I had three plans for this day: to do Moir Hill as SOTA, to visit the Warkworth Satellite Station, and to do Geocaching along the way. I am happy to say I ticked all three off my list!
But this blog is about SOTA!
The good thing about Moir Hill is that you can drive to the AZ - the bad news is there's no real view to speak of; apart from a couple of radio towers.
This was a quick session up here for me - I pulled up just before the UTC rollover, and people were chasing! All up it was about 20 minutes, I got 4 contacts just before the hour, and four just after the hour (including 2x S2S times two) - then it was on to my other indulgences for the day!
Before the hour (all 146.500 MHz):
ZL1TZP Steve S2S at ZL1/WK158 Puketutu
ZL1TO at Maraitai Beach
ZL1KB Scott
ZL1JRW Jason S2S at ZL1/AK-027 Pukekohe Hill
After the hour I picked up the following:
ZL1KB Scott
ZL1JRW Jason S2S at ZL1/AK-027 Pukekohe Hill
ZL1TZP Steve S2S at ZL1/WK158 Puketutu
ZL3JD Phil - this was a tough one, I could hear him fine (5/8), but he gave me a 3/2 in return. Because I liked his callsign (I'm JD), I sent him an email afterwards and we went back and forth a couple of times.
This is an excellent SOTA summit if you're short on time - close to Auckland and drive up to the AZ. Here are some photos including a couple from my trip to visit the Warkworth Satellite Station:
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