This is just a reminder to not forget making an appearance on the 222
MHz band tonight. If you have the gear, you could be making all sorts of
contacts around the area on 222 MHz this evening. The fun starts a bit
before 23:00 UT or 7 PM EDST. The midwesterners show up in pretty good
numbers a bit later and activity is rather hot up to 0100 UT on the East
Coast or past 02:00 in the midwest. I have it on good authority (from
Good Buddy Ron WZ1V) that W1AUV will be on from central Massachuswetts.
Tommy has not been very active, but I did catch him two weeks ago on
Tuesday night. There is also WB4OMG who is always looking for a Florida
contact on Tuesdays. Buddy has low power and a small antenna, but
Florida is the world capitol of FB VHF conditions, so don't forget to
turn the antler towards Florida this evening and look for OMG if you are
in the SE. Maybe N2CEI will get the N4SVC station running? Will WA4GPM
fire up one of his 222 amplifiers tonight from Jacksonville? N1GC is
always in there from NC. The midwesterners are there too, with AA9MY,
K9MRI, N4PZ W5EME, AJ6T, and many others making noise and looking for
skeds. The more people that get on, will make for a fantastic time as
stations try to work out beyond their normal working area.
For my part, I will be up and at em before 23:00 UT. I will be on
222.100 on CW and SSB making noise. I monitor ON4KST (144/432 Region 2)
Chat page. I plan to walk up as the road through the field is a tad
muddy and I don't want to rip it up. I am still planning how to
implement my augmented Solar charging system. I am looking for an 80 amp
charge controller to run about 1000 watts worth of extra panels. The
plan is to also enlarge the battery to 600 AH. It is now at 300 AH. All
this is to save the diesel genset for those times when I need extra
power. I am working on a 500 watt solid state 222 MHz amp for use on the
battery power.
So please do not forget to park yourself on 222 MHz this evening. If you
like DX, that is cool. If you like to gab and rag chew, that is just
fine too. It is a great way to keep up on what all ur VHF friends are doing.
73
Dave K1WHS
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