Hi Good Buddy Dave, ditto on the condx here.
Got everyone on your list except KO1I and WA3EOQ.
Had to quit before 8:30 for another Emcomm drill on HF.
Too many fake emergencies lately.
This week they're doing a pretend earthquake disaster drill.
Get ready to duck and cover.
73 Ron WZ1V
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Olean <K1WHS@metrocast.net>
To: "newsvhf@mailman.qth.net" <newsvhf@mailman.qth.net>, VHF Contesting
<VHFcontesting@Contesting.com>, "222Activity@Groups.io" <222Activity@Groups.io>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:58:27 -0400
Subject: [NEWSVHF] 222 MHz Activity Night Summary K1WHS
> Hello VHFers,
Well, conditions were rather poor on Tuesday night, but there was
activity around for sure. I worked a total of 23 stations. I did not
try any meteor skeds, but did try a rather long tropo attempt with
VA3IKE. Ike is just over 600 miles from me. He runs about 25-30 watts on
222, so a contact at that distance is rare. Last night, he was copying
me via Q65B-60 at -25 to -27 but I could see nothing here. I did know he
was calling as i would see a few tones appear, but no decodes.I was
probably detecting meteor reflections. I did manage to work K3SK at
about 575 miles using Q65. I could not hear him on CW. Dave was hearing
bits of me on CW, but it was so weak that it was not readable. My
other long haul contacts were with WA3EOQ on CW in FM09JO at 500 miles
and W8ZN near Winchester, VA on FT8 at just under 500 miles. N8LRG was
on early from central Ohio. I went to try a sked with him, but I was too
late and he had left the building. That is too bad. I was hoping to see
what we could hear on that path. Here is my log:
QSO worked by K1WHS (FN43MJ) on all bands
Type of propagation: All Mode: All mode
From 10/14/2025 to 10/15/2025
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DATE TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE
PRO.REMARKS QRB (KM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10/14/2025 22:58 KC3FQF/R FM29 -7 -01 220 MHzFT8
TR 544+-
10/14/2025 23:03 W8ZN FMØ9TE -7 -12 220 MHzFT8
TR 776
10/14/2025 23:08 WA1RKS FN32IN 549 599 220 MHzCW
TR 211
10/14/2025 23:10 KA2ENE FN13FE +05 +11 220 MHzFT8
TR 533
10/14/2025 23:11 KO1I FN42JK +02 +25 220 MHzFT8
TR 108
10/14/2025 23:14 WA3NUF FN2ØKE 57 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 496
10/14/2025 23:16 K1PXE FN31 58 220 MHzSSB
TR 265+-
10/14/2025 23:18 WW1Z FN42ET 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 84
10/14/2025 23:21 WB2VVV FN41CR 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 197
10/14/2025 23:23 WA1NLG FN41XF 220 MHzSSB
TR 252
10/14/2025 23:25 K1TEO FN31JH 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 296
10/14/2025 23:28 WZ1V FN31RH 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 266
10/14/2025 23:31 WA2LTM FN2ØRH 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 453
10/14/2025 23:31 N1ROZ FN32TG 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 170
10/14/2025 23:36 WA1MBA FN51AS 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 198
10/14/2025 23:37 W1AUV FN32II 559 599 220 MHzCW
TR 223
10/14/2025 23:47 K3SK FMØ7TJ -22 -23 220 MHzQ65
TR 915
10/15/2025 00:05 KA3FQS FN2ØJF 55 55 220 MHzSSB
TR 498
10/15/2025 00:17 N1YCQ FN41LP 55 220 MHzSSB
TR 195
10/15/2025 00:19 W1AIM FN34 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 203+-
10/15/2025 00:23 VE2XX FN25WK 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 339
10/15/2025 00:40 W2HRO FN2ØNH -01 -02 220 MHzFT8
TR 472
10/15/2025 01:12 WA3EOQ FMØ9JO 339 220 MHzCW
TR 805
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of QSO listed: 23
I have been working on repairing my ten meter tower and put in a bit of
work today adding another tower section to get up to 50 ft. It is
looking great. I had a used section all set to put up, but noted that it
was losing its galvanized coating in places, so I decided to prime the
section and then give a final coat of aluminum or silver paint so it
looks OK. My new ham buddy in town showed up and we grabbed another Rohn
45 section then he helped me to install the tower section at the 50 ft
level. It was windy, so I was glad he was there to haul up and down on
the winch so I could easily drop the tower section in place. I was
worried about the wind, so I was glad he stopped by. I gave him about
90 ft of old tower sections so he can get some antennas up and get on
the air. Matt also asked me what was the best code key to get and that
he is learning CW with a phone app. I gave him a Vibroplex electronic
paddle along with an AEA keyer so he will be all set for code practice.
The AEA keyer actually has a code practice session in memory. Matt
seems to be all fired up and is looking forward to getting on HF. He is
already not happy with 2M FM. He can't find anyone to even talk to there!
73
Dave K1WHS
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