First licence: 1991

Contest Call & Dxpeditions:
EF8R, EE8E, EB8AH, EA8AH, AO8A, EF8HQ, EF8U, EF8M, EA8ZS, PZ5YV, S21XA, RZ3AXX, UA5A, R33Q

Interest:
CW / SSB Contests and Dxpeditions.

Calls: OH6LI, OH1AF, OH3TR, OH4A, OH0V, PJ9A, 4J1FW, W3LPL and many others.

When not in contests, studies Supply Chain Management at Häme University of Applied Sciences.

Age:  63

First Licensed:  1961  at Age 11

Primary Interests:
HF Contesting, DXpeditions,
160 Meters
Station Design/Construction

DXpedition and Contest Calls:
W2GD, P40W, P40GD, P40HQ, P40L, W2GD/KP4, PJ7A, 4U1ITU, VP2MGD, 8P9CV, W2GD/OH0, OH0MB/OJ0, PJ1B, FS/W2GD, A61AJ, V47KP, EF8M, VP2T, K5D

Contesting Achievements:
First Place World High Scores:

• CQWW    PH and CW
• ARRLDX  PH and CW
• WPX       PH and CW
• IARU      CW
• CQ160    PH and CW (Multiop)

Current CQWW and WPX World Records: LP and QRP
First Place SOHP ARRL SS CW (1978)

Professional:
30+ year career in the Management Consulting
Insurance, and Satellite Communications
Since 2002:  Build and Maintain Amateur Radio Stations for ham operators worldwide. http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6125

Associations and Awards:

Vice President, Frankford Radio Club (2011-Present)
CWOPS #204
Editor: The National Contest Journal (1981-82).
CQ Contest Hall of Fame (1999).

Classe 1977, om dal 1993 (16 anni).  Prima licenza speciale IW5DGZ, poi dal 2001, con esame cw, IZ5DIY.

Attività in Contest VHF e superiori in team, storicamente da JN54JD (Croce Arcana), con partecipazione ai trofei ARI e numerosi Contest IARU VHF.

Attività in Contest HF con IO5O e con la propria Sezione ARI.
Attivo in Fonia, CW, RTTY.

Presidente della Sezione ARI Montagna Pistoiese dal 2002 ad oggi.

Manager VUSHF per il Comitato Regionale Toscana, organizzatore del Contest delle Sezioni UHF e Superiori.

Ho conseguito  la patente OM nel 1990 dedicandomi da subito alle VHF con il mitico IC202.

Successivamente, essendo incuriosito dalle HF ho iniziato l’attività  acquistando la mia prima radio, un Icom 720 A con cui partecipavo ai miei primi contest.

Il mio interesse principale resta comunque l’autocostruzione e soprattutto la progettazione e l’ottimizzazione dei setup di stazione oltre che la realizzazione di sistemi d’antenna e tralicci.

Ho anche partecipato all’avventura in multi single da CN3A , nel 2008 CQWW RTTY (1st World and New Record) e nel 2009 CQWW SSB (1st World)

Insieme agli amici della Sezione Ari di Bra ho contribuito alla nascita della stazione da contest IQ1RY.

Got licensed and first handheld at the age of 14 in 1993, not really
knowing what is hamradio about. Got hooked operating VHF from
mountains and later in 1997 discovered the World from home on HF.

Interests from casual contest operating evolved to addiction,
log-checking, keeping records…

First taste of DX in 2003 from A61AJ, enjoyed several RTTY multi-ops
from 4O3A and thrilled by operating CN3A.

Busy running a local club, Radioklub Burja and taking an active part
in Slovenia Contest Club.

Having fun running pileups, taking pictures, low power contesting, or
just by looking at scores…

Nel corso degli anni ha sperimentato più di 20 diverse postazioni su alpi ed appennini, al fine di meglio identificare il miglio QTH per i vari tipi di Contest.

Dal 1983 al 1993 come stazione multioperatore ha partecipato a tutte le edizioni dei Trofei ari.

Successivamente al 1993 l’attenzione è stata dedicata al Contest annuale IARU Reg.1, l’appuntamento più importante per i team europei.

Tra i risultati di prestigio si può ricordare:

12 primi posti nei contest validi per i Trofei ARI
1° posto assoluto trofei ARI nel 1992
2° posto europeo IARU Reg1 nel 1994, 1997 e 2000
1° posto europeo IARU Reg1 nel 2001 con il nominativo speciale IO3V

Tra i record detenuti:

massimo punteggio italiano in VHF con 417583 punti (iaru VHF 2001)
massimo punteggio italiano in UHF con 102222 punti (iaru UHF 1995)

L’attività multioperatore è stata sempre caratterizzata dalla ricerca di nuove soluzioni tecniche e dall’allestimento di stazioni multi-antenna per riuscire a colmare il gap che divide le stazioni italiane da quelle centro europee, avvantaggiate da migliori condizioni geografiche.

In questi anni si sta dedicando allo sviluppo di nuove e più moderne soluzioni, finalizzate a disporre di una stazione multi-array di facile trasportabilità per affrontare nuovamnete le prossime edizioni dello IARU VHF.

Circa 6 anni fa mi avvicinai al mondo delle antenne dinamiche. Credo molto in questo sistema al punto da creare nel 2011 AntennaDinamica la terza azienda al mondo produttrice di antenne motorizzate.Nonostante la mia attività commerciale rimango sempre un Radioamatore con la passione per il DX che si alza alle 3 del mattino per collegare stazioni rare e importanti per i miei DXCC.

Born:   1979
Used calls:     CQ8X, CU2A, CU2X, CR2X, EA8ZS, OH0B, OH2BH, OH2HE, OH2U, OH8X, ZA1A,
I got first licensed in 1996 at the age of 15 and began contesting
just maybe a month after getting my license. Contesting from my small
home station with wires and 100W was nothing spectacular. But
fortunately in 1996 CQWW OH2BAH offered me an opportunity to try his
5el quad with amplifier. I operated a couple of hours and was hooked.

Next year it was time for my first serious CQWW operation. I got
invited to operate at OH2HE (later OH2U). It was a huge honor for 16
years old kid to be invited to operate with one of the best teams in
amateur radio contesting. That was also a year for my first CQWW
plaque. We had a great team and during next year’s we won European M/M
title multiple times and made CQWW CW European record that still
exists. We also operated from EA8ZS twice, once on CW and once on SSB
ending up winning the World M/M both times.

But I wanted to do SOAB as well. Fortunately I got an opportunity to
try some serious SOAB operating at OH0B and OH2BH and since those days
we’ve been doing quite lot things together with Martti. Not only
operating at OH0B and at OH2BH, but also having long conversations
about contesting, building stations and so on.

It was around 2002/2003 when Martti and I began thinking that would it
be possible to find a QTH were one could win Europe in CQWW SOAB
category no matter if it’s solar minimum or maximum. In 2003 CQWW CW I
had an honor to be a part of multinational team operating from ZA1A.
Albania was considered as one possible QTH for future SOAB station.
Some further investigations were made and (fortunately) we ended up at
the other side of Europe, in Azores.

My first operation from Azores was 2005 and with a first try I won
CQWW CW SOAB European championship with new European record. One of my
dreams became true. Since 2005 I’ve mostly operated from Azores,
especially in CQWW contests.

At 2007 the new amateur radio project was established when Radio
Arcala and Arcala Xtremes was founded. CU2X and OH8X became “sister
stations” and we’ll see if we’re able to challenge our own records
from Polar circle when propagation peaks up.

Maybe the best know stations I’ve been operating from are CU2A, CU2X,
CR2X, EA8ZS, OH0B, OH2BAH, OH2BH, OH2HE, OH2U, OH8X and ZA1A.

Randy has been an active contest operator and contributor to the sport since 1973.
He has multiple contest records and wins including 11 USA single-operator victories in CQWW.
Randy competed in five WRTC events and is currently involved in organizing WRTC 2014.
He is the Director of the popular CQ WPX Contest and a member of the CQ Contest
Hall of Fame.
When not on the air or checking logs he is in sales management for an Internet software company in Massachusetts.