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    OF2HQ - OF0HQ

    FROM THE DESK OF SRAL, FINLAND
    Helsinki, July. 08, 2021
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    THE WEEKEND OF JULY 10/11 WAS DECLARED A COUNTRYWIDE RADIO CARNIVAL IN THE NORTHERLY REPUBLIC OF FINLAND – OF2HQ AND OF0HQ ON THE AIR
    Celebrating many events such as the half time mark of the SRAL centennial and the start of new relaxed COVID domestic regulations, the entire OH population is overjoyed and is taking full advantage of the current tropical temperatures all over their homeland, with their beautiful lakes and rivers, now at their best.
    The IARU Radiosport was selected as a main medium to facilitate the countrywide carnivals. These events will bring an extensive OH presence on the HF bands for everyone to enjoy.
    The lineup of twelve (12) powerful OH stations is selected to present you with the best signals on all six bands, both CW and SSB simultaneously, signing as OF2HQ and OF0HQ (Aland Islands).
    The operators are OG9X, OH1ND, OH1NOA, OH1TM, OH2BH, OH2BU, OH2GEK, OH2PM, OH2TA, OH5BM, OH5CZ, OH6BG, OH6KZP, OH6MW, OH6NVC, OH6QU, OH6RX, OH6UM, OH6XX, OH7SV, OH7WV and their New York visitor Adrian, KO8SCA/OH0SCA.
    Their stations are even furnished with four (4) 80m beams although they do not know what to do with them as sun would never set at their latitudes at this time of the year. The station host families throughout the country are in full support in making all this jell.
    The parade will be headed by the jubilee stations OH100SRAL and OH2A operated by Jorma, OH2KI, Jan, OH1NDA, Ville, OH1JD and Markku, OH4UI and they are backed up by the Finnish Signal Corps station OI3AX operated by Marko, OH2LGW and Timo, OH5LLR.
    These four stations: OH100SRAL, OH2A and OI3AX along with OF2HQ count for SRAL-100 Northern Lights Awards.
    Working the OF2HQ/OF0HQ stations on four (3) bands would qualify you for a special 4-page SRAL-100 QSL card. In case you work these stations on more than three bands, the QSL card will have a special bronze, silver or gold sticker on it..
    We welcome everyone to the SRAL half-away centennial carnival with appropriate dress code for this occasion. Kindly send us your pictures and we will feature the best ones at the SRAL website. T-shirts are not allowed.
    Note that the hunt for the SRAL-100 Northern Lights Award and multipliers continue for another six months and hereby we repeat the rules.

    EARN THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION FROM YOUR OH FRIENDS
    Contact just 100 (one hundred) of your OH friends during 2021 and 10 (ten) specially featured Finnish stations, to earn the OH Northern Lights 100-Year Certificate (OH-NL-100) showing a nice featured story and explaining the magic of the OH-land and the Northern Lights.
    Your 100 contacts should include 50 OH stations and 50 OF stations, a total of 100. A special OF prefix will be launched to all OH stations on September15th, 2021. Your maximum point value can be 100, the number of your OF/OH contacts.
    TEN SPECIAL ACTIVITY MULTIPLIERS
    SRAL and its members are active in a wide range of Amateur Radio activities and each of the ten multipliers represent some of those activities. The multiplier stations are: OH100SRAL, OH2A, OH0W, OJ0C, OF2HQ, OH2YOTA, OG2B, OH6SRAL, OI3AX and OF9X.
    Multiplying your QSO points (maximum 100) by your multiplier value (max 10) will give you, your score, a maximum of 1000 points. OH Boy!
    All who score 1000 points and the top-ten continental highest scorers will receive their OH-NL-100 certificate signed by Santa Claus. In addition, a special lottery will feature special prizes that will be announced later on.
    Your log extract should be sent to the Santa Claus offices at: of9x@sral.fi during January 2022. The same address will answer all questions that you might have related to this centennial activity.
    WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND THESE TEN MULTIPLIERS?
    OH100SRAL: This is the official SRAL centennial jubilee station which is active all year round throughout Finland and is activated by SRAL’s member societies (120) and special activity groups.
    OH2A: This is the SRAL HQ station in our capital, Helsinki. It is rarely active internationally but to honor this special year you can catch it occasionally. Surely the letter A is first in the alphabet!
    OI3AX: The Amateur Radio activity in the Finnish Signal Corps (OI prefix) has a brilliant history of cooperation with SRAL. Many well-known OHs have caught the bug while doing their service for their country. OI3AX will represent the country-wide network of 35 OI-locations.
    OF2HQ: With the country-wide unified SRAL-team it is expected that all of Finland will be active in IARU radio sport, during the weekend of July 10/11, in one way or another. Mid-summer is the time when all OHs smile. OH boy!
    OH0W: Aland Islands is Finland’s share in the DXCC program. But also, one of the most beautiful archipelagos to visit and enjoy. It is home to three HF superstations and the historical battlefield of all OH contesters, for they once won the world: CQWW at OH0W 1982.
    OJ0C: Market Reef is a rare one with adventures and challenges right on its doorstep. So many from far and near have experienced DXotica over the barren rock in the midst of the stormy seas. It is a dream for landlubbers not to see anything in the horizon and this rock fulfills that dream!
    OH2YOTA: The Finnish youth are the movers and shakers in the YOTA movement and hosted one of the early ones in Finland. At the core of SRAL activities, the theme in Finland is that only youth can communicate with youth. OH Boy! Also, only the youth would know what makes them tick!!
    OG2B: The IARU/NCDXF beacon network has been supported by the SRAL and its dedicated members for almost 40 years. While OH2B is busy at work, the alternative OG2B will be its substitute during this centennial jubilee. Surely you have used the IARU/NCDXF network: www.ncdxf.org.beacon/
    OH6SRAL: Every Saturday at 3 PM SRAL transmits its radio news to its entire membership. OH6 is located in the middle of the country and has a long history of such transmissions. The station chief, Heikki, OH6ZS has done those transmissions for more than 40 years and his dedication to this duty continues.
    OF9X: Old-Father-Nine-Xmas, has excited the little radio operators and their families for many years from the land of Christmas. Once upon the time Santa Claus was pushed to the North Pole but these Santa transmissions from Finland have finally proved that Finland is the same as the North Pole.


    OF2HQ OF0HQ
    73 Al 4L5A
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