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My QTH, the beautiful city of Haarlem

The house that we live in is situated in the center of Haarlem, the capitol city of the Province of North Holland. The house is just within the original city wall bounderies of 1245, when Haarlem obtained city rights. These Walls were torn down in the late 19th century, together with all but one City Gate. After the Spanish Siege of Haarlem, many monasteries were taken down after the Spanish tropps left the area (after 1580). Our house was built on former grounds of the Margaretha Monastery.

Our house (photo above), in the rare occasion that no cars are parked, one hour before the arrival of the Flower Parade Floats ("Bloemencorso"). The house has a garden at the back, and the VHF/UHF V2000 is located on the roof. From that point the End Fed Half Wave Antenna (total lengthe 23,5 meters) runs to a fiber pole (distance 16 meters) on the roof deck on the anexe. I made a bird's eye view for that antenna situation: The situation as it is afterJune 2021 On the first photo you see four appartments: two on the street level, numbers 80 and 78 black and two floors: 80 and 78 red. In Haarlem colours black and red are used to indicate a street level and a floor level appartment. Most 'foreigners' don't know this! The street is in fact an  avenue: Nassau Avenue (Nassaulaan). The roof is for complex 78, so also 'our' roof.

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