OH1RX, the DX Hunter
Jan 2006
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You need to be on the pulse of bands even in your cottage
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R8 installed 03082015 in the evening. Look the great sky and colors, too!

Creative CV48 installed 09082015

The Autumn Climb 2016 before the Major Contests. - 7th Sept, 3 pm. +18C, warm breeze. Amazing weather!

Philosophy:
"Work all what you hear. The score and country count will take care of itself."

Clublog.org 1.1.2021 - all wkd (CW & SSB only). Still plenty of band points and few countries awaiting to be logged!
I am not collecting countries, cards, special awards, but enjoy pile ups and nice QSOs with skillful operators "sitting on the rock".
You will not find me battling in pile ups, but I may be the first to log a dx when the band opens. One call - logged QSO, that is my DXing pleasure!
The Equipment:
Main station: - Various combination of Icom, Kenwood and Yaesu radios (no preference, hi) - uHam SO2R
2nd station: - Icom 765 with roofing (the great CW dxing partner been serving me for a long time) - 2 x Kenwood TS-590 (good rx @ reasonable price!) - Yeasu FT-847 for 6m, 4m, 2m and 70cm (if/when I have interest and time)
On the road: - Icom 7000 - FinnFet 500W - autotuner + wire GPs = total <10 kg="" :="" in="" one="" aluminium="" case="" since="" year="" 2000="" no="" need="" to="" upgrade="" --10--="">
Antennas: - JP2000 - JP 40m shorty - Create 714X-3 - LFA 6m/4m - Finnish Antenna "WRTC2002 Tribander" - Cushcraft A4S- Cushcraft A3S - R8 - Create CV48 vertical for 80/40m - delta loops 40m and 80m - various GPs for low bands and WARC bands - West and North sloper dipoles for 160m - bewerages 120m ... 240m for listening pleasure on 80m/160m to "main directions" - occasionally BOGs
I typically build an "antenna suite" in August for the coming contest season (Sept-April) and take it partly of it down in May. My 'friends' in the nearby forest (deer, hare and elgs) love to walk through my wire antenna farm and break/eat guy wires.
Towers: - 2 x 30m Aerial selfstanding, top 100m ASL - smaller towers and 12m pole masts hoisted per need and motivation.
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