Living in a valley (DM04ne), surrounded by high mountain ranges, poses some
some substantial problems for casual Vhf/uhf operating. The problem is made
worse by having minimal users of the 222mhz band in this part of the world.
On Tuesday evening, as I checked into my local RACES/ACS/ARES emergency
communications net which uses the local k6hb/repeater on 224.7mhz, I sat in my
home office & used my Alinco fm handheld with rubber duckie to hear wa6rie,
Ag6ag, & NCS Station, n6xew, on the input frequency: not exactly rare DX, but I
probably was the only one in six-land who heard any 125cm signals without use
of a repeater.
One of these Tuesdays, I shall make some 125cm band QSOs on 222 mhz Activity
Night.
Bt73Pete, n6ze/k1fjm
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On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 19:18, David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net> wrote:
Here is a summary of my 222 MHz log from FN43MJ for this evening.
Activity levels were definitely up, and things were quite busy with K1DY
also making some contacts from Maine. Too bad N1BUG was absent. He would
be Mainer #3! There was some activity in many areas of the country.
W5EME is always there every Tuesday along with some others keeping the
band hopping!
I had two 500 mile QSOs, 3 X 400 mile QSOs, and three 300 mile QSOs.
Not a bad result for a late winter evening. Hopefully, things will pick
up as warmer wx comes in and summer condx build up.
I did some listening for K3SK in FM07. He was on FT8. No luck again in
trying to hear him. Good Buddy Ron can work him from Connecticut, but I
continue to strike out up here. I am still waiting for my first tropo
contact with K3SK. I did manage a QSO with VA3ELE in FN03 who was
running just 25 watts. Not bad over a 440 mile path. He was Q5 on CW
with no big fading. That is a long way for 25 watts.
I used my rotatable 4 X 22 el yagi for most of the evening. TX power
was 1500 watts. The diesel generator worked great. No issues with speed
fluctuations. My only complaint was the 14" of cement like snow
blocking the shack doors. I had to dig my way in!!
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DATE TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE
PRO. MILES
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03/21/2023 22:59 VE2XX FN25WK 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 210
03/21/2023 23:00 WZ1V FN31 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 165+-
03/21/2023 23:06 K1DY FN54JQ 58 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 125
03/21/2023 23:12 WW1Z FN42ET 58 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 52
03/21/2023 23:14 N1SV FN42 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 60+-
03/21/2023 23:30 W1GHZ FN34 559 559 220 MHzCW
TR 126+-
03/21/2023 23:33 WA3EOQ FM09JO 429 449 220 MHzCW
TR 500 100 watt station tough QSO tonite. We
barely made it.
03/21/2023 23:33 WA1RKS FN32IN 559 559 220 MHzCW
TR 131 Ellis was pretty loud.
03/21/2023 23:36 N2SLO FN30MM 57 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 224 25 watts peaking 57
03/21/2023 23:43 W9KXI FN12NE 57 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 311
03/21/2023 23:45 K2AEP FN32OW 57 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 98
03/21/2023 23:54 KA1SUN FN32LN 55 55 220 MHzSSB
TR 120
03/22/2023 00:06 WA1T FN43LK 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 5 best DX! Al ran 50 to 100 mw.
03/22/2023 00:08 N3RG FM29KI 57 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 353
03/22/2023 00:11 WB2SIH FN31DD 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 210
03/22/2023 00:12 K1PXE FN31KE 57 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 188
03/22/2023 00:13 K1FSY FN31LN 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 165 pretty loud!
03/22/2023 00:14 W1AIM FN34 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 126+-
03/22/2023 00:15 WA3NUF FN20KE 57 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 308 steady s7
03/22/2023 00:16 N1GLT FN42IW 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 36
03/22/2023 00:21 WA1PBU FN42EK 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 74
03/22/2023 00:23 VE3DS FN03FQ 539 559 220 MHzCW
TR 430
03/22/2023 00:31 VE3FN FN25DK 579 599 220 MHzCW
TR 273
03/22/2023 00:47 KO4YC FM17GV 55 55 220 MHzSSB
TR 510 on SSB no less. Good SSB signals.
03/22/2023 00:58 VA3ELE FN03DM 529 559 220 MHzCW
TR 439 25 watts 11 el at 40 ft.
Thanks to all who got on and made for an enjoyable evening.
73
Dave K1WHS
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