[CCF] OH6NIO SAC CW 2002 SOAB LP

[Teijo Murtovaara]

                     2002 SCANDINAVIAN ACTIVITY CONTEST


     Call used: OH6NIO                                           Location:

     Category: Single Op All Band         Mode: CW               Power: Low

     Callsign of Operator(s):


     Exchanged Information: OH6NIO RST nr


     Hours of Operation: 21:59


     band      QSOs      points    mults
     -----------------------------------
      80         86         181      22
      40        253         574      37
      20        410        1018      54
      15        455        1095      57
      10        226         554      48
     -----------------------------------
     TOTAL     1430        3422     218      SCORE: 745,996


     Club or Team Name:


     Comments:

     The weekend before SAC did not promise very good for the coming
contest.
     I caught cold and I was forced just to stay in bed for a couple of days
     to recover. At that time my station was far from ready for the
operation
     so I had to push really hard to get everything done. I made some final
     adjustments at the start of the contest and when I finally started I
     was already 12 minutes late.

     I was supposed to operate SOAB HP but there was no time to test with
the
     amplifier so I entered in the low power category. The propagation was
the
     best that I have ever heard in SAC CW and there were some moments when
I
     even forgot that I was just running barefoot. The good propagation is
one
     reason for my low multiplier count on 40m. I should have been on 40m
and
     looking for the multipliers from the Far East when I worked on the
higher
     bands. 80m was a big problem for me because I only had a low inverted
vee
     dipole at 10m high. So I felt quite helpless while running just 100W
into
     it. With a better antenna I should have made many more multipliers on
80m.

     During the night pile-ups slowed down a bit and I started to feel
extremely
     tired. I was not yet quite recovered from the flu. At around 02Z I had
to
     take a short break for about 2 hours to be able to finish the contest.
From
     around 04Z until 0730Z I was still quite confused but after that I was
     feeling more comfortable and I actively started to move new multipliers
from
     one band to another. Finally I managed to work 218 multipliers. I was
also
     thrilled when I broke the existing low power record in SAC CW. I am
sure
     that many other records were broken this weekend.

     Many thanks for the QSOs! I was happy to work so many familiar calls
from WRTC.


     I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations 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
     contest committee.


     Date_________ Signature_____________________________ Call____________


     Name: Teijo Murtovaara
           Hautatorpantie 66
           61360 Mieto