I remember being about as old as my six year old Grandson sitting in the back of my Parent’s car with my own Grandparents on a “run out” and them showing me the mysterious lion and the Lamb . Now I’m as old as my Grandparents were and after seeing the structure from the road ever since I was a boy , I finally got to meet them , up close . I had to be close as will be obvious from the pictures below .
We arrived far too early so headed West to Gibson Knott and did that before Helm Crag instead of the other way round .
Got some good contacts from the regulars and as far away Andy M6AIA in Dewsbury and Mark G7SXR in the Leeds area . Unfortunately despite help from Dave G6AEK and Derek 2E0MIX and trying 70cms I just couldn’t get a summit to summit with Phil and Reg who were on Watch Hill.
Richard.
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Hi Richard
we had slightly better conditions than you and could copy you ok. We gave you a call but got
no response, 5watts was not enough to get you . I looked on the maps and could see a path through be i think Cat Bells was in the way
Given the mist and poor light the photos are very atmospheric . A bit like walks with Geoff (GM4WHA)
73 Reg
Indeed Reg, not a good path for signal North . All of my contacts were coming from the South and South East with the exception of Derek , who told me you and Phil were out . I was using 10W when Derek said you could hear me . The welding rods and plastic pipe beam might have made a diffeerence ? Not much to see from up there , but fog can make some interesting and spooky pictures ,
Richard
Thanks for the report Richard. You’ve done well from Helm Crag as it is one of those summits that you can’t buy a contact from sometimes. I’m overdue a revisit.
Mark G7SXR is an awesome chaser - think he must sacrifice a lot of chickens to be getting such great contacts right into the heart of the Lake District.
Mark. M0NOM
Yes Mark, I often speak to him on 2m when I’m away over in the East . He even popped up on the local repeater here recently as he was getting into one of those which are linked to it .
It was notable that there was a general bias toward the South and SE with the contacts .
Richard