220 Night was a lot of fun up here in the wilds of Maine. First QSO was Mike, N1JEZ. The weather was a bit weird as the afternoon was warm and humid, but it had cooled off by 7 PM and soon my little
I just got back from Troy, NY at about 9:30 PM. I guess I missed 432 night again!! Darn. Dave K1WHS On 8/10/2022 9:10 PM, Fred Stefanik wrote: Great night tonight on 432 indeed... N1JEZ WA1PBU N1LHP
Hello 222 people There was a pretty fantastic VHF opening in the midwest this Sunday evening. I would hope that it moves eastward but it will probably not and we will be stuck with normal summertime
Hello 222 MHz addicts, I missed the excitement on 222 last week as I was away on a work crew in Troy, NY removing some big generators from a building. I got back Sunday night late. I am aching all ov
Build a bigger house! heh heh. We need someone in VE1 land on 222. It is a vast wasteland. Give me a reason to turn my rotator! I used to talk with a guy in Moncton all the time on 144, so you bein
For an old geezer, I am pretty proud of myself. I actually swapped out a HAM-M rotator and cabling on the 432 tower all by myself and now have a shiny new Prosistel rotator up there to turn my never
Hi Pete The activity in CA is very encouraging. It used to be almost 100% FM with remote bases and repeaters everywhere. It is great to see SSB & CW reports. Ian W6TCP is active on 222 eme as well
A very unusual evening on 222 MHz. Things started out slowly at 22:45 UT and I was calling and calling with no answers. I had a choice of two antennas with my coax switch repaired. Having a wide bea
Hi Ron & fred et al I had fun on 432. It was great to see real activity on a UHF band. It was also fun to play with the new (well,not quite new... It has been sitting on the tower for seven years and
Hi Dave The small wire supplies bias to the FETs. I wrote up a conversion paper on the Larcan, and had a few issues with removing DC from the big FETs when they were not keyed up. I used big FET swit
Hi 222 Friends I missed any chance at aurora by being at my camp up north on the weekend and just came back home on Monday so any aurora fireworks were missed by me. The good news was that I got to f
Hello Mr. "Voice of Milford", You are correct, Pete. We have not been lucky with 222 tropo this summer. I have seen several mornings when things were hot along the coast from the CT/LI shoreline down
I would agree with Gerry. I hope to be lurking around in the Sept Contest and will be on 222 & 432 CW and SSB. I could get on six meters but it is almost all FT8, so I am inclined to let it be. Too
Hi folks, N1BUG was my first contact as well. He was very loud even off the back of the antenna, so I turned the array NE and he peaked well over S9 at about +20. I was surprised to work so many sta
Yes, I know everyone is beat after the September contest, but it is 222 Night again. This seems to happen every Tuesday and I see that there has been rain today, so it must be 222 Night!! Pete, K1PX
Hello Zack, It was heartening to read your response to the activity conundrum. You were the only one who mentioned building anything!! I got started in ham radio as a school kid with no money. In fac
I got chased off the hill, by approaching storms. I was watching them approach and pulled the plug when they were about 15 miles away. I actually quit 222 around 00:30 UT as horrendous rain static ma
Hi Paul, Don't feel bad. I always consider myself lucky if I make it down stairs for breakfast. I missed 432 night too due to technical difficulties. I spent the day monkeying with the generator a
Hello 222 denizens, It is that time of the week again. It is the time when everyone with 222 MHz gear turns their assembled pile of circuits on and tries to communicate with their like minded brethre
Well, other than sitting in the dark, I had a great time running on battery power! I decided to run the transverter and Teletek driver amp that normally drives my 8877 amplifier. It is about to be