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My summer trip to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania is now over.

Here is some statistics:
– 15 activation days (+2 travel days) – activated 1-3 references every day (+before WWFF activation operated as ES1NOA/2 in IARU contest some 200qs)
– 28 references
– 2800+ kilometres
– 5932 qsos in the log
– 31 stations worked at least 44 qsos to qualify for an award
– OH1IU had the most qsos (105), followed by OH5KT (103) and OH6GAZ (101)
– 7 stations worked me from every 28 references: OH1IU, OH6RP, OH6GAZ, OH4MFA, OH1XT, OG7J and SP8LEP. SQ2LKY, SP2SV, ON4ON and OH1LD got 27.
– the most popular reference was LYFF-0189 Karkles with 339 qsos
– the lowest qso number was from ESFF-0171 Padaoru, 119 qsos

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.

 

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

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

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!