I am on the road again this summer! Please follow my trip by working me from the different WWFF-parks around the Baltic Sea. Don’t hesitate to work me on multiple bands and modes, more qsos is more fun!
I am travelling a bit more relaxed this summer so the most of the days only one reference is activated (maybe few exceptions in SP, OZ and SM). This leaves more time for my other hobby: beer hunting!
Pidin SRAL:n ehdotuksesta 2.11.2021 reilulle 50 kuulijalle webinaarin aiheesta “WWFF/OHFF-toiminnan perusoppimäärä hunttereille ja aktivaattoreille”. Reilun puolentoista tunnin esitys tulee myöhemmin YouTubeen katsottavaksi. En sisältänyt juurikaan webbilinkkejä esitykseen, joten ajattelin tähän kerätä WWFF-aiheisia tarpeellisia linkkejä:
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!
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!
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.
