[CCF] QSP de OH6KZP

[Kim Östman]

Moi,

Martti OH2BH pyysi välittämään reflektorille alla olevat aktiviteetti-infot
ja summaryn ARRL-fonesta.

73
Kim OH6KZP
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WRTC-2014 on radioamatoorien olympilaiset jotka jarjestetaan heinakuussa
USA:n Bostonissa.
Suomesta osallistuu kilpailuun kaksi tiimia Radio Arkalan riveista. Suomen
lipun alla OH2UA ja
OH6KZP ja Azoreiden lipun alla OH2BH ja OH2MM.

Taman viikonlopun Russian DX kilpailussa OH2BH, OH2MM ja OH6KN testaavat
laitteitaan Ahvenanmalla
samalla muistellen 1982 OH0W kilpailutapahtumaa. OH0W asema on QRV CW:lla ja
SSB:lla syottaen
kaksi 100 watin lahetetta yhta-aikaisesti  samaan antenniin. Pojilla korvat
kovina mannersuomeen.

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                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB

Call: CR2X
Operator(s): OH2BH
Station: CR2X

Class: SOSB/10 HP
QTH: Azores/EU
Operating Time (hrs): 19

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:           
   80:           
   40:           
   20:           
   15:           
   10: 3653    61
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Total: 3653    61  Total Score = 667,035

Club: Contest Club Finland

Comments:

RADIO ARCALA TEAM HAS SMASHED THEM ALL

One of the targets for Radio Arcala’s mission in the Azores was to capture
all single-operator high-power EU records at the team's Atlantic outpost.
Now
this target has been achieved with eight (8) of their different ops holding
EU
honors for ARRL SOAB and all single bands as well as for CQWW SOAB; CW, SSB
and
RTTY.  2014 ARRL DX Contest activities produced more than 12.000 QSOs to
USA.

While a variety of efforts and bands were assigned accordingly in the 2014
ARRL
DX Contest, I was tasked with a 10M CW/SSB job among other WRTC2014 related
testing duties, such as having our selected radio equipment put into
rigorous
multiple signal presence.

10M poses an ultimate challenge from the Azores to the US East Coast as
coverage is rather limited, only for some sporadic hours. Working New
England
or NJ/NY guys in this critical skip is rather challenging but enough of them
did surface to enable us to break the ancient 1991 record.

Also, a Virtual Radio activity was staged from the Azores as a showcase to
test
simulated Amateur Radio (www.hamsphere.com) and its on-the-air impact on
invited
guests while both the Azores (CU2KG) and Madeira (CT3EE) were activated for
new
country fun for those active on Virtual Amateur Radio by this second  Two
Worlds DX effort.

All objectives were met to the team’s full satisfaction, and it was all
capped off with a RadioTeam Azores WRTC kick-off at a wonderful seashore
restaurant near the capital Ponta Delgada. www.visitazores.com

The scene was set for a great adventure to come as the team will next meet
in
Boston, MA in July.

I have thoroughly enjoyed this record breaking fun with my Arcala buddies
and
friends;  OH8NC, OH2MM, OH2PM, OH2UA, OH6KZP, N5TJ, ES2RR, ZS4TX as well as
important key supporters, such as Leena, OH2BE and Veijo, OH6KN together
with
Fernando, CU2BV, Jose, CU2CE and Francisco, CU2DX from the Finnish Azores
Friendship Consortium. One era has now come to an end.


Special Azores QSLs will soon be mailed out in response to direct requests
to
OH2BH QRZ.com address.