[CCF] Fw: WPX CW OF3F(OH6KZP) SOAB HP

[Kim Östman]

>                    CQWW WPX Contest, CW
>
> Call: OF3F
> Operator(s): OH6KZP
> Station: OH4A
>
> Class: SOAB HP
> QTH: Kisko
> Operating Time (hrs): 36
> Radios: SO2R
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs
> ------------
>  160:   56
>   80:  269
>   40:  880
>   20: 1088
>   15:  189
>   10:  200
> ------------
> Total: 2682  Prefixes = 813  Total Score = 4,833,285
>
> Club: Contest Club Finland
>
> Comments:
>
> Generally crappy/disturbed propagation, excepting a few highlights.
> After enduring bad condx but still having a blast doing M/2 with
> Teijo OH6NIO at his station in the SSB leg, I was hoping for much
> better conditions on CW. But it was not really to be. Heavy QRN
> on Sunday evening also unfortunately impacted the totals on 160m
> and 80m. Fortunately the thunder itself waited for immediately after
> the contest at 0300 local time on Monday to begin, so I didn't have
> to take any extra breaks because of that.
>
> Knowing that I was competing especially with Marko OH4JFN at
> OH8X and having set a goal to break the Finnish SOAB HP record
> (4.5M) kept things very interesting. Operating this contest also entailed
> a series of "firsts" and was a valuable learning experience. It was my
> first time doing single op from a big gun station, and it was my first 
> time
> using the SO2R concept. Two radios definitely helped my score,
> although I still need practice in juggling things smoothly. Unnecessarily
> many ?'s were sent on my running frequency as a consequence; my
> apologies to those who were affected!
>
> A big thank you to Jukka OH6LI and his family for letting me come
> and complicate an otherwise ordinary weekend at their summer QTH.
> Their hospitality and Jukka's tactical advice were very much
> appreciated. The station worked flawlessly throughout the contest
> and was a joy to operate (and I think I finally even figured out a
> mental rule for remembering where that second mast is turned :) ).
> Many thanks also to Seppo OH1VR for permission to use the
> special callsign OF3F.
>
>
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