In just a few hours, you will have your chance to exercise your 222 MHz VHF gear as the Tuesday night activity hours are upon us for November 30th. The goal is for anyone and everyone with 222 gear
That is quite a list, Ron! I quit a few minutes before 9PM on 222, as my feet were getting very cold, parked on that cold floor in the shack building. By 9 PM, the room was at 60 degrees but the
Good afternoon all denizens of 222 MHz, Tonight is the fantastic 222 Activity Night, where anyone with 222 gear has a good chance of working someone else and it is a good way to make sure your rig is
That is quite a list you provided, Ron. I quit a few minutes before 9 PM as I had another commitment at 9 PM at the house, but it was sure fun to see all the activity on 222 this evening. I worked m
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 wo
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 dr
I don't know about everyone else, but I just had a super time with the Tuesday Night Activity period. I had mentioned that it was probably my last regular one until next Spring. To celebrate the occa
Thanks Howard The contact with you was the high point of the evening. In fact it was even better than that. I had checked the Hepburn map for Tuesday, and it looked like there might be a little hel
Hello 222 fanatics, It broke my heart, but I have lowered the rotatable 222 antenna down very close to the top of the tower. This makes operating it a problem as there is no clearance for the flexibl
Marshall, I had the same problem here. All the low VHF band s used 28 MHz as the IF, while the bands above 432 (all seven of them) used 144 as the IF. Having a M/M setup with an 8877 pumping out 150
Hello 222 folks, Well, I picked the right time to bow out of the Tuesday evening activity periods. The weather has turned much in favor of winter here, and there have been three ice storms and enoug
I am actually doing work up on the hill, but unfortunately running the station is not really possible, as I have removed the delicate gear to avoid condensation issues and rust problems. My work bes
Definitely put a fan on the heatsink. It will moderate heat buildup inside the unit and reduce any drift with digi modes. I use a small 12 volt muffin fan mounted about 1/2" above the heatsink fins.
Hi VHFers, I know, I know! You are probably sick of hearing this, but it is Tuesday and please don't forget about 222 Activity night for this evening. What better way to check out your 222 gear befo
Hi Fred If you can't beat 'em...join 'em. I am home and tried to do some FT-8 on six with an 80 meter doublet fed with crappy ladder line. I have worked NH and MA. I also heard WA1T. Gosh this is ex
Hi 222 VHFers, I messed up and did not get a reminder out for the 222 MHz Activity Night. In my defense, I am hoping that the routine has, by now, become so ingrained in all the 222 MHz ops, that you
Hi VHF ops! So N1BUG will get on for 222 Night! Well, it will be good to have a Maine station on for Tuesday nights. I keep thinking that I should try to get on for a Tuesday night, , but it is just
Hello Paul, N1BUG "Having not heard anyone new in over 45 minutes and fighting to keep my face from impacting the desk," Having been a big fan of Dilbert, the cartoon strip, I was reminded of Wally,
Hi VHFers, This is a friendly reminder that today is 222 Night, so make some plans to show up right after dinner. I had been starting at 2300 UT in the early winter before the shack became inaccessib
Hi Mike I wish I was there. Temps in the morning have been hovering around zero. The last few days warmed up to the 20's and it felt good compared to 3 or 4 degrees and wind! I am getting my ham ra