I only got on for the last hour here. Made 8 QSO's in 7 grids. I was on a
hilltop in EN50ue with 10 watts and an 8-element long-spaced Yagi up about
12 feet above the ground. I didn't bother pointing east because I was on for
the last hour of the Sprint and it was already past 11 pm there local time
(the Illinois-Indiana border is 40 miles away). Most of my QSO's were with
the Chicago gang to the north. I almost worked W9RVG but he evidently didn't
copy my grid.
Not as much activity as in the 144 MHz Sprint but I still had fun. Glad to
work K9JK/R in two of his grids.
The hill I was on has three towers on it including a local FM station. The
noise was horrendous there for the 144 MHz sprint but it was very quiet up
there on 222 MHz.
I know 432 is also noisy; there is something up there that transmits what
sounds like packet up around 435 MHz that desenses my receiver. It is not an
amateur radio transmission. I might have to choose a different site for
the 432 MHz Sprint.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:38 AM, <w8zn@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I echo Ron's comments, activity was very sparse after 9ish. Managed W4FVQ
> in EM79 and of course K8TQK in EM89, and QYK in EM86 was actually quite loud
> plus the usual suspects, K1WHS was his normal easy copy from FN43. I worked
> Al, K2ERG which isn't usual for me so I guess the band wasn't completely
> flat!!
>
> Thanks to all that got on, I had 47 Q's and 23 grids.
>
> See everyone next week on 432!!
>
> Terry
>
>
>
>
>
> Stayed the whole 4 hours. Only 1 contact in last hour. Activity waned
>
> sharply after 9 pm. Condx pretty flat. Made 45 Q's, 20 grids = 1,800.
>
> Best west K8TVD EN91, VE3ZV EN92. Southwest N4MW FM17, K4ZOO FM08,
>
> K4QI FM06. North VE2XX FN25. Northeast K1WHS FN43. Many missing grids
>
> in the Northeast as usual. Although N2SLN got on from FN22 thanks Lu!
>
> And K2ERG had a great signal from FN13! There was no opening to
>
> Florida and Nova Scotia this time but had fun anyway. Thanks to all
>
> who got on the air and to the Southeastern VHF Society for sponsoring.
>
> -73, Ron WZ1V FN31mp
>
>
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