Well it was a nice relaxing evening on 222 MHz. I didn't need any more
disasters. I started out about 15 minutes before 00:00 UT here which is
7 PM. The fitst station heard was K1FSY in Connecticut. He was very loud
and I had just about mentioned how good he sounded when the band dropped
out on us and signals dropped a whole bunch. Whole bunch is actually a
very technical term that described the state of things rather nicely.
There was a lot of QSB on just about everybody. Here is a tabulation of
stations heard from Mumbo Jumbo Land, FN43mj.
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DATE TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE
PRO.REMARKS QRB (km)
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02/13/2024 23:45 K1FSY FN31LN 57 57 220
MHzSSB TR 266
02/13/2024 23:50 KC1V FN31SX 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 200
02/13/2024 23:55 W2TMA FN3ØHV 57 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 20 watts 342
02/13/2024 23:58 WA1T FN43LK 59 59 220
MHzSSB TR 8
02/14/2024 00:06 WW1Z FN42ET 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 84
02/14/2024 00:09 K1PXE FN31KE 59 220
MHzSSB TR 303
02/14/2024 00:15 W2BYP FN13IB 58 58 220 MHzSSB
TR 514
02/14/2024 00:18 N2YB FN12DT 58 220
MHzSSB TR 551
02/14/2024 00:19 N2JQR FN13CE 58 220
MHzSSB TR 553
02/14/2024 00:21 K2AEP FN32OW 58 220
MHzSSB TR 157
02/14/2024 00:31 N1LHP FN42KM 59 59 220
MHzSSB TR 98
02/14/2024 00:37 N1SV FN42EP 59 220 MHzSSB TR 99
02/14/2024 00:46 WA1MBA FN51AS 549 579 220 MHzCW
TR antenna aimed directly at Cape Cod. Vey weak 198
02/14/2024 00:57 WA3NUF FN2ØKE +16 220
MHzFT8 TR 496
02/14/2024 01:03 VE2XX FN25WK 59 59 220
MHzSSB TR 339
02/14/2024 01:03 W1AIM FN34UJ 59 59 220
MHzSSB TR 154
02/14/2024 01:27 WZ1V FN31RH 599 5999 220 MHz CW
TR 266
02/14/2024 01:27 K3SK FMØ7TH -26 -18 220 MHz Q65B
EME 922
02/14/2024 01:44 W5EME EM32AI -22 -23 220 MHz
Q65B EME 2350
02/14/2024 02:30 WA3EOQ FMØ9JO 429 429 220 MHzCW
TR 805
Number of QSO listed: 20
Starting at about 01:20 or so things had quieted down so I started
looking for the setting Moon. Then Good Buddy Ron WZ1V showed up after
shoveling out from the latest storm. After working Ron I went back to
looking at the Moon and worked both K3SK and then W5EME rather quickly.
We were all making noise in hopes that others might hear or decode
something. PJ4MM was on listening. I do not think that he decoded
anything which is frustrating. A few afternoons ago I copied him three
times as my Moon was setting here in Maine. I believe that a contact is
possible. Martin has about 250 watts output. The Moon was positioned to
be a good test for East Coast stations to see if they could copy
anything via the Moon route. Moonset for me was at about 0300 UT for
me. I know that a few were listening in. So far a few reports have
gotten back. WA1NLG in FN41 copied me CQing at about a -26 level. I
think he has a single yagi. Howard WA3EOQ tried to listen right after we
worked an 805 km path on tropo and he had pretty good copy at -23.
W5EME has a real EME system in Louisiana and was listening in. As the
Moon dropped behind the trees, he switched to his single 15 element
yagi up on his tower with a better view. He copied me at about -24 right
down to about minus 0.4 degrees on my end. Not too bad. The Moon was
still up at 14 degrees for him. I am sure there were other stations
listening in. If you heard anything, let us know.
I was hoping that PJ4MM would have some luck, but it is slow coming. He
has a single big LFA yagi. He did not hear anything. A few new
countries on 222 MHz would add some excitement to the band for sure.
It is late
73
Dave K1WHS
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