[3830] OH5NQ SAC Fone SOAB (OH1WZ)

[Ilkka korpela]

SAC SUMMARY SHEET


    Contest Dates : 26-Sep-98, 27-Sep-98


    Callsign Used : OH5NQ
        Operators : ILKKA KORPELA, OH1WZ

         Category : SOAB

 Default Exchange : RST #

             Name : Peter Tigerstedt
          Address : Mustila
   City/State/Zip : 47200 Elimäki
          Country : Finland


        Team/Club : Contest Club Finland


   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Countries   
 ______________________________________________________

   80SSB     155         155        326        38 
   40SSB     222         221        490        54 
   20SSB     471         471       1066        70 
   15SSB     398         397        927        70 
   10SSB     115         114        270        43 
 ______________________________________________________

 Totals     1361        1358       3079       275 


    Final Score = 846725 points.


 Soapbox Comments
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 SAC FONE 1998

 OH5NQ is a stn where you always start a contest by building everything
 from 'scratch'. OH6EI had dismantled his SAC CW operating position -
 so there I was at 12 GMT with a PC, cables, boxes, radios, tables....
 80 meter 2-el wirebeam needed a tuning/phasing box - I started out 
 by doing that first....

 2 minutes into the contest I had managed to connect everything and 
 the operating position was 'ready' to go... 
 
 The start was slow - I had to familiarize myself with all the new 
 pwr-split-, TX1/2-, antenna-swith etc. boxes. The old 386 was seemingly
 slow in logging a qso. TR processed a call for 3-4 seconds after  
pressing enter the first time?! I had thought TR works with slower 
 processors and disks- it does yes, but with a s..l..o..w speed.
 
 After a slow start came the night.....if it hadn't been for Taneli,
 OH7MA who came to cook coffee for me, I would have given up. I wonder 
 how hard the aurora hit OZs and SM7s, not mentioning SM2s & OH8s?

 80: DX1S, VK5RO, EA8, no JA or W/VE, FR5HR had heard OH1MA and OH5NQ
     on this band but 'You can't hear anything there?' - he said.
 40: no W/VE but other than that went well., in the morning scandinavian
     stations were all S9+, but nothing else heard through aurora.
 20: just 23 W's.
 15:
 10: I guess being on 10/15 the first evening didn't pay off.

 Two radio operating for the first time - I shall improve my
 skills in that. That's the way to go! Thanks to OH6EI for
 making 2-radio operating possible. Never before has my mult-
 chasing been as effective as in SAC 1998.

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                   Continent distribution OH5NQ Sac Fone

                   160    80    40    20    15    10    ALL
                   ---    --    --    --    --    --    ---
  USA calls   =      0     0     0    23    21     7     51
  VE calls    =      0     0     0     7     6     3     16
  N.A. calls  =      0     0     0     1     0     0      1
  S.A. calls  =      0     0     3    12    12    25     52
  Euro calls  =      0   139   173   341   264    71    988
  Afrc calls  =      0     0     1     6    12     7     26
  Asia calls  =      0    14    25    43    23     1    106
  JA calls    =      0     0    16    31    52     0     99
  Ocen calls  =      0     2     3     7     7     0     19

  Total calls =      0   155   221   471   397   114   1358





 I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations
established
 for amateur radio in my country.  My report is correct and true to the
best
 of my knowledge.  I agree to be bound by the decisions of the Awards
Committee.



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