I will be active tonight for 222 night from my usual FM07th location. I need
MA - RI - KY - MS toward 222 WAS. If you or you know anyone that is open for
a try, any mode, I will on the ON4KST chat page. Ping me
de K3SK
FM07th
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From: 222Activity@groups.io <222Activity@groups.io> On Behalf Of David Olean
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 10:06 AM
To: 222 >> 222Activity@groups.io <222Activity@groups.io>;
NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net; vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: [222Activity] 222 Night
Life is hard. Last week, my tower mtd 222 preamp was killed while I was trying
to operate on Tuesday during a thunderstorm. It snuck up fast. I think rain
static killed the front end. I was gettig lots of static before it had started
raining!! In just a few minutes things gotreally bad and I noted a severe drop
in signal strength when the preamp was hit. I vacated the pace ASAP. In the
meantime, I caught a bad cold and am not able to talk much and feel miserable.
I will try to be on for a few contacts, but my receiving ability has been
wrecked when I lost the preamp. It looks like maybe some CW and FT8 might be
possible if the storm didn't kill the computer.
I have not been able to contact WD5AGO (who made the cavity preamp) Maybe he
changed e mail accounts, but I have not heard back from him about how to go
about repairing the preamp. Tommy, I am looking for you!!
Don't forget, tonight is 222 Activity night and the excitement starts around 7
PM and continues until after about 9 PM local time or later as you go Westward.
That is 23:00 UT start time. Get on 222.100 and look for any and all contacts.
The ON4KST Chat page works well for setting up skeds. Use 144/432 Region 2
Chat.
73
Dave aka "Sparkie" K1WHS
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