Both live in the south of the country i'm up North so no i might have worked them on our country wide repeaters but don't know them personally.
Amplifier in the fed ex truck on it's way today so thaat is that, depending on how late it comes trip to the roof can/ cannot be doe to put up horizontal 2/70 loop and coax.
Seems there is a JrC clan in the netherlands ;)
Reading on our local ham forum we have a few threads there...