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Re: [VHFcontesting] [222Activity] 222 MHz Activity Night

To: Bill Olson <callbill@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [222Activity] 222 MHz Activity Night
From: K5QE <k5qe@k5qe.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 11:24:51 -0500
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Hello to everyone….. Great post from Dave up there in the Northeast about his 
220 to work. I am happy to see people with this kind of information available. 
The ARLVHF contest is this weekend so there might be a chance to go at work 
some good 222 stuff, good luck to everybody 73

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 6, 2022, at 11:16, Bill Olson <callbill@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Dave and all, I also saw the K-index made it to 6 on Sunday. Did anyone 
> actually work any aurora? If there were reports on the email reflectors, I 
> missed them!
> 
> That all said, eventually we're gonna get a big Au opening. Am I right in 
> assuming working this will have to be "old school" (i.e. CW [SSB on 6 I 
> guess] not FT-8 or some other digital mode). If so, woo hoo!!
> 
> bill, k1DY
> From: VHFcontesting 
> <vhfcontesting-bounces+callbill=hotmail.com@contesting.com> on behalf of 
> David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 4:08 PM
> To: NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net <NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net>; 
> vhfcontesting@contesting.com <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>; 222 >> 
> 222Activity@groups.io <222Activity@groups.io>
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] 222 MHz Activity Night
>  
> Hi 222 Friends
> 
> I missed any chance at aurora by being at my camp up north on the 
> weekend and just came back home on Monday so any aurora fireworks were 
> missed by me. The good news was that I got to fly fish with my grandson, 
> who just turned 14, and we had a banner day on a very neat river 
> catching some very nice and rather large brook trout. Our initial 
> attempt on another stream was poor due to exceedingly low water. All the 
> trout had migrated to a large pool as a means of survival. We actually 
> found the pool where they were hiding, and were fascinated to see so 
> many trout in one spot. We did not even attempt to catch any of them, 
> and tried a different river instead. Our second choice had plenty of 
> water and we had a blast!  I only say all of this as I am bummed to have 
> missed the K Index of 6 on Sunday!! I think I had a good excuse!
> 
> Tuesday night could be very interesting as, hopefully, there will be new 
> "blood" on the air and everyone will be chomping at the bit to work 
> him!  Dave K3SK is building up a very good VHF station in FM07 at 
> Farmville, VA. Farmville is located SW of KO4YC and is about 575 miles 
> from my QTH here in FN43 Mumbo Jumbo. That is a very good distance, 
> being just beyond the ragged edge of what is normally possible on 222 
> MHz.  Dave has four 10 element yagis up and wants to try them out. I 
> checked his distance to the Connecticut shoreline and it is just about 
> 400 miles to New Haven, so K1PXE and Good Buddy Ron, WZ1V also have a 
> good test for their setups as well. Having four yagis on the FM07 end 
> will be a great addition for Tuesday night activity! At over 500 miles, 
> it is possible for the northern guys, W1AIM, W1GHZ, N1JEZ, VE2XX, and 
> K1DY to get a good chance, especially if Dave gets his Larcan amp hooked 
> up.
> 
> KE8FD has been active lately from near Columbus OH, and at 630 miles or 
> so is an awful long distance from me, but I did manage to hear him well 
> last Tuesday on FT8, but he could not hear me at all. I am not sure what 
> is going on with that, but I am encouraged to try again tonight. The 
> other regulars who get on and make noise will be all excited about K3SK 
> as well. K9MRI, AA9MY, AJ6T, W4ZST, N1GC, and a whole pile of others who 
> I don't normally hear will all be angling for a try with K3SK.
> 
> Meteors are quite good this time of year, even on 222, so don't hesitate 
> to try an MS sked over a seemingly impossible distance. W5EME, W4ZST, 
> K9MRI, WQ0P and others are always available for MS tries.  I have been 
> known to try some MS as well after about 9 PM local time.  Hearing a 
> meteor ping is downright exciting! Having a computer program to enable 
> high speed information harvesting on those short pings is exhilarating 
> as well.  Those pings are audible when your ERP goes up. If you are 
> running at the 100 watt level, those pings get a bit more "rare", but 
> you can still hear stuff at the 100 watt level. I just takes longer!  3 
> dB can make a difference on a 222 MHz meteor path.
> 
> 
> So, the bottom line is that we all get on 222.100 plus or minus, and 
> just start making noise and creating a nuisance of ourselves, all in 
> hopes of making some QSOs on the band. Conditions are probably not so 
> good in New England, but we are used to that. Hopefully, the rain will 
> stop. so my foray up the hill is dry. Activity starts at about 2300 UT 
> and continues until people get tired and sick of all the fantastic fun 
> they are having. I note that the midwest guys are still going strong 
> when I quit last week after about 0130 UT.  They were trying MS and FT8 
> skeds all over the place!   The ON4KST Chat page (144/432 Region 2) is a 
> good place to coordinate activity.
> 
> 
> 73
> 
> Dave K1WHS
> 
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