I still don't have my 2nd tower up that will hold the weak signal arrays but
I'm making preparations. I created an account on ON4KST but what I
didn't see was a chat for 222MHz, so where do the 222 operators post?
Dave Buckwalter
K3SK
FM07th
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Olson <callbill@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 10:26 AM
To: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>; Fred Stefanik <n1dpmfred@gmail.com>
Cc: 222 >> 222Activity@groups.io <222Activity@groups.io>; VHF Contesting
<vhfcontesting@contesting.com>; NEWS Reflector <NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [222Activity] [NEWSVHF] 222 Activity Night for
December 14
Hi all, WELL, as advertised I did get on last night, at 9:40PM!!! I had the
station set up and ready to go, so ran to the shack, logged into ON4KST,
announced that I was QRV and worked TWO diehards!! Fred, N1DPM in FN32 and
Al WA1T in FN43.. After that I called CQ a lot, made some noise on the chat
but except for a try with KC2KAE in FN20 (neither of us heard a peep) that
was that.. Shut down around 10:15..
Conditions did not seem good to me. Signals were way down and there was
extreme QSB.. Oh well..
bill, K1DY in FN54JQ Maine
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From: 222Activity@groups.io <222Activity@groups.io> on behalf of David Olean
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Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 12:04 PM
To: Fred Stefanik <n1dpmfred@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [222Activity] [NEWSVHF] 222 Activity Night for December 14
Hi Fred
Sorry I missed you. I quit a few minutes before 9PM EST. WA1T was here and
he had to get home and I had a commitment at 9 as well. We walked up to the
shack as the road has been torn up by driving in the mud. I am glad you
picked up K1DY. He has been trying to get on and make a contact for a while!
The band was in pretty good shape. KO4YC was worked along with W1XR in FM19
and NZ3M in FN10. Howard, WA3EOQ had the best signal up here he has had in a
very long time. He was solid 100% of the time on CW. Usually a contact with
his 90 watts is a squeaker as the distance is over 500 miles. Today was arm
chair copy. Both Al and I got pretty excited over that!
Thanks for getting on! It is now 7 AM local time and I am running a 222 MS
sked. Catching up on emails while I wait for a ping!
73
Dave K1WHS
On 12/15/2021 6:46 AM, Fred Stefanik wrote:
Worked a few.. W1AIM, N1JEZ, WZ1V, K1PXE, and K1DY But I was on a bit late
after watching the Bruins game.
73
Fred
N1DPM
On Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 2:09 AM David Olean
<k1whs@metrocast.net<mailto:k1whs@metrocast.net>> wrote:
Winter is here in Maine anyway. The weather this week is pretty good and I
am sure that I can be QRV for the fantastic 222 MHz Activity Night for
Tuesday evening. If you have some 222 MHz gear in working order, this is
your chance to work someone with it. I looked at the Hepburn Map and it does
appear that there might be a bit of a lift as Tuesday night progresses.
Nothing really good, but better than nothing! Western New York, and of
course that path from Tennessee to Louisiana should be good or maybe just a
bit better than stinko! Last week was pretty good for stable signals and the
map did not show any enhancement at all. The best way to tell is to get on
for Tuesday night and see for yourself.
The week is promising to be rather mild for Northern New England. After the
Tuesday night excitement, I am climbing the tower and slipping the H frame
and elevation rotor down a few feet on the main mast. I will be unable to
really use the antenna after that, but it will help protect it from winter
winds and ice storms that seem to plague us up here. SO this looks like my
last weekly participation for the next three months. That does not mean that
Tuesday night 222 activity will stop. There will still be plenty of really
good home stations who will be on. N1BUG in
FN55 is promising to get on in the winter months. If we get some good
weather, I can make the trek up the hill and get on with my fixed yagi that
covers down the coast as well.
Tuesday night will also be a good meteor night, so a good idea would be to
set up a meteor sked out at about 1000 miles when the local activity slows
down. I saw a beautiful semi fireball while I was driving up the woods road
Monday night. I saw even with all the trees blocking my view.
It was a big meteor! The Geminids will still be going pretty well on Tuesday
night. The ON4KST page is good for setting up tropo skeds. Many folks use
Ping Jockey for meteors. The EME guys tend to use HB9Q Logger. Check with
other ops in your area if you are unsure of what is popular for liaison in
your area.
CU on 222 I hope.
73
Dave K1WHS
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