Hi Dave
I just got home with the XYL from my camp . It is Tuesday morning. The
lawn needs attention. It looked like a jungle! I will be QRV this
evening on 222 MHZ for tropo and EME, and plan to carefully monitor the
HB9Q Chat page. As far as I can tell, my array is working very well and
has suffered no damage or water ingress over the winter. I hope to be on
a bit early, and would love to stay up after 0200UT and chase a few EME
signals. I am still running the 8877 amp, but the time is coming when
the solid state amp will be running in its' place. I am working on the
solar panel install and will be hauling 2" pipe this afternoon. There is
plenty of work and I am excited to be getting a lot done.
If anyone plans to be on EME tonight, please let me/us know.
Good luck with the antenna project. You may be suffering some ill
effects from the close stacking. All that metal is inside the capture
area and is not helping much.
Dave K1WHS
On 5/29/2023 8:51 AM, k3sk@buckwalter.co wrote:
Thanks for the Tuesday evening reminder Dave. FYI- There was lots of 222 EME activity last night.
Most likely because word was out that Mike, KL6M was on. All the activity was a bust for me. I
heard stations that could not hear me, and stations heard me that I could not hear. I was pretty
bummed out when I shut it all down, not working anyone. I plan on being on again this evening
(Monday) to radiate toward the moon, and then Tuesday evening as well. Then sometime in the next
week I'm going to reconfigure the antennas to hopefully “fix” my 222 issues. This is
a bold move on my part to attempt this with under 2 weeks left until the June contest. If you do
Facebook, I’ve posted my issue and plans here:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02svkCTh6V1msrinQHmyLf2ZZJpfS8HqCLak28H9kMYNmPxBmoqyKe1DViyrjcTEg6l&id=100057824042535
de K3SK
FM07
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From: 222Activity@groups.io <222Activity@groups.io> On Behalf Of David Olean
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2023 7:49 AM
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Subject: [222Activity] 222 MHz Activity Night
This e mail is a bit early to remind folks about 222 Night, as I am secluded in a camp in
the Ossipee Mountains and there is very limited internet service (only thru a cell phone
hotspot which should really be called an almost cold spot as coverage is rather
"iffy".) I am stuck here until Tuesday, so I'll be traveling on Tuesday morning
and I do want to alert everyone that the next 222 Night will be a good one with lots of
activity. The Moon will be up on Tuesday evening, so maybe we can make a few EME contacts
as well as some more of the more common terrestrial QSOs. KL6M had his 222 MHz feed in
his 30 ft dish, so maybe he might be available much later in the evening. The Moon rises
in Anchorage at about 0130 UT or 9:30 PM EDST. It might take more time for the Moon to
clear the trees and hills as Mike's eastern horizon is somewhat blocked by a rather large
chain of big hills. Most of the USA should have a visible Moon on Tuesday. I sure would
like to practice with Q65 as I was having trouble decoding K3SK last week. He was
decoding me, but I was getting zilch on the terrestrial path. Last I checked, Faraday
Rotation does not bother tropo signals. So, if you have EME capability, why not show up
Tuesday night and look for a QSO or two. If we get a few folks on the Moon, it will make
for a very interesting and thrill packed evening!! I will be on starting before 2300UT
and will monitor the HB9Q chat page as well as ON4KST, looking for tropo and EME skeds.
My Moonset is at about 0700 UT so there is plenty of time to try EME as we go later on
Tuesday night.
I am chomping at the bit to get back to my hamster projects. I managed to get a
rock drill and drilled the footings for my new ground mounted solar panel
frame. I have the pipes, new battery, cables and the charge controller all
ready to be installed. When finished, I will have 1.5 KW worth of panels for
faster charging, along with a 600 Amp Hour battery capacity. I even made
progress on removing the old collapsed 144 MHz tower. It has finally been
removed from the trees and cut up and ready for the dump. The rock drill will
be used for some new guy point hardware for the new 144 MHz tower. The new
antenna there will be much smaller, but it will be a step or two up from phased
Ringo-Rangers. Once the new holes are drilled, the new tower will start to grow.
My 903 MHz system is in the middle of being repaired. I will be doing much tower work
during the week and hope to get 903, 1296 and 2304 running again. So all these projects
are lined up, and I am away from the shack and forced to be fly fishing for trout. I
guess someone has to do it. My luck there has been great these last few days as I landed
three nice hefty 14" Brookies along with about an equal number of 13"
specimens. These are all around the one pound class and are a hoot to catch. I lost
count on the smaller guys.
So please try to get on 222 MHz for Tuesday evening. Good Buddy Ron, WZ1V
and I made well over 20+ contacts and we are shooting for thirty QSOs for the
first time. What better way to test out ur 222 setup for the upcoming June
Contest than to get on for Tuesday night! It will also be a good time for me
to get re trained on Q65. CU Tuesday night!
73
Dave K1WHS
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