Well, i wasn't getting any of those strong peaks Dave caught,
but can't complain - 11 Q's in 9 grids for 1.5 hours spent.
All ssb - cw, best VE3ZV EN92 at 410 miles on cw.
You can count on me to be tuning in next week !
73 Ron WZ1V - FN31RH
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex <alex@kr1st.com>
To: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Cc: "222Activity@groups.io" <222activity@groups.io>,
"vhfcontesting@contesting.com" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>,
"NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net" <newsvhf@mailman.qth.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 18:35:10 -0400
Subject: Re: [NEWSVHF] [VHFcontesting] 222 MHz ACtivity Night
> It sure was fun, Dave! I made more traditional mode QSOs than in the Spring.
> HI Indeed the QSB was long and deep and it was great hearing so many people
> on. I'm always surprised how well a modest 100W and 10 elements works on this
> band.
Thanks for spurring the activity!
73,
--Alex KR1ST
On Apr 28, 2021, 4:29 PM, at 4:29 PM, David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net> wrote:
>I don't know about everybody, but I am getting the impression that a
>222
>activity night was just what the doctor ordered! All in all, it was a
>fun evening even though conditions in the NE were terrible. The good
>news was that there was a big QSB fade and that, if you caught it just
>right, you could do pretty well. I guess that means that condx were not
>
>bad all the time, just 90% of the time. heh heh. Al, WA1T showed up and
>
>we both played with the radio as well as passing notes on the chat
>pages. Al's 222 antenna has problems so he came over to my shack on the
>
>opposite side of the lake and enjoyed the evening along with me!
>
>I got on at about 7:30 PM local time from FN43mj. There was already
>activity before that. I have included my log to show what activity I
>could hear in northern New England
>
>04/27/2021 23:34 WW2Y 222.100 CW 579
>589 TRS FN20QJ
>04/27/2021 23:34 N3RG 222.100 CW 549
>559 TRS FM29
>04/27/2021 23:42 WW1Z 222.105 SSB
>59 TRS FN42ET
>04/27/2021 23:50 WW1M 222.105 SSB
>59 TRS FN43PI
>04/27/2021 23:53 WA1PBU 222.105 SSB 59
>59 TRS FN42JG
>04/27/2021 23:56 KB1JEY 222.105 SSB
>22 TRS FN20JE faded out on SSB!
>04/28/2021 00:21 VE3ZV 222.104 SSB 57
>57 TRS EN92VW very loud on SSB 500 mi.
>04/28/2021 00:46 K1PXE 222.106 SSB
>57 TRS FN31KE
>04/28/2021 00:54 W9KXI 222.107 SSB 56
>57 TRS FN12
>04/28/2021 01:12 VA3ELE 222.127 CW 559
>529 TRS FN03
>04/28/2021 01:43 VA3ELE 222.127 CW 559
>559 TRS FN03
>04/28/2021 01:50 K1RZ 222.110 CW 559
>519 TRS FM19JH
>04/28/2021 01:45 222.174 K1RZ FT8 FM19
>
>04/28/2021 02:00 222.174 KR1ST FT8 FN21
>
>WW2Y was my first contact. I knew that Peter had lashed a small yagi on
>
>his porch just for Activity Night, so I was glad to work him, but was
>also amazed at how loud he was. The amp on his end sure helped! The
>first thing I noticed was that there was long and big QSB. If a signal
>was S7 or 8, it could drop down to quite weak in a minutes time. I saw
>
>that often.I must have caught Stephen VE3ZV on such a peak because he
>answered my CW CQ with SSB, and he was running a solid S7 on voice! He
>was much louder than I heard him in the 222 Sprint two weeks ago. I
>did
>not see any big peak on VA3ELE, but his signal here seems quite steady
>and easily workable over the past three weeks.
>
>I was called by a VE2? station early on. Not sure who it was but I
>swung the beam NW and called VE2XX to see if it was him. I heard no
>response from that direction, so I am not sure who called me.
>
>Many thanks to all who made the effort to get on. There was much
>activity as seen on the chat pages that was just too far away for me to
>
>hear, but it was re assuring to know that they were in there making
>noise. I think the fact that people are active on Tuesday night will
>entice more folks to get on as it is a lot of fun to try and make easy
>and then hard qsos on any VHF band. I heard lots of comments about the
>high level of "Fun Factor".
>
>I tried a few minutes with N9HF in Florida on meteors, and then AA9MY
>in
>EN50 on FT8, but had no luck with either station. The good news was
>that
>it was fun just trying to make a contact or even to just get heard on
>such long haul attempts. Most of the efforts were CW and SSB, with
>some
>FT8
>
>So I will be back next Tuesday for 222 Activity night. and hope that I
>am as successful as in the first two weeks! It sure beats watching
>videos. Thanks to folks who have been on each night: N3RG, K1RZ, WW1Z &
>
>WW1M, K1PXE, VA3ELE, KO4YC, N9HF, AA9MY, and K5QE. I am sure there are
>many more that I missed on that list. Getting some resident activity on
>
>Tuesday evenings will help to build up activity everywhere! If people
>know they have a good chance at making a QSO, they will show up. And
>just wait for the bands to improve and start acting like Summertime!
>Thanks again for your efforts.
>
>Dave K1WHS
>
>
>
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