Hi VHF ops!
So N1BUG will get on for 222 Night! Well, it will be good to have a
Maine station on for Tuesday nights. I keep thinking that I should try
to get on for a Tuesday night, , but it is just too massive a task as
the road is icy and very easy for the truck to slide off the road and
into trees or over a ledge. If I could negotiate the road, I have to
haul the K3, the transverter, cables, a wattmeter , a laptop, headset,
key, etc. etc It is a lot to haul and then hook up. Realistically, it
is not feasible. With no permanent power up there, some things become
difficult. The good news is that there are only about eight weeks left
before I can get stuff back up there. That is not a long time.
So tonight is Tuesday Night and that should be the cue to get on 222.1
right after dinner and make a few contacts with your other VHF
friends. Lets see how many can make it to N1BUG in the "real" Maine.
If you hang around until 0300UT, you might also hear K1DY in FN54!
73
Dave K1WHS
On 1/25/2022 9:18 AM, N1BUG wrote:
It's Tuesday! 222 ops, you know what that means! Time to put aside
thoughts of winter for an evening and have some fun on the greatest
VHF band! Use those amplifiers to heat the shack if you've got 'em!
But get on with whatever you have, high power or low, big antenna or
small! You can work stuff... but not if you aren't on the air. Trust
me, I am an expert on the latter with regard to 222 Activity Night!
I am planning to be there for a change! Starting this week I was
finally able to move my exhausting Tuesday schedule to Mondays.
Evenings are still not a great time for me, I am always going to be
very tired then... but I've got a much better chance of being
quasi-functional Tuesday evenings now!
Since I haven't been a regular participant, it may take a few weeks to
find what works best for me. I can work a lot, but it is challenging
to know what to do from way up here in the boonies. Unless people are
pointed at me, I can' tell what frequencies are in use. For now, I
will CQ frequently on 222.100 CW and see how that goes. Maybe it would
be best in the future to pick a spot well removed from .100 and
announce in advance where I will be. But I'm not sure all who are
active for 222 Activity Night see these weekly announcements? On the
other hand, I bet 222 ops would spread the word! We'll just see how it
goes for now. I am open to suggestions.
I prefer to call CQ on CW especially when I am tired, but will very
happily switch to SSB when called on that mode. I have no issue with
FT8 per se and may try that from time. I will go there by request.
However, it won't be a primary focus for me. I use FT8 on HF every day
but it takes away so much of what was truly special and unique that I
loved about VHF - hearing the shifting sounds of signals with
propagation, adapting transmitting speed, length of transmissions etc.
to match conditions. That was probably the biggest reason I fell in
love with VHF in the first place and have enjoyed it so much over the
years. I will be on the ON4KST R2 144/432 chat page.
73,
Paul N1BUG
FN55mf
800 watts, K1FO-22 at 115', preamp at the top of the tower
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