[CCF] SAC SSB OH4A(OH6QU) SOSB/20 HP

[Jari Koski OH6QU]

                    Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB

Call: OH4A
Operator(s): OH6QU
Station: OH6QU

Class: SOSB/20 HP
QTH: Vaasa
Operating Time (hrs): 18.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   80:           
   40:           
   20: 1260    80
   15:           
   10:           
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Total: 1260    80  Total Score = 254,400

Club: Contest Club Finland

Comments:

I do not have competitive antennas for 80M or 40M at my home QTH and
therefore I decided to go for 20M single band instead of being QRT
completely. A smart decision after seeing what happened to conditions
on Saturday evening :-)

I have to confess that I had a bit contradictory feelings after the
contest. The first 12 hours were just fun giving more than 1000 Q's
whereas the second 12 hours was just a struggle in poor conditions
and being able to make less than 250 Q's. The magnetic storm that hit
earth on Saturday evening local time did boost the propagation to
North America for some time but eventually it caused all bands to die
out completely. It took until 06:30 UTC before 20M opened again on
Sunday morning.

Thanks to Lady Aurora's trick I have more than 500 North Americans in
my log. A quick analysis shows that 101 of them gave me 001 as a
serial number and 67 gave 002 - that clearly shows the propagation
was in favour of a small number of stations in Northern Finland,
Sweden and Norway. Finally some benefits in living at high
latitudes...

Thanks everyone who worked OH4A! QSL via OH6LI (via buro).
 
Equipment:
Yaesu FT-1000MP
Commander HF-2500/kW
3 x Hy-Gain TH7DX at 10m/22.5m/35m


73 and cuagn next year,
Jari OH6QU