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 ====== G6AWK Activation Report 2022 ======
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-I set up camp within view of the Trig point and started getting my gear together.
+I set up camp within view of the Trig point and started getting my gear together: an Anytone 878 uv2 plus, and a backup Yaesu FT4xe, both with signal stick antennas as well as an Arrow antennas yagi.
-an Anytone 878 uv2 plus, and a backup Yaesu FT4xe, both with signal stick antennas as well as an arrow antennas yagi.
 There seemed to be a fair amount of activity on 2m when I first set up, with some stations calling CQ and others having a chat so I was hopeful for getting my 4 QSO's to get points for the summit.
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 Then, to my joy, Rich (M7GET) came back to me out of the void!
-We'd communicated the day before via discord so knew we were close to each other and were going to keep an ear out for each others calls, after a lovely contact on 2m we went our seperate ways again to try and reach more people.
+We'd communicated the day before via discord so knew we were close to each other and were going to keep an ear out for each others calls, after a lovely contact on 2m we went our separate ways again to try and reach more people.
 Again, without much luck for me sadly! I could almost make out Szymon (MQ6IBM) at one point, but my replies weren't making it back.
-Around this point, Rich and I looped back to each other again and decided to have a go on 70cms and log a quick QSO there towards the WOARC 'content that's not a contest'.
+Around this point, Rich and I looped back to each other again and decided to have a go on 70cms and log a quick QSO there towards the WAOARC 'contest that's not a contest'.
 After a break for lunch and some more unanswered calls, I had the idea of trying some impromptu SSTV with Rich.