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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] VHFcontesting Digest, Vol 266, Issue 18
From: Mike Abbott via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Mike Abbott <kk4ma@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:22:59 +0000 (UTC)
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 Ill try to be there.  Don't forget to point South.  Hope to work you on 222.
73 de MikeEM93ur25JI

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Today's Topics:

  1. 222 MHz Activity Night (David Olean)
  2. Re: [NEWSVHF] 222 MHz Activity Night (Terry Price)
  3. Re: [222Activity] [NEWSVHF] 222 MHz Activity Night
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:43:02 -0500
From: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
To: "222 >> 222Activity@groups.io" <222Activity@groups.io>,
    "NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net" <NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net>,
    "vhfcontesting@contesting.com" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Subject: [VHFcontesting] 222 MHz Activity Night
Message-ID: <429d5e01-2c4a-4406-97ec-8794089f2a60@metrocast.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed

Hello VHFers

Please try to get on 222 MHz this evening as it promises to be a 
rip-snortin' event. There will be all sorts of excitement and you don't 
want to miss it. I have it on good authority that WZ1V is offering 
Polish beer to anyone who manages to contact him this evening.?? I am 
not sure of the delivery process, but i am sure that Good Buddy Ron will 
come up with a good method for delivery.

I am all psyched about this evening as the snow is finally melting and 
the thermometer just hit 50 degrees with partial sunshine.? I have been 
preparing for this evening by using my snowblower to cut a trail across 
my field up to the woods line. (The snow was 2 ft deep in the field) 
Then I put on my snow shoes and trudge up the hill from that point. 
There is now a trail going up the hill. I have new neighbors across the 
street and they are young and full of energy. They made a snow shoe 
trail and all I have to do is follow their footsteps in the snow.? This 
warmth today, and seeing the snow finally start melting has gotten me 
all excited and planning repairs to my busted rotators and everything 
else that gets hammered over the winter up here.? Our last storm was a 
doozy with very high winds here. Snow totals were light. This area saw 
7-10 inches of the stuff with a slight crust of freezing rain.?? I can't 
wait to get up the hill and see how stuff has survived. I am hoping all 
is well. Temps this week will be in the 40's so lots of melting. Maybe I 
can deliver some diesel in a few weeks?

So the activity starts after dinner at 00:00 UT or so. I am usually 
there at 23:45 or so.? Look around 222.1 or so on SSB, CW or? even FT8 
on 222.174. There will be activityI have missed the last two 222 nights 
so I am suffering from some serious withdrawal pains.?? I have missed 
hearing W1XR, K3SK, W8ZN, WA3EOQ,? and the Western NY folks N2JMH, 
W2BPY, and W9KXI.? I did get a note from Al, W9KXI along with a picture 
of a nice beach in Florida. Now that the temps are flirting with 50 
degrees today I don't feel so bad!!? The frozen Great White North guys 
should be coming out of hibernation too. VE3KG, VE2XX, W1AIM, VE3FN, 
W1GHZ and N1JEZ will start getting some warmth and rotators will get un 
stuck as activity starts bouncing back. If you have not been very active 
on Tuesdays, a good idea is to keep tabs on the ON4KST Chat page 
(144/432 Region 2) and let people know that you are QRV so they can look 
for you.? I am hoping to be on for a memorable night on 222 MHz.? 
Besides the Polish Beer offer, I believe that K1PXE will award a few 
feline fur balls to anyone who contacts him this evening. So there is no 
excuse not to aim towards Connecticut.? I don't have any give aways and 
no bass boats, but you never know what that mysterious 222 MHz Activiity 
Committee will come up with.? The point is to get on, make a few 
contacts, and, who knows? You might win a prize.

73

Dave K1WHS




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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:45:10 -0500
From: Terry Price <terry@directivesystems.com>
To: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Cc: "222 >> 222Activity@groups.io" <222Activity@groups.io>,
    "NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net" <NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net>,
    "vhfcontesting@contesting.com" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] 222 MHz Activity Night
Message-ID:
    <CA+CW+v8vK2Vu1cwdOse6xNsc8okS0d6_zHah3RnQvZVEsqdz1w@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

I will be on from FM09te and monitor ON4KST for skeds.

Terry Price - W8ZN
Directive Systems and Engineering
703-754-3876


On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 2:43?PM David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net> wrote:

> Hello VHFers
>
> Please try to get on 222 MHz this evening as it promises to be a
> rip-snortin' event. There will be all sorts of excitement and you don't
> want to miss it. I have it on good authority that WZ1V is offering
> Polish beer to anyone who manages to contact him this evening.  I am
> not sure of the delivery process, but i am sure that Good Buddy Ron will
> come up with a good method for delivery.
>
> I am all psyched about this evening as the snow is finally melting and
> the thermometer just hit 50 degrees with partial sunshine.  I have been
> preparing for this evening by using my snowblower to cut a trail across
> my field up to the woods line. (The snow was 2 ft deep in the field)
> Then I put on my snow shoes and trudge up the hill from that point.
> There is now a trail going up the hill. I have new neighbors across the
> street and they are young and full of energy. They made a snow shoe
> trail and all I have to do is follow their footsteps in the snow.  This
> warmth today, and seeing the snow finally start melting has gotten me
> all excited and planning repairs to my busted rotators and everything
> else that gets hammered over the winter up here.  Our last storm was a
> doozy with very high winds here. Snow totals were light. This area saw
> 7-10 inches of the stuff with a slight crust of freezing rain.  I can't
> wait to get up the hill and see how stuff has survived. I am hoping all
> is well. Temps this week will be in the 40's so lots of melting. Maybe I
> can deliver some diesel in a few weeks?
>
> So the activity starts after dinner at 00:00 UT or so. I am usually
> there at 23:45 or so.  Look around 222.1 or so on SSB, CW or  even FT8
> on 222.174. There will be activityI have missed the last two 222 nights
> so I am suffering from some serious withdrawal pains.  I have missed
> hearing W1XR, K3SK, W8ZN, WA3EOQ,  and the Western NY folks N2JMH,
> W2BPY, and W9KXI.  I did get a note from Al, W9KXI along with a picture
> of a nice beach in Florida. Now that the temps are flirting with 50
> degrees today I don't feel so bad!!  The frozen Great White North guys
> should be coming out of hibernation too. VE3KG, VE2XX, W1AIM, VE3FN,
> W1GHZ and N1JEZ will start getting some warmth and rotators will get un
> stuck as activity starts bouncing back. If you have not been very active
> on Tuesdays, a good idea is to keep tabs on the ON4KST Chat page
> (144/432 Region 2) and let people know that you are QRV so they can look
> for you.  I am hoping to be on for a memorable night on 222 MHz.
> Besides the Polish Beer offer, I believe that K1PXE will award a few
> feline fur balls to anyone who contacts him this evening. So there is no
> excuse not to aim towards Connecticut.  I don't have any give aways and
> no bass boats, but you never know what that mysterious 222 MHz Activiity
> Committee will come up with.  The point is to get on, make a few
> contacts, and, who knows? You might win a prize.
>
> 73
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:32:09 -0500
From: <K3SK@buckwalter.co>
To: "'David Olean'" <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Cc: <222Activity@groups.io>, <NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net>,
    <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [222Activity] [NEWSVHF] 222 MHz Activity
    Night
Message-ID: <17e001db87c4$58e5b330$0ab11990$@buckwalter.co>
Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="utf-8"

Sadly I will miss the opportunity for getting my hands on one of Ron?s Polish 
beers this evening.  Aside from 23cm EME and local FM repeaters, I am still 
completely down on the VHF/UHF bands due to a case of bent mast syndrome.  ( 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jx3ygghUNFhk-6jgxFQE-jazwAM7cFNb/view?usp=sharing
 )  The good new is I am well on the way to recovery.  A replacement (unbent) 
mast pipe has been ordered and is in route to my QTH and I hope to be fully 
operational in 2 weeks or so.  Although there was zero antenna damage, I am 
planning on some improvements to the 70cm array in addition to some LNA and 
relay changes on the tower while everything is on the ground.

 

Dave - K3SK

FM07 

 

From: 222Activity@groups.io <222Activity@groups.io> On Behalf Of Terry Price - 
W8ZN
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 2:45 PM
To: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Cc: 222 >> 222Activity@groups.io <222Activity@groups.io>; 
NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net; vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [222Activity] [NEWSVHF] 222 MHz Activity Night

 

I will be on from FM09te and monitor ON4KST for skeds.

 

Terry Price - W8ZN

Directive Systems and Engineering

703-754-3876

 

 

On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 2:43?PM David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net 
<mailto:k1whs@metrocast.net> > wrote:

Hello VHFers

Please try to get on 222 MHz this evening as it promises to be a 
rip-snortin' event. There will be all sorts of excitement and you don't 
want to miss it. I have it on good authority that WZ1V is offering 
Polish beer to anyone who manages to contact him this evening.  I am 
not sure of the delivery process, but i am sure that Good Buddy Ron will 
come up with a good method for delivery.

I am all psyched about this evening as the snow is finally melting and 
the thermometer just hit 50 degrees with partial sunshine.  I have been 
preparing for this evening by using my snowblower to cut a trail across 
my field up to the woods line. (The snow was 2 ft deep in the field) 
Then I put on my snow shoes and trudge up the hill from that point. 
There is now a trail going up the hill. I have new neighbors across the 
street and they are young and full of energy. They made a snow shoe 
trail and all I have to do is follow their footsteps in the snow.  This 
warmth today, and seeing the snow finally start melting has gotten me 
all excited and planning repairs to my busted rotators and everything 
else that gets hammered over the winter up here.  Our last storm was a 
doozy with very high winds here. Snow totals were light. This area saw 
7-10 inches of the stuff with a slight crust of freezing rain.  I can't 
wait to get up the hill and see how stuff has survived. I am hoping all 
is well. Temps this week will be in the 40's so lots of melting. Maybe I 
can deliver some diesel in a few weeks?

So the activity starts after dinner at 00:00 UT or so. I am usually 
there at 23:45 or so.  Look around 222.1 or so on SSB, CW or  even FT8 
on 222.174. There will be activityI have missed the last two 222 nights 
so I am suffering from some serious withdrawal pains.  I have missed 
hearing W1XR, K3SK, W8ZN, WA3EOQ,  and the Western NY folks N2JMH, 
W2BPY, and W9KXI.  I did get a note from Al, W9KXI along with a picture 
of a nice beach in Florida. Now that the temps are flirting with 50 
degrees today I don't feel so bad!!  The frozen Great White North guys 
should be coming out of hibernation too. VE3KG, VE2XX, W1AIM, VE3FN, 
W1GHZ and N1JEZ will start getting some warmth and rotators will get un 
stuck as activity starts bouncing back. If you have not been very active 
on Tuesdays, a good idea is to keep tabs on the ON4KST Chat page 
(144/432 Region 2) and let people know that you are QRV so they can look 
for you.  I am hoping to be on for a memorable night on 222 MHz.  
Besides the Polish Beer offer, I believe that K1PXE will award a few 
feline fur balls to anyone who contacts him this evening. So there is no 
excuse not to aim towards Connecticut.  I don't have any give aways and 
no bass boats, but you never know what that mysterious 222 MHz Activiity 
Committee will come up with.  The point is to get on, make a few 
contacts, and, who knows? You might win a prize.

73

Dave K1WHS

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