Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB
Call: OH2BH
Operator(s): OH6KZP
Station: OH2BH
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Pusula
Operating Time (hrs): 23
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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80: 295 41
40: 403 55
20: 666 64
15: 146 47
10: 8 7
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Total: 1518 214 Total Score = 717,542
Club: Contest Club Finland
Comments:
After a lot of "fanatic" WRTC qualifier single-opping and consequent
sleep-deprived weekends amidst hectic work weeks, my motivation to participate
in yet another contest was pretty much zero.... :) Anyway, SAC participation is
a national duty if nothing else, so I still wanted to give it my best shot.
Band conditions were not the best this time; fortunately they at least topped
last year's catastrophic showing! Still they left much to hope for, which in
turn created a pretty optimal situation for operating two bands simultaneously
to bring the QSO rate up. It's tougher on SSB than on CW, especially with
serial numbers, but happily one learns by doing, step by step.
On Saturday, 15m showed some life with even a few NA DX QSOs, but 20m was the
place to be. The band didn't completely close until very late, although the
late-night NA stations were occupied with local QSO parties and I wasn't able
to raise their attention. The low bands provided nice rates at first, but by
01z it seemed everybody was in bed so I decided to go for a nap too. Sunday was
a slog, with a few highlights interrupting the drudgery. I was most pleasantly
surprised by long-path QSOs with OA6Q on both 20m and 15m around 11z!
Apart from a brief power outage on Sunday morning, I'm happy to report that
everything on the technical side worked well. Many thanks again to Martti OH2BH
and Leena OH2BE for use of their fine summer cottage and station, and to all for
the QSOs! Thanks especially to all those operators who were happy to go along
with my band QSY requests for the multiplier.
73
Kim OH6KZP
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