OJ0X – The end is very near

So, yesterday went on as usual (Sunday). Conditions was quite bad and when Teemu finished the SAC SSB contest almost all bands was dead. He still made some 2200 QSO’s during the contest wich was impressive with only a two element beam and a HF2V vertical. Tonight, I stayed up until about three, wich was about my common schedule (go to sleep at 03:00 – 04:30 somewhere), and at 01:10 when I was working OH6GHI/Peter, 40m was very dead, and we had a few minutes of ragchewing. Unfortunatly, the power system broke down during our QSO, and outside there was really powerful winds and rain. The winds almost knocked me to the ground. The solution was to shut down the wind generator wich was overloaded, and just run on batteries and diesel. Today, we heated up the sauna good and spent most of the evening in there. It was a great way to finish up the expedtion. Bands came to live this morning and we have been running all parts of the world on the highbands today. Even some US came thru on 40m in the morning (of course just an hour after I gave up and went to sleep), despite yesterdays high K levels. This is a truly wonderful place, both radio-wise and just about being here. Amazing! I feel quite sad that we have less than ten hours left on the reef before our transport back to Åland mainlands arrives. I’ll be back with a complete writeup when I landed at home. We still have a boat trip, ferry trip and a plane to catch to Gothenburg today.
Teemu working SAC SSB
Teemu working SAC SSB
Yours truly found a nice operating position during the dead hours and bad conditions.
Yours truly found a nice operating position during the dead hours and bad conditions.
The holy smoke (sauna)! You who have read Monk Martezanos blog on QRZ.COM will understand :-)
The holy smoke (sauna)! You who have read Monk Martezanos blog on QRZ.COM will understand 🙂
Last sunset at the Market Reef. A bit sad. I could hardly keep my eyes dry.
Last sunset at the Market Reef. A bit sad. I could hardly keep my eyes dry.