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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