Lighthouse Weekend at Cape Campbell

No activations or parks today, instead we are off on an adventure to the Cape Campbell Lighthouse for the annual "Lighthouse Weekend".
I'm joining with other members of the Marlborough Amateur Radio Club for the weekend activation. Apparently there are around 500 Lighthouses around the world that take part!
We are staying in the old lighthouse keepers quarters which are available for hire and worth a visit in themselves.
There isn't a lot of radio communication to see in this video. With multiple operators and transceivers we are using headphones so I've kept that part relatively short.
Anyway, join me to see a part of the country that I've never been to before.
I purchased my G90 from Techoman: techoman.co.nz
I purchased my IC-705 from RWB: rwb.co.nz/prod...
You can find out about the Marlborough Amateur Radio Club here: zl2ks.org.nz/wp/
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[@zl4de06]

I joined the Southland crew at the Stirling Point Lighthouse at Bluff. Cape Campbell was the only lighthouse we managed to work, due to crappy conditions on the Saturday afternoon.

[@zl2neb]

Yes it was a bit of a mixed weekend with not many lighthouse stations on the air that we heard anyway. We did hear a German station but were unable to contact them. It was a good weekend anyway and nice to operate from somewhere different.

[@ItsTheRandomKiwi]

Great video Nick!

[@zl2neb]

Thanks - it's a really nice part of the country. Certainly worth a visit if you ever get the chance!

[@wakajazz1401]

Hey Nick, very nice account of an awesome activation at an even more awesome location. Good deal!. Question about your ‘theme’ music track. Sounds very familiar yet completely unidentifiable to my rapidly fading memory as something from the late 80’s early 90’’s Dunedin scene (Chills, Clean, Bats et al?). It has that quintessential Kiwi alt/punk rock sound from that era. 73 de N6LED

[@zl2neb]

Thanks for the question about the theme music. It's a recording from a band that I played for in the late 90's. It had a variety of names during my time with them - the one that it was best known as was "This Life" which no-one in the band was ever happy with (lol). It only did original music and the guitarist (Phil Brass) was from Dunedin and was really responsible for total sound. Cape Campbell is a great location and well worth the trip if you ever get the opportunity.

[@wakajazz1401]

Thanks for the background info Nick.. love the track, Flying Nun should’ve picked you guys up back then 😉 Cheers!

[@zl3gig921]

Most enjoyable Nick. Cheers 73. ZL3GIG