[CCF] WPX SSB OH4A(OH6KZP) SOAB HP

[Kim Östman]

Tällainen kisa tällä kertaa, kivaa oli. Kiitos OH-miehille
kusoista ja onnittelut 8X:n tiimille hienosta tuloksesta.

73
Kim OH6KZP


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Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 1:16 PM
Subject: WPX SSB OH4A(OH6KZP) SOAB HP


                    CQWW WPX Contest, SSB

 Call: OH4A
Operator(s): OH6KZP
Station: OH4A

 Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Kisko
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
Band  QSOs
------------
 160:  134
   80:  453
   40:  884
   20: 1004
   15:   32
   10:    0
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Total: 2507  Prefixes = 969  Total Score = 6,071,754

Club: Contest Club Finland

Comments:

This was a lot of fun once again, with a lot of activity from all over.
DX conditions on 20/40 were decent, and even 15 showed some
signs of life towards the East. Nice to hear the increasing number
of Chinese hams again.

But we really really really need 15m (and eventually 10m) to start
opening up properly. This will decrease the load on 20m, which in
SSB contests has begun feeling crazy with all of us over the whole
world packed onto it. These SSB contests can be quite mentally
exhausting in that regard. I never thought I would say this, but I actually
opted for 40m SSB once instead of 20m SSB in this contest, although
not just to relieve the stress! When is that next CW contest again?

Last year after WPX SSB I wrote about "Fun Light" being my favorite
contest beverage. Well this year I accidentally coated the hamshack floor
with it as I kicked over the pitcher when tiredly returning from a break at
5am Sunday morning..... So got some exercise running full-speed to get
my towel before the wooden floor planks soaked it all up, and at least
I guess the smell of my sweat was a bit mitigated by the nicer scent :)

Many thanks to all for the QSOs! And thanks again to Jukka OH6LI and
Merja for letting me use the station and for heating up the Hirsijärvi 
Carlton
before my arrival on Friday. Another weekend of fun and learning-by-doing
on the air.

73
Kim OH6KZP