Photos from the trip and the activations: https://pixabilly.1g.fi/kuvat/My+vacations/Lapland+2026/ My partner and I had been planning a trip up north for a long time. At first, we were thinking of heading somewhere in Finland’s northwestern Lapland, or at least to western Lapland. Eventually, we chose Pallas as our main destination and booked a hotel room from there….

Matkalla pohjoisessa ja aktivoinnit kuvat löytyy : https://pixabilly.1g.fi/kuvat/My+vacations/Lapland+2026/ Olimme suunnitelleet puolison kanssa pohjoisen matkaa jo pitkään. Aluksi ajatuksena oli suunnata jonnekin Käsivarren Lappiin tai ainakin Lapin länsiosiin. Lopulta pääkohteeksi valikoitui Pallas, josta varasimme hotellihuoneen. Muu reitti alkoi rakentua kahden meille tärkeän harrastuksen ympärille: geokätköilyn ja radioaktivointien. Reittisuunnitelmaa hiottiin, yöpymispaikkoja etsittiin ja kiinnostavia kohteita merkittiin kartalle….

This year i planned to have much more activations with WWFF, POTA and SOTA. So far i have activated 3 WWFF and 2 POTA parks. Here are some stories behind them, two of them i did with fellow operators. Winter activation, Evo Retkeilyalue OHFF-0644 and POTA FI-0261 Me and OH2CKU Tapio started to plan activation…

So today i wanted to do better than yesterday. Only one qso so wanted to have few more… Morning started with rain, but sky cleared at 11am. I drove to same places as yesterday, got all packed better this time. I had also old dipole which came with previous Yaesu FT-897D rig. Wanted to test…

I had Yaesu FT-897D as my first rig, which was a loaner from my club. I didn’t like that so much, even it was a great and rugged rig with LDG tuner. So i got myself a Xiegu G90 finally, it was few days used but still a good price. Funny thing was, that i…

I had long time a thought, that i want to go to ham radio course. I have been interested radiotechnology for some time already, so would be fun to contact people around the world in so called ”old fashion way”. But when i lived in Tampere, i always missed those. So finally, here in south…

It was a long time since i was hanging somewhere. Mainly two reasons for that, one is my sleep apnea. I just can’t sleep well. Could say that i fear for falling in sleep, because of snoring and not breathing. Other reason is my achilles tendon, which have been painful time to time. Allthou my…

What’s going on, it’s been awhile since the last time i wrote here. We have been active geocachers last year with over 1100 caches in 2019! So what else been going on? Been slacking with writing a lot, but decided that it’s about time to write something. So here it is, trip report from our…

I’ve been eager to try my new canoe for some time. Also wanted to test it at the Päijänne National Park, which is my favorite places. We discuss about it with Niko and decided to go there. Problems occured like flu, money and Niko wasn’t sure if he can come. Friday evening all was set…