[3830] CQWW CW OG1M(OH6KZP) SOAB HP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: OG1M
Operator(s): OH6KZP
Station: OH1VR

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Ikaalinen
Operating Time (hrs): 40
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:  116     9       37
   80:  265    20       60
   40:  607    26       79
   20:  617    33       81
   15:  559    32       88
   10:  502    32       88
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Total: 2666   152      433  Total Score = 3,020,355

Club: Contest Club Finland

Comments:

This CQWW CW I had the opportunity to test drive Seppo's brand new SO2R setup.
The station consists of two K3 radios, an Acom2000A and a 1-kW solid-state PA,
stacked yagis for 10m-20m and a shortened 4-el for 40m on one rotatable tower,
a 10m-20m SteppIR on a shorter tower for the second radio, and wires on
80m/160m for the main radio.

Although I wasn't going "for the kill" this time, it was enjoyable to operate,
as CQWW CW is my favorite contest. Conditions were generally alright, but not
as good as in CQWW SSB. In any case, a totally different ball game than the
previous years when it comes to the high bands! It was a nice surprise to find
20m open at the beginning of the contest all the way over W land to JA.

Some technical difficulties were encountered that made my operating a bit more
leisurely. The first one was a resurfaced malfunction in the tower direction
indicator that caught my attention during daylight on Saturday. As a result I
didn't do much extra antenna rotating after that, since it meant going outside
every time with a flashlight to check the direction. Unfortunately I also
managed to fry the front-end of the second radio on Sunday morning, making it
rather deaf and the operation SO1R from there onward. I googled around and
fortunately the problem with a burned pin-diode turns out to be simple to fix. 


Slept for five hours, with some further breaks for eating, going out to check
antenna direction, and making some phone calls due to illness in the family.
Finished off the contest by checking the Scandinavian Activity Contest results
for the December "Radioamatööri" magazine while the computer was sending CQ
on 20m.... Happily the checking was interrupted at times by stray callers!

Very high winds were predicted for parts of Finland over the weekend, but
fortunately the worst of it didn't show up at my location. Snowfall began on
Sunday afternoon, and it looked beautiful this morning when I left the station.
Driving in the white wintry countryside on a small unploughed road with the
morning sun shining sure got me into the Christmas mood! At least until I
returned to the as-of-yet dark and snowless Helsinki :)

Many thanks to Seppo OH1VR and Outi for letting me use their summer house and
station!

73
Kim OH6KZP


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