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Re: [VHFcontesting] 222 Activity night

To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com, "NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net" <NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 222 Activity night
From: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 22:02:32 -0500
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Hello 222 ops

Here is a summary of 222 activity heard and worked from Maine for the Tuesday night after Christmas. Activity was great, and it was great also to hear K1TEO on and working lots of good stuff from his perch in western Connecticut.  Good Buddy Ron WZ1V was on early and was beating the band to death. My antenna is still messed up with one of the four yagis twisted way off the boresight setting by about 35 or 40 degrees.  It still seems to work OK.

After awhile, I looked at the QSO list and it was getting close to 30 contacts, which would be a first for me for a Tuesday night. K2RMX got on late and called me for #29 then I was called by KC2SGV on SSB. It took me quite awhile to get his call correct but then condx improved and he came up out of the noise and was Q5. That was #30, and WA4YA made 31 on FT8. The QSB was pretty deep this evening. I noticed it on many signals including WA3EOQ who was not audible at the start of our sked. When we finished then K1PXE called him, and then Howard peaked up and was Q5 for an entire 30 second transmission.  That was pretty cool.  K1RZ was making lots of noise with his new setup. He was running about 55 to 569 here when I heard him. I also copied him on FT8. I never heard K3SK in FM07. I did listen for Dave when he was transmitting. It just did not work. It seems that there was a bit of enhancement in southern New England, and some really good condx down towards Florida. A few nice contacts were made down in that area. Hopefully, we will get a report.

Here is the log...

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   DATE     TIME CALLSIGN        LOCATOR TX       RX       BAND MODE PRO.REMARKS                        QRB (kM)
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12/26/2023 23:49 WA1RKS          FN32IN  579      589      220 MHzCW   TR                                         211 12/26/2023 23:53 WZ1V            FN31RH  599      599      220 MHzSSB  TR                                           266 12/26/2023 23:55 KC1V            FN31SX  599               220 MHzCW   TR                                                 200 12/26/2023 23:59 K1FSY           FN31LN  57       57       220 MHzSSB  TR                                                 266 12/27/2023 00:02 K1DY            FN54JQ  57                220 MHzSSB  TR  new tower and small 222 yagi   200 12/27/2023 00:05 N1SV            FN42EP  59       59       220 MHzSSB  TR                                                  99 12/27/2023 00:08 WA1MBA          FN51AS  59       59       220 MHzSSB  TR                                             198 12/27/2023 00:12 WW1Z            FN42ET  59       59       220 MHzSSB  TR                                                  84 12/27/2023 00:14 WB2VVV          FN41CR  59       59       220 MHzSSB  TR                                             197 12/27/2023 00:22 K1PXE           FN31KE  59                220 MHzSSB  TR                                                     303 12/27/2023 00:22 WA3EOQ          FMØ9JO  429               220 MHzCW   TR                                             805 12/27/2023 00:30 W1GHZ           FN34    57       57       220 MHzCW   TR                                                 203+- 12/27/2023 00:36 K1OR            FN42IR  59       59       220 MHzSSB  TR                                                      79 12/27/2023 00:45 N1LHP           FN42KM  59       59       220 MHzSSB  TR                                                  98 12/27/2023 00:48 K1TEO           FN31    59                220 MHzSSB  TR 265+- 12/27/2023 00:51 K1ZK            FN34JJ  59                220 MHzSSB  TR 212 12/27/2023 00:56 W9KXI           FN12NE  59                220 MHzSSB  TR                                                     501 12/27/2023 00:57 N2JQR           FN13CE  59                220 MHzSSB  TR                                                     553 12/27/2023 00:58 WA1T            FN43LK  59                220 MHzSSB  TR                                                       8 12/27/2023 00:59 AF1T            FN43BD  59                220 MHzSSB  TR                                                      79 12/27/2023 01:03 N2SLO           FN3ØJU  59                220 MHzSSB  TR                                                     338 12/27/2023 01:04 K1FMS           FN32    59                220 MHzSSB  TR 190+- 12/27/2023 01:06 AA2SD           FM29MS  59                220 MHzSSB  TR                                                     522 12/27/2023 01:13 WA3NUF          FN2ØKE  +21               220 MHzFT8  TR                                             496 12/27/2023 01:18 K1RZ            FM19JH  559      549      220 MHzCW   TR                                             691 12/27/2023 01:22 W1AIM           FN34    559      59       220 MHzSSB  TR                                             203+- 12/27/2023 01:24 WA1PBU          FN42EK  59       59       220 MHzSSB  TR                                             120 12/27/2023 01:30 W2BYP           FN13IB  559      559      220 MHzCW   TR                                             514 12/27/2023 01:37 K2RMX           FN2ØXP  57       55       220 MHzSSB  TR                                             398 12/27/2023 01:42 KC2SGV          FM29PN  53                220 MHzSSB  TR                                                 528 12/27/2023 02:00 WA4YA           FN42    53                220 MHzFT8  TR 97+-

73

Dave K1WHS

On 12/26/2023 9:03 PM, Ron Klimas WZ1V wrote:
Great to hear so many on 222 tonight. logged:
K1WHS FN43, WA1RKS FN32, W9KXI FN12, K1DY FN54,
K1PXE FN31, WA3EOQ FM09, W1AUV FN32, KC1V FN31,
K1RZ FM19, N1SV FN42, K1FSY FN31, W1GHZ FN34,
WA1MBA FN51, K3SK FM07, K1OR FN42, N2SLO FN30,
AA2SD FM29, WA3NUF FN20, K1ZK FN34, WA1PBU FN42,
N1LHP FN42, W2BYP FN13, K2RMX FN20, KC2SGV FM29.
Thanks for the QSOs and Happy Holidays to all.

73 Ron WZ1V



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