[CCF] FW: IARU OF100HQ Headquarters HP

[Kim Östman]

Kiitos kaikille OH-asemille! 80:n fonella oli mukava jutella teistä monien kanssa ja saattaa teidät matkaan workkimaan OF100HQ:ta eri bandeilla ja modeilla.

73
Kim


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IARU HF World Championship

Call: OF100HQ
Operator(s): 4O3A 9A5K OG9X OH0XX OH1HS OH1MA OH1MM OH1NOA OH1TM OH2BCI OH2BH OH2BU OH2MM OH2PM OH5CZ OH5TS OH5WH OH6KZP OH6MW OH6XX OH7EA
Station: OF100HQ

Class: Headquarters HP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Zones  HQ Mults
-------------------------------------
  160:   342    192    10       32
   80:   827    705    24       42
   40:  1594   1236    41       59
   20:  1828   2007    48       62
   15:   773    509    32       43
   10:   372    124     8       26
-------------------------------------
Total:  5736   4773   163      264  Total Score = 13,844,194

Club: Contest Club Finland

Comments:

After several months of preparations, the unique callsign OF100HQ hit the airwaves in the IARU HF World Championship last Saturday. The callsign reflected Finland's centennial celebration of its independence this year, and naturally endowed the operators with a particular sense of national pride and gratitude. 

During the past 100 years, Finland as part of the Nordic nations has developed into the home of one of the world's most happy, secure, and technologically advanced people. So indeed there is much for us to be grateful for.

The stations participating in the HQ effort were located throughout Finland, and for the first time, all of them were networked in Win-Test configuration. This provided great camaraderie, particularly through the chat window. Even the "graveyard" shift workers got to enjoy a rapidly evolving log although all they could do was press F1, eat rye bread, and cheer others on! 

The network worked flawlessly, the stations worked flawlessly much of the time, and we fortunately avoided all thunderstorm-related problems. Band conditions were lousy, but even with less than 100 years of radio operating experience, we've "gotten the message" about that by now... :)

Station locations and operators were as follows:

OH1F -- 40SSB, 15SSB, 10CW (op. OH1HS OH1MM OH1NOA OH1TM)
OH1TX -- 80SSB (op. OH6KZP)
OH2BH -- 80CW (op. OH2BH OH2MM OH7EA)
OH2PM -- 40CW (op. OH2PM OH1MA)
OH5Z -- 160SSB, 20SSB, 15CW, 10SSB (op. 4O3A 9A5K OG9X OH2BU OH5CZ OH5TS OH5WH
OH6MW OH6XX)
OH8X -- 20CW (op. OH0XX)
OH9W/OH2BCI -- 160SSB (op. OH2BCI)

Thanks to everyone for the QSOs, especially the 21 stations with all 12 band/mode slots worked. Thanks also to all station hosts, and particularly to
Timo OG9X, Timo OH1NOA, Martti OH2BH, and Juha OH6XX for the general preparations related to the operation. QSL via OH2BH.

On behalf of the team,
Kim OH6KZP