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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:

World Wide Flora & Fauna kotisivut: https://wwff.co/

WWFF Agenda – tulevat puskapeditiot: https://wwff.co/agenda/

WWFFWatch – puskaclusteri: https://wwff.co/dx-cluster/

WWFF Maps – eri maiden puskat kartalla: https://wwff.co/directory/map/

WWFF Directory – luettelo WWFF-alueista: https://wwff.co/directory/

OHFF Kotisivut: https://ohff44.wordpress.com/ohff-kohteet-ja-tunnukset/

OHFF-kartta Google Mapsissa: http://tinyurl.com/jysdn5z

OHFF-kartta aktivointitiedoin: https://kartta.ohff.fi/

Protected Planet -tietokanta: https://www.protectedplanet.net/en

FLE Fast Log Entry -lokiohjelma: http://www.df3cb.com/fle/

FLE:n käyttö ja muita lokiohjeita: https://ohff44.wordpress.com/fle-lokiohjelman-ohje/

VK port-a-log tabletille: http://vk3zpf.com/vk-port-a-log

OH3BHL OHFF-sivut: http://www.oh3bhl.com/OHFF_alueiden_lista.html

Retkikartta: https://www.retkikartta.fi/

Paikkatietoikkuna: https://kartta.paikkatietoikkuna.fi/

b-bark äppi: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fi.belectro.bbark&hl=fi&gl=US

SOTABeams – tarvikkeita portable-operointiin: https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/

Spiderbeam – tarvikkeita portable-operointiin: https://www.spiderbeam.com/index.php

OHFF WhatsApp cluster-ryhmä: https://chat.whatsapp.com/3SPvVMH8BuR6n39ZQeBsF5

OHFF WhatsApp vapaa keskustelu-ryhmä: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CK0GVjD3pT2BX5P7LD9Zj8

My (OH1NOA, ES1NOA, OH0NOA) current set up for the portable WWFF operations is the following:

• Transceiver: Kenwood TS-2000 (has ATU inside), usually running 50-70 W
• Antenna: HyEndCompany 8 band end-fed antenna + Aircell 5 coax (maybe 15m long), reserve antenna: 3-band link dipole
• Mast: SOTABeams Tactical 7000 HDS, heavy duty 7m mast, I use some starch el-wire to tie the mast to tree
• Battery: 26Ah VRLA/gel lead battery (I have two for multi-park activations + two chargers to charge both overnight)
• Schurr Profi II CW paddle, paper log with pen, light KOSS-headphones
• light foldable outdoor chair and table
• small UST All-Weather Tarp 2.4×1.8 for rainy weather (easy to install in 2 minutes, weight 400grams), for heavy rain I have DD Hammock 3x3m tarp in reserve
• cheap light tarpaulin for ground (if it is wet or dirty)
• paracord rope for antenna and tarp
• food, water, Mora-knife, some tools, Gorilla + electric tape + some small things …

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OHFF Flora & Fauna Finland is hosting a full weekend of radioamateurs activation on the second weekend of June.  There is a competition for non-OH hams too.

Read the rules: https://ohff44.wordpress.com/activity-weekend/

There is still plenty of time to plan the activities. OH1NOA/P will probably be on the air too. Hopefully from 4 to 5 different OHFF references.

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.

OH1NOA Summer Tour Award Winners:
OH5KT 152
OH1IU 116
OH1LD 76
OH2BU 74
OH6RP 69
IW2BNA 66
SP8LEP 64
OH6TX 59
OH3GZ 55
YO3JW 54
OH1MN 54
SP2SV 50
DK4RM 48
UA4PKN 46
OH6GAZ 44

Operators who worked at least 15 different references:
OH1IU 32
OH6RP 31
OH3GZ 30
OH1MN 30
OH5KT 29
IW2BNA 28
DK4RM 28
OH1LD 27
SP8LEP 26
RW4PP 26
OH2BU 26
UA4PKN 25
SP2SV 25
OH6GAZ 25
YO3JW 24
UT5PI 24
UX7UN 23
UX1IM 23
ON4ON 23
OH6TX 23
IZ2BHQ 23
9A4FM 23
SQ2LKY 22
OH8UL 22
LY3A 22
YL3CW 21
OH3YS 21
OH3FLZ 21
OH1HS 21
ES1IP 21
OM1AX 20
OH1TD 20
OH5GXS 19
IZ8DFO 19
SP6LTI 18
SM4BNZ 18
OH7MFO 18
OH7JHA 18
SP2YMX 17
OH4LA 17
UR7ET 16
OH2OT 16
OH2J 16
OH1EB 16
OG55W 16
IW2NXI 16
I5FLN 16
DL2ND 16
SP9CTW 15
SP2F 15
S52KM 15
LY1SR 15

Activated OHFF-references:

OHFF-0003 Helvetinjärvi 183 qsos
OHFF-0119 Lauttajärven suojelualue 104 qsos
OHFF-0744 Lampuodinsuo (new) 146 qsos
OHFF-0758 Pyhäjärvi (new) 82 qsos
OHFF-0023 Pyhä-Häkki 53 qsos
OHFF-0078 Talaskankaan luonnonsuojelualue 77 qsos
OHFF-0449 Tavisuon soidensuojelualue 104 qsos
OHFF-0457 Korsurinne (new) 155 qsos
OHFF-0374 Vuokatin luonnonsuojelualue 66 qsos
OHFF-0004 Hiidenportti 121 qsos
OHFF-0093 Heiskasenpuron suojelualue 66 qsos
OHFF-0789 Murtovaaran alueen vanhat metsät (new) 100 qsos
OHFF-0349 Tervavaaran luonnosuojelualue (new) 140 qsos
OHFF-0074 Ruunaan luonnonsuojelualue 115 qsos
OHFF-0348 Reposuo-Kalliolahdensuo (new) 168 qsos
OHFF-0007 Koli 163 qsos
OHFF-0019 Patvinsuo 113 qsos
OHFF-0337 Koivusuon luonnonpuisto (new) 206 qsos
OHFF-0021 Petkeljärvi 93 qsos
OHFF-0515 Ranisenlammen harjualue (new) 137 qsos
OHFF-0519 Kuolemalammen suo (new) 128 qsos
OHFF-0072 Punkaharjun luonnonsuojelualue 111 qsos
OHFF-0646 Linnamäki (new) 183 qsos
OHFF-0215 Ruunakorven luonnonsuojelualue 96 qsos
OHFF-0306 Sudensalmen metsä 66 qsos
OHFF-0775 Hämmäauteensuon luonnonsuojelualue 117 qsos
OHFF-0501 Mustalammen metsä 74 qsos
OHFF-0305 Sikovuori 120 qsos
OHFF-0035 Valkmusa 172 qsos
OHFF-0213 Mustila Arboretum 139 qsos
OHFF-0667 Annalansuon lehmusalue (new) 106 qsos
OHFF-0042 Aulangon luonnonsuojelualue 124 qsos

In English:

OH1NOA/P OHFF Summer tour 2019

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!

Preferred QRGs – suosikkitaajuudet:

3544 3694 7024 7195 10124 14044 14144 (14325) 18084 18144 21044 21244 24904 24944 28044 28444

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.

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.

My 4th OHFF-activation was to OHFF-0170. It is in Finnish called Haapakeitaan soidensuojelualue, in English Haapakeidas swamp protection area. I was in the northern part of Mustasaarenkeidas which is one part of this huge 5779 ha swamp area. OHFF-0170 was now activated for the first time.

There were few options where to operate this reference but I decided to go Isojoki county, which is in the OH6 call area. I noticed from the map that there is a protected area which has forest which means that there should be some dry land for operation site plus there was a small parking area and signed nature path into the area. This place was 80km from my home, so it was like one hour drive. Landscape was nice countryside landscape. Ww were travelling through the small villages of Suojoki and Piikkilänkylä on the way, not many houses. There was also commercial summer cottage village just before the operation site.

So swamp it was and also a birding tower plus well-kept wooden path through the large swamp. I set my station up to the place were the wet swamp was starting but just to the drier forest side. Antenna was quite low, 40m dipole end not more than 1,5 meters from the ground and only meter or two off the radio. I started again operation on 40m CW. Bang – huge pileup immediately. Apparently my signal was not so good and pileup was quite rude also. Somehow I was able to manage it, longtime contesting experience helped. 40m CW produced 80 qsos in 36 minutes. 40m SSB was not productive, I couldn’t find clear QRG, so went to 80m CW&SSB for some close-by stations. Then to 30m were I got nice small pileup. Now 20m was also somewhat productive what it has not been in the previous operations. Not too many stations but some: 13 on CW and 16 on SSB. Then I tried again on 40m SSB, only 3 qsos. Then to 40m CW for few more. Finished on 80m SSB but got only one OH. Activity from Finland was not huge.

Before packing I made a short walk to the bird watching tower. On the way back to the car we saw lots of cranes above us. QRM was loud hi. Thanks for 170 qsos to everyone who called.

My 3rd OHFF was probably also the third closest reference to my home. Pinkjärvi (“Pink Lake”) is some 30 minutes drive from Pori city. My radio club activated Pinkjärvi as the new one in August as OH1AB/p (see video). They made a trip to the small island at the lake but I activated OHFF-0237 from so called “double lean-to” called Vuotava. It is possible to drive to park place which is only 100 meters from the lean-to. Lean-to itself is about 20 meters from lakeshore.

What made this operation interesting was that big storm called “Mauri 2018” hit the west coast of Finland on Saturday morning. Fortunately it didn’t make much harm to my operation as my QTH was in the middle of the forest trees. Lean-to had very nice wooden table and bench, so it was the most comfortable OHFF-QTH so far. I put my antenna up between forest and lean-to. The place was not the best possible but as I have quite short coax cable, erecting antenna to lake shore what not an option. Europe is on the forest side so take-off was not the best.

I started again 40m CW, then moved to SSB, then 30m CW, 20m CW and SSB then back to 40m. I also tuned my 40m dipole to 80m and worked some stations on 80m CW and SSB as well. So I will use 80m also in the future with this antenna. Signals from Europe on 40m and 30m were strong. Again I couldn’t get much going on 20m. Total qso count was 117 qsos in 2 hours. Not too bad for this not so optimum site.

Now after 3 references I have 358 qsos in total. It is quite funny that qso counts have been 122-119-117, almost identical.

My second activation was to another OHFF-reference close to my QTH. It is only 10 minutes drive from my radio QTH. Yyteri Beach and its dunes are most likely the most famous beach in Finland. It is extremely popular among the sunbathers during the summer and it has also other interesting history. Eg. The Rolling Stones played there in 1965. Nowadays the large path of it is protected by EU’s Natura2000-programme. The Sand beach shore is one of the most interesting places for birdwatching in Finland (like my first OHFF-0040).

I arrived to Yyteri just before 07z. There is a car park area near the dunes so reaching the actual OHFF-0330 is easy. It is possible to operate just some 50 meters from the car park at the top of the highest dune, Keisarinpankki (“Ceasar’s Bank”) but I decided to carry my equipment closer to the sea. I chose the place where there was only one dune between me and sea. Funny thing is that this is the nudist part of the beach. Of course in late September with +13C, wind and a bit of rain, we were alone there.

The station went up quickly and I started on 7024 kHz CW. Unfortunately I had some problems with my Bencher keyer. Probably wind blew some sand and made contacts a bit unstable. I needed to clean it several times during the operation when the keyer started to send extra dahs. After 25 minutes and 43 qs and moved to SSB. Not much there, so I went to 10 MHz. When I changed the band from the antenna, I noticed that another half of my dipole was in the “30m position” (ie. shorter). So no wonder that my signal was maybe not as strong as expected. 10 MHz propagation was nice, I even got OH7MFO and OH3GZ which are normally difficult even on 40m because of the short skip. After the first hour at 0815z I had 81 qsos. 10 MHz is very good band for WWFF, hopefully more stations could be QRV there. Then I tried some 20m CW and SSB but they produced only 9 qsos so I returned to 40m SSB. There I got nice short pileup, lots of SPs. SM5CNQ from the other side of the bay was real S9. The final 10 minutes I spent on 40m CW for few more extra qsos. Last 45 minutes produced 41 qsos so my QSO total was 122 qsos.