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Last year in Finland, this year in Baltics!

OH1NOA operates between the 12th and 26th July 2020 from Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian WWFF-references.

Preliminary schedule:
12.-13.7. ES1NOA/x
14.-17.7. YL/OH1NOA
17.-20.7. LY/OH1NOA
21.7. YL/OH1NOA
22.-26.7. ES1NOA/x

It is possible that after this I will activate some OHFF-references as well. And in the IARU contest I may work shortly qsos as ES1NOA/2 (no WWFF).
I estimate to active 25-30 WWFF-references, some of them will be all time new ones.

Like last year, this year you can earn a free PDF-format special award if you work me at least 44 times! You only need to send me your name, call sign and valid email-address.

I will update the references which I am planning to active one or two days earlier to the WWFF.co Agenda page. Notice that the time schedules are rough estimates, this is our vacation! Check also World Wide Flora & Fauna Facebook-page for (hopefully) daily updates.

My equipment will be TS-2000 running 30-80 watts and 41m EndFed-antenna at 7m SOTA Beams pole.

My favourite frequencies are 3544, 3694, 7024, 7085/7195, 10124, 14044, 14144/14320, 18084, 18144, 21044, 21244, 24904, 24944, 28044, 28444.

QSL via bureau and LOTW.

Viime vuonna Suomi, tänä vuonna Baltia!

OH1NOA aktivoi aikavälillä 12.-26.7.2020 Viron, Latvian ja Liettuan WWFF-kohteita.

Alustava aikataulu:

12.-13.7. ES1NOA/x
14.-17.7. YL/OH1NOA
17.-20.7. LY/OH1NOA
21.7. YL/OH1NOA
22.-26.7. ES1NOA/x

Virosta paluun jälkeen saatan vielä aktivoida jonkun OHFF-puskan. 11.-12.7 IARU-kontestissa mahdollisesti äänessä ES1NOA/2, joka ei ole kisassa puskassa. Varsinainen WWFF-operointi alkaa sunnuntaina 12.7. kello 11 UTC jälkeen kohteesta ESFF-0290 Keibu-Ristna Hoiuala.

Tavoitteena on aktivoida 25-30 kohdetta, joiden joukossa monia ensimmäistä kertaa aktivoituja puskia. 

Kuten viime vuonnakin, tänä vuonnakin on mahdollista saada maksuton PDF-awardi, jos workkii minut vähintään 44 kertaa. Sinun ei tarvitse muuta kuin pitää kusot ja lähettää minulle kutsusi, nimesi ja email-osoitteesi.

Päivitän ääneen tulevia kohteita muutaman päivän etukäteen WWFF.co:n Agendalle. Kannattaa huomata, että siellä olevat ajat ovat karkeita arvioita. Tämä on lomareissu, joten matkan varrella pysähdytään muihinkin mielenkiintoisiin kohteisiin. World Wide Flora & Faunan ja OHFF Flora & Fauna Finland -Facebook-sivuille päivittelen reissun etenemistä.

Laitteisto on vanha tuttu: TS-2000 35-80 wattia tehoa, EndFed-lanka ja 7m pitkä SOTABeamsin masto.

Suosikkijaksoja ovat 3544, 3694, 7024, 7085/7195, 10124, 14044, 14144/14320, 18084, 18144, 21044, 21244, 24904, 24944, 28044, 28444, mutta QRM:n mukaan. OH-operaattorien kannattaa erityisesti olla kuulolla 40m:llä, sillä mitä etelämmäs mennään niin päiväkeli 80m:llä ei luultavasti ole riittävä OH-maahan. Lyhytskippi-keleillä 20m ja 30m ovat myös auki.

QSL via buro ja LOTW.

 

Seems that I updated my QSLs last time over a year ago, so here’s the latest ones. Maybe lacking few earlier ones:

Asfaltstelegrafen, Borås 1596
WMR World Music Radio, Randers 5840
Radio OZ-Viola 5825
Medium-wave transmitter Joe, Erlangen 1476
RNE Radio 5 Salamanca 1314
SER Radio Cartagena 1602
CRI Xian 9470
CRI Kashi 9435
VOIRI Kalamabad 11850
JOIK NHK1 Sapporo 567
JOPG NHK1 Kushiro 585
JOLK NHK1 Fukuoka 612
JOCG NHK1 Asahikawa, Enbetsu 792
JOCG NHK1 Asahikawa, Wakkanai 927
JOJK NHK1 Kanazawa 1224
JOCK NHK1 Nabeta (Nagoya) 729
JOTK NHK1 Matsue, Izumo 1296
JOTG NHK1 Aomori 963
JOKP NHK1 Kitami 1188
Jiāngsū Gùshì Guǎngbò, Nanjing 1206
Jiāngsū Jiankang Guǎngbò, Nanjing 846
JORK NHK1 Kochi 990
JOBK NHK1 Osaka 666
JOSB NHK2 Kitakyushu 1602
V7AB Radio Marshalls, Majuro 1098 (new country)
KPRP Honolulu HI 650
KHCM Honolulu HI 880
KPHI Honolulu HI 1130
KCIK Kihei HI 740
KUAI Eleele HI 570
KXLE Ellensburg WA 1240
KTDD San Bernardino CA 1350
KUTI Yakima WA 1460
KSMH West Sacramento CA 1620
WXME Monticello ME 780
KCOL Wellington CO 600
KTRS St Louis MO 550
KJCR Billings MT 1240
KSEI Pocatello ID 930
KSCO Santa Cruz CA 1080
KHTK Sacramento CA 1140
KHIL Willcox AZ 1250
WGBW Denmark WI 1590
KCID Caldwell ID 1490
CHNL Kamloops BC 610
KONA Kennewick-Richland WA 600
KLYC McMinnville OR 1260
CFFB Iqaluit NU 1230
KOLY Mobridge SD 1300
CBR Calgary AB 1010
KOVC Valley City ND 1490
KIUL Garden City KS 1240
CKFR Kelowna BC 1150
KYKN Keizer OR 1430
KDAK Carrington ND 1600
KMJ Fresno CA 580
KDZR Lake Oswego OR 1640
KPDQ Portland OR 800
KBRE Merced CA 1660
CISL Vancouver BC 650
KOTZ Kotzebue AK 729
KONP Port Angeles WA 1450
KDWN Las Vegas NV 720
KDBI Boise ID 730
KCHU Valdez AK 770
WWOW Conneaut OH 1360
KNTS Seattle WA 1680
KFLD Pasco WA 870
CFBV Smithers BC 870
KSDP Sand Point AK 830
KUGN Eugene OR 590
KCBS San Francisco CA 740
KRJO Monroe LA 1680
KAPS Mount Vernon WA 660
KNPT Newport OR 1310
KGGS Garden City KS 1340
KIT Yakima WA 1280
KXNT North Las Vegas NV 840
KLTX Long Beach CA 1390
KSDO San Diego CA 1130
KBKW Aberdeen WA 1450
WPTX Lexington Park MD 1690
KBAR Burley ID 1230
KXTA Rupert ID 970
KEDO Longview WA 1400
KART Jerome ID 1400
WHBL Sheboygan WI 1330
KVNU Logan UT 610
KRKS Denver CO 990
WCCR Cleveland OH 1260
KEJO Corvallis OR 1240
WKLJ Sparta WI 1290
WWRU Jersey City NJ 1660
KJSK Columbus NE 900
KIHU Tooele UT 1010
KBLE Seattle WA 1050
WFED Washington DC 1500
WNZK Dearborn Heights MI 680
KCTA Corpus Christi TX 1030
WMCA New York NY 570
KOIL Omaha NE 1290
KXMR Bismarck ND 710
KWOD Kansas City KS 1660
KAZN Pasadena CA 1300
KERR Polson MT 750
WCCW Traverse City MI 1310
OA.. Radio Sabor, Arequipa 1560
ZYJ457 Rádio MEC, Rio de Janeiro 800
ZYK770 Rádio Aleluia Music (Rádio Vale do Tietê), Salto SP 1510
LRI218 Radio Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca 1240
Radio 88 (HNG)
SWR4 Radio Stuttgart – Baden-Württemberg
North Norfolk Radio
Radio Veselina
Veronica MyRadio
RTRS Radio Republike Srpske
Radio Dženarika, Čačak
(only 2019 FM QSLs)

My 4-day trip to the Aland Islands is now over. In variable weather I managed to get quite good results. I activated all 8 references which I had planned and I was also active from the cottage on FT8 every evening and morning after and before WWFF-trips. I have already sent my logs to OHFF Log Manager and uploaded them to LOTW. Soon I will print QSL-cards. Notice that my LOTW-qsos have also OH county information for OHCA award.

OH0NOA
JP90SG Eckerö OHC-002 355 qsos 30m/40m FT8 (with a linked dipole and 80W)

OH0NOA/P
Thursday 30th May
OHFF-0569 Träsket: JP90SG Eckerö OHC-002 143 qsos
Friday 31st May
OHFF-0586 Karlträsk: JP90UE Hammarland OHC-006 214 qsos
OHFF-0590 Ramsholmen: JP90WC Jomala OHC-007 81 qsos
OHFF-0562 Lillnäsberget – Tingö: KP00AF Sund OHC-015 125 qsos
Saturday 1st June
OHFF-0589 Höckböleholmen: JP90WI Geta OHC-005 171 qsos
OHFF-0581 Prästgårdsnäset: JP90XG Finström OHC-003 97 qsos
OHFF-0587 Gloviken: JP90VG Finström OHC-003 163 qsos
Sunday 2nd June
OHFF-0565 Nåtö och jungfruskär naturreservat: JP90XB Lemland OHC-010 120 qsos

OH0NOA 355 qsos
OH0NOA/P 1114 qsos
= DX-Pedition total 1469 qsos

OH1NOA/P will be active from the several OHFFs during the weekend Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th of April 2019.

Preliminary schedule:

Saturday 6th:

0730-0900 Kivijärven metsät OHFF-0682 NEW ONE!

1000-1130 Laajoen suiston luonnonsuojelualue OHFF-0058 (last activation in 2014)

1330-1500 Ruissalon lehdot OHFF-0190 (last activation in 2017)

Sunday 7th:

0730-0900 Kurjenrahkan kansallispuisto OHFF-0009 (national park, last activation in 2017)

1100-1230 Himmaistenrahkan luonnonsuojelualue OHFF-0686 NEW ONE!

Times are just estimations as I have 1,5h drive from home to the first reference and the length of operation depends how much pileup I have. Also it depends on how much time it takes to erect the antenna. Fortunately now we have already enough light to operate all the way till 1700 Z if needed.

Equipment is my normal: TS-2000E running about 75 watts with 2x25aH batteries and 41m long EFHW (and 40/30/20m linked dipole as a backup). I use 7m long fishing pole to support the wire.

I will operate around these frequencies: 3544, 3690, 7024, 7144, 10124, 14044, 14244, 18084, 18144 but especially SSB QRGs change often because of QRM. I will also selfspot everytime I change band/mode but your spots are also much appreciated.

QSL via OH1NOA via LOTW and bureau.

73, 44 Timo OH1NOA, ES1NOA

I just updated the QRZ.com page of our special club, OH9A.

Propagation has still been lousy (except last week some NA, no new ones except CHRF 980), but few QSLs have arrived, mainly for the reports of AIH40:

756. SER Radio Rioja 1179 em 2d v/s Javier Cermeño Davalillo, Director
757. SER Radio Jaen 1026 em, audioclip 4d v/s Antonio Gómez Sabariego, Administrador
758. Antena 1 720 em 2d v/s Paula Carvalho (Portugal!)
759. KTWG Agana 801 em 0d v/s Leilani Dahilig (Guam on MW!)
760. KSUM Fairmont MN 1370 em 0d v/s Mark Persons, W0MH
761. KBUF Holcomb KS 1030 em 13d v/s James Janda, Program Director
762. WAYY Eau Claire WI 790 em 11d v/s Rick Roberts, Operations Manager
763. WCUB Two Rivers WI 980 QSL-card
764. CHOK Sarnia ON 1070 em 13d v/s Lee Michaels
765. CKPC Brantford ON 1380 em 0d v/s Mike Rose, Program Director
766. CKYL Peace River AB 610 em v/s Kent Schumaker, Operations Manager
767. KXNO Des Moines IA 1460 QSL-card
768. CHRF Montréal QC 980 em 0d v/s Yvan Ruel, Coordonnateur de projet
769. KEZW Aurora-Denver CO 1430 em 0d v/s Rick Crandall, Program Director
-. NPO Radio 2 88.00 4,5m em v/s Emma Willems

The last full day in Aihkiniemi. Our plan is to leave around midday tomorrow after band dies to USA. Jormas JHT and JM will be AIH41 arriving later on Saturday. This morning we had quite nice opening to Great Lakes and NY area. At the moment I don’t know exactly how long the opening was but at 0600 it was peaking nicely. Eg. 790 WAYY, 910 WSUI, 930 WBEN (Buffalo NY where they had 6 ft of snow, maybe more power for this reason? WWKB was out one night earlier), 950 WNTD, 970 WDCZ (also Buffalo), 980 WCUB and 980 WITY. Later around 11 UTC usual AK stations came in and I was able to get 3 new ones: 790 KCAM, 870 KSKO and 1110 KAGV. Now our AK-id total is 20. There was also a path to Hawaiji and 940 KKNE and 1570 KUAU were identified. Asian direction we have not checked yet.

The job of the day was to remove a temporary 1000 meter, 210 degrees “Gibraltar-antenna” from the woods. It took over 2 hours but we did it! Antenna was important as we got eg. RNE Melilla! The afternoon was spent at Jounila cottage with much needed sauna and shower. During the evening we checked the files, had some beers and enjoyed about foxfires – the second time this week (and only days with clear skies).

Menu and beer of the day: chicken fillet with potatoes and cream, Mikkeller Beer Geek BreAKfast (Alaskan Edition) (to celebrate 20 AKs).

Finally I have done with the reception reports for last season’s MW stations. Unfortunately those South Americans (and some US stations) have been very lazy to answer to me. But now I started with FM reports and I’ve got few nice replays.

659. RNE1 Canarias, Las Palmas 576 kHz

I heard this at my original home QTH in the Christmas Eve of 2012. Now I got v/s info from PW and José Carlos García Montesdeoca, Medios Técnicos de RNE Las Palmas replied quickly.

660. WWNN Pompano Beach FL 1470 kHz

Short email confirmed this station.

661. HCCC5 Ondas Cañaris – R. Universitaria Catolica, Azogues 1530 kHz

One of the best QSLs of the season. Dr. José Antonio Robles Ocampo, Locutor, replied in one day. 14 MW stations from Ecuador heard during the last season but only 3 QSLs got!

662. Radio Fokus 91.60 MHz

Serbian station and my first Serbian QSL on FM! Replied via email.

663. Radio Postaja Kiseljak 92.70 MHz

Nice Bosnian station replied via email quickly.

664. Radio Classique 91.00 MHz

This is a chain station from France. As far as I know they don’t have local pxs or ads. Chloé Salmona, Responsable Communication replied in 3 days.

665. Radio Omega 90.90 MHz

This was nice catch as it is only one tx local station from Montbéliard, near Swiss border. Jean-Philippe Gueutal replied and sent this link. Very handy, you don’t have to write long letters to explain how it is possible to hear the station. Of course, in this case, we are not radioamateurs (although I have call OH1NOA too).

666. France Bleu Gard Lozère 90.20 MHz

QSL was received quickly when I emailed directly to the boss: Fabienne Bureau. Never heard this France Bleu local from Nimes before.

I work CQ WPX RTTY contest from the station of Jukka, OH6LI with a club call OH4A.

CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest

Call: OH4A
Operator(s): OH1NOA
Station: OH4A

Class: SOAB HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
Band QSOs
————
80: 275
40: 416
20: 770
15: 595
10: 196
————
Total: 2252 Prefixes = 788 Total Score = 5,332,396

Club:

Comments:

Thanks to Jukka, OH6LI for the opportunity to operate this contest from his fine
station. The station worked very well. Propagation was below normal and bands
went up and down quite rapidly. Low bands provided very little DX.

Despite of tricky condx, this score is above the current Finnish SOAB record.

73, Timo OH1NOA

It’s been a bit quiet with QSLs lately. The patch of reports I sent one month ago produced low ratio of verifications. Lately I have been busy with the unlistened files. But some confirmations have arrived:

570. KTCN Minneapolis MN 1130 kHz

This was heard in September. Jess Meyer (N0QKH), Engineering & IT Director replied with email and MP3-studioclip of same time I sent to the station.

571. CMKP Radio Progreso, San Germán 900 kHz

This is a regular station when the propagation is more to Cuba than to South America. Station replied via Facebook.

572. CMDC Radio Reloj, Santa Clara 570 kHz

Aydenis Ortega Che, subdirectora replied quickly by email.

573. HJNT Radio Huellas, Cali 1470 kHz

Frequent visitor on 1470 kHz. Pedro Arturo Suarez R. sent me confirmation via email.

Some extra logs:

Europe

702 5.10. 0259- TUR: TRT1 Catalca. Anthem and ID with QRG and “Istanbul”-mentioned. Loud. TIK

Asia

891 5.10. 0259- TUR: TRT Antalya R, Antalya. “TRT Antalya Radyosu”. TIK
927 5.10. 0259- TUR: TRT 1 Radyo Bir, Izmir. TIK
954 5.10. 0259- TUR: TRT Trabzon Radio. TIK

South America

1130 5.10. 0429- PRU: OAX4N R Bacán, Lince Lima. Quite typical Peru modulation [1129.919]. TIK
1180 5.10. 0430- PRU: UNID. Religious px. Quite likely NSE Lima, which TK tentatively heard in March. Frequency is quickly drifting [.010] -> [.003]. Also 3.10. I heard mx-station on [1180.079]. TIK
1250 5.10. 0426- PRU: OAX4N R Miraflores, Lima. With another station. TIK
1310 8.10. 0431- B: ZYJ684 R Globo Rondônia, Pôrto Velho. Quick common stations from Peru and then this. [1309.997]. TIK Editoi
1340 5.10. 0429- PRU: OAQ4Q R Alegría, Lima. Strong signal and robust audio. TIK
1350 5.10. 0430- EQA: HCVP2 Teleradio AM 13-50, Guayaquil. “13-50 AM Digital”. TIK
1380 5.10. 0430- PRU: OCY4U R Nuevo Tiempo, Lima. New one for me. Loud with female announcer between music. [1380.001]. TIK
1400 5.10. 0428- PRU: OBX4W Callao Súper R, Lima. Mariana in the background and Z-1’s carrier on .942. TIK
1470 5.10. 0438- EQA: HCLD2 R Ecos de Naranjito, Naranjito. “Rockolero”-px with R Capital. Also briefly time signal station on 1510. TIK
1470 5.10. 0432- PRU: OAU4B R Capital, Lima. TIK
1510 5.10. 0433- PRU: OCX6Q R Alegría, Arequipa. Audio still awful. TIK
1580 5.10. 0436- CLM: HJQZ R Maria, Barranquilla. TIK