Spent last weekend up at Sundown N.P.

 CQ'ed a lot. FT-817ND at 5w PEP into my OziPole portable dipole, just isn't like being at home with the 5 element HF mono-banders and QRO ;)

Just random MS pings from  Remi FK8CP while CQn this morning, then all of a sudden a full CQ at RST529!

Fred KH7Y just worked on 50.1106 CW... nice to work Fred again.

Good signal from Remi FK8CP CQn 50.1106MHz via scatter currently.

Was only audible on MS pings 15 minutes earlier, now up to 529 at times.

ZL TV video coming in via Es... NZ1 TV1 Mt Te Aroha 46.2396 RS51. Didn't expect that just now!

Great to see the return of scatter on 6m. Remi FK8CP CQn on 50.1106 at 2149z today. Yagi QTF 80.

A quick summary of my weekend radio activities... Zip, zero, ziltch!

I spent the weekend playing with my other hobby... four wheel driving. Went to Landcruiser Mountain Park, camped, wheeled and watched a few stages of the Coopers Rally.

Even got the chance to creep down, just 20m from the track, to take a few pic's.


But it did mean missing out on participating in the Oceania DX Contest again ;(