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title: "Kampina & de Mortelen"
date: "2026-06-26"
language: "en"
pota-locator: "NL-0055 & NL-0041"
bands: "15m, 20m, 40m"
mode: "SSB"
transceiver: "Icom IC-7300"
total-unique-qso: "55"
antenna: "Dipole, Endfed"
---

<h1>Kampina</h1>

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<a class="external wikipedia caption-link" href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampina" aria-label="Wikipedia Kampina (opens site in external tab)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">
Wikipedia - Kampina (Dutch)
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PE0CD and I had great success on 14.240 Mhz (20m) between 09:12 and 10:04 (UTC) and made 36 QSO's in the Kampina forests.


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         alt="Location POTA Kampina"
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    Location POTA Kampina</a>
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         alt="Rig setup"
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    Rig setup</a>
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         alt="Dipole antenna"
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    <a href="/images/radio/fielddays/2026-06-26/20260626_121204-w800.webp">
    Dipole antenna</a>
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         alt="Antenna v200 BG4XWE"
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    Antenna v200 BG4XWE</a>
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         alt="ICOM 7300"
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    ICOM 7300</a>
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<h1>De Mortelen</h1>

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<a class="external wikipedia caption-link" href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Mortelen" aria-label="Wikipedia De Mortelen (opens site in external tab)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">
Wikipedia - De Mortelen (Dutch)
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         alt="Location POTA de Mortelen"
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    Location POTA de Mortelen</a>
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         alt="De Mortelen sign"
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    De Mortelen sign</a>
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         alt="Endfed antenna"
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    <a href="/images/radio/fielddays/2026-06-26/20260626_131916-w800.webp">
    Endfed antenna</a>
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         alt="rig setup at public table"
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    rig setup at public table</a>
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         alt="Public table at de Mortelen"
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    Public table at de Mortelen</a>
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         alt="POTA app spotting screenshot"
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    POTA app spotting screenshot</a>
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<h1>Weather forecast</h1>

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Wat uniek was aan deze dag was de temperatuur. Het was één van de warmste dagen gemeten in Nederland, met een code rood afgekondigd door de overheid. Echter, door veel water te drinken, in de schaduw te staan en genoeg rust te nemen was het prima te doen buiten.

The temperature of today was unique, it rarely gets this warm in the Netherlands. It was one of warmest days measured. Still, with enough to drink, work in the shade and taking plenty of rest, it was very acceptable. There are places with much harsher weather where HAMs set up their station.

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    Average temperature</a>
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    Maximum temperature</a>
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