OH2AXH Pertti Hohito

OH2AXH Pertti (OH2AUE photo)

Pertti Hohtio, OH2AXH, passed away on May 18th, 2025 at the age of 79. Pertti got his license and call sign in the early 60s. He became active on EME in the 90s and was QRV on 1.3 GHz - 10 GHz with his 6.4 m dish. He had rigs also for 24 and 47 GHz and was able to hear his own echos on 24 GHz. Pertti was very active on Nordic Activity Contests for many decades and loved to check daily tropo conditions over the Baltic Sea. He was one of the few microwave stations in OH always QRV.

Professionally Pertti made two careers. He was a technical manager at Finnvox Studios and one of the best in Finland engraving music on vinyl records in the 80s. After that he became a broadcast transmission engineer at Digita Oy, subsidiary of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle.

Pertti was not active on EME in the recent years but he was still very active on terrestrial contests. He had excellent technical skills and he was always building new equipment. He had some new plans even this spring before he died in an accident.

R.I.P. Pertti!
Jukka OH6DD