[CCF] HEATWAVES ARE PASSING THROUGH THE ARCTIC CIRCLE - HOW ABOUT RADIO WAVES?

[Timo Klimoff]

HEATWAVES ARE PASSING THROUGH THE ARCTIC CIRCLE – HOW ABOUT RADIO WAVES? 

 

                       TEMPERATURES ARE PREDICTED FOR 26C FOR THIS WEEK


 

      OJ9A, KATAJA/INAKARI EU-192  AND OH9A, LAPLAND ISLANDS (SELKA-SARVI)
EU-126

 

                OJ9A N 65° 41.80" E 24° 10.08"       OH9A N 65° 36.90" E 24°
11.76"

    

These two islands, located in the Tornio river delta, will hit the bands for
nearly six (6) days on Wednesday, July, 24th until Monday July, 29th,

including the  IOTA Contest. The islands are only six (6) miles apart. The
OJ9A/OH9A radio team consisting of the following  operators: 

 

OH1MA, Jaakko, OH2BH, Martti, OH2GEK, Niko, OH2MM, Ville, OH8NC, Juha,
OH9RJ, Aaro, OH9VC, Jouko and SM0CXU, Thomas

 

will split into two groups and commute between the islands via the 17 foot
Silver Hawk with Niko, OH2GEK steering.

 

Their main transport will be out of the city of Tornio (OH9) with the local
55 foot cruiser M/S Lady Carin 

 <https://tinyurl.com/y584xd6l> https://tinyurl.com/y584xd6l  by Harbor
Captain Arto Ponkala.

 

There are only two islands split between Finland and Sweden - Market Reef
EU-053 and Kataja/Inakari 

Island EU-192.  These two islands form a pair with unique status in the DXCC
and IOTA programs.

 

The Finnish Regulatory Authority (Traficom) has supported amateur radio and
the DXCC program 

for 50-years by allocating OJ0 for Market Reef and more recently OJ9 for
Inakari Island and 

the IOTA program. To salute Traficom for first OJ9 activation those QSOs
with OJ9A will 

also count for the Market Reef jubilee marathon currently underway.  

 

QSL OJ9A via OH2BH and OH9A via OH1NOA

 

In parallel with OJ9A and OH9A, Market Reef (OJ0DX) will also be activated
by a German, 

Swedish and Finnish team of DL3DXX, DJ4MF, DL5SE,  OH3WS,  SA0LAT and SM0W. 

 

OJ0DX QSL via DL3DXX.