Hi VHFers
Activity level on 222 was quite good with some slightly depressed
conditions here in the NE this evening. I figured it was going to be a
good night, weatherwise, but when I came out of the shack to head home,
it was snowing with a bit of determination. My tracks up the snow
covered road were frozen and quite slippery, so the ride down was rather
exciting as I slid sideways a few times. 30 minutes later the snow
stopped and the stars were out again!
There was quite a bit of activity spread all over the place. N1GC was
on, along with K8TQK, AA9MY, N4PZ, K9MRI WA4GGC AJ6T and a whole slew of
others and all were having fun making contacts. The increase in
activity on Tuesday nights is very noticeable. I was on shortly before
00:00 UT. The shack was quite cold, so the first order of business was
to hit the start switch on the diesel. It started up and the baseboard
electric heat started warming things up. I also have a small electric
space heater down at my feet and by 00:30 or so, it was comfortable. My
222 MHz amp has an HV transformer from a T-368 transmitter (GRC-26D) I
was running things at full power and at the end of the evening at 02:40
UT for me, that transformer was still cold! It was not warm at
all! Stations I worked include:
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DATE TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE
PRO.REMARKS QRB
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12/14/2022 00:02 WA1RKS FN32 559 220 MHzCW
tr 118+-
12/14/2022 00:04 WZ1V FN31 579 559 220 MHzCW
TR 165+-
12/14/2022 00:06 WB2SIH FN31 579 579 220 MHzCW
TR 165+-
12/14/2022 00:08 VE2GDR FN25XM 579 579 220 MHzSSB
TR 211
12/14/2022 00:09 W1GHZ FN34 579 220 MHz SSB
TR 126+-
12/14/2022 00:11 VE2XX FN25WK 579 57 220 MHz SSB
TR 210
12/14/2022 00:16 N1JEZ FN44AR 59 59 220 MHz SSB
TR 105
12/14/2022 00:32 N1GLT FN42IW 59 59 220 MHz SSB
TR 38
12/14/2022 00:40 W1AIM FN34 559 559 220 MHz CW
TR 126+-
12/14/2022 00:43 KO4YC FM17GV 54 53 220 MHz SSB
TR 510
12/14/2022 00:51 W9KXI FN12NE 55 55 220 MHz SSB
TR 311
12/14/2022 00:56 KC0IYT FN42KJ 57 57 220 MHz SSB
TR 70
12/14/2022 01:01 VA3ELE FN03DM 549 539 220 MHz CW
TR 439
12/14/2022 01:08 K1NKR FN42GP 549 220 MHz SSB
TR 58
12/14/2022 01:12 N1LHP FN42JN 59 220 MHz SSB
TR 59
12/14/2022 01:25 WA3EOQ FM09JO 429 539 220 MHz CW
TR 502
12/14/2022 01:27 VE3KG FN24AV 579 559 220 MHz CW
TR 269
12/14/2022 02:40 K9MRI EN70IU FN43 EN70 220 MHz MSK144
MS 754
The K9MRI attempt was not quite complete. We exchanged reports but Joe
never got my final rogers, so it was a near miss. We used MSK144. I
copied several bursts that did not decode. One of them was very loud.
Maybe too short lived? not sure. I copied many RR sequences from Joe.
I did work VA3ELE in Toronto, who was running 30 watts or so. That is a
440 mile contact. I see that K1PXE was not logged above, but we had a
great CW and then SSB QSO with good signals this evening. That makes 18
QSOs. K9MRI would have been #19. WA3EOQ (502 mi) was weak but very
steady on each transmission. Then there was KO4YC who was a very good
5X4 on SSB no less at well over 500 miles. You have to admit that 222
is a great band!! I got home at almost 10 PM, and spent a few minutes
on a 40 Meter Fox Hunt to end the evening. There is more snow predicted
for late in the week. I am hoping to get another one or two Tuesday
nights in before I have to quit. It depends on snow depth! The ride
gets awful scary in deep snow.
73
Dave K1WHS
On 12/13/2022 9:57 PM, Dave VE3KG wrote:
This was another successful evening.
I started off with Stuart VE2XX, followed by Ron WZ1V and Dave K1WHS.
WA3EOQ was my DX for the evening, followed by VA3ELE. I did work N3YY
in 6 and 2m. We tried on 432, where I could hear N3YY, bt he could
not hear me well enough to complete a QSO.
On 222:
VE2XX FN25wk 156km
WZ1V FN31rh 485km
K1WHS FN43mj 432km
WA3EOQ FM09jo 646km
VA3ELE FM03dm 335km
On 6 and 2m:
N3YY FN22ic 315km
Unsuccessful attempts:
- on 222: K9MRI, N8WMA, K8TQK
- on 432: N3YY
I'm running 100 watts to an 11 el Yagi up 75ft on 222.
73,
Dave VE3KG
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