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From Arctic Circle of Finland
Dec, 02, 2021
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM THE LAND OF SANTA CLAUS - FINLAND
OF9X, OF2YOTA & OI3AX ARE NOW RIDING THE AIRWAVES TO THE WIDE WORLD,
The Finnish Amateur Radio League, SRAL is finishing their centennial year at the end of 2021 and once again will launch the Santa (OF9X) and his elves (OF2YOTA) to greet the world on HF radio spectrum on CW, SSB and FT8.
If SRAL is 100 years old so is Santa Claus and it is expected that the SRAL youngster team (OF2YOTA) will soon take over and provide younger version of the Santa and his contingent. OF9X and OF2YOTA are commencing their operations full steam on December 03 and the teams will show up quite frequently during the month of December.
MESSAGE EXCHANGE: These special stations greet you with 59(9)SRAL message and you can greet them back with 59(9) MX – Merry Christmas.
The OF9X operation is organized by the Radio Club of Pusula, OH9W and supported by Radio Arcala, OH8X while the OF2YOTA is organized by the Youngster Team of SRAL and supported by Radio Team Mustila, OH5Z.
As an addition, OI3AX will be activated on Dec. 03-07 by the Finnish Signal Corps with experienced servicemen but also permanent operators from their own ranks.
Please note that these call signs OF9X, OF2YOTA and OI3AX will count for SRAL Jubilee award and would complete the list of special centennial activations.
QSL OF9X via OH2BH, OF2YOTA via OH5CZ and OI3AX via OH2LGW
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EARN THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION FROM YOUR OH FRIENDS
Just contact 100 (one hundred) of your OH friends during 2021 and 10 (ten) specially featured Finnish stations to earn the OH Northern Light 100-year certificate (OH-NL-100) and the featured story, explaining the magic of the OH-land and the Northern Lights.
Your 100 contact should include 50 OH stations and 50 OF stations, a total of 100. A special OF prefix will be activated by most of the OH station until the end of 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 multiplying stations are; OH100SRAL, OH2A, OH0W, OJ0C, OF2HQ, OF2YOTA, OG2B, OH6SRAL, OI3AX and OF9X.
Multiplying your QSO points (maximum 100) by your multiplier value (max 10) will give you your score – 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. A special lottery will feature additional special prizes.
Your log extract should be sent to Santa Claus office at: of9x@sral.fi during January 2022. The same address will answer all questions relating to this centennial activity.
Enjoy the month of December and Juletide season for contacting the Christmas treasury.
OF9X: Old-Father-Nine-Xmas, has excited the little radio operators and their families for many years from the land of Christmas. Once Santa Claus was pushed to the North Pole but these Santa transmissions from Finland have finally proved that Finland is close enough to the North Pole.
OF2YOTA: 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 youth would know what makes them tick!!
OI3AX: Amateur Radio activity in the Finnish Signal Corps (OI prefix) have a brilliant history of cooperation with SRAL. Many well-known OHs have caught the bug while doing their service to their country. OI3AX will represent the country-wide network of 35 OI-locations.
From Arctic Circle of Finland
Dec, 02, 2021
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM THE LAND OF SANTA CLAUS - FINLAND
OF9X, OF2YOTA & OI3AX ARE NOW RIDING THE AIRWAVES TO THE WIDE WORLD,
The Finnish Amateur Radio League, SRAL is finishing their centennial year at the end of 2021 and once again will launch the Santa (OF9X) and his elves (OF2YOTA) to greet the world on HF radio spectrum on CW, SSB and FT8.
If SRAL is 100 years old so is Santa Claus and it is expected that the SRAL youngster team (OF2YOTA) will soon take over and provide younger version of the Santa and his contingent. OF9X and OF2YOTA are commencing their operations full steam on December 03 and the teams will show up quite frequently during the month of December.
MESSAGE EXCHANGE: These special stations greet you with 59(9)SRAL message and you can greet them back with 59(9) MX – Merry Christmas.
The OF9X operation is organized by the Radio Club of Pusula, OH9W and supported by Radio Arcala, OH8X while the OF2YOTA is organized by the Youngster Team of SRAL and supported by Radio Team Mustila, OH5Z.
As an addition, OI3AX will be activated on Dec. 03-07 by the Finnish Signal Corps with experienced servicemen but also permanent operators from their own ranks.
Please note that these call signs OF9X, OF2YOTA and OI3AX will count for SRAL Jubilee award and would complete the list of special centennial activations.
QSL OF9X via OH2BH, OF2YOTA via OH5CZ and OI3AX via OH2LGW
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EARN THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION FROM YOUR OH FRIENDS
Just contact 100 (one hundred) of your OH friends during 2021 and 10 (ten) specially featured Finnish stations to earn the OH Northern Light 100-year certificate (OH-NL-100) and the featured story, explaining the magic of the OH-land and the Northern Lights.
Your 100 contact should include 50 OH stations and 50 OF stations, a total of 100. A special OF prefix will be activated by most of the OH station until the end of 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 multiplying stations are; OH100SRAL, OH2A, OH0W, OJ0C, OF2HQ, OF2YOTA, OG2B, OH6SRAL, OI3AX and OF9X.
Multiplying your QSO points (maximum 100) by your multiplier value (max 10) will give you your score – 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. A special lottery will feature additional special prizes.
Your log extract should be sent to Santa Claus office at: of9x@sral.fi during January 2022. The same address will answer all questions relating to this centennial activity.
Enjoy the month of December and Juletide season for contacting the Christmas treasury.
OF9X: Old-Father-Nine-Xmas, has excited the little radio operators and their families for many years from the land of Christmas. Once Santa Claus was pushed to the North Pole but these Santa transmissions from Finland have finally proved that Finland is close enough to the North Pole.
OF2YOTA: 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 youth would know what makes them tick!!
OI3AX: Amateur Radio activity in the Finnish Signal Corps (OI prefix) have a brilliant history of cooperation with SRAL. Many well-known OHs have caught the bug while doing their service to their country. OI3AX will represent the country-wide network of 35 OI-locations.