Unfortunately we have a local with an Allstar node on 222.050 who refuses to
acknowledge emails asking him to QSY. It’s very frustrating. 12 miles away and
it’s S9, so he’s not QRP either.
73, Drew KO4MA
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> On Aug 28, 2021, at 11:14 AM, Ron Rogers <ww8rr@charter.net> wrote:
>
> Yes....the 222.053 K4UHF/B beacon in EM73 (Snellville, GA) is still on the
> air.
>
> Ron
> WW8RR
>
>
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> From: VHFcontesting
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> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 12:33 PM
> To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 222 MHz beacons in the NE (David Olean)
>
>
> The only beacon on 222 I hear fairly regularly from my station in EM96df is
> WA4FC/B 222.060 FM17.
>
> I have occasionally heard K4UHF/B 222.053 EM73.
>
> I have heard both recently so barring a very recent development they are
> still on the air.
>
>
>
>
> 73 Paul AA4ZZ
>
> I have been lamenting the passing of Steve K1IIG. In addition to being a
> very cool guy, he had some very effective beacons running in FN31. The
> 222 beacon was far enough away to give a good indication that my gear
> was working OK.? Since that beacon went QRT, I only have the K2DLL
> beacon in FN23 to listen to. It is 25 to 30dB above the noise, so that
> is good, but I miss having something audible to the SW. In the past, the
> W3CCX beacon was always copyable up here, but lately I hear nothing from
> that area.
>
> It has been a longtime since I copied K3CX/b down in Philly. I found it
> on 222.0528 or so.? I heard that W3CCX is gone. Their 222 beacon was a
> powerhouse up here and was a great band indicator.
>
> So my question is what are the beacons on the air today on 222? My list was:
>
> K1IIG/b in FN31? 222.060 ? QRT now
> K2DLL FN23??? ??? 222.0492??? 30 dB typical in summer.
> W2UTH??? FN12??? 222.0503??? very weak fades in and out.
> KO1I/b in FN44?? loud here
> K3CX/b?? FM29???? 222.0528 ? ? ? ? ? not heard in a long time. Is it
> still operating?
> WA4FC/b??? ? FM17?? 222.060 ? ??? ??? ??? Only audible during tropo
> openings.
> VE2FUT? FN25? 222.280 (?)? ?? ??? 20-25 dB out of noise? NW beam heading
>
>
> So, I only hear four beacons at the present time and none of them are SW
> towards the activity areas.? Any beacons that I am missing?
>
> 73
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
>
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