This is overdue, mainly due to my GoPro misbehaving and me finishing the film using footage from my phone and that of @GM5ALX
Please - no quips about us winter mountaineering in our trail shoes. 
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Lovely summit on a bright and calm weather.
Great to hear your ending DX qso.
No matter if it’s SSB or FM when there’s a good propagation duct enhancing the condition!
Well done Fraser, 73
Ignacio
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I’d forgotten about that day. I was out with the 705 hoping for some tropo enhancement but was probably too late or too high so only UK stations. Still it was good fun.
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We had great weather and great bands. It was my first 2m FM to Europe experience. Previously, I’d only experienced APRS packets from over the sea.
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Excellent! Was that on Wednesday Fraser? I managed about 220 miles from the Sperrins to near Padstow on 5W into a j-pole that morning. Lovely conditions for VHF, bit warm for walking though!
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No, it was on 24th April! My GoPro was playing up all day and kept resetting/repairing files and running out of battery. I’d actually given up recording when the DX arrived. Thankfully, Alex appeared at that point and I managed to capture some footage on my phone too. Hence the shaky video.
I completely forgot about the video footage until I found the footage on my phone and the footage Axex sent me.
Here is the full log. All SSB is GM. All FM is G and beyond.
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On Thursday I was at home and tuned around on 2 Meters and heard a few European stations calling on SSB. I thought I would call back. Colinear in the loft and 40 Watts got a 59 signal report from Slovenia! I was shocked that he could actually hear me. Then the opening disappeared. Wish I was out portable when it happened. Oh well.
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