Thanks for the encouraging note Dave. It's good to hear from you. I've been around the VHF scene for a long time, starting out as VE1MQ qrv first on 2m, then 6m. Even dabbled a little bit on 70cm. Di
Hey Chris Long time no hear. What I can offer is pretty old and anecdotal. IMO, FN54 is not rare on 2m...there has always been 1-2 active ops there. Above 2m; not sure. To me, FN51 is quite rare. Too
Wishing you well Dave ! I'm not QRV on 222 but you have to know, I look forward to your humour every week with these messages. (not the ones where you're sick-not happy about that!) We also have been
Jack, You just brought up very fond memories of me working John on one of those far northern trips of his. I worked him on 6m MS (easily) and even asked him on-air, if you can imagine(!) to try 2m wh
Dang it ! I missed it Bill..ARGH! We even had the day as a holiday. A couple weeks ago I said to myself "Surely someone (Maybe Dave/K1WHS?) will post a reminder". I don't do very much VHF these days
Dave asked, so here's one possible explanation. Probably at one time there were 1 or 2 VE1's(Ve9's as well) on 222 but the reasons are likely many why there is little to none now. Equipment is more e
Hey Paul & Everyone ! Paul, Sorry to hear about Dave, W5UN. I had no idea he had passed. He was one of the 3 or 4 we worked on 2m EME from Sable in 1996 (CY0AA). and I worked him once/twice from my h
I think I missed the peak as I didn't get home til suppertime but was alerted to the AU by fellow MCCer, Don VE9XX and was able to get on and play some CW Olde' Skool ! YAY! Best DX was K9MRI in EN70
Sounds like you didn't read the rules and are now miffed @ the ARRL for them. Yes, I do agree they should do them like the rules for Rovers, but that doesn't change what you did. The words ".It turns
You're basically doing a "reverse captive Rover".ie: cheating..yes, I know that's not your intention.but when you think about what's happening.. Have fun ! Mike VE9AA Mike, Coreen & Corey Keswick Rid
Just wanted to give a shout out to my buddy/neighbour Paul, N1BUG (who I've been working on VHF since the late 1980's) because without seeing his messages this morning, I would've never even turned t
I'm sure you guys won't believe me, but one of the ideas(jokes) I was going to post was also pterodactyl as well! (I swear it) The other perhaps more obvious one, was Hurricane(post tropical depressi
As a non-222 op here, I have to give Dave, K1WHS very high marks for keeping me reading his 222 comments a few times a week and obviously having a good influence on keeping activity high and maybe cr
A look at the missed grids is very disappointing. To my NE I only nabbed FN54 and 53 with K1DY and K1HC. To my SW I missed FN24, FN23, FN21, FN15,FN14, FN11, FN10, FN02, FN01, FN00, & FM28 among oth
Dave, I'm just glad you or your family or house was not hurt. I know your pain EXACTLY. In 2010 I lost my big tower with my 2 best antennas (100% hand built from scratch) for 50MHz and down into the
One of these days Dave, you may actually talk me into it ! You sir are a 222 Champion! I think I've mentioned before here that -any- VHF/UHF activity in this area is almost non-existent these days.
Dave, Even though I am not technically much of a VHF nut anymore (an embarrassment to my FN66 grid homies) one of things I look forward to every 2?sDay are ur funny but informative messages about all
My opinion is worth exactly what you've paid for it, hi! FT8 came along some years back and ruined my 6m & 2m experience. I don't want my computer working your computer and not hear anything in the s
Dave, et al First, I read every one of your 222 Nite reminders and reports. Most of the other messages on this group as well, but seem to really take to your humour. Well done to keep the 222 fires b