222 MHz Spring Sprint - 2022
Call: KR1ST
Operator(s): KR1ST
Station: KR1ST
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FN21fk
Operating Time (hrs): 1.5
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 6 Mults = 4 Total Score = 24
Club: Mt Airy VHF Radio Club
Comments:
Rig: IC-7300 w/ DEMI L222-28HP & Beko HLV-1000/222
Pwr: 750W
Ant: M2 222-10EZ
Well I got the power I was missing last year, called CQ for about an hour and a
half on SSB in every direction and that netted me 6 Q's. The same as last year.
Speaking of unnecessary investments... I guess the chat page is where action is.
Blah! Several times I moved frequencies because folks would just be dripping
their CW on the frequency I was on. It's OK, I figured they couldn't hear me.
I'm also starting to think folks don't tune around anymore and also have no
bandscope so they can see other stations on the band. Call it lazy radio if you
will.
The real killer is that several times I could hear both sides of a CW QSO and
they were just transmitting on top of each other and at some point they just
start sending R's, TU's and 73's to each other while it could never have been a
valid QSO. It gets really funny if one guy transmits at half the speed with a
straight key and the other guy transmits fast with a keyer and then they
transmit on top of each other, which makes it really obvious they are not
completing a QSO. I bet they only heard some CW at the peak of some QSB and they
figured it was the station they were calling and called it a day, followed
probably by a quick thanks on the chat page to make sure they got in each
other's log. C'mon guys!
Thanks to the stations that stopped by and said hello!
73,
--Alex KR1ST
Band Mode QSOs Grd
222 USB 6 4
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