OH3CUF

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Hi!

My name is Jouni. I'm radio amateur from Tampere, Finland. My radio station call is OH3CUF. My station maidenhead locator is at KP11WL.

My intrests

Currently mostly active in HF - especially CW & SSB in Worldwide Flora & Fauna. I've activated few parks already and hunting like crazy on my home station where I use The Awesome WRC. I Started learning CW in 2024.

Contact me

Send me email to cq (at_mark) cuf (dot) fi.

Park activations (Worldwide Flora & Fauna)

3.3.2024 OHFF-1608 "Kirkkoharjun lukot" in Kangasala, Finland

9.3.2024 OHFF-0268 "Halimasjärven luonnonsuojelualue" in Tampere, Finland

28.3.2024 OHFF-1254 "Makkarajärvi-Viitastenperän LS-alue" in Tampere, Finland (not full 44 QSOs)

31.3.2024 OHFF-1144 "Peltolammin-Pärrinkosken Luonnonsuojelualue" in Tampere, Finland

13.4.2024 OHFF-0201 "Soukonvuoren luonnonsuojelualue" in Tampere, Finland

22.4.2024 OHFF-1254 "Makkarajärvi-Viitastenperän Luonnonsuojelualue" in Tampere, Finland

My activity

My Mastodon (@OH3CUF@mastodon.radio)

My Parks-On-The-Air (POTA) activity

RBN (CW) activity

PSK and DMR

CW practicing tips

First of all: CW and morse code aren't difficult. Only thing that might be difficult is your own motivation. With good motivation you will find time for practice. The code might first feel confusing & gibberish but by practicing it becomes less and less strange. Learning CW is like learning new language; first you don't understand anything but after continous practice you start to understand more and more. Learning will happend gradually in proportion to time spent on practicing.

Then some practical tips:

  • Habit stacking: connect daily practice to some other habit you do every day; lunch, commuting, stretching?
  • Practice daily: 5 minutes is enough if that is all you've got to spare. Most important: make it an daily habit. It is 1000x more effective to use 5 minutes daily than nothing.
  • Be kind to yourself: this is _very_ important. If you cannot recognize character? Just keep going on. Made a mistake while sending CW? Try again. You will miss thousands of characters and make same amount mistakes. Do not concentrate on your mistakes, misses at all. Just keep going on!
  • There are no shortcuts: learning CW is just about how much you use time. This skill doesn't grow itself or there are no cheat codes.
  • Do not make up mnemonic for characters. This will slow you down eventually. Just listen what the character sounds like.
  • Never listen character speed under 17 WPM. Use pause after character to let your brain to do the work. Speed up when you feel like so. If you need urge to slow down character speed, do not do it. Keep going on. It feels frustrating but eventually it will pay off.
  • Listen. Listen. CW is about learning to hear. You can only learn to hear by listening.
  • App? Morse Mania is one of the best ones. Use it daily. Listen to "practice tapes" on background while you walk etc.
  • Anyone, I repeat, anyone will learn morse code and CW. It is not a secret skill. It is only about how much you use time for it.
  • Check your motivation and target. Stick to these. If you don't feel like you have motivation, try another time. Learning CW requires high motivation. Do not distress yourself.

CW is fun and it opens so much more working possibilities. You will feel good, proud and amazed once you start making QSOs in CW.

CW RBN

CW Club RBN Spotter

Reversebeacon.net

Useful links

Tropospheric Ducting Foreecast

Maidenhead locator map

Finnish HAM repeaters sorted by your location or all in one easy list

APRS map

Finnish FF activations at Mastodon

OH7RX OHFF map

NOAA D Region Absorption Predictions (D-RAP)

Space Weather in Finland (fmi.fi)

Other HAM-webpages

OH3BHX - great web pages for experiments with radio balloons and other posts

Hämeenlinnan radioamatöörit - aktiiviset verkkosivut ja paljon kiinnostavia tapahtumia

Weather sondes

I'm interested in chasing radiosondes. Here in Finland we have few stations that launch Vaisala radiosondes.

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