Danie's QSL Card - shows hexbeam, now replaced with 40M beam

Danie's station. Rigs are Icom 7600, Icom 756 classic, Kenwood TS 440s, Kenwood TS 430s and Icom 706 for mobile. Amp is homebuilt (not shown).

The 40M 2 element beam at 15 meters

Commercial Repeater Operated by Danie

Upington, South Africa - Danie's location -The elevation of Upington is 2,742 feet (835 metres). It is the closest large centre to the Augrabies Falls (arguably the greatest of South African waterfalls) and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The landscape is very arid but the soil is fertile and crops such as fruit are grown in irrigated fields. The area is best known for its export-quality grapes, raisins and wines, which are cultivated on the rich flood plains of the Orange River.

Upington is a town founded in 1873 and located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the banks of the Orange River. The town was originally called Olijvenhoutsdrift ('Olive wood drift'), due to the abundance of olive wood trees in the area, but later renamed after Sir Thomas Upington, Attorney-General and then Prime Minister of the Cape.

Local scene

Kalagadi Transfrontier Park - Upington

Sunset at the park