Radio-orienteering WC, Serbia 2012

The runners from Västerås: Rolf Svensson SM5DIY, Jan Palmquist SM5FUG, Bo Lenander SM5CJW and Hans Sundgren SM5SVM. [Photo: Bernd Hofner DL1AQ, edited by Hans]

Program

The ARDF World Championships 2012 is held in Kapaonik in Serbia.

September 10: Arrivals and registrations
September 11: Training on both bands, opening ceremony.
September 12: Competition 144 MHz for M50 and awarding ceremony.
September 13: Competition 3.5 MHz and awarding ceremony.
September 14: Competition 3.5 MHz for M50 and awarding ceremony, party.
September 15: Departure.

Some Swedish runner also participated in the World Cup before the main events and a Foxoring event September 15.

2011: Advertising leaflet

2012-09-12: ARDF Bulletin 1

2012-09-12: ARDF Bulletin 2

2012-09-12: ARDF Bulletin 3

The Swedish Team

The Swedish team consists of runners from Stockholm and Västerås; one M21, three M40, two M50, three M60 and two M70.

In addition the chairman of the jury is Swedish and Sweden has one international referee.

Arriving at Belgrade airport

2012-09-10Bengt Evertsson and Hans Sundgren travel together starting from Västerås Monday September 10, at 10.00. After leaving the car at Benstocken long time parking at Arlanda they enter the Air Berlin flight towards Belgrade, via Vienna.

Boarding card. — Boarding card in A4 format received as PDF by email beforehand.

2012-09-10 Monday: Västerås to Belgrade
Time	Travel
10:00‑10:15	Car from Västerås to Stockholm Arlanda, Benstocken long time parking.
10:30	Bus from Benstocken long time parking to terminal 2.
13:55‑16:05	Airplane from Arlanda (ARN) to Vienna (VIE), with flight HG8491 (NIKI).
17:55‑19:00	Airplane from Vienna (VIE) to Belgrade (BEG) terminal 2, with flight HG8030 (NIKI).

They arrive to Nikola Tesla Airport 19.00 but have to wait until 24.00 before the transfer mini-bus starts the trip to Kopaonik. [Photo: Marc Van Britsom ON4FOX]

Travel ticket.

Boarding pass Stockholm to Belgrade.

Stamp in the passport

Nowadays it is rare to get a stamp in the passport when entering a country in Europe. But today Hans get one stamp when entering Serbia.

Passport first pages. — Hans's passport expiring 2017-07-16.

Minibus to Kopaonik

2012-09-11At midnight the transfer mini-bus starts the trip to Kopaonik that is located 290 km south of Belgrade.

They arrive to the venue Tuesday morning at 05.00 and get access to the hotel room at 06.15. At this time the personnel is already preparing the breakfast. Hans and Bengt are tired after 20 hours travelling time and go to sleep for a few hours, before the testing the equipment.

2012-09-11 Tuesday: Belgrade to Kapaonik
Time	Travel
00:00‑05:00	Minibus from Belgrade (BEG) terminal 2 to Kapaonik, hotel Angella.

Hans and Bengt, Kapaonik. — Hans and Bengt at the hotel reception in the morning. | The hotel registration form for foreignersfilled in at arrival.

Registration card for foreigner. — Hans and Bengt at the hotel reception in the morning. | The hotel registration form for foreignersfilled in at arrival.

The venue

The ski resort consist of several hotels.

The hotel room

Hans and Bengt stay in an annex to the Hotel Angella. The room has one bed and one bed-sofa.

Bengt with receiver. — Bengt in the hotel room, testing his 144 MHz receiver. | Room card.

The hotel's card. — Bengt in the hotel room, testing his 144 MHz receiver. | Room card.

Hotel Angella annex. — The annex seen from the inner garden and the room window facing south.

Serbia and Kosovo

The hotel cluster is located just below the mountain facing Kosovo to the south. In the end of the week Hans and Bengt takes the ski lift up to the mounting and inspect the military site on the top.

The military site. — Fenced military site with sight into Kosovo.

Testing the equipment

2012-09-11After just some few hours sleep, it is time to test the equipment. There are 3 test transmitters on both 3.5 and 144 MHz. The training area is close to the hotel.

Test transmitter 3,5 MHz. — One of the test transmitters and a building nearby.

House. — One of the test transmitters and a building nearby.

Bo Lenander SM5CJW, Mykola Velikanov UT1UC and Lars Nordgren SM0OY. — Ukraina and Sweden are comparing their equiment.

Bus to the competition

2012-09-12Hans in the bus taking him to the first competition day.

Collection of receivers

2012-09-12After arriving to the competition arena in the forest, all receivers are collected before the first starting group.

ARDF receivers. — The receivers are place in a tent in nation alphabeticla order.

Hans laying down to rest. — After leaving the receivers, the only thing to do is to wait for the start.

Competition 144 MHz

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Competition Sprint 3,5 MHz

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Competition 3,5 MHz

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Lift up to Xxxx

2012-09-15Bengt and Hans have some spare time before the bus arrives for transfer to the airport. They discover that the lift is open and, as the only tourists, they buy a ticket.

Top station height 2017 m

2012-09-15Hans and Bengt spend some time on the top and investigate craters and monuments.

Lift ticket. — Monument at the top. | Ticket for the lift.

Bus back to Belgrade airport

2012-09-16Bengt and Hans starts the journey back to Sweden Saturday morning by bus.

2012-09-16 Sunday: Kapaonik to Belgrade airport
Time	Travel
Morning	Bus from Kapaonik to Belgrade airport terminal 2.

View from the bus. — View from the bus, approaching Belgrade.

Belgrade to Arlanda

2012-09-16The flight back to Sweden goes directly to Arlanda. From there they pick up the car at Benstocken and arrive to Västerås late Monday morning.

2012-09-16 Sunday: Belgrade to Västerås
Time	Travel
20:35‑23:10	Airplane from Belgrade (BEG) to Alanda (ARL) terminal 5, with flight DY4342 (Norwegian).
Midnight	Bus from Terminal 5 to Benstocken long time parking.
Midnight	Car from Benstocken long time parking to Västerås.