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OH6KN Veijo Kontas |
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Born 1959, licensed 1969. Active in the 70s in DX and contesting fronts. The 1980s and early 1990s was low activity time. Comeback in 1996 mainly focusing on chasing DX and band/mode points: today about 2080 band/mode points. Currently Veijo is working at Nokia as a development manager of integrated circuits. | |
OH3JR, OH0NCQ |
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Born 1949, licensed 1969. Active in the 70 to 82 in DX and contest fronts also dx-operations OH0 and OJ0 lands . 1982 to 1990 was quite low activity time. Comeback in 1990 mainly focusing on chasing DX and band/mode points: currently about 2155 band/mode points. Currently working at central hospital as electronic engineer/medical equipment. | |
OH1AWW |
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Born 1946, licensed 1976. Veikko is the technical guru of the team. His main activities have been on the higher bands. He is the president of OH1AA, which is a very famous multi-multi contest station. Currently Veikko is working as laboratory foreman at the University of Åboakademi in Turku. | |
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The equipment will consist of the following three stations:
Station
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Tranceiver
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Linear amplifier
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HF 1
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ICOM IC756 Pro Mk2
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FinnFet
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HF 2
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ICOM IC706Mk2
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FinnFet
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HF 3 + 50MHz
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ICOM IC706Mk1
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The antennas will be based mainly on vertical systems. The antenna locations will be on the seashore (saltwater) to maximize the performance of the verticals. The antennas used will be as follows: |
Band
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Antenna
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Direction
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1.8 MHz
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22 m high toploaded vertical with
elevated radials
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Omnidirectional
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3.5MHz
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Two phased 20m high verticals
with elevated radials.
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North
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7 / 10MHz
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Two phased dualband verticals
with elevated radials
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North
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14 / 18 MHz
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Two phased dualband vertical dipoles
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North
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21 / 24 MHz
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Two phased dualband vertical dipoles
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North
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24 / 28 MHz
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Two phased dualband vertical dipoles
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North
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50 MHz
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2 element quad
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North
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3.5 MHz - 28 MHz
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Multiband vertical
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Omnidirectional
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