My WWFF-OHFF Summer Tour 2019 is now over. Here is some statistics:
– 14 days – activated 1-3 references every day
– 32 references, 11 all time new ones, 7 national parks
– 2700+ kilometres
– 3824 qsos in the log
– 758 unique calls (116 OHs)
– 15 stations worked at least 44 qsos to qualify for an award
– OH5KT had the most qsos (152), followed by OH1IU (116) and OH1LD (76)
– OH1IU worked me from every 32 references, followed by OH6RP (31), OH3GZ (30) and OH1MN (30)
– the most popular reference was OHFF-0337 with 206 qsos
– the lowest qso number was from OHFF-0023, 53 qsos
– OHFF-0337 Koivusuon luonnonpuisto is the Easternmost OHFF-reference, it is also the Easternmost reference in the mainland (or European part) of European Union
– OHFF-0215 Ruunakorven luonnonsuojelualue operation was only 3 kilometres from Finland/Russia-border
– I operated also as OH1NOA/8 from our 2-night-stay cottage in Sotkamo. My link dipole 40/30m at 7 meters produced 114 qsos on FT8. Locator KP43EV.
Timo OH1NOA/P will activate about 30 OHFF-references between 30.6.-13.7.2019. About 30 OHFF-refs will be on the air from former OH6, OH8, OH7, OH4, OH5 and OH3 districts. I plan to activate 2 or 3 references per day. The first site will be OHFF-0003 Helvetinjärvi (The Lake of Hell) National Park. Read exact plans day or two before the activation from WWFF Agenda. If you are able to work OH1NOA/P during this tour 44 times or more, you will earn a special activation award (in PDF-format, please send your email).
I will QSL contacts to LOTW (with OHC-county info).
Notice that sometimes daily plans change – especially when wx is bad (=thunderstorm) or equipment fails.
In some areas mobile phone coverage is weak, so please spot me if there is no recent spot!
In Finnish:
OH1NOA/P kesäkiertue 2019 OHFF-puskiin
OH1NOA/P aktivoi noin 30 OHFF-aluetta välillä 30.6.-13.7.2019. Aktiviteetti alkaa sunnuntaina 30.6. Helvetinjärven kansallispuistosta päättyen kesäleiriviikonloppuun Hämeenlinnassa. Puskia tulee ääneen entisistä OH6, 8, 7, 4, 5 ja 3-piireistä. Päivittäin pyrin aktivoimaan 2 tai 3 puskaa. Kaikki qsot tervetulleita. Seuraa tarkemmin WWFF.co Agendalta, klusterilta sekä http://thehamradio.com. Mikäli onnistut workkimaan kiertueelta vähintään 44 qsoa, saat PDF-muotoisen erikoisaktiviteettiawardin (lähetä email-osoitteesi).
Puskasuunnitelma tarkentuu matkan aikana, mutta matkareitti on: Pori-Keuruu-Pihtipudas-Sotkamo-Nurmes-Pielinen-Kitee-Lappeenranta-Kotka-Hämeenkoski-SRAL:n kesäleiri. Helvetinjärven lisäksi ääneen tulee useampi muukin kansallispuisto. Voit myös ehdottaa aktivoitavia puskia! Suunnitelmissa aina sää- (mm. ukkonen) ja tekniikkavaraus. QSO:t kuitataan mm. Lotwiin – näissä kuittauksissa on mukana OHC-kuntanumero.
Matkapuhelinverkko voi olla välillä heikko, joten kuullessasi spottaa minut klusterille mikäli sitä ei ole kukaan juuri äsken tehnyt!
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)
Preliminary WWFF list for my OH0NOA/P DX-pedition: Thursday 30th May
OHFF-0569 Träsket Friday 31st May
OHFF-0586 Karlträsk
OHFF-0590 Ramsholmen
OHFF-0562 Lillnäsberget – Tingö Saturday 1st June
OHFF-0589 Höckböleholmen
OHFF-0581 Prästgårdsnäset
OHFF-0587 Gloviken Sunday 2nd June
OHFF-0565 Nåtö och jungfruskär naturreservat
There are some “reserve” references if some of these are impossible to activate. (Edited: 2019-05-14)
OH1NOA will be in the Aland Island, OH0 between Thursday 30th and Sunday 2nd June, 2019. My plan is to activate several new OHFF/OH0 references. After deleting the generic Aland Islands reference, OH0 got 40 new OHFF-references in late 2018.
I am planning to active even 8 references (1 on Thu, 3 on Fri/Sat and 1 on Sun) but we will see how plans go to reality. Call will be OH0NOA/P. I may be on the air also as OH0NOA from the fixed location during the evening time focusing to FT8 operation. I will post the reference plan later.
QSL via bureau via OH1NOA or direct with SASE/2 USD/IRC via OH1NOA. I will confirm all QSOs via LOTW too.
After few weeks absence from WWFF, I had time to hit the road again. On the 20th of October 2018, Saturday, my first area was OHFF-0275 Lavijärven-Palojärven kalliot. It is a kind of hill view place in the border of former Lavia (now a part of Pori) and Suodenniemi.
Operation took place at Pirulanvuori (=Devil’s Mountain) next to the observation tower on it. There is a parking lot next to road 259. Then you need to take a path up to the tower. It is maybe 200 meters hike uphill. I set up my station next to the tower near the cliff with takeoff to the Palojärvi lake toward the west. I also climbed to the tower, it has outstanding view to the lakes of Palojärvi, Lavijärvi and Miekkajärvi. This scenery is used in the backside of Finnish 1 euro coin! Certainly one of the finest sceneries where I have operated.
We had nice sunny weather, very cold: +2C but early morning propagation was super good. I operated a bit longer than usual as pileups were so good, so I ended to 258 qsos with 218 different stations in 2 hours 10 minutes. It is so far (as 04/2019) my personal record and hard to beat!
During the Easter I will activate my new Estonian ham radio call ES1NOA. The plan is also to activate several Estonian WWFF (ESFF) references for the first time. I am currently Estonian WWFF manager. I will use about 70 watts and EFHW (41m long) and 40/30/20m link dipole as a reserve. Modes are CW&SSB. Bands available: 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10m. Times are just rough estimations and references are subject to change. Weather forecast shows warm and sunny weather.
Friday 19th April
1430-1630 ESFF-0278 Paljassaare, call: ES1NOA/1
Saturday 20th April
0630-0830 ESFF-0283 Suurupi ES1NOA/2
1000-1200 ESFF-0287 Vääna MKA ES1NOA/2
1400-1600 ESFF-0160 Niitvälja ES1NOA/2
Sunday 21st April
0600-0800 ESFF-0198 Rahumäe ES1NOA/1
0930-1130 ESFF-0239 Vansi ES1NOA/2
1330-1530 ESFF-0195 Rabivere ES1NOA/3
Monday 22nd April
It is possible that I will activate some OHFF-reference on the way back to home (OH2 or OH3 district). Call: OH1NOA/p
Now when I write this, I have activated 26 Finnish WWFF-references. Equipment I am using “in the bushes” and having with me on the road is as follows:
TS-2000E Radio + mic + Bencher-keyer (total about 9 kg). Now I have used 75 W out, perhaps will reduce power a bit more.
12V 26Ah VRLA-battery (about 7 kg), I have two of them (identical). Ideally I can operate from 2 references (3-3,5 hrs) with one battery. Cables.
41m End-Fed-antenna 80-10m
SOTABeams 40/30/20m link dipole, I am able to tune it to 80 meters but it doesn’t work very well there. This acts like a reserve antenna. My EFHW stopped to tune last time! The dipole is also ideal in the place where I don’t have enough room for 41m wire.
Fiberglass fishing pole 7 m – I need to buy another one. Fortunately these cost only 10-15 euros. I have also a set of guy ropes (2 ropes) for it. I attach my dipole from the feeding point just by using electric tape. It is very light antenna, so it is very easy and quick to erect but I need to lower the wires for band change. For EFHW I have one kind of shackle on top of pole, wire goes through it and guy ropes keep the mast still. So EFHW setup is like upside down letter V. For dipole I don’t need guy ropes as dipole itself has supporting wires.
Mount for pole – I use fence post mount which is very handy especially if you have soft ground.
Cable ties to attach EFHW matching unit to tree.
Travel chair.
Plastic box for random stuff + acting as a table for rig. I will have a light travel table soon.
Light cheap plastic tarp for ground – it keeps operating area cleaner and dry.
DD Hammock 3x3m tarp for rainy weather + Paracord for attaching, I also have one smaller tarp for quicker rain cover.
Plastic IKEA chopping board where I write my log + logbooks (light notebooks) + pencils.
Some tools like wire cutters and Mora knife, some electric tape and Gorilla tape (a must!).
Thermos for coffee + random food and water
two backbags for carrying
These are carried by two people. Total weight about 20 kgs. Usually I don’t have DD Hammock tarp with me if there is no rain. I also leave another battery to car.
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.
