Merry Christmas VHFers!
Tonight is 222 Night and what better way to spend the Christmas holidays
than to get on 222 MHz and wish peace and joy to your hamster friends
who are just as crazy as you are! I am hoping to be on or about 222.100
starting just before 00:00 to help spread the Christmas cheer with
contacts on CW or SSB or FT8, or maybe Q65. The weather here in Sunny
and cold Maine is beautiful and the wind has stopped blowing for a
change. I am hoping I can make it up the hill and get the generator
started. With all the wind we have gotten, the antenna might be broken
in half again, but I am hoping things are still together. Last week was
a banner day for activity and I am hoping that we have plenty of friends
show up tonight and spread Christmas cheer.
I have been reading about the trials and tribulations of Pete, K1PXE. It
seems that his exciter has been giving him trouble, but he is cautiously
optimistic that he can get on and make a few QSOs this evening. To
celebrate the return of K1PXE to the airwaves, the vaunted and all
knowing *222 MHz Activity Committee *has set up a bonus plan for anyone
who contacts k1PXE on 222MHz this evening. I know what you are
thinking. You are thinking that you do not want what the Committee is
offering. You did not want to spend a weekend last week in a lean to
tent at 10,740 ft and hang out in a mud hole just South of the
Collegiate Peaks in Colorado. OK, maybe that could have been a better
selection, but the Committee has gone to great lengths to make up for
last weeks awesome prize. If you work K1PXE you all will get a gift
certificate from one of the best seafood suppliers on the East Coast.
Every lucky ham who manages contact with Pete will win a $75 Gift
Certificate from Sol's Long Island Sound Used Fish market and Plumbing
Supply. If you show up to their fine establishment at 317 Oil spill Way
in Milford, CT and go behind the building about 200 ft past the high
tide marker, you will find them.
A note of caution, Please show up on Wednesday around 3:30 PM only. That
is low tide for that area and the only time when the store is
accessible. Wear your best rubber boots.
As for 222 Night, please show up early evening as most activity is
between 00:00 UT and 02:00 UT. Look and listen around the calling
frequency, 222.100 plus or minus, and also 222.174 if you are looking
for ft8 contacts. The ON4KST Chat page is a handy way to let others know
that you are QRV. https://www.on4kst.org/chat/login.php?band=8 ; If
you have not registered before, it is a simple task to sign up. The
band promises to be in bad shape for the Northern states, but what else
is new? CU on 222.
Dave K1WHS
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