I would agree with WA3NUF and WZ1V that activity has taken an upward
swing as we move into the warmer months. Gads it's hot!! I was hoping
to get my tower mounted preamp installed yesterday in time for activity
night, but things got in the way, KA6U is on a cross country trip with
432 and 903 / 1296 gear. He was in NH yesterday and his Q65 signal
sounded rather loud. Turns out he was 30 minutes down the road so I made
a road trip to Hilton Park in Dover and had a great eyeball QSO with
Peter. His portable station is a simple but very effective system. I
took a bunch of pictures of Peter in action. When I got back home, the
clouds were forming. The sky got dark and it started to rain. No
climbing the 100 ft tower for Dave!!
When the activity period started I was greeted with some awful rain
static and I chose to sit tight with antennas disconnected. Close to
23:00 I checked and the static had lessened and I could hear N1BUG in
FN55. I got on the air and N1BUG was my first contact. The following
contacts came fast and furious. Lots of callers. W1XR called in and was
gud copy on my fixed SW antenna. That is a 400+ mile contact on SSB
noless. Howard WA3EOQ was weak but in there every transmission with his
100 watts. I did note that many stations were weaker than normal, no
doubt due to all the storms and riled up atmosphere. I tried an FT8
sked with K9MRI and heard zilch but that is 750 miles. A MS sked with
W7JW was also fruitless. Jeff is about 650 miles and might be a bit
close. Many packrats were worked. WA3NUF, K3GNC, WB2RVX, N3RG, AA2SD,
WC2K, K3TUF, and WA2LTM. Most were on SSB. I don't have my log in front
of me, but I went on EME at about 01:15 UT after working K9MRI on
meteors. I quickly worked W7JW for his 2nd EME contact and then VE6TA
via the Moon route for a total of 34 QSOs on aTuesday night. Last week
I had 29 Qs and GB Ron WZ1V had 30. Those are great numbers. Thanks to
all who got on and made noise. The rain static trailed off as the night
wore on, but lots of static crashes made copy less than stellar. Still
there were plenty of folks to work on a Tuesday night. All this during a
very fine six meter opening with the MUF approaching 144 MHz. Those
results are awesome. When I finally got on EME, the Moon was setting in
the West at about 16 degrees. It was at 10 degrees when I finished with
VE6TA and I could find no one to try things with as the Moon started to
set here in Maine. All in all another great night on 222 MHz.
Dave K1WHS
On 7/9/2024 11:31 PM, PHIL MIGUELEZ via groups.io wrote:
Activity on 222 Tuesdays is definitely on the upside even with 6
meters wide open to the Midwest and parts of the SW at the same time.
The Packrats were well represented this week with at least 9 club
members holding their own in the fray.
With the heat, and the solar cycle contributing, can the RED Blob be
far away?
Join the fun next week and see what your station can do.
07/09/24 WA3NUF
miles
222 PH 7/9/2024 2259 W1XR FM19hx 120
222 PH 7/9/2024 2302 WB2VVV FN41cr 204
222 PH 7/9/2024 2303 WZ1V FN31rh 156
222 PH 7/9/2024 2309 K1WHS FN43mj 309
222 CW 7/9/2024 2322 K1PXE FN31ke 125
222 PH 7/9/2024 2328 W9KXI FN12ne 165
222 PH 7/9/2024 2332 N3RG FM29ki 57
222 CW 7/9/2024 2339 WA3EOQ FM09jo 220
222 PH 7/9/2024 2342 K3GNC FN20jb 9
222 PH 7/9/2024 2343 AA2SD FM29ms 30
222 PH 7/9/2024 2347 WC2K FM29pt 34
222 CW 7/10/2024 0013 K1ZK FN34ih 300
222 PH 7/10/2024 0016 K3TUF FN10we 53
222 PH 7/10/2024 0017 WB2RVX FM29mt 27
222 PH 7/10/2024 0020 WB2ONA FN20tk 43
222 PH 7/10/2024 0025 WA2LTM FN20rh 32
222 CW 7/10/2024 0032 W2BYP FN13ib 228
222 CW 7/10/2024 0105 W1AIM FN34uj 324
222 FT8 7/10/2024 0113 W1UJ FN42bb 213
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