K1FSY 222 report for 5/9/2023
Put up a new 16 element K1FO beam from directive systems about 3 or 4 feet
higher than the 222-10EZ it replaced. Seems to work OK, no worse than
before, time will tell. Had seven in the log, all SSB or FT8, no CW.
K1WHS FN43 SSB
N1SV FN42 SSB and FT8
KO1I FN42 FT8
K1TEO FN31 SSB
WA3NUF FN20 FT8
K1PXE FN31 SSB
WZ1V FN31 SSB
73's
Dave K1FSY
On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 8:16 AM David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net> wrote:
> Hello 222 friends
>
> It sure was nice to have a calm evening for 222 Night. The gentle
> breezes and sunny day made for oretty good conditions for the most part.
> Many signals seemed to be up from the normal levels I have been
> experiencing. The real long paths over 400 miles were about the same
> except for W1XR, who seemed awfully loud. Jim was a good 5X8 peaking on
> SSB. VE3DS, WA3EOQ and KO4YC were below average but that may have been
> my bad luck at the QSB lottery. About 1 minute after working WA3EOQ
> with marginal signals. I heard him at a very Q5 and S2 calling and
> working Phil, WA3NUF. I even heard Phil off the back of his beam!
>
> I tried a short stint with KU8Y on meteors and he copied me very well,
> but I heard nothing on my end. STill, the meteors seemed to be pretty
> good. I copied a few nice bursts also while running FT8 and also heard
> meteors on KO4YC during our short QSO. The meteors are back and worth a
> shot.
>
> I was monitoring the Solar indices in hopes of a possible aurora. The Bz
> component was oscillating between positive and negative, and never
> seemed to line up, but I spent some time aiming NW and CQing on CW in
> hopes of detecting some buzz. All in all it was an interesting night.
> Here is the log:
>
>
>
> DATE TIME CALLSIGN GRID TX RX BAND MODE
> PRO.REMARKS QRB (Mi)
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 05/09/2023 22:52 N1JEZ FN44AR 59 59 220 MHzSSB
> TR 105
> 05/09/2023 22:54 K1FSY FN31LN 55 55 220 MHzSSB
> TR 165
> 05/09/2023 22:57 K2RMX FN20XP 59 57 220 MHzSSB
> TR 247
> 05/09/2023 22:59 WW2Y FN20TK 59 59 220 MHzSSB
> TR 269 Sounds like a local!!
> 05/09/2023 23:03 W1XR FM19HX 58 58 220 MHzSSB
> TR 406 Very loud
> 05/09/2023 23:07 WA3NUF FN20KE 58 57 220 MHzSSB
> TR 308
> 05/09/2023 23:09 N1SV FN42 58 58 220 MHzSSB
> TR 60+-
> 05/09/2023 23:09 WZ1V FN31RH 59 59 220 MHzSSB
> TR 165
> 05/09/2023 23:12 K1PXE FN31KE 57 57 220 MHzSSB
> TR 188
> 05/09/2023 23:16 WB2VVV FN41CR 58 58 220 MHzSSB
> TR 123
> 05/09/2023 23:18 WA3EOQ FM09 429 429 220MHzCW TR
> 502 weak but always in there.
> 05/09/2023 23:28 WA1RKS FN32IN 559 559 220 MHzCW
> TR 131 good peak on CW.
> 05/09/2023 23:34 W9KXI FN12NE 58 57 220 MHzSSB
> TR 311
> 05/09/2023 23:42 KO1I FN42JK -02 +02 220 MHzFT8
> TR 67 my only FT8 QSO
> 05/09/2023 23:45 W2TMA FN30HV 55 220 MHzSSB
> TR 212 Low power and omni antenna
> 05/09/2023 23:45 K1TEO FN20JQ 59 59 220 MHzSSB
> TR 287
> 05/09/2023 23:47 WA2VNV FN30 55 220 MHzSSB
> TR 224+- beam stuck South
> 05/09/2023 23:52 W1AIM FN34UJ 59 59 220 MHzSSB
> TR 96
> 05/09/2023 23:55 K2AEP FN32OW 59 59 220 MHzSSB
> TR 98
> 05/10/2023 00:05 VE3FN FN25DK 59 59 220 MHzSSB
> TR 273 Lots QSB but gud copy
> 05/10/2023 00:16 KO4YC FM17GV 529 529 220 MHzCW
> TR 510 weak but steady
> 05/10/2023 00:26 VE3DS FN03FQ 559 220 MHzCW
> TR 430 ditto
> 05/10/2023 00:57 N3RG FM29KI 55 220 MHzSSB
> TR 353
> 05/10/2023 01:00 KU8Y EN61UW NOT COMPLETE 220 MHzMSK
> MS 784
> 05/10/2023 01:10 VE3KG FN24AV 55 55 220 MHzCW
> TR 268
> 05/10/2023 01:15 WA1T FN43LK 59 59 220 MHzSSB
> TR 5 100 milliwatts!
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Number of QSO listed: 25
>
> I helped a ham take down his Rohn 25 tower on Tuesday, and actually
> stirred up some interest with our 222 exploits with the ground crew.
> One of the guys, George W1BOF is coming over and I will show him how we
> tune up the 222 MHz low pass filters for the 1500 watt amplifiers.
> Maybe he will get hooked?
>
> 73
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
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