POTA South Africa
Baviaans Kloof nature reserve - ZA-0075
ZS6DX/ZS2M

On 6 April I managed to active my second POTA park, Baviaans Kloof (ZA-0075). The weather was really miserable with wind and rain for 3 days so I ended up activating from a cabin in the park. Band conditions were not great and my antenna was just the EFHW thrown over the (rather wet) roof of the cabin.

I did manage to make a few local contacts on 40m SSB (and one local CW contact on 40m) but I had far better results on 10m and 12m. All the DX contacts were on CW running 5W. I managed to make contacts into the USA, Europe and even a few into South America. A notable contact was with KP4M in Puerto Rico! I am looking forward to the next activation!

(c)R Venter 1996-2024
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