The official program
The Swedish team consists of 6 members that attend the following program.
Flight from Arlanda to Frankfurt to Shangai
Arrival in Shanghai
Sightseeing in Shanghai and bus to Nanjing
Registration
Training on both bands, opening ceremony
144 MHz Competition
Free day, sightseeing in Nanjing
3.5 MHz Competition and awarding ceremony, farewell banquet
Departure from Shanghai to Frankfurt to Arlanda
Arriving in Shanghai
The travel started in Västerås. In Arlanda they had time to drink some beer. Many hours later they landed in Shanghai.
From the Shanghai airport the team takes the high-speed train to Shanghai and then a bus takes them to the Ocean Hotel for a 1-night stay. The hotel is located only 400 meters from the Huangpu River.
Seightseeing in Shanghai
Xxxx.
Seightseeing in Nanjing
Xxxx.
Book about Nanjing
The English/Chinese tourist book "Nanjing", printed 1999, from Foreign Language Press helps Hans to get an overview of the city. Size 170×165 mm, 72 pages.
The book introduces the city with the words: "Nanjing is a famous historic city described as 'a birthplace of southern beauties and a habitat of roayl rulers' by ancient Chinese poets.
The hotel
The ARDF teams from 27 countries stay at the Jiangsu New Century Hotel at the Xuanwu Lake,close to the railway station Zhanquian Square.
The photo shows the view from the hotel.
The hotel room
Hans and Jan share a room and they keep the room tidy, according to their standard. The photo shows Hans' suitcase at his bed.
Training and checking transmitters
Xxxx.
The opening ceremony
The Swedish national team consists of:
- Hans Sundgren, Oldtimer
- Jan Palmquist, Oldtimer
- Gunnar Svensson, Oldtimer
- Gunnar Fagerberg, Veteran
- Leif Zettervall, Veteran
- Olle Nilsson, Veteran
Tactical talk
Before the first race, the Swedish team has a meeting with the team leader discussion tactics.
144 MHz
The first race is on 144 MHz.
Seightseeing in Nanjing
Xxxxx
Climbing the Nanjing wall
Xxxxx
3.5 MHz, Waiting at the start area
The runners that starts late in the day have to spend many hours in the start area with nothing to do.
3.5 MHz, finishing the race
Xxxx.
The 3,5 MHz track
The positions of the posts for category Oldtimer 3,5 MHz together with Hans beartings and his running track.
"Från start till 4:an (höjdskillnad 140 m) gjorde jag misstaget att gå in för tidigt mot kontrollen. Radiobäringen visade lite fel genom avböjning mot berget. Genom att tvingas in i det helgröna området tog det för lång tid till denna första kontroll. I princip fick man slå sig fram med farten 10 meter per minut på vissa ställen. Sträckan 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – mål, gick sedan som en dans fastän jag fick klättra upp 120 m till 2:an också."
After the race talk
Xxxx.
Awarding ceremony
Arne Kristianssen from Norway got a medal.
The World Champion 3.5 MHz Karel Fucik from Czeck republic, together with no. 2 from Czeck republic and no. 3 from Hungary.
Press
Västmanlands läns tidning hade en notis den 19 oktober.
Results
144 MHz OLDTIMER, individual -----------
1 JANOS OROSI Hungary 57:43
20 HANS SUNDGREN Sweden 100:50
33 GUNNAR SVENSSON Sweden 117:39
35 JAN PALMQUIST Sweden 118:48
144 MHz OLDTIMER, team -----------------
1 Russia 133:06
11 Sweden 218:29
144 MHz VETERAN, individual ------------
1 JOZSEF CSERHATI Hungary 74:48
10 GUNNAR FAGERBERG Sweden 114:07
14 OLLE NILSSON Sweden 114:44
LEIF ZETTERVALL Sweden OverRun
144 MHz VETERAN team -------------------
1 Russia 185:54
5 Sweden 228:51
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3,5 MHz, OLDTIMER, individual ----------
1 KONSTANTIN ZELENSKY Russia 54:38
22 HANS SUNDGREN Sweden 98:41
24 GUNNAR SVENSSON Sweden 103:16
31 JAN PALMQUIST Sweden 125:55
3,5 MHz, OLDTIMER, team ----------------
1 Russia 116:55
9 Sweden 201:57
3,5 MHz, VETERAN, individual -----------
1 JOSEF TUTTMAN Germany 67:37
12 GUNNAR FAGERBERG Sweden 107:41
14 OLLE NILSSON Sweden 124:36
20 LEIF ZETTERVALL Sweden 122:33
3,5 MHz, VETERAN, team -----------------
1 Russia 149:08
4 Sweden 232:17
För samtliga foton gäller:
Fotograf: Hans Sundgren
Kamera: Konica Revio Z2 APS