I don't expect it to be easy, I do it because it's a challenge and it's fun.
Maybe I got on 222 late in the game. My first transverter was the Zack Lau
W1VT "no-tune" 222 MHz transverter that used printed hairpin circuits as
filters. He published circuits for both the 222 MHz transverter and the 194
MHz LO. Then along came the W1GHZ 222 MHz transverter for the FT817 (which
is what I've been using for the IF rig). That's what I use now,
73, Zack W9SZ
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On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 7:36 PM Dana Shtun <ve3dss@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dave & other VHF ers
> Back in 1970, getting on 220 was challenging.
> A 6360 mixer driving a 6360 driving a 5894 or if you were really luck a
> 4cx250 was heaven.
> Interestingly the core push came from Montreal hams influenced by the W1
> hams.. trickle down 220 ...
> Yours truly had a 8 bay array of 4 el yagis up for a while, and made the
> first Canada to US SSB contact into OHIO.
> There was life on 220 along the shores of the Great Lakes….mostly on the
> US side sadly…but
> A number of guys got on due to our VE3ONT team, including VE3EMS who made
> WAS on 220 from the North Shore of Lake Huron.
> What makes contesting fun is the “unknown” factor… pushing out to those DX
> boundaries … perseverance… goals… fun...
>
> Back in the late 1940’s after the war, ARRL sponsored not weekend contests
> but VHF MARATHONS…running
> Long term “contests’ or like a “mega sprint”… the UKSMG runs such in EU
> today on a seasonal basis..…
>
> Maybe that’s what we need… the Marathons allowed people to come and go,
> get on when timer permits, and
> Take advantage of changing weather and prop, rove around, test gear…
> tinker…
>
> CW SSB FT8 FM all thrown together, maybe a distance factor in there too…
>
> The other question is … why do we do this? Research, Competition, EGO,
> all 3? Fun? Curiosity? Something new? Social ? What drives us to
> Do this, when 7 MHz is so easy… ?????
>
> Just my 2 Canadian cents…
>
> 73 Dana VE3DS
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> Toronto VHF Society VE3ONT
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