I am planning a SOTA trip up north (to Johannesburg) in early November. Ok, its actually a business trip, but I plan on doing some SOTA activations on the way.
At the moment the basic plan is to leave on Tuesday 4th November and travel to Hogsback where I shall attempt to activate Tor Doone (ZS/EC-012) and Meinziesberg (ZS/EC-010) on Wednesday morning.
I then travel north through Bloemfontein activating Naval Hill (ZS/FS018), probably in the late afternoon/early evening.
On Thursday I will travel to Hartbeespoort dam (west of Pretoria) and trying Magaliesberg (ZS/GP-008) before going into the office for two days.
Saturday 8th I leave heading home again. At the Suikerbosrand Reserve Perdekop (ZS/GP-001) and Suikerbosrand (ZS/GP-002) await my activations. I was hoping to do these on the way up but unfortunately this will not be possible, so the way home it is. Bronberg has also fallen away.
After the reserve, I hightailing it back to the Eastern Cape (Graaff-Reinet) to meet up with Andrew Gray (ZS2G) and Mandy (ZS2AV) to attempt the mighty Kompasberg (ZS/EC-002) on Sunday 9th November.
All being well I will be on 2m (145.500) and 40m (7.098) and calling CQ SOTA! Please bear in mind that I am traveling and that the itinerary is subject to change at any time. Also bear in mind that I will be QRP! So listen out and spare a thought for my little 5W signal among the big waves out there.
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73
Dave