Arcala Extremes
The world’s northernmost contest alliance is ready with a mission and team to be part of this year’s CQWW SSB battle. Just this week they will be augmenting their already impressive firepower with a 100-meter (330 ft) massive rotating tower going up adorned with a full-size 3-L 160M beam and 5-L 80M beam which they claim to be the first of their kind.
This marks the team’s latest frantic effort to boost the signal from the worst propagation region in the world. You can visit them here
While OH8X will be operated by Marko, OH4JFN, their sister stations CU2A (Azores Islands) and TC4X (Asian Turkey) will be operated by Toni, OH2UA and Pertti, OH2PM respectively while OH0E (Aland Islands) will be manned by Ville, OH2MM and CN2B (Morocco) by Martti, OH2BH.
Their strategies and categories still remain to some extent on the drawing boards.
A series of full-color QSL cards can be obtained as follows:
OH8X via OH2UA
CU2A via OH2BH
TC4X via OH2BH
OH0E via OH2MM
CN2B via OH2BH
The team wish the world’s contesters every success in their efforts to contact Arcala Extremes.
FROM THE OFFICES OF ARCALA EXTREMES
ARCALA EXTREMES LAUNCHING CQWW CW TEAM
Snow and ice are present in the Far North at the home of OH8X, and preparations are underway to boost the signals globally, largely depending on a regular friend - Aurora Borealis. Pasi, OH2IW will be at the controls and running OH8X single-operator, all-band. Keep an eye on this station and observe its Northern sound. For more, see http://www.radioarcala.com
The sister station CU2X will again be operated by Toni, OH2UA, following his smashing of the European SSB record by a wide margin. He is now determined to do the same on CW. This is from the new QTH, you can read more at http://www.cu2a.com.
The second sister station TC4X in Asian Turkey will be activated by Martti, OH2BH, Pertti, OH2PM and Tefvik, TA1HZ. They are there to take the first steps for setting up a permanent station with more firepower while bringing a breath of old times to the game.
Adding to the lineup its X-rated signals will be the team’s associated Eastern Aland Island super station signing OH0X, again mono-band, with Pekka, OH2TA at the helm.
Radio Arcala’s propagation department, Ilkka, OH1WZ of Palos Verdes Sundancers fame will be in charge of the OH2BH station, mono-band, with his deep-space telescope to see whether the particles streaming down with the solar wind will pass Radio Arcala or hit it straight on the face.
And finally, representing the Arcala senior citizens department, Ville, OH2MM will be operating mono-band as CN2M as the guest of Jim, CN2R. This will be from Casablanca, Morocco. Their ultimate categories are subject to a final decision when looking at the world on the starting grid minutes before the start of the race.
QSL cards:
OH8X via OH2UA
CU2X via OH2BH
TC4X via OH2BH
OH0X via OH2TA
CN2M via HP1WW
From Martti Laine, OH2BH