OJ0B - DX news and calendar

Added/updated

October 29, 2016

Callsign(s)

OJ0B

Start-end dates

October 23, 2016 - October 30, 2016

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OJ0 - Market Reef

IOTA

EU-053 credited by 79,7% or participants

EU-053 - Market Reef

CQ zone

Planned modes

Not especified

Planned bands

160 m, 80 m, 40 m, 30 m, 20 m, 17 m, 15 m, 12 m, 10 m

Source

DX-World

Information

Update Oct,28: The group found a short weather window late at night in darkness and landed safely on Market Reef. They try to get operational during the day with high winds bothering their antenna work – temperature 6 C

Update Oct,27: It has been a long week of watching the WX developments and a changing low and high pressure. So the group is weary but yet committed to land on Market Reef to give a worthy CQWW multiplier to those who Deserve.

ES2RR, OH2BH and OH2PM are hotel-based in the capital Mariehamn, still suffering from the rough seas. But they have decided to try landing tomorrow at their sunset, around 14 UTC. If they are not successful they will return to set up in OH0. The helicopter option would then only be used for their return pickup because of the weight limit. If you hear OJ0B in the contest remember this mult. is worth its weight in gold.

Update Oct,21: Rough seas and high winds will prevent them from landing until 26 October at the earliest. The group is determined to activate OJ0 in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest; if the group fail in their attempt, they will settle in the Aland Islands and enter the contest as OH0B. [TNX OH2BH via 425DXN]

THE NORTHERN EUROPEAN PARTY WAGON IS NOW DEPARTING FINLAND, OCT.04.2016

ALAND ISLANDS, OH0B
It is on Wednesday Oct. 05 that OH0B will be QRV for 5-days on all bands from the Aland Islands by Juha, OH1ND, Martti, OH2BH, and Ville, OH2MM/PY2ZEA. Activity will include the Scandinavian Activity Contest (SSB) on the weekend of Oct. 8/9.

MARKET REEF, OJ0B
Then on Oct.23rd it will be time to try a dry landing on Market Reef, West of the Aland
Islands, for a 7-day operation as OJ0B, by Toivo, ES2RR, Martti, OH2BH, Pertti, OH2PM, focusing on the low-bands and RTTY. This outing is targeted to cover the CQWW SSB Contest.

AZORE ISLANDS, CR2BH
Between Oct. 12 and Oct.17, Martti, OH2BH/CU2KG will jump to the Azores and put his signal on the air specifically for the Oct. 15/16 weekend while converting the world renown CR2X site to its new application.

These are all BOTA (Birthday-On-The-Air) activities – DXCC counters at which Martti and his close friends have once gotten excited over and made them active with a major frequent presence.

OH0 for more than 40 years, OJ0 now for 48 years, and even the Azores Islands, as of today for 16 years.

In November the party will continue to the Caribbean for the actual 70th birthday in Antigua, V26BH, continuing to Dominica, J70BH for the week of the CQWW CW Contest.

More information on the Caribbean activities will follow.

Special nostalgia QSLs via OH2BH

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