great read Paul, well done with the poor weather conditions :cloud: :umbrella_with_rain_drops:

Geoff vk3sq

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I must have sat near that very spot many years before. No bike for me, just a trudge up the track and little interest to trek over to Cyrniau Nod, the then recognised summit. Can’t say I’ve ever felt the need to go back to that one.

As for travelling light, I’ve never done a SOTA activation without either pole guys or headphones, though I did forget to pick up my pole before leaving the car on one occasion. I did a few HEMA activations in the Newcastle area using my Standard C710 handheld, a small linear to give me 10 watts and a flowerpot vertical that I stuck in various bushes. However, that was in extremely windy weather and in the knowledge I would have an attentive group of chasers during the day. In some ways it was refreshingly different to my usual belt and braces approach to activating, but I wouldn’t do it as standard.

Many thanks for another of your interesting reports. I look forward to the next one.

73, Gerald

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I know what you mean.
When I first did Foel Cedig in 2023, I lost my varifocal glasses, that I had slid over my chest strap. I only noticed them missing after a couple of kilometres of walking. After some cursing,I retraced my steps all the way back to the summit. I couldn’t find them and so give up and went home. I convinced my wife to return with me a couple of days later to help me look for them. Armed with a GPS track, cropped for the section where I knew I had lost them, we set off. We reached the top of the track with still no luck, we then ventured onto the heather. My wife instantly proclaiming that there was no chance of finding them on the heather. I persevered following the track on my GPS, walking slowly and scanning left to right. To my amazement I found them right in front of me. The GPS error Gods must have looked down on me favourably that day :joy:
I vowed I was never going walk to that summit again, two and a half times in as many days was enough for me. :joy:

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It always surprises me how accurate GPS units are. When I was checking out G/DC-008 before it became a live SOTA summit, I did a survey with my Garmin GPS64 to determine the interface between the AZ and the Open Access Land. I took my Garmin car satnav with me and was gobsmacked to find it give the same readings as the GPS64. I guess they have a standard core to the devices and the controls are set up relative to the purpose.

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