25/4/2024 - ZL1/WK-136 Mangatangi
- John ZL3AQT
- Nov 10, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Nov 22, 2024
Luckily I had been to Mangatangi before (to do TOTA - check out that blog post here) so I knew what I was in for and where to go. It's a steady incline the whole way, with a bit of steep punishment at the end.
It was great to be back here to do my first HF SOTA activation (by myself), using my own radio. I was also using my homebrew linked dipole antenna.
The day ended up being a great success with an immediate contact to Easter Island (3G0YA) on 28 MHz.
A few minutes later, I got KF6HI in Arizona, USA; followed by VK2IO in Sydney, Australia, and VK4TMZ in Queensland, Australia.
After that I got a few local contacts on 146.500 MHz - ZL1SKL Soren (S2S - somewhere Northland from memory), ZL1MBZ Murray, and ZL1ACK Rob.
To round out the day I had one contact on 7 MHz - ZL1HIM Ian in Bay of Plenty, NZ.
Safe to say, I was very pleased with how the day went! It was a real thrill to make contacts with people overseas using an antenna I made myself and in a beautiful location which takes a bit of effort to get to. Cell reception is very patchy up here - radio is the only option!


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