I had a great night on 222 MHz other than having more and more power
line noise showing up. I did not copy my log, so this is all from
memory. I started out a bit late and worked WZ1V for my first contact
followed quickly by K1PXE, WB2VVV, and Kim, WA1PBU. I was called by
KB2KIR in FN22 for his first 222 MHz QSO with a new Q5 Signal 50 watt
transverter. Joe had a darn good signal on SSB at 245 miles. He worked a
bunch of other stations as well. Congrats Joe! Other stations worked
include W9KXI. KD2LGX, KA2ENE, N1JEZ, KA1OJ, W1AIM and WA1T. I tried
with WA3EOQ and heard very little. I could barely tell that Howard was
even there. Yes it is a long way at 502 miles, but lately he has been an
easy contact once I repaired my watersoaked coax jumper at the antenna.
I was suspicious when I did not hear him, and checked my rotor
calibration using the W3CCX beacon. My azimuth was off by ten degrees.
When I saw that I tried another sked with Howard and it was a slam dunk.
I got on frequency late and sent just two dashes and then listened for
WA3EOQ, He was right there and heard the dashes and sent a report! He
peaked at 539 on CW and we had a very good QSO. Now to figure out why my
azimuth reading went haywire! I worked some others including WA3NUF on
FT8 and CW, N1SV, WB3IGR and W1XIV on FT8, and K1TR on SSB. Ed, K1TR is
in southern NH and is very local and loud. VA3IKE showed up and, for
grins, I tried a sked with him on FT8. Ike runs 25 watts from EN82 so I
did not expect much success, but he was hearing me all the time on FT8.
I was running more than 25 watts and could not hear him, but we agreed
to try Q65B. Lo and behold I copied him just barely at -32. I think that
was due to averaging. So then I was hoping that I might copy him again.
Maybe I had a chance o complete the contact. Soon, I saw a big signal on
the screen. I wondered who it was because VA3IKE was not really visible
on the waterfall at -32 dB! Turns out it was a QSB peak and it was
VA3IKE. I copied RRR at -21 dB. I peaked up out There at -10 db. That
was a big surprise. VA3IKE is a 599 mile path and with just 25 watts, I
was amazed that I could copy him. then I was called by KA1OJ on Q65B and
we worked with my beam aimed West towards Ontario. I ended up with 22
QSOs with dupes from KA1OJ and WA3NUF. I missed KC2KAE. IN all the
excitement we never hooked up. I never got to try with K3SK either. He
is a long shot on tropo from up here. The T storms to the South were
messing up some paths and many signals were down from what I heard while
cruising the band. i should be at the NEWS Picnic this coming Saturday.
73
Dave K1WHS
On 7/8/2025 9:01 PM, Ron Klimas WZ1V wrote:
T-storms kept some away, but logged the following 222'ers:
WB2VVV FN41, N1JEZ FN44, K1WHS FN43, WA3NUF FN20,
W9KXI FN12, N1SV FN42, K1PXE FN31, WA3EOQ FM09,
KA2ENE FN13, KD2LGX FN13, W1AIM FN34, KA1OJ FN42,
KB2KIR FN22, W1XIV FN34, WB3IGR FN10, K1TR FN42.
73 Ron WZ1V
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