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Header picture: Maletsunyane Falls, Lesotho

Maletsunyane Falls, located in Lesotho, is the highest single-drop fall on the continent at 192 meters (630 ft). It is about an hour walk from the remote town of Semonkong, whose name translates to “site of smoke.” The waterfall is on the Maletsunyane River and it falls from a ledge of Triassic-Jurassic basalt

The plunging water creates a reverberating echo when it contact the basin of the falls, and local legend has it that the sound comes from the wailing of people who have drowned in the falls.

Photo: HA5AO, taken 27 October 2017

Eswatini (Swaziland) and Lesotho Tour 2019 Press Release #2

Published: Wednesday, 26 June 2019 00:02

I will arrive in Swaziland on 15^th September and plan to stay till 1^st October. My license for the 3DA0AO call sign was issued last year. The flight and room at Mountain Inn Resort at Mbabane is booked. I plan to start to set up antenna and station on 16^th and can be expected on the air by the evening. The station set up contains the Elecraft K3S and KPA500 and feeding vertical antenna. I will operate on the 80-10m bands mainly on CW and FT8 on the higher bands. I plan to be active on 21/22 September in the All Africa DX Contest as Single Op Single Transmitter CW All Band High power entry.

After the Swaziland operation I will return to Lesotho on 1^st October and plan to stay till 19^th October. I will use again the 7P8AO call sign. Flight and room is also booked. Due to other commitments the operation from Lesotho will take place in my free time mainly on CW and FT8 on the higher bands.

QSL policy, Logsearch and OQRS is available at https://www.ha5ao.com

73 Pista, HA5AO (3DA0AO, 7P8AO)

Eswatini (Swaziland) and Lesotho Tour 2019 Press release #1

Published: Monday, 25 March 2019 16:02

I will return to eSwatini (Swaziland) in the second half of September 2019. I will be active for 14 days on the bands of 80-10 m in CW, RTTY, FT8. The exact date will be announced later. My 3DA0AO license was issued last year. Station setup includes: Elecraft K3s, KPA 500, vertical antennas, with N1MM+ logging software.

Following the Swaziland operation I will return to Lesotho again in the first half of October. I will use the 7P8AO call sign. Bands, modes and station setup as above. The length of operation is 14-16 days.