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Category: NL-FL

  • Aardzee

    Aardzee

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    Aardzee is the largest land art in the Netherlands, where the ground has been piled up into waves to represent the sea. Pretty apt considering it is located at the bottom of a former sea at -4.5m below sea level. It is a nice break from the flat farmland all around. This is another park…

  • Wisentbos

    Wisentbos

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    I asked PD8F, the POTA country admin for the Netherlands if any parks could be added in Eastern Flevoland as there was only a single one despite all the green areas. Earlier this week he got back to me and informed me he had added nine(!) new parks. One of these is the Wisentbos, which…

  • Roggebotzand

    Roggebotzand

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    A quick activation with the QMX to test out the finished linked dipole. It worked well! It took a little time to find a place to set it up, out of the way, but this was fine. I set up the third guy rope to across the water so I had to jump across a…

  • Hulkesteinse Bos

    Hulkesteinse Bos

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    Last time visiting, the only place that seemed to be part of this park was directly under some power lines or on a campground (private property) so we bailed and moved on. This time though, having investigated the park boundaries more closely on the Staatsbosbeheer (national park management) page, we found an okay out of…

  • Kromslootpark

    Kromslootpark

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    A new attempt. Last time here, I got only six “QSO”s, of which four were the same French station but with a unique Park-to-Park identifier. So in reality just three. Turns out my long 10m coax run was a little off, and most activations where I had used that cable had terrible results. Measuring resistance…

  • Roggebotzand

    Roggebotzand

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    Last time I was here, I got stuck in the quiet zone near the Wilhelminabos, a place of remembrance for cancer survivors. Thankfully, this time around the parking area at the beginning – near the restaurant – was free. There are even two picnic tables, of which we claimed one. Again, a really hard time…

  • Schokland

    Schokland

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    The weather was alright and I had a failed activation before on Schokland, so we set out to activate this location. The location is great, and there’s a place to park away from other people right near the south of Schokland with just a small walk. Unfortunately, despite the elevated position, I had pretty bad…

  • Kromslootpark

    Kromslootpark

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    The last time I was at the Kromslootpark was over 10 years ago, and it has been improved a lot. No more parking in the grass, there were picknick benches, and the road is no longer full of potholes. Unfortunately, during this activation I only picked up some very strong signals and was having a…

  • Oostvaardersplassen & Nieuw Land

    Oostvaardersplassen & Nieuw Land

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    A simple car activation. After being shown the activation done by PD8F and PE1ISP during the monthly club meet, I figured I could head out and do a little twofer. The 20m band was really busy so I set up on 10 and had two US contacts in a few minutes (N4EX and N1IPB). These…

  • Horsterwold

    Horsterwold

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    Took a long time to find an appropriate location as it was pretty busy due to the weather. Also most entrances are marked as “Stille Hart” (silent heart) and it didn’t feel right to set up shop there when most of what I’ll be doing is talking. Got a QSO with PA4PA in the log…