It is summer time and as a pensionado I really enjoy spending time at the campsite. But I’m still DX-ing. With my son’s old laptop, an SDRPlay RSPdx receiver, a Boni Whip Antenna and an MLA30+ loop I’m still “in business” on the campsite.
And not without success. I received Valparaiso Playa Ancha Radio, Wiluna and Charleville Radio, a few Italian local radio stations… and all with an old laptop, a less than 200 Euro receiver, and a 60 Euro antenna…. DX-ing has never been so affordable.
Below a picture of my antenna setup. We are camping here since April. Initially I had the PVC pipes without support. But now it got warmer the PVC piping flexed a bit more and required a little rigging.
![My Bony Whip, and MLA30+ antenna in Appelscha](https://petersdxcorner.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Antenne-Appelscha-rotated.jpg)
Of course I’m just an amateur… a little over 5 kilometers from here there is the real stuff… The Celinex Tower in Hoogersmilde. It is 303 meters high.
![Antenna tower in Hoogersmilde Drenthe](https://petersdxcorner.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Antenne-Hoogersmilde.jpg)
In 2011 it caught fire, and FM and TV reception in the north east part of the Netherlands was severely compromised as a result. Today analogue TV has gone…. not sure they would rebuild the antenna today?
![](https://petersdxcorner.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Brand-Hoogersmilde.jpg)