tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61096407031994029582024-03-12T19:48:22.550-07:00Castles On The Air (COTA-PA)Award program for ham radio activities at castles in the Netherlands. COTA-PA is a member of the World Castle Award program.PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-20068700610779360192023-10-22T11:03:00.001-07:002023-10-22T11:03:34.666-07:00PI4CG vanuit Fort Buitensluis (PA-02073)<p>Het contest team van PI4CG was op Open Monumentendag op 9 en 10 september actief vanaf PA-02073 - Fort Buitensluis. Het team heeft hier een vaste opstelling met een shack in het kruitmagazijn 1884.</p>
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<img border="0" data-original-height="1598" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xJQDOkkaIojxv3g5_xnB9Na7Nz1JpJSotiqAz7BAWLainIW-QnbvsxbybpU0QDgx32c3_OxsWrf4TkBx5dOWOPpy1DtmBMEnR2MRjTH5j22orpnvgkTZ2CIMTzPukgX0dTmjdo3HgYSumemfRy66GEBm0a6sjcgV99EsQzJR6h-w-RGeqfDgMItW2W_C/s320/IMG-20230610-WA0024.jpg" width="240" /></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">Uitzicht op de beam</td><td style="text-align: center;">Het team van PI4CG</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-25082635819865432822023-10-10T11:48:00.005-07:002023-10-10T11:48:49.986-07:00PD0RWL activeert 10 lokaties<p>Toon PD0RWL is weer flink op pad geweest. Hij heeft de afgelopen weken 10 forten en bunkers geactiveerd: 34, 151, 211, 2033, 2083, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3014, 3017.</p><p>Hieronder een paar sfeerbeelden:</p><p><br /></p>
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</tr><tr><td><div style="text-align: center;">PA-02083 Fort Penserdijk</div><br /><br /><br /></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">Fort Penserdijk</div><br /><br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1353" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeLsq7iJOzfHHYBS7MpkMTLvQj53KZ1Eays-wz6QwzqV2sgUgFway0Za8MUgTqNUAgaba9-4RW6Yr_LwdKK_CIbzrMQNd2v3R2dEkTNsmOKiYqMMg3wgBTZsMDHfYSGgwHPu0shQJAXLV4dPwn_JwqA5y_Pcbwz-l71tT6CsQMdHdpLCuqD9U3y3EXzuy/s320/PA-03002-Marine%20Kustbatterij%20Heerenduin.jpg" width="320" /></td><td style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td>PA-03002-Marine Kustbatterij Heerenduin<br />(met Toon zelf in beeld)</td><td style="text-align: center;">PA-03017 - Bunker 599</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-2710312953047547252023-09-24T08:48:00.005-07:002023-09-24T08:50:06.997-07:00PF6SABINA vanaf Fort Sabina<p>Tijdens Kunst en Monumenten Route Moerdijk en de Open Monumentendagen op 9 en 10 september 2023 hebben wij Fort Sabina geactiveerd met de call PF6SABINA, referentienummer PA-02080.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bAARpH6VrXzXzabV-uLSEYzuua3kTAxpQ6WyA96-7kNltIpGeL-B_y5Ls5RPO8bWNp4qxt8hgt7_lX6HcamhCBg4Kq3Y4LwLV0OnYmHY74ESX_FSGwwF2blNJVE_8oUhsOGBmD5Lfp77wq_A3TnJ-sRlArS7Yshb8w_hVAANvESnaoXMIzky8l_eDrhh/s4032/IMG_7374.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bAARpH6VrXzXzabV-uLSEYzuua3kTAxpQ6WyA96-7kNltIpGeL-B_y5Ls5RPO8bWNp4qxt8hgt7_lX6HcamhCBg4Kq3Y4LwLV0OnYmHY74ESX_FSGwwF2blNJVE_8oUhsOGBmD5Lfp77wq_A3TnJ-sRlArS7Yshb8w_hVAANvESnaoXMIzky8l_eDrhh/s320/IMG_7374.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Het thema van de kunsttentoonstelling in het fort was de Watersnoodramp in 53. Wij hebben de rol van de zendamateurs van toen belicht en daarbij een link naar het heden gemaakt door ook de Dares te benoemen. Met dank aan het Watersnoodmuseum in Ouwerkerk konden wij het geheel met een aantal posters aankleden. </p>
<table><tbody><tr><td><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UMhnFZsrCUt4vKCByPanO3-pwUGPzKMmgvmJK9TMgRzPtKdKIuHbIlKU76OwgWC6vLMOSXtclPSntD0R6Js7KlZ56XPf90m-Krgrq2fgzq5vF61ZpZzSiZ-270ssAfVh8sLE1P1eYBIqxztW6hPi2ahujW43yWzpCZ4W2D1H08vvktk82PNXBR-s3zRb/s320/PHOTO-2023-09-09-14-06-15.jpg" width="320" /></td><td><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2KAcMntiCbkoW71WySWtFLg1IbySjPxp5McXTTXbTFNdh6W_su6WMZLG891s2QwNiyz8o2Hq2sOxqel6zBKo_ian8LYv3k8uiMl_hBrGY4YQnXPeZKSjYVk3XpSQGUzzYZLZuw0gyvSiv5FwrxVNH0eF16W67zt93PoPpZKbCpPx7O7B_LXNmApLXrGpN/s320/PHOTO-2023-09-09-14-05-44.jpg" width="320" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>De ontvangst op Fort Sabina was hartelijk. Ons onderkomen was een kazemat waar het binnen lekker koel was. Na aankomst zaterdagmorgen hebben wij eerst de mast met antennes bovenop de kazemat geplaatst. Gezien het weer een warme klus. Na het testen van de antennes en opstellen van de twee sets werd rond de middag de eerste verbinding gemaakt met PB6BB, de voormalige BB schuilbunker te Westenschouwen. Beide dagen hebben wij de nodige bezoekers mogen ontvangen. Ook een flink aantal amateurs hebben wij persoonlijk mogen begroeten. In totaal zijn er op HF en VHF 68 verbindingen gemaakt voor een groot deel dankzij de ervaring en inzet van Toon PD0RWL. Zondagmiddag zijn wij, na het afbreken van het station, moe maar voldaan naar huis gegaan.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGjZqJ8sTRNG78YfHo68AynKw87CVzN10RQMVO4UDZzIHYQwuRed9vPiCMnUDbXi9SAa7Wg6s0_sMH6MU81g9w8KRvKOw87gyESCDREguQv9HrJRKyWs2V3Dm2-DHJ0BdxtqC5_1K3nekSdYsWeJbF0vpVagSbuFlc7ywwzcoveG6vRDGe-iXn9dFNm3y/s2048/PHOTO-2023-09-09-14-18-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGjZqJ8sTRNG78YfHo68AynKw87CVzN10RQMVO4UDZzIHYQwuRed9vPiCMnUDbXi9SAa7Wg6s0_sMH6MU81g9w8KRvKOw87gyESCDREguQv9HrJRKyWs2V3Dm2-DHJ0BdxtqC5_1K3nekSdYsWeJbF0vpVagSbuFlc7ywwzcoveG6vRDGe-iXn9dFNm3y/s320/PHOTO-2023-09-09-14-18-01.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p>De crew had gedurende het weekend de volgende, deels wissellende, samenstelling: Toon PD0RWL, Maurice PA3MVE, Pascal PA1BR, Eric PA2EON, Cor PA3GAH, Piet PA3DWF,Leendert PA7TWX, Norman PA2EJD</p><p>73, Norman PA2EJD</p>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-28530313893381288892023-03-14T10:28:00.002-07:002023-03-14T10:28:50.260-07:00PD0RWL vanaf verschillende forten actief<p>Toon PD0RWL was de afgelopen weken weer actief vanaf drie verschillende referenties.</p><p>Eerst bij de Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie bij Fort Altena PA-02038 en later bij de Stelling van de monden van de Maas en het Haringvliet:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>PA-02082 - Fort Noorddijk</li><li>PA-02084 - Kazerne Haerlem</li></ul><p></p><div>In totaal maakte Toon bijna 300 QSOs op 10, 20 en 40m. Hieronder twee sfeerbeelden:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivY1dPbppRnUheoT_jXU2sIbfSmzbBu2qJvrjsY_1k_KhVH9TgR67lKLVf7NE-AT7JAaR19yagSwG3QMw1pU3yYZSY_5dndthDK0oHcrv1nEyXHfKm9K1AcH-bvVg2qzWpzHuVb6b0arVWFOpWhwYQ5sHbQ2GEVMZfR7H5SURaGgSiga2IZcWvAgr4TA/s4608/20230301_133245-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivY1dPbppRnUheoT_jXU2sIbfSmzbBu2qJvrjsY_1k_KhVH9TgR67lKLVf7NE-AT7JAaR19yagSwG3QMw1pU3yYZSY_5dndthDK0oHcrv1nEyXHfKm9K1AcH-bvVg2qzWpzHuVb6b0arVWFOpWhwYQ5sHbQ2GEVMZfR7H5SURaGgSiga2IZcWvAgr4TA/s320/20230301_133245-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uitzicht op PA-02082 - Fort Noorddijk</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs61dXr9RiYnuaITHCCqjjqV9eqTzXRVStMdPbR7F3u8Iu8svmMK86giLM05sDnor5cN3V0vnobYQq7G6OTYxs5ioQqGxQmMljnjfmZcmzUdnGWq-kfGHfspyNUvcrKTjrlfIBZJZBWfI384pP4tJL8Jh2sBh4Y0A7fBxEtFbKeslBStZ0ujh-Bfr-Fw/s980/PA-02084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="980" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs61dXr9RiYnuaITHCCqjjqV9eqTzXRVStMdPbR7F3u8Iu8svmMK86giLM05sDnor5cN3V0vnobYQq7G6OTYxs5ioQqGxQmMljnjfmZcmzUdnGWq-kfGHfspyNUvcrKTjrlfIBZJZBWfI384pP4tJL8Jh2sBh4Y0A7fBxEtFbKeslBStZ0ujh-Bfr-Fw/s320/PA-02084.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toon in de schaduw bij PA-02084 - Kazerne Haerlem</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-48063986666311232342023-02-11T13:01:00.002-08:002023-02-11T13:01:26.243-08:00PA3DLX from inside PA-02007<p>Fred PA3DLX has been active from the radio room inside Fort aan den Ham (PA-02007) - a new reference - that is part of the old defenses of Amsterdam.</p><p>The fortress has some old radio equipment on display but also a working radio station. On top of the fortress there two antennas: a <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;">G5RV and a dualband vertical for 2m and 70cm.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiU6euByS_FQxdABnYskXUXrTV2ZY_6CAjnnrXxBFMINVd_ERz5mcmZ_7orUAew7mm70NdO__l13gQUw-KhdbULHMvJmJLf1iBoOc-LDE_JM4lX82DBXYTjySCaMJSMgDDgWSN-8e7AIHChfWObWXMvrrqLccQnNSOX8GS55VoI4Nf_bIp5w_bYG3tPQ/s3264/IMG_20230111_121621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiU6euByS_FQxdABnYskXUXrTV2ZY_6CAjnnrXxBFMINVd_ERz5mcmZ_7orUAew7mm70NdO__l13gQUw-KhdbULHMvJmJLf1iBoOc-LDE_JM4lX82DBXYTjySCaMJSMgDDgWSN-8e7AIHChfWObWXMvrrqLccQnNSOX8GS55VoI4Nf_bIp5w_bYG3tPQ/s320/IMG_20230111_121621.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fred inside the radio room</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eWcgXmtgA37Ams_9TLJKFZV9iqtyj9WoKef5-eGr3kNwmNUp2K2DAmLM0TSK8HePd-UkyWly_uylNbfBzh4OKWQxDzPFBXCICgcsvnRrtqLuPu7z6leYUdrDtEgjyrqnVps71LLrtJmGm2z7_lZwFDH7Sp_B70j5U3GYwnoK-zC7XpdPmQQVRybWLw/s4160/IMG_20230111_130632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eWcgXmtgA37Ams_9TLJKFZV9iqtyj9WoKef5-eGr3kNwmNUp2K2DAmLM0TSK8HePd-UkyWly_uylNbfBzh4OKWQxDzPFBXCICgcsvnRrtqLuPu7z6leYUdrDtEgjyrqnVps71LLrtJmGm2z7_lZwFDH7Sp_B70j5U3GYwnoK-zC7XpdPmQQVRybWLw/s320/IMG_20230111_130632.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fort aan de Ham</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-33753060566968808132023-01-15T07:50:00.002-08:002023-01-15T07:50:24.552-08:00PD0RWL maakt rondje langs de forten<p>Toon PD0RWL gaat in januari verder met het activeren van de recent toegevoegde forten. Op 11 en 13 januari activeerde Toon PA-00164, PA-02037, PA-02047, PA-02062, PA-02077 en PA-02081. Twee keer kon hij twee objecten tegelijk activeren omdat de 1km cirkels hiervan overlappen.</p><p>Ook kon Toon bij Batterij onder Brakel (PA-02037) een combinatie maken met het WWFF PAFF programma omdat dit fort in natuurgebied PAFF-0135 ligt.</p><p>Hij maakte 414 QSOs - het merendeel op 40m. Hieronder wat beelden van de twee dagen:</p>
<table align="center"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAF-rtg4Dg2dFZx4lJqjr4Bz60QgmGNAhJTRfn5ckYLQ8Hs2RZzW6imnvp21lqphGRP-xttzD44Zu-N77isuqh01zZDBc2MAhieEHlwLhl_LUKumu_zlU5asD1kfvKP9lnftu4PGefL8klkE49Ygbk1FUyYl5J5URT0lRADx4cvxhJKp0zWGUGWbZ3Q/s1024/IMG_0025.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAF-rtg4Dg2dFZx4lJqjr4Bz60QgmGNAhJTRfn5ckYLQ8Hs2RZzW6imnvp21lqphGRP-xttzD44Zu-N77isuqh01zZDBc2MAhieEHlwLhl_LUKumu_zlU5asD1kfvKP9lnftu4PGefL8klkE49Ygbk1FUyYl5J5URT0lRADx4cvxhJKp0zWGUGWbZ3Q/s320/IMG_0025.JPG" width="320" /></a></td><td align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHXcyTpSdlhQjTOFZ0abiFxEBkry8vT9UZEmuD0wnCICrr2j_d6x5XcJTo5JuUjlgG0lJkKf6EdygMEIwSv71ce5l828L03HmOARHMJuLTATA6Xp-mafwcvdKuRh4jVzFfzSJSMkL3dTEn8jVadKWFDqtFCEXkZmpx1Fje5lgEVsGYKTb8AVOgqqcvQ/s1024/IMG_0037.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHXcyTpSdlhQjTOFZ0abiFxEBkry8vT9UZEmuD0wnCICrr2j_d6x5XcJTo5JuUjlgG0lJkKf6EdygMEIwSv71ce5l828L03HmOARHMJuLTATA6Xp-mafwcvdKuRh4jVzFfzSJSMkL3dTEn8jVadKWFDqtFCEXkZmpx1Fje5lgEVsGYKTb8AVOgqqcvQ/s320/IMG_0037.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">Toon bij Batterij onder Brakel</td><td align="center">Fort Giessen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemtZxpVkVXs6aXKcXVxiLQEXnYwWeHuO3a0-p5Z981IGUJujIdlAvonWKLQ5UzLnCNXPf1058782-l9PMJZCe23-JGvhAxBlkLb6ujOXbuBnjIV-M6WvfR0vEnawq9pGgsmRiXGKCn9fs6ov-_F-cl-Nt4bYujRxkStQ64RltDZGVsJZXO9flol4JvA/s704/20230113_090853.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="528" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemtZxpVkVXs6aXKcXVxiLQEXnYwWeHuO3a0-p5Z981IGUJujIdlAvonWKLQ5UzLnCNXPf1058782-l9PMJZCe23-JGvhAxBlkLb6ujOXbuBnjIV-M6WvfR0vEnawq9pGgsmRiXGKCn9fs6ov-_F-cl-Nt4bYujRxkStQ64RltDZGVsJZXO9flol4JvA/s320/20230113_090853.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toon bij Slot Loevestein en Fort Vuren</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-85342406770201026602023-01-10T11:41:00.003-08:002023-01-10T11:43:34.050-08:00PD0RWL vanaf PA-02074 en PA-02076<p>Toon heeft de smaak te pakken en is de recent toegevoegde forten in zijn omgeving aan het bezoeken.</p><p>Op 6 januari was Toon actief bij Halsteren en Steenbergen vanaf Fort de Roovere en Fort Henricus. In totaal maakte hij die dag 129 QSOs - vrijwel allemaal op 40m in phone.</p><p>Hieronder een paar sfeerbeelden:</p><table align="center"><tbody><tr><td><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrCIOcZlAdHEOAMH6txSsUgmILhPm9f3dtPPJlJjTIhMhd6fPQfwTxec2nxW3JXF06px0_YNyCX2LPkRBm91o9WaypBG6WtnaNCvn5z58R_577Hp5I7hQh7i1b-Uo9bn3ZkOldJxCgvnqULgheszrqacLphLclxhlY2XOoehdD7kfw5z59-vCgcXMOw/s735/20230106_120931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="551" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrCIOcZlAdHEOAMH6txSsUgmILhPm9f3dtPPJlJjTIhMhd6fPQfwTxec2nxW3JXF06px0_YNyCX2LPkRBm91o9WaypBG6WtnaNCvn5z58R_577Hp5I7hQh7i1b-Uo9bn3ZkOldJxCgvnqULgheszrqacLphLclxhlY2XOoehdD7kfw5z59-vCgcXMOw/s320/20230106_120931.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Toon op de parkeerplaats bij Fort de Roovere</div></td><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgcXAxCSj-ogDzkUuGYCGFseYu7erI4wTfzfbt0rwwZjmU-2m8zXXl-PoqCseHltW6IziTlYt7WmMQPFTzKr3fJbYMCb3GxlRwtoMk-EunFfLpBVtFE3pNKPZJ0yLQQCe-wZbsZQA7ZUf5-tXP4IcmOc5WkT8DY8_zdskj_sZqA4q3R1zAddBhgLDvA/s927/20230106_085855.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="927" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgcXAxCSj-ogDzkUuGYCGFseYu7erI4wTfzfbt0rwwZjmU-2m8zXXl-PoqCseHltW6IziTlYt7WmMQPFTzKr3fJbYMCb3GxlRwtoMk-EunFfLpBVtFE3pNKPZJ0yLQQCe-wZbsZQA7ZUf5-tXP4IcmOc5WkT8DY8_zdskj_sZqA4q3R1zAddBhgLDvA/s320/20230106_085855.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Toon bij Fort Henricus</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwc4t5hcH50JWQlef8aoql7-mP5sPsHCFOhQUr-hoY3Hyz9aXIuqFoWsAWaWyLP2lSm_Zk3KNfc47VouKvRs-26zdyevtu2zTYLbFwNZAwKNLdRaUNSpcGwC7we9tW_AAo6GDLVegYId6N8KIo4dCI_VsRaOXugxgZDcDzJ8Xg3Ui0x97bzxYbyj-Iug/s980/20230106_084042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="980" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwc4t5hcH50JWQlef8aoql7-mP5sPsHCFOhQUr-hoY3Hyz9aXIuqFoWsAWaWyLP2lSm_Zk3KNfc47VouKvRs-26zdyevtu2zTYLbFwNZAwKNLdRaUNSpcGwC7we9tW_AAo6GDLVegYId6N8KIo4dCI_VsRaOXugxgZDcDzJ8Xg3Ui0x97bzxYbyj-Iug/s320/20230106_084042.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-81863975558436765722023-01-04T09:15:00.006-08:002023-01-04T09:19:29.493-08:00PD0RWL vanaf PA-2073, 2079 en 2080<p>Toon is het nieuwe jaar goed gestart met activaties van drie forten op 3 januari. Deze drie objecten zijn dit jaar aan het programma toegevoegd.</p><p>Toon was actief rondom Willemstad vanaf Fort Buitensluis (PA-02073 - 60 QSOs), Fort Prins Frederik (PA-02079) en Fort Sabina (PA-02080 - 58 QSOs)</p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kwAq_cBMWlZIiGvoMWwJi3GgsGHo3dCzC61J09bAp4tXpJKemNXHwyGiMJv-GnFf_xK2lxHlC8ZCXzShOCFazFwQZReGrImUqq3NkiacUT3Ih1XlsZuHXlyBDY8QvbtIc7L4z-aAKmihJ0DoD_3zj77wGQynOdlXWUUsDwnqtOFHGUFrTplwqg3pEw/s631/20230103_091737.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="467" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kwAq_cBMWlZIiGvoMWwJi3GgsGHo3dCzC61J09bAp4tXpJKemNXHwyGiMJv-GnFf_xK2lxHlC8ZCXzShOCFazFwQZReGrImUqq3NkiacUT3Ih1XlsZuHXlyBDY8QvbtIc7L4z-aAKmihJ0DoD_3zj77wGQynOdlXWUUsDwnqtOFHGUFrTplwqg3pEw/s320/20230103_091737.jpg" width="237" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fSxnnFWlhzbY9dcH8Jr0UCN6Em5vyhPNOlggFVfF7M7aOm_M1wbvTr__9sXyP4Vd4KB0a4buh0UbHDYKhP_xqInWZNtDNwl6CDVU0Xyiwzw5V3O_QGgzl6RfoAe7ojCVVLb9e2m0wehmo4oGy7MWtKt5RhUiJNyj9x8c8FtDPXsrydIeKYqKr-G0lA/s705/20230103_101231.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="498" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fSxnnFWlhzbY9dcH8Jr0UCN6Em5vyhPNOlggFVfF7M7aOm_M1wbvTr__9sXyP4Vd4KB0a4buh0UbHDYKhP_xqInWZNtDNwl6CDVU0Xyiwzw5V3O_QGgzl6RfoAe7ojCVVLb9e2m0wehmo4oGy7MWtKt5RhUiJNyj9x8c8FtDPXsrydIeKYqKr-G0lA/s320/20230103_101231.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toon bij PA-02073</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toon bij PA-02079</td></tr></tbody></table>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEKe1BL2B6sqhKoNuu0_xzuC1fHRxMe-mebzujqPSOuGRkDjIMEUt8Qv9XwRbjzyNf-WWpbVfGQ45iF5cs3EFKXoQ034nV0cDs9l7gdLSsaWORV6q2a1YV2Uy-O--OYG0NfjYBlAR-fd-JAG9ckqGEf9kwHI7P5xIb3MXc3GEVGSrQ4Okcersq4agxA/s4150/20230103_163645.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3113" data-original-width="4150" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEKe1BL2B6sqhKoNuu0_xzuC1fHRxMe-mebzujqPSOuGRkDjIMEUt8Qv9XwRbjzyNf-WWpbVfGQ45iF5cs3EFKXoQ034nV0cDs9l7gdLSsaWORV6q2a1YV2Uy-O--OYG0NfjYBlAR-fd-JAG9ckqGEf9kwHI7P5xIb3MXc3GEVGSrQ4Okcersq4agxA/s320/20230103_163645.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Folder met info van PA-02080</td></tr></tbody></table>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-28275887337818351692022-12-30T12:51:00.004-08:002022-12-30T12:52:41.536-08:002023 brengt nieuwe COTA-PA referenties <p>Op meerder verzoek bevat het COTA-PA programma naast versterkte huizen en kastelen (291 stuks) nu ook twee nieuwe verzamelingen verdedigingswerken: forten (90 stuks) en Atlantikwall bunkers (15 stuks). </p><p>De forten vormen onder andere de Nieuwe en Oude Hollandse Waterlinie en de verdedigingswerken van Amsterdam en Utrecht.</p><p>De nieuwe objecten hebben hun eigen nummerreeks (forten 2xxx, bunkers 3xxx) en zijn ook zo opgenomen in de WCA database. Ze gelden dus naast voor COTA-PA awards ook voor WCA awards.</p><p>De totale lijst vind je onder "<a href="https://www.cotapa.org/p/cota-pa-references.html">COTA-PA references</a>" - daar vind je ook een kaart met de locatie van de objecten. De verschillende objecten hebben ieder een eigen kleur. Daarnaast vind je op de kaart - als je inzoomt - de activatie-cirkels. Dit zijn cirkels die het gebied aangeven tot een afstand van 1km van het object. Je activatie is geldig zolang je binnen die cirkel blijft met je station.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/view?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=11Q1ipXURqIVz2UwCM-HgdnIz4Sc"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="769" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzIBJCvfaxiFCvGeIToZvIqLkZqyD9yQckjZhgqe5Oeq_PHU4NnwQ_dQicMzM3De2yCIs4DEXHZHkoQAjmpY6ztFjUR2F7tdB7pnNsVz0xHmRByTgeXMPrg5gRdOTFD2ZO4Xoa8L2RZ4bESSp1c3-pxiPDSrfukTx52kTQQ7nqHhr-JLJ1wBOqAmtNg/w640-h386/cotapa_map.PNG" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/view?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=11Q1ipXURqIVz2UwCM-HgdnIz4Sc">COTA-PA kaart met de verschillende objecten</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-32862690842240101202021-06-11T07:55:00.001-07:002021-06-11T07:55:31.240-07:00Wereld kastelenweekend 2021<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tkXcPK5FDAw/YMN4TUCH0DI/AAAAAAAAEZA/m6HqM68Bjwgmk2Al9PpSca7bUBleXwH0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s300/WCW_2021_300x238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tkXcPK5FDAw/YMN4TUCH0DI/AAAAAAAAEZA/m6HqM68Bjwgmk2Al9PpSca7bUBleXwH0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/WCW_2021_300x238.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Zoals ieder jaar is er weer een speciaal kastelenevenement: het World Castles Weekend dat georganiseerd wordt door WCA. Ooit begonnen als een event dat ook maar één weekend duurde maar inmiddels verlengd naar ruim een week.<p></p><p>Dit jaar loopt het evenement van 11 tot en met 20 juni. Door mee te doen als chaser of activator kun je voor een speciaal (electronische) award in aanmerking komen.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LH1HNiDbU1E/YMN4TcKkbqI/AAAAAAAAEY8/H5eBphcICfwXbs04fmbCIN3M5ZJtyqQegCLcBGAsYHQ/s1754/WCW_2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1754" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LH1HNiDbU1E/YMN4TcKkbqI/AAAAAAAAEY8/H5eBphcICfwXbs04fmbCIN3M5ZJtyqQegCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/WCW_2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Voor chasers geldt dat ze 3 QSOs moeten maken met verschillende activators binnen hun continent of 1 DX QSO. Activators moeten minimaal 1 object activeren conform <a href="https://www.cotapa.org/p/cota-q-how-to-activate.html" target="_blank">de regels</a>.<br /><br /><p>Als je aan deze regels voldoet kun je een award aanvragen via wca10yearsaward@gmail.com</p>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-63370315339365626742021-01-18T08:51:00.005-08:002021-01-18T08:55:17.549-08:00Toon PD0RWL castle-active<p>Toon PD0RWL has been visiting a large number of castles over the last weeks. He has helped quite a few chasers reach <a href="https://www.cotapa.org/p/cota-pa-awards.html" target="_blank">a next award level</a>. To give an indication of Toon's activities you will find some of his photos below.</p><p>Toon PD0RWL is de afgelopen weken actief geweest vanaf meerdere kasteellocaties. Met zijn activiteiten heeft hij een flink aantal kasteel-chasers aan <a href="https://www.cotapa.org/p/cota-pa-awards.html" target="_blank">een nieuw awardniveau</a> geholpen. Hieronder wat beelden die Toon tijdens zijn activiteiten heeft gemaakt.</p><p><br /></p>
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<tr><td align="center">Toon PD0RWL at Huis Merwede PA-00204<br /><br /></td><td align="center">Dussen Castle PA-00029<br /><br /></td></tr> <tr valign="bottom"><td align="center"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2006" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mlF_-O56WtY/YAW6QEKzY9I/AAAAAAAAEQc/bcy77_NFUSEWrCSZP4EqV160rcClgv7FwCPcBGAYYCw/s320/005.JPG" width="320" /></td><td align="center"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zA5EwznEbbA/YAW6QSW0P7I/AAAAAAAAEQk/ky3MZiBgrv4Icc-34LD1Qj7gy-IbWvJMgCPcBGAYYCw/s320/Sandenburg%2B104.JPG" width="320" /></td></tr> <tr><td align="center">Typical setup with FD4 and VHF vertical</td><td align="center">Castle Sandenburg PA-00104</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-37293994087616185962021-01-10T04:30:00.002-08:002021-01-10T04:49:57.633-08:00New awards online available<p>Today a lot of new chaser awards have been made available. You can check if there is an award for you by entering your callsign on the <a href="http://www.cotapa.org/p/cota-pa-honor-roll.html">honor roll page</a>.</p><p>Up till now COTA-PA has made almost 600 awards available. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d_mEaHNPLVU/X_rzOJpWoSI/AAAAAAAAEPc/5Lhb_8DbvdUdYjuzSSnsvsf4aFVmJpo6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/example_gold.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="800" height="290" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d_mEaHNPLVU/X_rzOJpWoSI/AAAAAAAAEPc/5Lhb_8DbvdUdYjuzSSnsvsf4aFVmJpo6QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h290/example_gold.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-74547949407804496712019-07-01T11:38:00.000-07:002019-07-01T12:24:10.063-07:00The P*10WCA event has ended<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">WCA turned 10 years in June and COTA-PA joined in the festivities with eight special calls. It has been a great month with an activity level we have not seen in PA ever before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eight different operators PH2A, PA2GB, PA3FYG, PD0RWL, PE4BAS, PA1H, PG8M and PH0NO went out to 80 different castles, logging 8650 QSOs with 2550 different chasers from 61 DXCC. Below is the list of DXCC with more than 200 QSOs this month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A total of 222 chasers (coincidentally a very nice number) managed to reach one of the special P*10WCA award levels: 97 bronze, 79 silver and 46 gold. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The final chaser top 10 for the P*10WCA event is as follows:
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Nr.</b></span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Chaser</b></span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>SES worked</b></span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Castles worked</b></span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Points</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1.</span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SP8LEP</span></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">72</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1120</span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2.</span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">OH3GZ</span></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">66</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1060</span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3.</span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9A1AA</span></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">57</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">970</span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3.</span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">YL2TQ</span></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">67</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">970</span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5.</span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">DL1LQC</span></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">51</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">910</span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5.</span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ON4CB</span></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">51</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">910</span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5.</span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SP4GDC</span></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">51</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">910</span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8.</span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SP1MVG</span></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">53</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">880</span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9.</span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">DL8NCA</span></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">46</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">860</span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10.</span></td><td><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">EA3EVL</span></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">49</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">840</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The top 10 chasers receive a special version of the Gold award indicating their position (no.1 shown below). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All chasers can download their award here: <a href="http://www.cotapa.org/p/wca-10-awards.html">http://www.cotapa.org/p/wca-10-awards.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Great work! Thanks to the chasers and activators for creating some serious activity on the bands. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">73,11,
Lars / PH0NO (aka PH10WCA)
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<br />PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-80287405498989644612019-06-24T07:49:00.001-07:002019-06-24T11:45:55.389-07:00P*10WCA - third week<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The third week has passed and all eight special calls (PA10WCA-PH10WCA) have been active by now - activating a total of 58 different castle references. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Together we have managed to log 6700 QSOs from more than 2200 chasers from 62 DXCC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the meantime 186 chasers have managed to reach one of the award levels. <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">There is a special page on this website dedicated to the award: </span><a href="http://www.cotapa.org/p/wca-10-awards.html" style="background-color: white; color: #6666cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">WCA10 Award page</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The top 10 chaser list is as follows (# stations worked, # castles worked):</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">SP8LEP (8, 46)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ON4CB (8, 33)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">9A1AA (8, 32)<br />DL8NCA (8,32)<br />OH3GZ (7, 38)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">YL2TQ (6, 41)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">SP1MVG (7, 33)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">EA3EVL (7, 32)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">SP10WCA (7, 31)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">SP4GDC (7, 30)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There will still be some activities until the end of June. After all logs have been processed the final awards will be made available and QSLs will be ordered (and delivered by bureau unless you order a direct card via ClubLog).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-16789626632681941462019-06-15T07:45:00.002-07:002019-06-18T23:33:14.289-07:00P*10WCA - second week<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We are in the second week of the anniversary event for the World Castle Award. Seven of the eight special calls have been active from 35 different castles in The Netherlands.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3800 QSOs haven been logged with 1500 different chasers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As there are already 100 chasers that have reached award levels bronze, silver or even gold, we have decided to make the awards available already based on the activity up till now. There is a special page on this website dedicated to the award: <a href="http://www.cotapa.org/p/wca-10-awards.html" target="_blank">WCA10 Award page</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Note that this is a special service for the most active chasers. It is not meant to be a real-time award system. It will only be updated once or twice until the final update after all activities have been completed and processed (beginning of July).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The <b>top 10 chaser</b> list currently consists of (# calls worked, #activities worked):</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">SP8LEP (6, 25)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ON4CB (7, 17)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">OM1AX (7, 15)<br />OH3GZ (6, 21)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">DL8NCA (6, 20)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">DL1LQC (7, 13)<br />IK2ECC (6, 19)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">LY2KM (7, 11)<br />OH6GAZ (6, 17)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">DD0VE (6, 16)</span></li>
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PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-26566279764182471432019-06-08T04:13:00.004-07:002019-06-08T04:20:26.914-07:00P*10WCA - first week<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The special event for the 10th anniversary of the World Castle Award is now one week old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In COTA-PA in this first week we have had 7 special calls active (PB10WCA, PC10WCA, PD10WCA, PE10WCA, PF10WCA, PG10WCA and PH10WCA), activating a total of 17 different castles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Propagation has at times been challenging but so far more than 1600 QSOs have been made. The <b>top chasers</b> of this special event - after the first week - are as follows (# stations worked, # references worked):</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">OK1DLA (5, 12)<br />YL3CW (5, 12)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">YL2TQ (5, 11)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">DL1LQC (5, 10)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">OM1AX (5, 8)<br />ON4CB (5, 8)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">IN3XUG (5, 7)<br />SP8LEP (4, 12)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">DL8NCA (4, 11)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">IK2ECC (4 ,10)<br />SP4GDC (4, 10)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">OE6WIG (4, 9)<br />ON4VT (4, 9)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">UA3GJM (4, 8)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">DD0VE (4, 7)<br />HB9EFJ (4, 7)<br />OM7OM (4, 7)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(*) PB10WCA logs (3 activities) have not been processed yet</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Refer to <a href="http://www.cotapa.org/2019/05/wca-10-year-activities-planning-and.html" target="_blank">this post</a> to learn more about the special COTA-PA P*10WCA award and the rules.</span><br />
<br />PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-13458320151263711312019-05-23T12:03:00.000-07:002019-07-07T12:49:25.649-07:00WCA 10 year activities - planning and award rules<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The special WCA 10 years calls (P*10WCA) will be active in the month of June 2019. Activities that have been planned by the operators will be in the list below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The planning is still under development. Activities will be added once dates are known. Some activators might however go out and do last minute activities (so will not be in the list).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PE10WCA will activate PA-00007 a number of times at the end of the morning UTC during weekdays.</span><br />
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<tr><td width="100"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Week</span></b></td><td align="center" width="120"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Date</span></b></td><td align="center" width="100"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Call</span></b></td><td align="center" width="140"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Castle</span></b></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1-7 June</span></td><td align="center"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 5</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 6</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 7</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">week 1-7</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">week 1-7</span></td><td align="center"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PF10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PF10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PH10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PB10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PB10WCA</span></td><td align="center"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00070</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00154/157</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00156</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00015</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00164</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00067</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00071</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00155</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00075</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00076</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8-14 June </span></td><td align="center"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 8</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 8</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 8</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 8</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 9</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 8, 9 or 10</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 10</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 13</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 13</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 13</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 13</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 13</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 14</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">week 8-14</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">week 8-14</span></td>
<td align="center"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PE10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PF10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PF10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PH10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PC10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PH10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PE10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PE10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PB10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PB10WCA</span></td><td align="center"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00081</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00003</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00174</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00158</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00145</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00078</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00072</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-01487</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00137</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00133</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00257</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00269</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00246</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00069</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00008</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00002</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00074</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00078</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">15-21 June</span></td><td align="center"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 15</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 15</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 15</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 16</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 17</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 19</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 19</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 21</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">week 15-21</span></td><td align="center"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PF10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PF10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PH10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PH10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PB10WCA</span></td><td align="center"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00255/256</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00165</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00175</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00143</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00021</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00100</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00136</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00106</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00077</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">22-30 June</span></td><td align="center"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 22</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 22</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 24</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 26</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 26</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 28</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 28</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">week 22-28</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">week 22-28</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">June 29</span></td><td align="center"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PF10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PF10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PB10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PB10WCA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PF10WCA</span></td><td align="center"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00176</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00177</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00162</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00271</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00252</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00277</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00276/279</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00079</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00080</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA-00169</span></td></tr>
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Award</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For chasers of the WCA 10 year activity as organised bij COTA-PA there will be an award in three levels: bronze, silver and gold.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Each call worked is worth 50 points, each reference you work a call is worth 10 points (so 60 points for each first contact with a call and 10 points for each consecutive contact with the same call from a different location).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The points for the award levels are as follows:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gold: over 555 points</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Silver: over 333 points</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bronze: over 222 points</span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are in total 222 chasers that achieved an award level: 97 </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bronze, 79 </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Silver and 46 </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gold chasers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You can check if you have reached an award level by entering your call in the field below (base call without any "/"). If you have reached enough points your award will download automatically.</span></span>
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PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-61885500658695054132019-02-07T02:54:00.000-08:002019-03-17T01:58:51.795-07:00WCA anniversary - special event<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In June COTA-PA is going to participate in the 10th anniversary festivities of the World Castle Award (WCA). For this occasion we will have 8 activators using 8 different special calls while activating castles that are part of the COTA-PA and WCA program.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There will be a special award for working these P*10WCA callsigns - with three levels (bronze, silver, gold) depending on the amount of contacts you make with the activators.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Most activity will be in the period of 8-16 June but some calls will be active on other dates in June. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Exact dates and times will be communicated at a later date. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The following calls will be on the air at least on one activation, by the activators mentioned:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PA10WCA - PH2A</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PB10WCA - PA2GB</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PC10WCA - PA3FYG</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PD10WCA - PD0RWL</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PE10WCA - PE4BAS</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PF10WCA - PA1H</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PG10WCA - PG8M</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PH10WCA - PH0NO</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Below a preview of the award and QSL lay-out for this event:</span><br />
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<br />PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-72695037377890055292018-11-11T05:30:00.002-08:002018-11-11T05:30:57.468-08:00COTA-PA kaart bijgewerkt<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">De COTA-PA kaart bevat nu alle kastelen en forten die onderdeel uitmaken van het COTA-PA programma: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&mid=11Q1ipXURqIVz2UwCM-HgdnIz4Sc&ll=52.10679207620754%2C5.588424499999974&z=7" target="_blank">Google Maps</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Voor de oplettende gebruiker: de kaart bevat blauwe en groene icons. De groene icons komen overeen met kastelen waarbij de 1km grens (deels) overlapt met natuurparken die onderdeel zijn van het WWFF PAFF programma. Wellicht zijn er bij deze kastelen mogelijkheden om de programma's te combineren. Of dit praktisch lukt zal afhangen van hoe je op pad bent - vanuit de auto zijn er minder mogelijkheden dan vanuit het open veld.</span>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-52137322628950823152018-10-16T05:24:00.005-07:002019-02-07T02:47:20.243-08:00WCA bestaat 10 jaar in 2019<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Het World Castle Award programma, waar verschillende nationale programma's bij aangesloten zijn (zoals COTA-PA), bestaat in juni 2019 10 jaar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Om dit te vieren zullen er over de wereld verschillende activators op pad gaan met speciale calls in de vorm van **10WCA in de periode van 8 t/m 16 juni 2019. Zie ook <a href="http://wcagroup.org/?page_id=185" target="_blank">de post op de WCA site</a> voor meer info.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Het zou leuk zijn als we ook in PA enkele speciale calls in de lucht zouden kunnen brengen in juni. Mocht je hier interesse in hebben, laat ons dat dan even weten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[inmiddels zijn we compleet!]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-87960011760049020672017-03-25T08:05:00.002-07:002017-03-25T08:05:23.646-07:00World Castle Weekend 2017<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">De World Castle Activity Group organiseert in juni voor de achtste keer het World Castle Weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Het event vindt plaats in het weekend van <b>17 en 18 juni</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stations die werken vanaf een locatie bij een kasteel geven als exchange zoals gebruikelijk een rapport en het nummer van het kasteel (PA-xxxxx). WCAG leden geven een rapport en hun lidnummer en overige stations geven enkel een rapport.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Er zijn chaser awards voor het werken van kastelen en WCAG leden (vanaf 5 contacten) en een award voor activators die mee hebben gedaan aan het event dit weekend.</span><br />
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<br />PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-80318910730557867802014-09-23T00:34:00.001-07:002014-09-23T00:34:25.624-07:00PE4BAS from Rensumaborg (PA-00009)<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bas PE4BAS activated PA-00009 Rensumaborg in two visits earlier this month. Working QRP he logged 61 different stations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He wrote a short post on his activity that can be found here: <a href="http://pe4bas.blogspot.com/2014/09/fieldday-fun-at-rensumaborg-cota-pa.html" target="_blank">http://pe4bas.blogspot.com/2014/09/fieldday-fun-at-rensumaborg-cota-pa.html</a></span><br />
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<br />PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-79582740178300231022014-05-02T00:46:00.001-07:002014-05-02T00:47:04.503-07:00World Castles Weekend 2014<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you are interested in chasing or activating castles then mark the following weekend in your agenda:</span><br />
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14 & 15 June 2014: World Castles Weekend 2014</b></span></center>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The weekend is organised by the World Castles Activity Group. More information about this weekend can be found on the <a href="http://wcagroup.org/ENG/wcw.html" target="_blank">WCAG website</a>. </span>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />There are special awards available for this weekend. Of course there are also the "regular" awards to collect both from the WCAG <a href="http://www.wcagroup.org/ENG/rules.html" target="_blank">(WCA for chasers - WCAA for activators)</a> or our local <a href="http://www.cotapa.org/p/cota-pa-awards.html" target="_blank">COTA-PA awards</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Let us know if you plan to go out to activate a castle and we will make sure your activity is communicated to the chaser community. </span><br />
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PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-57257789802008678562013-01-22T02:14:00.000-08:002013-01-23T11:03:49.745-08:00Kinkelenburg castle PA-00130 by PH0NO<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Winter wonderland in Bemmel</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yesterday I activated PA-00130 (Kinkelenburg). Kinkelenburg is situated in the village of Bemmel and features an early 15th century tower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Using Google Maps I found a spot within 1km from the castle towards the Waal river. The snow gave this quiet area a nice aura. The only downside was that I was freezing my hands off when setting up the antennas - as I forgot to bring gloves</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Conditions on 20m were rather poor. I did see spots on 15m indicating contacts between EU and NA but I did not bring my 15m antenna with me. I stayed on 20m for almost one and a half hours logging only 54 calls. DX came in from the east only with EX8, UK8 and 4Z.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It took me some time to set up my inverted V for 40m as my fibreglass pole segments were frozen together on several places. When I did get on the air again I found that 40m was quite lively. The first frequency I chose seemed clear but I was greeted with constant S9 QRN after about 15 minutes. So I changed to another frequency where QRM was around S7 "only".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Skip distance was rather peculiar as Gx stations boomed in but I could only copy - with a lot of difficulty - one DL station. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">DL OMs normally make up a fair share of the 40m contacts. </span>I know there were more but I just could not hear them (sorry guys). In the hour I was on 40m I logged 50 more calls - most of them at 59+10 (actually only "+" on my FT-857). There was no real DX on this band but I did log a new band DXCC when GJ6TMM came by. I worked GJ before on 40m but I was on holiday in F at the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Logging more than 100 contacts with some time in between to have a proper QSO made this another pleasant /P activity. I did have to face one last challenge re. the frozen fibreglass pole. With a lot of patience and some brute force I managed to loosen some of the frozen segments of my fibreglass pole so I could fit it in the car to drive to a warm home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">See you on the next activity.</span><br />
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<br />PH0NOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564791035054752878noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109640703199402958.post-28890940307719394782013-01-18T13:47:00.005-08:002013-01-23T00:22:39.481-08:00Activation of PA-00007 by PE4BAS<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Participating in the "Happy Birthday" weekend, <a href="http://pe4bas.blogspot.nl/2013/01/5th-anniversary-wca-and-jt-alert.html" target="_blank">Bas PE4BAS</a> activated PA-00007 <i>Menkemaborg</i> on Saturday Jan 19. He was on the air for an hour working QRP with a mobile whip antenna. Bas managed to log 19 contacts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As this castle is near to his QRL he will be re-activating the castle this week a couple of times during his lunch break (11-12 UTC) aiming to at least log 50 castle hunters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You can find his latest <a href="http://pe4bas.blogspot.nl/2013/01/operating-from-cold-extreme.html" target="_blank">activity report here</a>.</span><br />
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