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© 2010 Arctic Diamonds - TF4M
Jouko, OH1RX who was on a Salmon fishing trip visited my area with his group and operated TF4X in the IARU contest.
Conditions were rather poor, but this was to be expected at this time of the year.
Antennas and equipment performed without incidents.
Jouko commented to the contest organizers:
“Great experience to work agn from ultima thule at Thors fantastic station. Bands are never kind to the ops above 64N, but his time it was a real uphill. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoyed couple of low band mults from TF!
CUL agn de Jouko OH1RX”
It was an honour to have such an accomplished contester operate my station.
I hope to see OH1RX again perhaps for a serious effort one day.
Helsinki
Finland
July 4, 2010
WRTC 2010: BREAKING NEWS FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD
The Finnish WRTC 2002 gang in association with Radio Arcala, OH8X will
activate four (4) valuable DXCC countries and ITU zones in the IARU HF World
Championship, July 10-11, 2010 saluting those in the heat of the race in
Moscow and around the world. If you ask them gently, they may even QSY to
other bands.
Greenland, OX8XX
Martti, OH2BH; Ville, OH2MM and Pekka, OH2TA together with Jesper, OX3KQ
will be on all bands from Kangerlussuaq on the Greenland Arctic Circle.
Outside the contest, they will also be active with another station on 17M
and 30M. QSL via OH2BH.
Aland Islands, OH0X
Pertti, OH2PM stands ready to put another X-rated station on from the
renowned Brando contest QTH with good IARU scores to boot. Pertti may do
both modes just to be more visible and make a serious effort even on 10M.
QSL via OH2TA.
Iceland, TF4X
Jouko, OH1RX together with Thor, TF4M will put Thor’s lineup of rhombics on
with an eye and ear to Moscow alongside their salmon fishing. TF, OX and OH0
are a rare catch on the low bands as they stay in total daylight at this
time of year. QSL via G3SWH.
Azores, CQ8X
Francisco, CU2DX will put Radio Arcala’s westernmost outpost on SSB on all
bands. As he just became a new father, Francisco may handle several chores
at once. If you call him father Frank, he may move more easily. QSL via
OH2BH.
Following the IARU weekend, and sailing out from the port of Reykjavik,
Iceland, you may catch Martti, OH2BH and Leena, OH2BE cruising in Greenland
waters, zigzagging among the icebergs for a period of eleven days. You can
follow OH10X/MM, 14235 kHz, en route to the Maritime DX Forum in Halifax,
Canada aboard an old-time steamer M/S Kristina
Regina on her last journey before retiring with fond memories of the 1960′s
Steamship Era.
((( 73 )))
Jarmo OH2BN
From the ARRL WEB:
The weekend of February 20-21 will be a busy one for CW operators as the 2010 ARRL DX CW Contest takes center stage. First started in 1927 as the ARRL International Relay Party, the ARRL DX CW contest lays claim to the longest running contest in Amateur Radio. Stations from all around the world — from Australia to Zimbabwe — should be active for this great event that takes place on 160-10 meters (contest QSOs are not permitted on 60, 30, 17 or 12 meters). Stations in the US and Canada work only DX stations — Alaska and Hawaii are considered DX for this contest — and DX stations only work the US and Canada. DX stations will be trying to make QSOs with all US states and Canadian provinces as they can. The contest exchange is simple: US and Canadian stations send a signal report and their state or province, while DX stations send a signal report and the amount of power they are transmitting with.I operated in the Single Operator, Single Band 160 meters (SOSB/160) category and I made 376 contacts with 56 States/Provinces for a total score of 63,000 points.
Conditions were poor, as the 160m band has not recovered from the massive Aurora a few days earlier.
Despite the poor conditions all US States except South Dakota and Idaho were worked.
I used my K3 in diversity mode with the USA rhombic feeding one receiver and two phased Beverage antennas 400 meter long in the other receiver.
Most stations worked were very low signal levels, at the same time stations in EU were pounding in at times with the usual Key Clicks.
The K3 handles these conditions well and although hard, working the contest was a pleasure.
The high points of the contest was being called by VK6GX (Australia) and OA4TT (Chile) for a quick exchange of reports.
My score is higher than last year´s top EU score (ON4UN – 61,548 points) by a small margin, so I feel that I did well despite the tough conditions – the score is most certainly a TF record.
It is possible to follow the scores on the DXWatch web site – SOSB/160 World – SOSB/160 EU.
I recorded the entire contest and you may listen to your QSO with me.
