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It was a GREAT night here in south central Virginia (FM07) I worked 1-CW, 5
SSB, 2 FT8, and 2 Q65 EME. Finished with 10 contacts, 8 states and 9 Grids.
As of tonight, K1WHS is no longer my only 222 EME contact. Thanks W4ZST!
Best of all, in the middle of trying to copy signals off the moon I played
around with knobs and buttons finally have a lead on why I have had so much
trouble decoding digital signals on 222. Apparently, I have an audio issue
between the rig and the computer. It's either the Signallink, the cables or
the rig itself. But now I know where to look.
By the end of this week I should have all the piece parts for reconfiguring my
antennas to hopefully improve things before the contest. If I’m absent next
Tuesday night, it didn’t go well.
Dave Buckwalter
K3SK FM07
de K3SK
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From: 222Activity@groups.io <222Activity@groups.io> On Behalf Of David Olean
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 9:17 AM
To: 222 >> 222Activity@groups.io <222Activity@groups.io>;
vhfcontesting@contesting.com; NEWSVHF@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [222Activity] 222 Activity Night Summary
Hello 222 ops,
Well, the activity was very good, but no one managed to break any records as
far as QSO numbers were concerned. I was hoping that Good Buddy Ron WZ1V or
myself could break the 30 QSO barrier. When you think about it, 30 QSOs on a
typical evening would be quite amazing and I was figuring that, with the June
Contest approaching, we might have enough ops on the air to break that barrier.
unfortunately, the big numbers did not materialize. Not sure why.
I started off the evening a bit before 2300 UT. I noted that there were many
stations setting up skeds all across the Midwest and South. N1GC was very
active along with K9MRI. W5EME in Louisiana was on as well, but suffered a PA
breakdown with a dead coax relay. My first Q was the very energetic WZ1V, and
he was S9 over a 165 mile path. WA1MBA was also very loud from rare FN51.
Things seemed to be quite normal until I tried my weekly attempt with WA3EOQ at
500 miles. I could not copy Howard at all in the first several sequences. I was
having a problem with a weak birdie that made things difficult as I rocked the
big knob. After about two minutes, he came up out of the noise and we
completed, but the QSB on this very long path was greater than we normally
experience. W1XR at
406 miles was very good copy on SSB, but was not as loud as on many evenings.
I tried to make a contact with W5EME around 0000 UT using the EME route.
That is when we discovered that his relay gave up the fight and quit. He was
copying me OK, but I never heard him. K3SK was listening as well. We both went
back to horizon stations after about 30 minutes. I worked N1QG in Burlington VT
and then had a 1st initial contact with K1ZK also in the Burlington area. He
was all excited to be on 222 and experience the Tuesday night activity. He
worked a fair number of stations including N1JEZ, W1AIM, and N1QG. K1ZK also
worked WZ1V for a great contact with his low power setup. ZK was using a 222
yagi he got from N1QG. WA2LTM and WB2RVX showed up close to 9 PM EDST and both
had
s7 or so signals over a 300 mile path. I tried a CW CQ on 222.110 and who
should answer but WA3EOQ at just over 500 miles. That might be the first time
we have worked that did not require a sked. His signal was Q5 at times and much
better than our earlier attempt. Not bad for 100 watts!
I elevated the antenna after 0100 UT and immediately hooked up with W6TCP who
is only 2600 miles away. Ian was very loud at -17 and perfectly audible in my
headphones. Other stations worked were K3SK who peaked at -18. W4ZST was very
loud too. On one sequence the S/N ratio showed -13. On EME a signal that loud
will roll your socks up and down. My contact with K3SK was #3 via EME. W4ZST
and K3SK a;so worked with good signals, and Dave K3SK was happy with the
success for the evening. While all this was happening KO4YC was looking for me
terrestrially. I answered him on the chat page about ten minutes later, but I
guess Cornell had gone QRT. I also looked for K1DY as 0200 UT approached, but
he did not make an appearance and my evening ended at about 02:30. Here is my
log printed out below. I ended up with 25 QSOs. It could have been at 30
easily. Some missing stations were N2JMH, W9KXI, VE3KG, VE3DS, VE3FN, W2BYP,
K2AEP, W1GHZ, KC2KAE VE2XX.......the list goes on.
DATE TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE
PRO.REMARKS QRB
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
05/30/2023 22:59 WZ1V FN31RH 59 59 220 MHzSSB TR
165
05/30/2023 23:02 WA1MBA FN51AS 59 59 220 MHzSSB TR
123
05/30/2023 23:03 K1FSY FN31LN 57 59 220 MHzSSB TR
165
05/30/2023 23:04 WB2VVV FN41CR 57 220 MHzSSB TR
123
05/30/2023 23:05 WA3NUF FN20KE 57 57 220 MHzSSB TR
308
05/30/2023 23:07 W1XR FM19HX 57 220 MHzSSB TR
406
05/30/2023 23:11 N1JEZ FN44AR 57 59 220 MHzSSB TR
105
05/30/2023 23:16 WA1RKS FN32IN 559 589 220 MHzCW TR
131
05/30/2023 23:25 WA3EOQ FM09JO 419 220 MHzCW TR
500
05/30/2023 23:30 N2SLO FN30MM 55 58-59 220 MHzSSB TR
100 watts 224
05/30/2023 23:31 K1TEO FN20JQ 59 59 220 MHzSSB TR
287
05/30/2023 23:36 N1GLT FN42IW 59 59 220 MHzSSB TR
36
05/30/2023 23:38 N3RG FM29KI 55 58 220 MHzSSB TR
353
05/30/2023 23:47 K1PXE FN31KE 58 58 220 MHzSSB TR
188
05/30/2023 23:49 W2KMA FN30 58 220 MHzSSB TR
224+-
05/31/2023 00:17 N1QG FN34JJ 58 59 220 MHzSSB TR
132
05/31/2023 00:20 W1AIM FN34UJ 58 59 220 MHzSSB TR
96
05/31/2023 00:24 K1ZK FN34JJ 57 55 220 MHzSSB TR 25w
132
05/31/2023 00:47 WB2RVX FM29MT 57 220 MHzSSB TR
322
05/31/2023 00:51 WA2LTM FN20MM 57 220 MHzSSB TR
286
05/31/2023 01:00 WA3EOQ FM09JO 529 529 220 MHzCW TR random
500
05/31/2023 01:11 K1MAP FN32SB 55 220 MHzSSB TR
119
05/31/2023 01:12 W6TCP CM97 fn43 -22 220 MHzQ65 TR
2619+-
05/31/2023 01:32 K3SK FM07TH -19 -21 220 MHzQ65 TR
573
05/31/2023 01:38 W4ZST EM84AO -17 -16 220 MHzQ65 TR
923
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Number of QSO listed: 25
Thanks to all of the stations who are on all over the eastern portion of the
USA and making noise on Tuesdays. It is very gratifying to see skeds and
contacts made as postings on the ON4KST Chat page scroll by. The
222 band has really come back to life. Don't forget the June contest, and try
to listen above 54 MHz too.
73
Dave K1WHS
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