[3830] ARRL 10m Contest OH1F (OH1NOA,op) CW Only HP

[Timo]

  ARRL 10 METER CONTEST -- 1998

      Call: OH1F                     Country:  Finland
            Op. OH1NOA               Category: Single Operator High Power
                                               CW ONLY

*****  OH1F is a new contest call for OH1AF / OH1AB *****

      MODE    QSO        QSOPTS    STATES    COUNTRIES

      CW            971         3888           37               83
      SSB            0                0                0                0
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      Totals       971         3888           37               83      =   466,560

All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.
Equipment Description:
Yaesu FT990, HL2K, 600 watts out
6el monoband yagi at 18 meters
Club Affiliation: Contest Club Finland

Comments:
Looks like I finished total 468 points ahead of Dan, LY1DS! Same problem here, lots of stations trying to work me as a dupe. 
Condx quite good - I passed last year's score (@OF1AF) already after the 3½ hours operating! JA short  path was very weak and short, the most of them came via long path, but for example ZL2DX and T88II were strong 599+ here on Sunday. US propagation was excellent but short ... the band closed around 1600z(sat), 1700z(sun) - it  was a good enough to log over 300 US/VE stations, comparing 0 last year. Anyhow, I did not hear anything from West Coast or W7 (or VE4-8). About 70 of my 83 countries answered to my CQ, including 5 HS stations, HP, HC, PJ5, LZ0A, GU etc. - maybe our new short contest call helped?

I am enjoying now my after-contest Jameson whiskey drink -  maybe in 1999 I will get GI and EI multipliers?  

73 Timo OH1NOA / OH0NOA
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--- "walk unafraid, I'll be clumsy instead..." 
Timo Klimoff                                 timo.klimoff at kolumbus.fi
++Ham/Search/Blake/Kewl at   http://www.qsl.net/oh1noa



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