A few weeks ago there was the plan, together with Geert, PA7ZEE who had been here before, to activate SOTA PA-005 "The Galgenberg".
Last Saturday, August 6, we decided to go. According to the expectations it could remain dry until around noon. To protect us for some rain we had a fish-umbrella with us.
First we have to set-up the DX-wire pole for the delta loop, then my FT817nd connected. Currently, we discovered that the Elecraft T1 tuner did not work, so first I tried only 20 m. I made 5 qso’s in SSB with only 5 watts output.
Meanwhile, Geert set-up the 30 m long wire for the KX1, a tree throw, which succeeded already the second time! The counterpoise of 3 times 10 meters was disheveled and we accepted that as a fact.
Once called on 7032 kHz and Geert made within 6 minutes 5 qso's, a little pile up!
Our objective for a SOTA point, at least 4 qso's per person, had already met.
Around 8:45 UTC, we switched from place and I made 3 QSOs with the KX1. What an experience to work with this set!
Meanwhile Geert tried to solve the problem with the T1, and he succeed at the end. The procedure is first 'power' button and then follow the instructions on the box.
Then I could make a CW QSO on 40 m with my FT817nd.
Almost on the end of our activation, I switch to 30 m and made a QSO with LA9RY. Knut was on his holiday address on an island with IOTA reference EU-055.
The forecast for later in the day was thunderstorms and heavy showers and around 10 hours UTC we managed to get everything dry in the car.
After some food and a drink in the 'Termiekbel’, we drove to Tiel. Geert had very heavy rains on his way to Amstelveen. Just luck and a little weather knowledge, helped to look back on a successfull SOTA activation.
Thanks to Geert. With his support this expedition was physically possible for me.
73, Tjeerd (Gose) - PA3GNZ
Next year I expect more competition.
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This Es season I made the first qso on May 9, it was with HA8CE in KN06EN. On August 8, I made my last Es qso. In this period I worked 9 DXCC countries.
I worked with: 
During the stay in Schoorl we drove to Den Oever for a picture of this this lighthouse.
The frame is a little bit larger then the certificate, the small whit border is not a problem for me.
Nice weather and a lot of fun.
Write me if you worked me in the past but there is no qsl match on LOTW. 
After an email exchange with the ARRL helpdesk, they promised me a new certificate. This time it is shipped in a tube at no additional cost. 
When I request for the DXCC results I saw this summary. 
Once called on 7032 kHz and Geert made within 6 minutes 5 qso's, a little pile up!
Then I could make a CW QSO on 40 m with my FT817nd.
The second harmonic of the 2M signal is only 22 dB lower.
A modification to the suppression of the second harmonic of the 2M signal improvement is in the planning.
Faces in my house.
All qso's made with SSB or CW. 5 watts from my FT817nd with 1/4 GP on the balcony.
The number of cards for me was modest. Besides some squares on 6 meters confirmed there were also 2 QSL's of a liighthouse and lightship. 
These were confirmations of QSO's made in 2008 during my stay at the lighthouse of Vlieland.
The overview shows which stations heard my signal and what I heard. To made the list not to long I used the "unique" tick on the website to generate this.
As antenna I still use the 1/4 wave on my balcony.
Last week I received the certificate with the correct classi-fication.
Yesterday I picked up the package at a collection point of our national mail carrier. What I noticed was that the box is very small. At home, I found everything in the box to which this order belongs.
The picture is made by myself.
On Friday I came back from Bolsward and start up the equipment for WSPR. This time I saw decodes on my screen and stations saw also my transmissions.
The sporadic E season is started but the signals in my QTH are very weak, maybe they will be stronger in the next weeks.
Today I worked (cw) with 9H1XT in JM75GV, a new DXCC country & square on 6 meter.
I took this photo with my mobile phone.
Built into a peppermint can, including the filter.
I gave a CQ several times on 10.116 MHz and saw that my signal was heard in Slovenia. A distance of almost 1000 km with about 250mW output. This experiment was successful.
Different signals on 2M, this morning for the first time downlink signals of the VO-52 satellite. In this orbit I heard UA9FFF.
Ik had geen boodschappen lijst maar ben toch om 15:00 uur met wat spullen naar huis gegaan. De 2 getoonde boeken, de rechtse is 2de hands. Een 4Gb USB stick, verloop van SMA naar PL259 en een MP4 speler, deze is inderdaad voor mijn YL.
This was a period of several years that I was very active with 2 meter DX, until I got my B license in 1991. In the last period as PE1MDM and the beginning of the period as PB0ALS I was also active on the RS10/11 satellite. The TS700S was used for the uplink.
On the left is the on/off switch, underneath the chassis to the 9 volt battery to charge.
