Hi Dave and all, I've been watching Hepburn too.. Quite "colorful" lately. yesterday the KO1I beacon (in FN44 about 80 miles from here) was about 20 over 9 as opposed to the normal S5. Oh boy I said,
Hi all, I have the RF deck from a Henry 2002A. This amp was originally tuned to 154MHz, but I fabricated an "original length" quarter wave plate line for 144. What you get here with the enclosure is
Hi all, Well I suppose some of you know I lost my 110ft tower during the big "Bomb Cyclone" storm we had before Xmas. It's still a mess and with 80 foot trees around me here, the only thing I thought
So I guess most know my 110ft tower came down just before Xmas in that "bomb cyclone" storm. After several inches of rain loosened everything up, 70mph winds blew a tree on one set of guys ant that w
Mike and all, It seems like with a 20 foot mast you have plenty of room to mount everything on the mast. Mount the tribander on the bottom, mount the pair of 2M Yagis with the proper spacing above th
Hi all, well with K1WHS sunning himself in Live Oak, FL, I had in mind I wouldn't have anyone to talk to during last night's 222 activity period with my 10 element, Armstrong rotated, 222MHz Yagi at
TEP involves the F-layer, doesn't it? bill, k1DY ________________________________ From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces+callbill=hotmail.com@contesting.com> on behalf of Ron Klimas WZ1V <wz1v@sb
Hi all, Once again my gig tonight has been cancelled and I will be QRV on 222. Since my tower went down, I've put up my rover antenna (10 elements) at 14 feet with Armstrong rotation. Managed to work
oh yeah, grid is FN54JQ! ________________________________ From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces+callbill=hotmail.com@contesting.com> on behalf of Bill Olson <callbill@hotmail.com> Sent: Tuesday,
Hi all, Here's my report from last night. remember, since my 110ft tower is still a mass of twisted metal on the ground under 2 ft of snow, I am using my rover 10 element beam at 14 ft, looking into
Call: K1DY Class: Single Op HP QTH: FN54JQ Operating Time (hrs): 2 Summary: Total: QSOs = 11 Mults = 8 Total Score = 88 Comments: Well, since my 110ft tower blew down in the big "bomb cyclone" we had
picture removed Hi Chris, Not sure you have been reading all the mail (though there are several email lists and I don't know what I have posted to what). I am in central Maine, FN54JQ and in December
Hi Dave and all, so the K index is already up to 5 and appears to be headed UP yahoo.. I will be monitoring 222 and 2 meters today and tonight. Can I assume Au activity is "old school" i.e. actual CW
Frequency around 222.1 +/-? ________________________________ From: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2023 8:00 PM To: Bill Olson <callbill@hotmail.com>; 222 >> 222Activity@gro
There is now a G4 prediction. hubba hubba ________________________________ From: 222Activity@groups.io <222Activity@groups.io> on behalf of Bill Olson <callbill@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2
Don I use a TailTwister here. It turns a 2" carbon steel mast with the appropriate 1/32" shims. I have a stack of moderate sized VHF Yagis, don't use the thru-bolt and have never had a problem with t
Hi all, I am using a DMOS FET for 300 watts in my 6M, 2M, and 220 amps. A while ago I acquired a few boards with the BLF's that were easily modified for 2 and 222. (Thanks N1DPM).. The DMOS FETs are
Hi Dave and all. yahoo! I will be on tonight from FN54JQ in central Maine. I'll check in on ON4KST chat. Point northeast all! bill, k1DY ________________________________ From: 222Activity@groups.io <
Yeah I emailed as well and still haven't received a reply. Shortly after the storm passed over them I Googled "storm damage Live Oak" or something like that and there were a few video clips from loca
Hi all, Since my "tower crash" last September, I am still using "Armstrong" rotated short antennas (my rover Yagis) at 15-ish feet. they point straight into a ridge to the southwest and recently that