CQWW 2016 CW OH5DX @ OH1F

In commemoration of Ari OH5DX & OH1EH

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            OH5DX @ DX WINDOW

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW


Call: OH5DX
Operator(s): OH1HS OH1MM OH1NOA OH1RX OH1TM OH1XT OH2MA
Station: OH1F

Class: M/M HP
QTH: Pori
Operating Time (hrs): 48

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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 160:  933    12       68
  80: 1311    27       98
  40: 1781    39      140
  20: 1252    36      131
  15:  503    31      103
  10:  118     8       34
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Total: 5898   153      574  Total Score = 6,102,438

Club: Contest Club Finland

Comments:

Our contest team member Ari OH1EH/OH5DX became SK last summer. We decided to
operate CQWW CW contest with his vanity call OH5DX as a memorial event for
Ari.
Our core crew is now missing one member. Ari's relatives helped us to get
his call for our use even though it normally is two years in quarantine.

Everything else went well except propagation. High bands were especially
challenging on Sunday. Only one JA on 15 meters and very few US stations.
Only about 400 qsos on 20m on Sunday etc .. At least low bands were decent
and interesting. Missed XE for sweep on 40m.

It was nice to see Jukka OH2MA (ex-OH1XM) with us. Jukka was one of the
OH1AF contest gang members in the 1980s. Also OH1XT was very kind to arrive
to help us - even after the nightshift at work finishing at 7am on Sunday.

- Timo OH1NOA

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      OH1F Contest Gang in action