24/7/25 Klondyke – The Final Frontier

Well, not quite. It isn’t Klondike Alaska, rather the other world famous location; Klondyke Waikato. And what a great location to have a radio antenna. With the surrounding pine plantation having been harvested, the views also aren’t too bad. In the thumbnail showing the track leading back down to the… [Read More]

16/7/25 : IC-7700 Taking a Break

Quite unusually, we were sitting around the kitchen table having a coffee, and in wandered [redacted]. “The 7700’s not transmitting”. Oh dear – coffee interruptus. Indeed, after checking the obvious, there wasn’t a hint of RF output. Well, the upside was we were looking for a challenge (not). So out… [Read More]

7/7/25 – Congratulations Kinnon

Kinnon sat the licence exam yesterday at MP, and today holds the callsign ZL1MGY – the callsign perhaps reflects his interest in learning CW ! ( For those who don’t see the MGY relevance, have a look here ) Congratulations Kinnon from all of us at Musick Point, on passing… [Read More]