I worked 222 on the bench Tuesday evening. I mean I worked on one of my 222MHz rigs. I have a pair of IC-375A multi-mode rigs and one of them has no audio output on SSB/CW, but it works fine in FM. I
Probably do much better if you had a beam of some sort. Without propagation enhancement the band will remain quiet. Most every Tuesday night I rotate the antennas 360º several times calling in SSB, F
It was Painful . . . . . . Hardly anything was heard here in the (almost) south. I was about to pull the plug convinced that something was broke when I heard WA3NUF's FT8 signal. That was followed by
Aurora is something we read about here in the south. These post about it brought back some fond memories. I just to a trip down memory lane and flipped through my VHF logbook from when I lived in OH
FYI -- I will be on the moon calling CQ 2300 to 2330 before heading to the terrestrial freqs. I will be on 222.070 @1500 CFOM Q65 Mode 60-A TXing on 1st sequence I will also be on HB9Q (https://logge
I was tied up doing other things in the shack like making a couple new antenna power dividers for the tower, so I didn't spend much time operating the Sprint. I hope to resolve an intermittent issue
I had a decent night working the 222 Sprint. I logged 20 contacts in 14 Grids. For you guys up there in the middle of 222 Land (New England) that's a lot of contacts down here in southern Virginia. I
Dana, I agree. I use LOTW for all contacts. I have about 15,000 QSOs uploaded, including last weeks Sprint contacts. de K3SK I recently started getting my act together for VUCC and found a lot of guy
Paul, I agree with your sentiments. I had a long spell of no VHF/UHF when I moved from Ohi0 in 1994. Some of you worked me often under my old call, KC3CL. Getting back in I was surprised and disappoi
Dave, I am curious about your Larcans as you mentioned 500W and 1500W units. I wasn't aware there were 500W versions. Mine has 4 devices and with 25W drive I get just over 800 watts output, so I alwa
Zack, I had to chuckle at your comment. I currently run one of those rare Icom IC0-375A multi-modes. I own 2 of them. But, back in the last century I started out with a Hamtronics transverter followe
Walt, You are not alone. I was in CT over the weekend visiting a non-ham friend and had no gear. Just got home here in VA Monday evening. It's possible I could snag a QSO when the K index gets up to
As usual Dave, a nice reminder. Tonight I am going to attempt Q65 in hopes of snagging a few more contacts. I will be using Q65-30C on 222.170MHz. I'll post on ON4KST when I make the mode switch. de
Another Tuesday has passed and another few contacts have been logged. Conditions were fair at times but there was a significant amount of QSB on signals. I started early trying to connect with K1WHS
I blew it. I forgot and was cutting my lawn. Anyway, It would not have been pretty for me. My 4 x 31el 1296 loops have an issue, probably with the power divider or coax. I am planning on replacing th
Had to call it early. Heading to Phoenix tomorrow for a few days.. Conditions seemed pretty good. Worked several SSB stations right off the bat and heard 3 or 4 more and a few CW that disappeared wit
They are available on Amazon in packages up to 250 pieces. Insulators are made by Heyco 1/4" ID are SB-375-4 3/16 ID are either SB 312-3 or SB 375-3 Very slight difference in OD 3/8 ID are SB-500-6 1
All, I will be absent tonight. I fried my 222 TR relay on Sunday morning. A replacement is not at the top of my Hamvention shopping list, Stop by at my flea market spaces and say hi. I'm in 7513-7516
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I cornered Icom at Hamvention this past weekend and ask if they were ever going to offer another 222 multi-mode. The initial response I got was that I was the 3rd or 4th person that had asked that th