Hello 222 ops, I had been lurking around the station in the afternoon, and re organized the AC wiring with a new outlet strip bolted to the side of a relay rack. I have two separate AC outlet systems
Dust off your 222 MHz gear and see what you can work this evening on one of our best VHF bands. In case you did not know, the background noise is significantly less than on 144 MHz and there is less
Hi Ron, You sounded good up here. I sense that we are slowly getting into better VHF conditions. I know that N2JQR was around, but he disappeared before I could get lined up with him. I never heard
Wow! A lot of chatter about activity night on 222 MHz. Well it is Tuesday and Tuesday is the day when you can exercise your 222 MHz gear, test something out, chat with your buddies, or look for DX.
Hi Ron, You sure can dig out stations on 222 MHz. That is a fantastic total for activity night in Early May. I was hoping for good things up this way. I was in the shack about 3 PM hooking up the 22
This Friday evening and Saturday evening look to be pretty good times for EME activity in North America. A bunch of 222 EME ops are planning to be on 222.080 +/- experimenting and checking out the
Friday was pretty exciting, and conditions seemed quite good. I was active from about 2200 UT to 0200 UT. There was a very good amount of activity. For Saturday, I hope to be QRV at about 23:30
Hello VHF mavens, The 222 MHz EME Activity Period happened over the Friday and Saturday May 13-15. Springtime is a good time for EME. In all of my experience, I would categorize summertime EME on 14
Hi Grant, I did see that you came on after I went QRT. I should have stayed up, but these old bones can't do what they used to do when I was younger. I used to be on 144 EME every night when the Moo
Hi gang, It is Tuesday and we all try to get on the 222 MHz band for an evening of fun. Don't forget. The more the merrier. It is heartening to see activity springing up in other areas of the country
We had a cold front move through the NE on Monday night, and Tuesday greeted some pretty high winds as the Sun came up. It was a nice day and the wind blew away all the black flies, so you could wor
It seems that every time I get on 222 MHz for a Tuesday night, I learn something. The geographical effect of conditions came into a bit better focus as a result of last night. In previous weeks, sig
Hello 222 folks, I am looking forward to this evening to try out my revised 222 receive system. Yesterday, I climbed the 100 ft tower and removed the weather proof box that held the TX relays and the
Heading up the hill now. I will look for you. 73 Dave K1WHS On 6/7/2022 5:59 PM, Paul Bourque wrote: I'll be headed up to a hilltop in FN31tq shortly. I made my first contact last week on 222 SSB wit
There is just not enough time in the day to accomplish everything. I got on early last night, and, as typical, my first contact was W1XR in FM19 on SSB I am not sure, but the distance must be 400+
Hey Ron, If you run into a snag, I would be willing to help you find the problem. No beer would be involved in the deal either!! What are good buddies for? Dave On 6/7/2022 9:30 PM, Ron Klimas WZ1V
Hi Pete, I have a graduation party for my grand daughter on Saturday, but I expect to be on for Sunday on CW & SSB. 222 and 432 most likely. Thanks for the report. I'll work Douglas one of these day
I made a special trip home so I could be on for 222 night. This afternoon I was hauling in brook trout left and right from my favorite fly fishing stream. The water temp was 54-56 and the action was
Thanks for the report, Ron! I was on until a bit after 0100 UT and worked the same folks Ron did, and that finally also included N2SLO and WA2LTM, both on SSB. N2JQR was also worked out in FN13.He wa
Well, I am still hoping for some real tropo on a Tuesday evening. The Hepburn site shows some Mississippi Valley extended conditions. The Southland is swimming in elevated conditions, but the Northea