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Amateur Radio Station
O H 2 B P & O H 0 B P
Operator: Kari Hirvonen
Keltanontie 2
04300 Tusby (Helsinki)
Finland, Europe
Personal contact
Cellular +358-50-68800
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I believe to be one of the World Top Level RTTY Contest Operators and
* life experienced - still 59 years young
* living in marriage with my honey - Vuokko, 55 years
* born in Ylöjärvi (southern Finland)
* father of two son, Henry 26 (studying at Helsinki University of Technology)
and John 24 (studying at Lappeenranta University of Technology)
* holder of a Master of Science degree in Control Automation and Electronics
* running a private electronics development enterprise (Alpha
Point ltd.) in Helsinki
* living in the village of Tuusula, just outside of Capital Helsinki,
in a private country side residence
* an active other mode ham radio operator (station call signs OH2BP
& OH0BP, Aland islands)
* an member of OKI (Otanmäen
Kiekko) junior ice hockey team
* the president of the DX Sauna Association (OH2AH)
* the Scandinavian Amateur Radio Teletyping Group's (SARTG)
Ombudsman in Finland
* Vice Chairman of OHDXF foundation
The OH2BP station description - see the drawing below
1# E Q U I P M E N T S
Line A
* Japan Radio Corporation JSR-245 (all HF and 6 m, full rigged
with filters)
* Japan Radio Corporation JRL-2000FH (1 kW FET)
* A fully automated QSY for entire line in 20 ms from band to
band.
Japan Radio Corporation JRL-2000FH (1 kW MosFET)
Packet cluster display (Electroluminescent, manufactured by Alpha Point
Ltd.)
SO2R tuning oscilloscopes, dual channel audio data decode
Line B
* ICOM IC-756PRO
Line C
* ICOM 706GII back-up
2# S O 2 R SET-UP
Control logic box for RTTY contest network capable for SO2R operation (self made)
Band Pass Filter set-up by WX0B / W3NQN
Switch over antenna select for two fast beam redirection - now under test
3# A N T E N N A A R R A Y
* Tower #1 24+3 meter, aluminum, Cushcraft X9 9 element for 10/15/20M
@ 24 M, also sloopers for
the 40 m / 80 m. In addition 40m 2 el yagi Cushcraft's
XM240 @ 27 M
* Tower #2 18+3 meter , aluminum, Fritzel FB-53 10/15/20 M and
a 6m 5el yagi
* 70 cm and 2 m UHF/VHF rigs and antennas
* Packet radio TNC's 1200 & 9600 bit/s
4# S O F T W A R E
* PC with digital mode software, mainly the WB1F RTTY for contest use
and
* an DSP NoteBook audio decoder SW on parallel PC
* all PC's networked
FOR Latest RTTY Contest Results / Rules / Story look at
http://www.rtty-contest-scene.com/index1.html
Thank for Qsos - hope to work you again in the Pile-Ups or other time / mode
73 Kari OH2BP
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