Activating ZS/KN-158 November 2025

 A short, steep ascent from a rural village to a well wooded summit

 The D3 dirt road is signposted from the R617 and is driveable with a normal car where I parked next to an electricity pole as indicated by the blue dot below:

A local worker pointed me to the nearest ascent track which looked well used.  In fact there seemed to be several tracks up the summit which criss cross from various points.
 

 

 

 

I just kept walking upwards until I was in the activation zone.  The actual summit was well wooded with thorny bushes and, I suspect, snakes and other hazards, so I chose a clearing with some shade and space for my sotapole:

HF Propagation conditions were challenging and it took me an hour to achieve 7 QSOs on 20, 30 and 40m SSB.  2 QSOs were possibly unconfirmed (we exchanged signal reports, but the other ham did not confirm the report I gave).  So 5 definite QSOs with the summit activated, but hard going!

 

My bandhopper antenna also got caught by the thorny bushes and broke at one point, so I needed to perform an emergency repair!

 

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