Activating ZS/KN-168 Qulashe November 2025

 An easy and quiet summit accessible by car worth 6 points

 This was the last of 3 activations of the day so I chose one that I could drive close to.  This summit is fairly near KN-158 so worth activating the two together to justify the long dirt track drive!  I was able to get very close on the farmer's track with my small hire car and park close to the summit - this track is marked on the open topo map:

 A short steep ascent over grassy farmland took me to a grassy/rocky summit with plenty of space for activating. 

I used the trig point to attach my sotapole which made it easy to change orientation to point towards Gauteng or the Cape.  I needed this flexibility as band conditions were terrible due to solar activity and a recent Coronal Mass Ejection!

 

I only just managed to activate this summit with 4 confirmed QSOs in the log all on 40m.  CQ and self-spotting on 30m and 20m did not provide any responses.  All contacts were struggling to copy and it took me 40 minutes to log these 4.

Next Activation: ZS/WC-047