On the way back from Hogsback where I had just done my first satellite activation on Elandsberg, we decided to stop by the PEARS repeater site on Governer’s kop.
The sun going down on the Governerskop repeater site
Another first for me – on a day loaded with firsts 🙂
At the time of writting this post, the repeater is still in a rather sorry state. Plans are to get a tower (we have purchased on from somewhere in Hogsback) and then to throw a concrete block and put the tower up. This after the last one was blown over in the wind – a while ago now.
The site has a small container and has everything needed with the exception of the batteries – liberated for a higher calling by some <your favourite explicit here> who felt we no longer needed them!
Hey – let’s do some SOTA!
While there, I witnessed a stunning sunset and made some VHF contacts on national call through to Port Elizabeth. I had QSOs with ZS2HK, ZS2G, ZS2SG, and ZS2GV – making it a second SOTA activation for the day. This one was not via satellite, but I did use the little AMSAT yagi I have so grown to love!