Another 222 Activity night is in the bag! I managed to drive up to the
shack in style. It went up early as the Moon was setting right around
00:00 UT, and KA6U had mentioned that he would be on testing his new 222
MHz rover setup. K3SK was also QRV and N0AKC and W5ZN showed up as well
for KA6U. WOuldn't you know but Peter was late and missed his best time
when the TV station RFI is not bad. We almost made a contact, but the
TV stations in Tampa wiped us out!! The good news was that K3SK made
his first 222 EME contact. Here is a summary of the activity from up
here in the Pine Tree State. 22 stations worked on 222.
2/21/2023
2010 N0AKC EN44 (Wisconsin) Q65 EME
2024 W5ZN EM45 (Arkansas) Q65 EME
2036 K3SK FM07 Q65 EME
2045 KA6U EL87 (Florida) Q65 EME not complete, exchanged
reports but no RRR TV station RFI.
2342 WA1RKS FN32 CW & SSB Tropo Strong on CW and we
switched to SSB.
2347 WB2VVV FN41 SSB Tropo
2355 WW1Z FN42 SSB Tropo
2358 K1FSY FN31 SSB Tropo
0000 WZ1V FN31 SSB Tropo
0004 K2AEP FN32 SSB Tropo
0010 WA1MBA FN51 SSB Tropo
0016 N1YCQ FN41 SSB Tropo
0020 WA3EOQ FM09 CW Tropo with meteor bursts! quick contact
with gud signals. 502 miles
0029 W1GHZ FN34 SSB Tropo
0036 W9KXI FN12 FT8 Tropo
0036 N2JMH FN12 FT8 Tropo
0043 N2SLO FN30 SSB Tropo
0044 K1PXE FN31 SSB Tropo
0056 VE3DS FN03 CW weak sigs and Dana could not hear me. No QSO
0105 VE3DS FN03 CW solid 559 both ways. tropo 440 miles I think
0110 WA1PBU FN42 SSB
0112 WA3NUF FN20 SSB good signals Tropo
0126 VE2XX FN25 SSB Tropo
0127 W1AIM FN34 SSB Tropo
0137 K3SK FM07 FT8 some meteor reflections but no other
signal heard 570 miles no QSO.
It started snowing about 00:30 and there was a nice coating on the
ground when I drove home around 0200 UT. On Wednesday night we are
expecting a foot of snow. Probably no 222 nite for me next week. The
first two weeks in March I am away and not able to be on for the Tuesday
evening fun. I shpuld be QRV on March 21. I am glad that I was able to
catch many evenings this winter.
73
Dave K1WHS
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