Good Morning boys and girls,
It is another Tuesday and that means there will be 222 MHz activity all
over the place this evening. The weather for northern New England looks
great with temps of 79 predicted for mid day. I have not seen that in
many Moons Kemo Sabie. I will be enjoying the weather while making some
contacts on one of the best VHF bands. I am still waiting for a big
aurora on a Tuesday, but today will provide some excitement in he form
of some Moon activity being possible during the evening. The Moon wll be
setting in the evening, so the folks way out West will have a good view
of the Moon this evening. My Moonset is at 02:30 UT or 9:30 PM local
time. I will monitor both the ON4KST and HB9Q Chat pages. I will try to
keep my wits about me and attempt to do EME and terrestrial stuff at the
same time, almost. Usually I get all balled up and use the wrong antenna
on the wrong propagation mode.
Action starts at about 2300 UT after dinner and can go as long as the
conditions warrant. With the warmer temps, we always look forward to
enhanced tropo. The Hepburn map is showing a weak NE-SW area of
enhancement that crosses the Eastern Great Lakes. I will be looking for
extended tropo on the fleeting LakeErie/Ontario path. Both N1JEZ and
myself have seen this work, when other directions are not working.
If you have not participated on a Tuesday night on 222 MHz, all you have
to do is show up and make noise looking for contacts on or around the
calling freq of 222.100. Check in to the ON4KST Chat page if you are in
a remote area with little activity. That way, you can inform folks that
you are QRV and others will be made aware of your presence, and turn
their beams ur way.
CU this evening on 222.100 MHz.
Dave K1WHS
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