Radio-orienteering NC, Norway 2019

Program

The Open Nordic ARDF Championships 2019 is held in Kongsberg in Norway. The competition center is the Kongsberg Vadrerhjem Bergmannen.

August 16: Sprint 3.5 MHz
August 17: Classic 144 MHz
August 18: Classic 3.5 MHz

The competitions are organized by Jon Sletvold, LA9NGA and the Norwegian Amateur Radio Relay League -NRRL together with local radio clubs.

2019-08-16: ARDF Bulletin 1

2019-08-16: ARDF Bulletin 2

2019-08-16: ARDF Bulletin 3

The runners of the Nordic ARDF Championships 2019. — 2019-08-18The competitions have runners from 8 countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden but also from Canada, Germany, Russia and United Kingdom.

Departure from Västerås

2019-08-15Thursday morning, Hans is picked up from Rönnby at 09:00 by Rolf and the rest of the team.

GPS track Västerås-Kongsberg. — The GPS track of the travel from Västerås to Kongsberg.

GPX file | Garmin data

Driver Rolf Svensson and passenger Bo Lenander, view from the back seat. — Entering Norway.

Extract from the invoice of the toll fees. — When passing Oslo there are a lot of toll stations. 4 months later the invoice arrives specifying fees for SEK 238. An image of the car is enclosed in the invoice.

Photo of the car at a toll station. — When passing Oslo there are a lot of toll stations. 4 months later the invoice arrives specifying fees for SEK 238. An image of the car is enclosed in the invoice.

Lunch in Årjäng

2019-08-15The team stops in Årjäng for lunch at restaurant Krogeriet.

Göran Petterson and Rolf Svensson, eating. — Everyone eats delicious prime rib with potato wedges.

After lunch the car needs petrol. By coincidence they meet the other car from Västerås at the gas station, with Leif, Peter, Jan and Magnus.

The house

2019-08-15The team arrives to Kongsberg Vandrerhjem Bergmannen at 17:45.

Hans, Göran, Bo and Rolf share a room on the first floor.

The hostel is located on the west side of river Lågen. Hans gets the map from the hostel reception. It is very convenient to use for the next days.

Evening city tour

2019-08-15After check-in the team take a walk down to the city and are back 20:30.

At the railway station a train arrives. When Hans inspect the bogie designation, he recognise the part number "3EST..." That is a part number he is familiar with since 2008 when he started to work for Bombardier in Västerås.

Morning swim in swimming hall

2019-08-16Hans leaves his sleeping friends at 06:00 and takes a 1,3 km walk over the Numedalslången to the Kongsberg swimming hall. Friday morning there is a special low-cost "morning swim" at 06:30-07:45.

2019-08-17Hans also take a long afternoon swim in the swimming hall, Saturday afternoon after the 144 MHz competition.

Receipt 45 NOK from Konsbergs Idretts- og svømmehall.

Receipt 45 NOK from Konsbergs Idretts- og svømmehall.

Kongsberg silver mine

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Extract from the Kongsberg Guide, Summer 2019. — Hans reads about "Tour the silver mines" in a tourist brochure from the hostel reception.

Hans in the silver mine 2,3 km inside the mountain where the temperature is +6ºC.

Inside and outside of the wagons that take the visitors into the mine.

Ticket for Norsk Bergverksmuseum with rail transport into the silver mine with cart number 3.

Competition Sprint 3.5 MHz

2019-08-16The Sprint competition is held in the afternoon in the forest around Skrim Idrettspark. The photo is from the track where Hans is close to the spectator post. Photographer: Kimmo Lehtosaari.

Two transmitters fail during the competition and the results are calculated with 10 controls without transmitter Slow 5 and Fast 2. Hans visited Slow 5 as his first control.