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Re: [VHFcontesting] 222 MHz Activity Night TODAY!!

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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 222 MHz Activity Night TODAY!!
From: Paul N1BUG FN55mf <paul@n1bug.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:12:02 -0400
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If I am still awake and functional (never knowable until the time comes) I plan to be on my usual spot, 222.117 calling CQ on CW. I will switch to SSB if someone calls on that mode. Now that people are starting to get used to looking for me there, I am finding that seems to get more QSOs than if I hunt around for them. I move the antenna around in the 200-270 degree range while calling, as those are the only directions with any 222 activity from here. OK... technically that is not true as WA1MBA is 193 degrees! :)

I am happy to make a quick exchange of grid squares or grid plus signal report, but also enjoy chatting about radio topics of mutual interest.

73,
Paul N1BUG FN55mf
800 watts, K1FO-22 at 115 feet, preamp on the tower





On 9/12/23 13:31, David Olean wrote:
Hello friends of 222 MHz

I am hoping to make more QSOs tonight on 222 MHz than I made in the September contest.  The weather here was rather awful over the weekend and not conducive to me sitting in the shack up on the hill. Between the rain static and general yukky weather, I did not last long. I went and built some amplifier crates.

Tonight promises to be wet again. (Thanks Pete!  K1PXE must be responsible for this as he keeps mentioning it over and over.) I have been moving 222 MHz 1500 watt amplifiers out the door at a rapid clip lately.  These are the Larcan six FET 1500 watt pallets to be set up around the country. I just dropped three crates off at the UPS store this morning, and I have one amp left that will soon be winging its' way to Wyoming and W0VB. ( 220 MHz WAS #1)  I re biased his amp after some repairs and have it idling at 300 ma per side of each FET. This is less than Larcan recommended for TV service, but I think it is OK for SSB hamster use. So you should listen in and see how the new bias setting sounds. I will run the amp at something over 1000 watts out as I have a 25 watt transverter and so I will be shy a bit of drive. I am hooking things up this afternoon and will be on 222.100 starting at about 22:45 UT. I will monitor ON4KST Chat (Region 2 144/432 as well. I hope to hear plenty of stations on.

One look at the Hepburn map and things look good for some minor enhancement along the east coast down to VA or maybe N Carolina. I am not sure how good that will be. It looks like a slightly better evening for that, but inland is not good. The lower midwest might have a normal evening, but upper midwest looks bleak.  Lacking any tropo, there is always a meteor sked or two that might be possible.

So don't forget to get on and make an appearance. You never know what might happen.

73

Dave K1WHS

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