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FOC Condin - Holzminden, Germany - Saturday, 14 May 2016
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| The excellent 2016 FOC Condin was held at the Hellers Krug Hotel in Holzminden (run by Carsten DM9EE). |
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Bright sunshine greeted the FOC Condin guests when they arrived in Holzminden on the Friday afternoon. |
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| Tina DL5YL seen as a much younger operator back in the old DDR days ..... |
..... and Tina DL5YL operating as DK0FOC from Carsten DM9EE's fine station during the 2016 FOC Condin. |
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| Marianne, Anneliese, Bo HB9BFQ and Bal DJ6SI sample.... |
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....the excellent cakes at tea-time. |
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| Carsten DM9EE explains the hotel which has been in his family for 100s of years. |
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Carsten DM9EE with the tuning cabinet at the base of his 160m vertical. |
The 27m high 160m vertical is an aluminium pole strapped to a tree. |
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| The old part of the town in Holzminden. |
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The Condin visitors toured nearby Schloss Corvey ...... |
...... Anneliese (xyl G3TXF) and Margot (xyl DJ2BW) in Schloss Corvey. |
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| River Weser in Holzminden : Tina DL5YL, Mike G0EFO, Bo HB9BFQ, Maureen (xyl G0EFO) and Marianne (xyl HB9BFQ) |
Bo HB9BFQ (until recently F5VCT) and Marianne with a table full of delicious Eißkaffees in Holzminden! |
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| Bo HB9BFQ (ex F5VCT), Marianne, Mike G0EFO, Maureen (xyl G0EFO) and Tina DL5YL. |
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Tina DL5YL, Carsten DM9EE and Fred DL5YM in Carsten's shack which is attached to the Hotel Hellers Krug. |
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| Kees PA5XM, Klaus DK8EI, Toffy DJ6ZM, Ingo DL6LBI and Carsten DM9EE. |
Two large towers provide an impressive back-drop to the Hotel Hellers Krug in Holzminden! |
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| Keeping an eye on Fabian DJ1YFK's ever useful FOC RBN helps track how DK0FOC's signal is getting out. |
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Toffy DJ6ZM, Ingo DL6LBI, Tom DL1QW, Klaus DK8EI, Kees PA5XM, Nigel G3TXF and Fred DL5YM. |
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| Gerd DJ4KW, Bal DJ6SI and Herman DJ2BW enjoy the Condin sunshine. |
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Bal DJ6SI's Bergheim (BM) number plate. |
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| The Condin party (plus Carsten DM9EE's two small children) visiting the impressive Imperial Abbey of Corvey near Höxter. |
Carsten DM9EE (formerly DL2OBO) with his Holzminden (HOL) registered van. Part of the hotel is visible in the reflection. |
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| Baldur DJ6SI, Toffy DJ6ZM and Kees PA5XM admire a Morse Trainer on an iPhone. |
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Gerd DJ4KW, Herman DJ2BW, Klaus DK8EI and IOTA DX-peditioner Frank DL2SWW. |
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| The Hellers Krug Hotel is almost certainly the only hotel in the world that has fine display of Morse Keys in the Reception! |
Christine (xyl DJ6ZM), Toffy DJ6ZM, Knut DK5AD, Tina DL5YL and Birgit (xyl Ben DJ8FW/CT3AS sk). |
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| The Saturday evening FOC Continental Dinner was held ..... |
...... in a private room at the Hellers Krug Hotel. |
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| Bal DJ6SI shares a joke with Bo HB9BFQ and Marianne. |
"Now look at that..." says Bal DJ6SI to Gerd DJ4KW and Anneliese. |
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| Carsten DM9EE (unser Gastgeber!) at the reception desk in the Hellers Krug Hotel in Holzminden. |
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Anneliese, Mike G0EFO and Maureen back at Hannover airport after a short but fun weekend at the 2016 FOC Condin. |
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