As luck would have it, I'll be on tonight from FM09te so all you top notch
222 addicts point this way.
Terry Price - W8ZN
Directive Systems and Engineering
703-754-3876
On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 2:37 PM David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net> wrote:
> Of course, everyone's high point of the week can vary, but for many of
> us, Tuesday nights on two twenty two MHz sure is exciting. Many of the
> gang on 222 have bought and re programmed the Quansheng $28
> handi-talkis. I got one and hope to get it working on sideband on 222
> soon. I am figuring it won't be long until we have a Quansheng
> Sweepstakes or similar contest where people see how many Quanshengs they
> can work in an evening.
>
> Anyway, don't forget that it is a Tuesday and there will be a star
> studded cast of hams on 222 this evening looking for contacts with
> anyone and everyone. Here in the Northeast, it is quite warm, but no
> big tropo is expected. Still, with warmer wx we could get a slug of
> better refraction than we have been accustomed to. I sure plan to be on
> and will be there before 23:00 UT on or about the calling frequency
> looking for a contact. Typical modes found on 222 include SSB, FT8, and
> CW for the most part. The 222 ops tend to take over the ON4KST 144/432
> Region 2 Chat page for the evening and it is a great way to let folks
> know that you are there and looking for a contact.
>
> I still keep trying to get a members of a local radio club interested in
> VHF. I will periodically let them know about some neat contact made, or
> interesting conditions observed on weak signal VHF. It always end the
> same ...... "crickets". They all think VHF is FM repeaters and don't
> seem to be very inquisitive. Yesterday I helped out on a rather large
> tower job in Gloucester, MA. at a VHF repeater site. The tower was about
> 250 ft high and self supporting. It is loaded with cellular stuff on top
> and there are multiple Station Master type antenna festooning the tower
> just below the cellular panels. We hauled up a big station master and a
> sidearm that weighed more than I do! We also hauled up a long run of
> 7/8" Heliax. When we were done, the repeater was turned on after many
> months of down time. Everyone was trying it out and calls were coming
> in from downtown Boston, Quincy, and Up to Newburyport. I did hear 222
> op N1LHP (Good Buddy Doug) running 5 watts on FM in Newburyport. I was
> able to make a contact as well through the repeater with my Quansheng
> while standing under the tower. So when I got up this AM I tried to
> connect with the repeater while using my IC-7100 in my truck here in
> Mumbo-Jumbo Land. I have a 5/8 wave whip. Alas my 35 or 40 watts was
> not able to be heard. I could hear the TX OK, just could not break in on
> the rx side. I even had marginal listening results with my Quansheng
> and its little whip antenna. So then contrast that with 144 MHz SSB and
> a mobile antenna done at the same time from the same truck. I copied
> good buddy Ron WZ1V at about 160 miles. He was S7 to S9 and pretty loud.
> Also worked were K1FSY and K1PXE. K1PXE is at about 186 miles, and that
> is sure a lot farther away than Gloucester at a mere 55 miles.
>
> CU all this evening on 222
>
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
>
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