Hi Ron & other 222 addicts, I was drumming my fingers on the lawn chair all afternoon while visiting friends by Province Lake, as I could not wait to put RF through the new 222 coax feedline on 222 A
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
My truck ignition likes to interfere with reception on 222! Maybe its running spark! Paul N1SFE _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com
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
TNX for all the QSO's Rick, I'll look for you on 6M in Florida. 73 Ron WZ1V -- Original Message -- From: Rick R <rick1ds@hotmail.com> To: "newsvhf@mailman.qth.net" <newsvhf@mailman.qth.net>, packrats
Dave--now you experience what I do when I have been back up to Philly area for the past 2 summers. Lots of folks to QSO on 222 and 432, even with low power. I too have a 20AH LiPo battery and charger
Wow! That is great, Ron. Things must have been hopping for sure. I quit a tad before 7:30 PM and headed home for the Zoom meeting. It went very well, and I was very surprised and pleased to see Terr
Larry - When I first moved I bought seven 6 foot sections of 0.12 in wall aluminum from DX Engineering. The start at 3 in OD down to 1.5 in OD. I bought another 1.25 in section somewhere else. Cut cr
Hello 222 ops, I was watching the ON4KST Chat page during 222 Activity Night, and it was very gratifying to hear many stations on from the midwest and south. I knew that I would not remember all the
Wow! That is a great list of contacts Ron. I thought conditions were pretty normal. With my internet system busted, I could not lurk on any chat page. Running digi modes is a problem as well as I ha
Hi Tom, I am impressed that you got all that stuff together at this time of year. I was going great guns but then the xyl got covid and then I got it from her. At first, I tested negative, but a 2n
Hi folks, The last storm was a doozy up here with lots of high winds and downed trees. I lost power and had no internet for quite awhile. The intenet just came on about 6 PM last night. I thought a
That is quite a list, Good Buddy Ron! I found condx were up to the West but a bit down looking South. There was so much activity it was a truly awesome night and there was not enough time to work eve
Ron, Feels good to get my 222 station dusted off and plugged in. Lets do it again ! 73, Steve W1SMS Steven M. Simons w1sms@manitousys.com Tel./Text 203.733.2110 33 Ball Pond Road Danbury, CT 06811
Thanks for the geography lesson, Dave. Ill make it even more difficult by letting you know that center of my H frame is 44ft above ground. Maybe a wave bending antenna is the answer. Something that n
Oops forgot to list WA3NUF FN20, worked 0005Z. Amazing activity. _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
Hello Good Buddy Ron, That is a nice report. FB on working K3SK again on FT8. That is a good haul! I am still hoping for a contact with Dave K3SK, but it sure did not happen last night for me. I s
Hi Good Buddy Ron and VHFers, It sure was fun to be able to drive up to the shack and power things up, with the generator behaving well. The temps were moderate and the inside shack temp was 40 degre
Tuesday was my triumphant return to 222 night, after several months away. It was good to get on the band again. Fired up the newly repaired Icom 7000 feeding the Ukrainian transverter and RF concepts
Well I had hoped for more activity for the Tuesday night 222 Activity Night. Things were a tad slow on the East Coast. From a cursory look at the Chat page, and it was amazing to see all of the activ