Hello Pete and 222 folks
Well I am back from my Downeast trip and visiting some old friends. It
was rather convenient that the backyard of his house slopes down to the
most famous fishing pool in Grand Lake Stream. (The Hatchery Pool). I
went down there a few times and rubbed shoulders with all the expert fly
fishermen who inhabit that pool this time of year. It is fly fishing
only and catch and release! The salmon are starting their run up the
river to spawn. They get a bit large. I managed to net two of them, and
one was a semi-monster. It would not fit in my net and I had a heck of a
time landing it with my 5 weight fly rod! I had enough excitement doing
that to keep me charged up until next year when the fishin' starts up again.
I am all keyed up for another 222 Activity Night tomorrow. Circle the
date , October 12 and things get started after dinner at about 7 PM
local time. That is 2300 UT. I looked at the Hepburn map and it looks OK
for a change. There are actually some colors in the northeast! Try to
get on and make a little noise even if you are in an area with very
little activity. Don't forget the chat pages. If there is no local
activity you might try a long sked out of your local area. Here in the
NE, things slow down around 0130 UT and many around here would love to
run a sked to make the evening more interesting. Most use ON4KST Chat
144/432 Region 2. By 0130 I am looking for skeds typically. FT8, JT65,
MSK144, even long haul CW skeds. Sometimes you can be amazed by propagation!
CU on 222!
Dave K1WHS
On 10/11/2021 4:45 PM, Peter Motyl wrote:
Only 8 last week:
W1XR, N1JEZ, WW2Y, N1SV, WZ1V, N2SLO, WA2LTM and KO4YC, I could have worked maybe 3
or 4 of the rest on Ron’s list.
See you tomorrow 222 night.
From: Ron Klimas WZ1V
Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 9:57 AM
To: NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net
Cc: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: [NEWSVHF] 222MHz Activity Night
More 222 fun last night, worked 18 in 13 grids:
N1JEZ FN44, KA2LIM FN12, W9KZI FN12, W1XR FM19,
WW2Y FN20, KC2KAE FN20, N1GJ FN41, N2SLO FN30,
WA1T FN43, W1AIM FN34, W1GHZ FN34, N1SV FN42,
K1PXE FN31, WA2LTM FN20, NC2I FN30, KR1ST FN21,
KO4YC FM17, and KC3BVL FM29. TNX for the QSO's,
see you on the 432 Sprint tonight.
73 Ron WZ1V, FN31RH
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Seguin via NEWSVHF <newsvhf@mailman.qth.net>
To: "NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net" <NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net>,
"vhfcontesting@contesting.com" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 08:00:35 -0400
Subject: Re: [NEWSVHF] [222Activity] 222MHz Activity Night
Sorry to miss you last night Paul. Conditions were so so. I got on at
7PM and spent 2 hours working folks. Best to the South was W1XR FM19 and
to the West, KA2LIM/W9KXI.
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High point for me was catching George, N1GJ who was using a log periodic.
I ended up working 11 stations in 8 grids. Pulled the plug around 9.
I'll be on for the 432 Sprint tonight. Check ON4KST.
Mike
On 10/6/2021 6:43 AM, N1BUG wrote:
I tried. I'm no big gun but was hoping to make a few QSOs with the newly
reinstalled antenna. I didn't have my usual Tuesday schedule this week
so I hoped I would be more functional at 7 PM. Nope! As usual I was
fighting to keep my eyes open and didn't feel like talking. I called CQ
for 10 minutes on 222.100 CW with no takers. Maybe my CW was unreadable!
I was more asleep than awake! 20 minutes later I retrieved my face from
desk where it crashed when I fell asleep, and then pulled the plug.
I will try to be alive for the 432 Sprint but don't count on it.
The good news is the 50, 144, 222, and 432 antennas are back in the air.
SWR looks good on all and I can hear beacons on 144 and 222 so I assume
all is well. I was going to leave these until Spring after the recent
mistake/setback but knew I wouldn't be able to concentrate on the other
tower project knowing I had left this one incomplete. Now the race is on
to get the other tower repaired and HF antennas up in time for winter
operating. Two days work for some, two months for me but I WILL make it
happen!
73,
Paul N1BUG
FN55mf
--
73,
Mike, N1JEZ
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"
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