Piketberg Site Visit 2026-01-05

I departed my QTH at 10h15 to go to Piketberg site to install the repeater, controller and link radio which had been configured for the site. I arrived at 11h45 and after calling i=on the repeater and announcing my intentions (thanks to ZS1NOS for replying), I started with the install. Once the equipment was in place and all powered up, I called on the repeater again to do signal report as well as test the link radio signals for transmitting and receiving. Once again, thanks to ZS1NOS for replying and assisting in this regard.

Once all was tested and I was satisfied working, I locked up and headed home again. I arrived back at my QTH at 15h20.

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Piketberg Site Visit 2025-12-31

An early morning start for site at 07h00. A pleasant drive to the site and on arrival, I removed the controller and link radio from the cabinet and brought these back to Cape Town for setting up and testing before they get re-installed.

The audio levels needed to be configured correctly.

The controller and radio were delivered to ZS1NEV who would do the necessary repairs/configuration.

After a nice breakfast in Piketberg, I headed back home and arrived back at my QTH around 13h30.

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