I am sorry that I missed you Howard. I quit and turned stuff off around
the exact time you showed up! That is too bad as I did not accomplish
much in terms of difficult contacts last night. Working that path from
FM09 to Maine and FN43 is a difficult one and always fun to try. All of
the folks that I worked were near enough that each contact was easy. I
was looking for K2CS in Western New York, but he never showed on the
chat page. I tried some CQs on CW, SSB and even FT8 looking West. I
worked KA2ENE on FT8 with good signals and Cousin Al, W9KXI on SSB out
there. I tried a MS sked with K9MRI and KK4MA. There was a small meteor
shower going on, the Ursids. I got a rather nice burst from Joe, K9MRI
that lasted about 10 to 11 seconds. It was loud and reminded me of the
old days when it seemed that meteors were better. The sked with KK4MA
started out great. I heard two bursts but they were well off frequency.
I adjusted my RIT in hopes of getting a decode, but then the meteors
dried up. We ran for about 8 or 10 minutes. That is the only problem
with MSK144....You need rather precise frequency accuracy.
Here is my log:
DATE TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE
PRO.REMARKS QRB
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12/23/2025 23:57 KA2ENE FN13FE -01 +04 220 MHzFT8
TR 533
12/24/2025 00:06 W9KXI FN12NE 55 55 220 MHzSSB
TR 501
12/24/2025 00:08 WA3NUF FN2ØKE 55 220 MHzSSB
TR 496
12/24/2025 00:09 KA3FQS FN2ØJF 55 55 220 MHzSSB
TR 498
12/24/2025 00:12 WB2SIH FN31 55 220 MHzCW
TR 222
12/24/2025 00:16 WA1MBA FN51AS 599 55 220 MHzCW
TR 198
12/24/2025 00:18 WW1Z FN42ET 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 84
12/24/2025 00:22 W1AIM FN34 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 203+-
12/24/2025 00:24 N1SV FN42EP 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 99
12/24/2025 00:36 WZ1V FN31RH -05 -08 220 MHzFSK
TR 266
12/24/2025 00:38 KA1OJ FN42EH -13 +4 220 MHzFSK
TR 132
12/24/2025 00:42 WA1RKS FN32IN 559 579 220 MHzCW
TR 211
12/24/2025 00:51 K1OR FN42IR +25 +16 220 MHzFSK
TR 79
12/24/2025 00:54 KC3BVL FM29JW +10 +00 220 MHzFT8
TR 522
12/24/2025 00:55 WB2SIH FN31 -11 -14 220 MHzFSK
TR 222
12/24/2025 00:56 N1SV FN42EP =9 +15 220 MHzFSK
TR 99
12/24/2025 01:00 K1OR FN42IR 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 79
12/24/2025 01:16 K9MRI EN7ØIU +8 220 MHzFSK
TR 1213
12/24/2025 01:30 KK4MA EM93UR 220 MHzSSB
TR not complete 1344
12/24/2025 01:33 N1YCQ FN41LP 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 195
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Number of QSO listed: 20
VE2XX was on but had PTT issues. When he finally got it fixed, I was
playing with meteors and missed his message on the chat page. Ten
minutes later I saw it but Stu had left the building! That was right at
about 0200 UT. I listened and called W5EME via meteors, but heard nil.
That is a very long path. Note that a few contacts are dupes on analog
and digital. WB2SIH, N1SV, and K1OR were duplicates. The snow started
here in mid afternoon and was in high gear at 23:00 when I left the
house to head up to the shack. When I left a bit after 0200 UT, the
scene was right out of a Currier and Ives Christmas lithograph. The snow
was fairly deep and hanging on every branch. The snow flakes were big
and falling fast! I surprised a large deer on the way down to the house,
and he ran right in front of my truck as I came out of the woods. All in
all, the evening really put me in a Christmas spirit. Ho Ho Ho
73
Dave K1WHS
On 12/24/2025 9:12 AM, Howard Reynolds wrote:
Got on after volleyball at 0209Z; missed everyone by about 5 minutes - hi.
MC to all and tu for the 222 activity. Wx got warm here into the 40s and
melted all the snow with rain and drizzle. Near 50 degrees on Christmas
day. Back to ice on Friday. WA3EOQ
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