This evening from FN55mf I worked: W0KRX EN34 - SSB K0JQA EN31 - SSB KE0SIS EN22 - FT8 1305 miles WO0Z EN34 - SSB N8CC EN72 - FT8 watery sounding (FAI ???) The EN34 stations were in for over an hour.
Wow, I finally managed to be on for one of these! Evenings are still really tough for me but I got a nap in the afternoon and was quasi-functional at 7 PM! I made 12 QSOs total. 10 stations were work
One thing I have finally learned since my return to VHF/UHF contesting five years ago: There is no point in beating myself up to be there for a whole 24 or 33 hour contest. 20 to 30 years ago I could
Hi Dave, Thanks for the very interesting comments. I have been thinking it was probably just me who was experiencing the phenomenon of hearing stations work others that I never hear again. It is very
I expect to be there for a change! I'm not sure exactly what my operating plan is. I will be watching ON4KST chat for sure. I will probably CQ somewhere 10 to 15 kHz below or above K1WHS, mostly CW b
Well that was nearly a bust! I don't know when I have seen conditions so poor and I made an error in strategy. I had a brief chat with K1WHS at the start. Tried a chat-coordinated sked with K1DS usin
Hello all, With the exception of 222, all of my antennas are currently down for the Great BUG Rebuild of 2021. The rotator has been removed from the tower and the mast is clamped with the 222 antenna
I thought I would have plenty of time between the Perseids and September VHF to get the antennas down, repaired/modified and back in the air. Clearly I was wrong! Weather and other factors have kept
Hi folks, Rumors concerning my imminent return to the bands may have been slightly overstated! I had an incident this morning. While jacking the mast to raise it and get the rotator back in the tower
I tried. I'm no big gun but was hoping to make a few QSOs with the newly reinstalled antenna. I didn't have my usual Tuesday schedule this week so I hoped I would be more functional at 7 PM. Nope! As
Wow, K1WHS and others continue to rack up the QSOs! Even though I sadly have not been able to get on, I am grateful to Dave for breathing new life into my favorite VHF band! I continue to have proble
As Dave noted, I believe I can be on tonight and hopefully continue to be active Tuesday evenings through the winter months. I regret that I have not been able to be active in past weeks. This has be
Crap!!! I had the best of intentions but missed 222 Activity Night AGAIN! I apologize to those who made an effort to look for me. I will keep trying to find some solution to this problem. I went deep
Hi Mike, For me the solution involved thinking slightly outside the traditional box. Nothing new there. I've been outside the box since I first got on the air 40 years ago! I can only afford one HF r
I'm not aware of DEMI having on that is actually being sold yet, and at 1 watt I'm not quite sure what their intended market is. I do know I'm not it. :-) Q5 Signal does have 25W and 50W 5 band trans
Hi Mike and all, Follow-up comments from here... With my VHF(UHF) motivation at an all time low, Mine too, sadly. The one "regularly scheduled" activity I am truly interested in is 222 Activity Night
Hi all, Up here in FN55mf that was our *sixth* ice storm of the 2021/22 winter season. Two of three significant snow storms have been very wet, sticky, nasty stuff that was no fun to move. That last
Oh, man! It is sooooooo much easier to get on the air in the evening when I don't have the usual Tuesday stuff to get through! I gather some were not on due to to snow, cold or just poor conditions.
Well it was the usual story for me. Total exhaustion and unable to be on last night. BUT I made another request to move my Tuesday stuff to Monday and this time it worked out! Starting the week of Ja
I'm looking at the forecast for the weekend. Bitter cold and windy. That is going to stir up the power line noise and if it's too bad I may just bag this contest. The fun of VHF contests has been tre