Marshall, It sounds simple, but its not economically sound. If the mfgr adds 222 MHz it cannot be marketed in much of the world. Many countries have laws similar to the FCC "type acceptance" and if t
Thanks for the Tuesday evening reminder Dave. FYI- There was lots of 222 EME activity last night. Most likely because word was out that Mike, KL6M was on. All the activity was a bust for me. I heard
Sent this once but to the wrong email address for the group -- It was a GREAT night here in south central Virginia (FM07) I worked 1-CW, 5 SSB, 2 FT8, and 2 Q65 EME. Finished with 10 contacts, 8 stat
It took a lot longer than I had anticipated and I ran into several issues, but I managed to get my antenna array reconfigured. I plan on being on 222 Tuesday evening to test out the reconfigured ante
I will be operating the contest, Single Operator, from my home QTH located in Farmville VA, Grid Square FM07th. During the contest I will watching ON4KST 144/432 Region 2 Chat, Pingjockey.net, and po
A little reading entertainment for you... Sometimes You Just Need to Keep at It - No Matter What While getting ready to submit my VHF Contest logs, I ran into a dilemma I had not considered before. W
Those are the same frequencies used here in VA and were also used during the contest. de K3SK Here in the Southeastern United States, on the bands 2M and higher, we use .174 MHz, for FT8. That is 144
Tonight I managed to work 7 stations. Lots of QSB as the evening got started. Once again, the RF sponge sucked up all the signal between K1WHS and I. So, we still have not connected using terrestrial
I submitted my logs 3 hours after the contest without any issues. de K3SK Hello all, Yes, there IS an error in the log uploader for CQ WW VHF and I'm hoping it can be addressed as quickly as possible
I have up for sale, the unicorn of unicorns, one of ham radio's most rare and sought after radios, the Icom IC-375A 220MHz (1.25m) All-Mode 25-watt base/mobile radio. This radio is so rare, most hams
Last night was "interesting". Propagation here in Virginia was not as good as other Tuesday nights. I also had very significant noise that practically disappeared at around 10:45 local. I managed 3 S
I use Writelog for contesting and my daily log program is Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD). After every contest, I use Writelog to create the ADIF or Cabrillo for submittal. I then export a full ADIF from Writ
Dave, You ADIF mode list is far from complete. The accepted ADIF mode list is extensive. Check the ADIF spec here: https://adif.org/314/ADIF_314.htm#Mode_Enumeration Dave Buckwalter I have had all so
Dave, Count me in. Maybe we can break the WZ1V curse. I was on this morning on 2m & 222 MSK, but never heard anyone else on 222. de K3SK The Perseids shower is upon us and I was hoping that I could r
I started 222 evening around 2130 UTC while calling CQ using Q65 off the moon, I got a chat message on HB9Q from John, K1OR. He said he would listen for me. After a few minutes of no copy, John reali
Just added my 4th new 222MHz state in the last 4 days! Thanks to John, K1OR, I completed a 90 minute Q65 >>> MSK contact adding in New Hampshire to my list. We started using Q65, where I again had mu
Dave, Sorry to hear you've been left out of the fun. I am mostly just outside the big red blob but have been working some fantastic VHF/UHF DX, even several 1000+ mile 222 contacts. I've added 10 new
Dave & All, I did not hang in for much of the 222 activity night this week as I had other things pressing that were ignored during the tropo opening. But to answer your question about what others may
Dave, This is by far the worst news I could have received today. I had a blast during the last opening, and I was one of the ones that boosted state totals on several bands. I have been watching the
Following the usual 222 Tuesday night activities this week beginning shortly after 0230 UTC I will be switching to EME for another attempt to work W6TCP. Thus far we have failed several attempts with