Arcala History
- Project started late 2001 by a 2 hour phone call between Juha and Veijo
- Key criteria for the estate:
- Minimum 10 hectares
- Minimum 3 km to big power lines
- Minimum 1 km to the closest ‘TVI customer’
- Maximum 1 km to electricity
- Good ground and road
- During late 2001 –mid 2003 more than 50 potential places had been checked visually and for spectral purity
- Arkala estate (20 ha/45 acres) was bought in June 2003
- Location is 40km to the east from Oulu in OH8 land
- During summer -autumn 2003 the ham shack, towers (M2-M4) and antennas were constructed
- Autumn 2004 tower M1 was put up
- 2007 Radio Arkala – “Arcala Extremes (OH8X)” – mission and strategy was
- established and radio team was selected.
- 2008 M7 low band monster coming up
- 2008 Full station automation in use, touch screen based Cockpit
