Reasonably good night here in the "Black Hole" of propagation:
W1GHZ CW 2304 275.7 mi (443.7 km)
WA3EOQ CW 2327 216.2 mi (348.0 km)
W1XR CW 2330 216.3 mi
WZ1V USB 2332 231.6 mi (372.8 km)
WA3NUF USB 2341 164.3 mi (264.4 km)
K1TEO USB 0012 197.2 mi (317.3 km)
K1WHS USB 0014 310.5 mi (499.7 km)
VE3DS USB 0031 171.2 mi (275.5 km)
In the last two weeks, I've made two equipment changes here:
#1 I was using an FTDX10 as the IF radio on this band and replaced it
with my spare FT847. The display on the FTDX10 was not "buying" me anything (as
far as showing band activity) and more complicated connections were necessary,
with a sequencer, when trying to run digital modes. Suffice it to say that I
reverted back to the "KISS" setup.
#2 I reconnected my 222 LNA this week. It isn't needed all of the time
but it's nice to have when you do need it.
I tried to work W1GHZ on USB but (obviously) that didn't work. In spite of the
QSB, he had a very good CW signal here.
Both WA3EOQ and W1XR were also weak here, making CW mandatory. I have worked
both of them on SSB in the past.
I plan to be on 1296 for the Sprint this weekend.
73,
Al - W9KXI
-----Original Message-----
From: VHFcontesting
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces+aoldfiel=stny.rr.com@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
David Olean
Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 11:00 PM
To: wz1v@sbcglobal.net; newsvhf@mailman.qth.net
Cc: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] 222 Activity night
Hi Ron and 222 ops,
Good Buddy Al came over for 222 night. Wemanaged to drive up as the
heavy rains had not washed out the road. I dodged a bullet. I mentioned
that he was a Good Buddy because he brought a few cans of nice IPA beers
and we had a great time chatting and working a few stations on222. We
started out on EME and tried to work Dave K3SK off the moon. He heard
nil and I heard nil, but my echoes were very loud. We quit around 2300
UT� and between Al and I we worked most of the stations Good Buddy Ron
worked with his new fantastic amplifier. Stations not worked included�
K2AEP and N2SLO plus KO4YC.� I did work WW1Z and WW1M who did not appear
in WZ1V's log. We quit sort of early about 00:15 UT,and went back to EME
because Al was interested to see how it all worked. I heard W6TCP in CA,
KM0T in Iowa , (very loud) along with K3SK in VA.� Right in the middle
of a W6TCP QSO, his amp misbehaved and quit, so no QSO there, but I did
manage to work K3SK via the moon route for QSO #2 with him. I have still
not been able to contact K3SK over the land path of 565 miles. We tried
FT8 this evening to no avail.� I am now pretty convinced that my Good
Buddy Ron, WZ1V has a Voodoo Doll with pins in it representing a
terrestrial contact between K3SK and K1WHS. We can come up with no other
plausible explanation as to why the contact is not possible.
It was sure a lot of fun this evening although it was raining and there
was lots of precip static on the big tropo antenna. Fortunately it did
not last too long. I managed to work VE3DS with great steady signals on
CW. He was a good S5 or S6. Many other signals were much weaker than
normal. WA3EOQ said I was about the weakest he has ever heard. I thought
he was about normal at just in the noise and barely copyable. It is a
rare night when Howard is Q5. I am glad we worked with all the bad
weather between us. Al and I quit at about 0145 UT.� It was a very rough
night on 222 EME. Almost everything was "one way" only. The Faraday
never lined up to allow many contacts.
With all our gossipping going on,� I was not paying attention to what
contacts were made in other areas, but it seems that condx were better
as you got far away from the storminess in New England. I saw a few nice
long haul QSOs.
73
Dave K1WHS
On 5/2/2023 9:17 PM, Ron Klimas WZ1V wrote:
> Great activity on 222 tonight, TNX QSOs:
> W1XR FM19, WB2VVV FN41, WA1MBA FN51, VE2XX FN25,
> K1PXE FN31, WA1PBU FN42, W1GHZ FN34, WA3EOQ FM09,
> W9KXI FN12, KA3FQS FN20, K1WHS FN43, VE3DS FN03,
> K2RMX FN20, K1TEO FN31, N1GLT FN42, N1SV FN42,
> VE3FN FN25, K3SK FM07, KO4YC FM17, WA3NUF FN20,
> N2SLO FN30, K2AEP FN32, and W1AIM FN34.
> I'll be on 1296 awhile Saturday morning for the uW Sprint.
>
> 73 Ron WZ1V FN31RH
>
>
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