Category: NL-FL
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Kromslootpark
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…
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Roggebotzand
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…
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Schokland
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…
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Kromslootpark
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…
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Oostvaardersplassen & Nieuw Land
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…
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Horsterwold
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…
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Kuinderbos
Took a long time to find a location here as well, most of the inroads were already taken by people walking their dogs. After some driving around, I found this little inroad that had plenty of parking space and even a little bench to sit on in the old harbour, before this was all land.…
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Roggebotzand
Setting up was a piece of cake, being able to strap the fiber pole to a wooden pole marker and lifting the antenna wire up in the air. Unfortunately I was positioned about 5m behind a sign that designated a quiet zone so I stayed in the car for most of the activation — leaving…