From my QTH it's a 90 minute bike ride to the highest point in the area: "Amerongse Berg" at 69 meters ASL. It's a flat hill top among pine and beech trees. You have to walk there or make a steep and challenging bike ride on sandy roads. This hill and surrounding area counts as POTA PA-0200. I arrived around 08:00 local time and took my 20 meter QCX plus amp, a battery pack and my 10 meter spiderbeam mast with a vertical dipole. Propagation was very bad, the band wasn't open yet and only managed to make 3 QSO's with Ukraine, Sardinia and Spain. I guess I need to plan my trips better...
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