It looks like N1BUG was a big winner for 222 night, catching 12 QSOs
from northern Maine. That is a very impressive total. Thanks for being
there Mr BUG!
For my part, I was on at a bit after 7 PM local time and heard N1BUG
calling CQ. He had a great signal even off the back of my beam. When I
aimed 2 X 8 el his way he was 59+. While working N1BUG, I heard KA2LIM
on frequency from FN12 on SSB no less. I figured it might be a good
night! Turns out there was a line of T-storms messing things up to the
west. Condx were depressed for awhile in that direction as a result.
Some high points were: Working AF1R who was set up portable on a hill in
MA. Working W3CJK in RI , who just got going on 222 after many years
off the band. Snagging the N3NGE station way down in FN20bd. Thanks
for getting on Bill and Len. Then there are the DX stalwarts, KO4YC &
WA3EOQ at over 500 miles. EOQ had a good signal on CW this time. We
could actually talk to each other and his 90 watts was really
percolating! Of course, Cornell called on SSB. Pretty impressive for
over 500 miles. Thanks to all the regulars! You know who you are. The
activity level was quite high and made for a great evening for all! I
missed qa few stations who were on. I heard K1DS I think but never ended
up working him! My log looks like this after a fun evening:
N1BUG FN55mf 160 miles
WA2VNV FN30KV 207 miles
W9KXI FN12ne 313 miles
KA2LIM FN12nf 312 miles
WW1M FN43pi 12 miles
AF1R FN42kh 76 miles
W3CJK FN41hm 133 miles
VE3DS fn03fq 430 miles
WZ1V FN31rh 166 miles
N2JMH FN12bw 353 miles
N1GJ FN41qr 117 miles
KA3FQS FN20jf 311 miles
N3NGE FN20bd 340 miles
K1PXE FN31ke 188 miles
NZ3M FN10pd 374 miles
WA3EOQ FM09jo 502 miles
N1SV FN42ep 63 miles
VE3DS FN03fq (FT-8) 430 miles very loud at this time +13 or
so. contact #2
N1SV FN42ep (FT-8) (I turned off the driver amp to reduce
power) contact #2
N1BUG FN55mf (FT-8) 160 miles contact #2
WA1T FN43 2.5 miles (DX record Shortest distance QSO!)
KO4YC FM17 514 miles on SSB no less!
I tried scrounging up a 222 MHz meteor scatter contact and was met with
crickets chirping. W5EME said he would like to, but we were waaay too
far apart at almost 1500 miles. There were no other takers! C'mon guys &
gals, Tuesday night is supposed to be 222 MHz activity night. There are
many stations in the midwest with a few hundred watts and a single yagi
on 222 who could be on but chose to be elsewhere. So where were youse
guys? If you were watching "boating fails" or "Russian DashCams" on
Youtube, SHAME ON YOU. If you were polishing a PL-259, you might be
excused, but you should have been trying to make contacts on 222 MHz on
Tuesday evening. A few weeks back I ran with AA9MY for about 20 minutes
on a Tuesday evening and he copied six sets of calls from me. It is very
doable if you have a few hundred watts output. He is in Illinois with
100 watts and at a good distance for me. I am still waiting to complete
my first MSK144 contact.
73
Dave K1WHS
On 7/20/2021 10:20 PM, N1BUG wrote:
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
worked on SSB/CW. Later two of them were worked again on FT8 for a
total of 12 QSOs. I didn't expect to get more than half that many from
way up here.
Every QSO was much appreciated! But the biggest thrill was easily
working N3NGE on SSB. According to the software I'm using, that is 497
miles. Any time I can get a 500 mile QSO on SSB it's pretty darn good.
For some reason I always seem to do better on 222 than I do on 144 or
432.
I wasn't sure if I could still send anything more than my call sign,
grid and maybe an RST report on CW. It has been a while since I was
really on the air with that mode. But I had a short CW chat with WA1T
and Al's responses seemed to indicate he understood me, HI HI!
I would like to say a special thanks to Dave, K1WHS for not getting
too annoyed with me when I broke in on two of his QSOs to work the
other station. I don't usually feel comfortable doing that but
excitement got the better of me, especially when I was hearing N3NGE
so well. Thanks, Dave! That really made my evening.
73,
Paul N1BUG
FN55mf
900 watts, K1FO-22 at 117' and mast mounted preamp
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