{"id":246,"date":"2019-04-13T19:02:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T17:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/?p=246"},"modified":"2019-05-17T13:01:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T11:01:53","slug":"nordic-activity-contest-from-the-czech-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/?p=246","title":{"rendered":"Nordic Activity Contest from the Czech Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inspired by OMs in the Czech Republic who were able to make QSOs with northern stations during the Nordic Activity Contest, I decided to take my portable rig and visit one spot near my home QTH. Unfortunately, the conditions were poor. I only heard two stations but was unable to make QSO with them. At least we started the portable season with grilled meat from a campfire \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-13-at-17.31.32-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-13-at-17.31.32.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-04-13-at-17.31.32-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Radovi\u010d lookout in background of campfire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1976-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-248\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1976-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1976-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1976-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1976-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1976.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>YL operating campfire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1981-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1981-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1981-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1981-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1981-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1981.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>YAESU FT-857d juiced by lead-acid 12V\/10Ah battery, YAESU FT-2DR, loogbook and RTL-SDR connected to macbook air with GQRX as scanner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1979-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1979-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1979-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1979-1-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1979-1.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>My Diamond antenna <a href=\"http:\/\/elix.cz\/produkt\/a430s10-yagi-10-prvkova-smerova-antena-430-440mhz\/\">A430S10&nbsp;<\/a> and rig with sunset <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1990-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1990-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1990-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1990-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_1990.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>OK1BT with dinner \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some useful links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/vushf.dk\/contest\/rules\/nac-open\/\">https:\/\/vushf.dk\/contest\/rules\/nac-open\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrau.net\/activity-contests.html\">https:\/\/www.nrau.net\/activity-contests.html<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/ok1fen.nagano.cz\/zavodeni\/11_NAC09-70\/11_NAC09_70.html\">http:\/\/ok1fen.nagano.cz\/zavodeni\/11_NAC09-70\/11_NAC09_70.html<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ok2kkw.com\/nac.htm\">http:\/\/www.ok2kkw.com\/nac.htm<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by OMs in the Czech Republic who were able to make QSOs with northern stations during the Nordic Activity Contest, I decided to take my portable rig and visit one spot near my home QTH. Unfortunately, the conditions were poor. I only heard two stations but was unable to make QSO with them. At &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/?p=246\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nordic Activity Contest from the Czech Republic<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,10],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-nordic-activity-contest","tag-portable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tomasbrincil.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}