[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] 222 MHz ACtivity Night
Ron Klimas WZ1V
wz1v at sbcglobal.net
Wed Apr 28 18:56:12 EDT 2021
Well, i wasn't getting any of those strong peaks Dave caught,
but can't complain - 11 Q's in 9 grids for 1.5 hours spent.
All ssb - cw, best VE3ZV EN92 at 410 miles on cw.
You can count on me to be tuning in next week !
73 Ron WZ1V - FN31RH
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex <alex at kr1st.com>
To: David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net>
Cc: "222Activity at groups.io" <222activity at groups.io>, "vhfcontesting at contesting.com" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>, "NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net" <newsvhf at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 18:35:10 -0400
Subject: Re: [NEWSVHF] [VHFcontesting] 222 MHz ACtivity Night
> It sure was fun, Dave! I made more traditional mode QSOs than in the Spring. HI Indeed the QSB was long and deep and it was great hearing so many people on. I'm always surprised how well a modest 100W and 10 elements works on this band.
Thanks for spurring the activity!
73,
--Alex KR1ST
On Apr 28, 2021, 4:29 PM, at 4:29 PM, David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net> wrote:
>I don't know about everybody, but I am getting the impression that a
>222
>activity night was just what the doctor ordered! All in all, it was a
>fun evening even though conditions in the NE were terrible. The good
>news was that there was a big QSB fade and that, if you caught it just
>right, you could do pretty well. I guess that means that condx were not
>
>bad all the time, just 90% of the time. heh heh. Al, WA1T showed up and
>
>we both played with the radio as well as passing notes on the chat
>pages. Al's 222 antenna has problems so he came over to my shack on the
>
>opposite side of the lake and enjoyed the evening along with me!
>
>I got on at about 7:30 PM local time from FN43mj. There was already
>activity before that. I have included my log to show what activity I
>could hear in northern New England
>
>04/27/2021 23:34 WW2Y 222.100 CW 579
>589 TRS FN20QJ
>04/27/2021 23:34 N3RG 222.100 CW 549
>559 TRS FM29
>04/27/2021 23:42 WW1Z 222.105 SSB
>59 TRS FN42ET
>04/27/2021 23:50 WW1M 222.105 SSB
>59 TRS FN43PI
>04/27/2021 23:53 WA1PBU 222.105 SSB 59
>59 TRS FN42JG
>04/27/2021 23:56 KB1JEY 222.105 SSB
>22 TRS FN20JE faded out on SSB!
>04/28/2021 00:21 VE3ZV 222.104 SSB 57
>57 TRS EN92VW very loud on SSB 500 mi.
>04/28/2021 00:46 K1PXE 222.106 SSB
>57 TRS FN31KE
>04/28/2021 00:54 W9KXI 222.107 SSB 56
>57 TRS FN12
>04/28/2021 01:12 VA3ELE 222.127 CW 559
>529 TRS FN03
>04/28/2021 01:43 VA3ELE 222.127 CW 559
>559 TRS FN03
>04/28/2021 01:50 K1RZ 222.110 CW 559
>519 TRS FM19JH
>04/28/2021 01:45 222.174 K1RZ FT8 FM19
>
>04/28/2021 02:00 222.174 KR1ST FT8 FN21
>
>WW2Y was my first contact. I knew that Peter had lashed a small yagi on
>
>his porch just for Activity Night, so I was glad to work him, but was
>also amazed at how loud he was. The amp on his end sure helped! The
>first thing I noticed was that there was long and big QSB. If a signal
>was S7 or 8, it could drop down to quite weak in a minutes time. I saw
>
>that often.I must have caught Stephen VE3ZV on such a peak because he
>answered my CW CQ with SSB, and he was running a solid S7 on voice! He
>was much louder than I heard him in the 222 Sprint two weeks ago. I
>did
>not see any big peak on VA3ELE, but his signal here seems quite steady
>and easily workable over the past three weeks.
>
>I was called by a VE2? station early on. Not sure who it was but I
>swung the beam NW and called VE2XX to see if it was him. I heard no
>response from that direction, so I am not sure who called me.
>
>Many thanks to all who made the effort to get on. There was much
>activity as seen on the chat pages that was just too far away for me to
>
>hear, but it was re assuring to know that they were in there making
>noise. I think the fact that people are active on Tuesday night will
>entice more folks to get on as it is a lot of fun to try and make easy
>and then hard qsos on any VHF band. I heard lots of comments about the
>high level of "Fun Factor".
>
>I tried a few minutes with N9HF in Florida on meteors, and then AA9MY
>in
>EN50 on FT8, but had no luck with either station. The good news was
>that
>it was fun just trying to make a contact or even to just get heard on
>such long haul attempts. Most of the efforts were CW and SSB, with
>some
>FT8
>
>So I will be back next Tuesday for 222 Activity night. and hope that I
>am as successful as in the first two weeks! It sure beats watching
>videos. Thanks to folks who have been on each night: N3RG, K1RZ, WW1Z &
>
>WW1M, K1PXE, VA3ELE, KO4YC, N9HF, AA9MY, and K5QE. I am sure there are
>many more that I missed on that list. Getting some resident activity on
>
>Tuesday evenings will help to build up activity everywhere! If people
>know they have a good chance at making a QSO, they will show up. And
>just wait for the bands to improve and start acting like Summertime!
>Thanks again for your efforts.
>
>Dave K1WHS
>
>
>
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