[VHFcontesting] Tuesday Activity Night Reminder

[Alex]

Hi Lloyd,

Thanks for the note. I do run a kW on 6/2/70 and 250W on 1296 and I agree that power helps. Indeed that is the reason I bought all my amps last year. I did get an old Mirage 250W amp, but it never worked right and it puts out 30W. I never took the time to fix it because I was thinking of getting a W6PQL amp for this band. But when I look at the number of Q's I make on this band it just didn't seem worth it. I work most guys even at low power during a contest when I run the bands with them after getting their attention on 6 or 2. But on nights like tonight some oomph would certainly help. :) 

The other problem I have on nights like tonight is that no one points their beam in my direction because I'm not in their directions to major ham populations. 

We'll try again next week and see what happens.

Thanks again for the note and 73,
--Alex KR1ST



On Aug 17, 2021, 10:05 PM, at 10:05 PM, Lloyd - N9LB <lloydberg at tds.net> wrote:
>Hello Alex,
>
>I have a FLEX feeding a DEMI 25 watt transverter into a M2 22-10EZ
>antenna.
>I had the same issues that you describe. 
>
>I then obtained a 250 watt amp and that made a huge difference, if I
>could hear them, I could work them.
>( for DX, frequently with difficulty, but with a few repeats the Q was
>made. )
>
>Having "some power" on any of the VHF or UHF bands makes quite a
>difference on your success rate.
>
>73
>
>Lloyd - N9LB  ( EN52hv )
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: VHFcontesting
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>Behalf Of alex at kr1st.com
>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 7:54 PM
>To: David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net>
>Cc: NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net; Vhfcontesting at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Tuesday Activity Night Reminder
>
>I worked K1PXE and WB2SIH on SSB. Many thanks! Unfortunately, I have 
>this problem that I can hear folks better than they can hear me. I did 
>hear K1DS, WZ1V, K3GNC, and one other station on SSB. I tried CW to get
>
>someone's attention to no avail. My CQ's went unanswered as well, even 
>on FT8. I guess my signal is just too weak and either have to get a kW 
>for this band also, or go on the HTML 1.0 KST chat page to scare up
>Q's, 
>which I was hoping not to be needed on a activity night. I'll try again
>
>next week.
>
>73,
>--Alex KR1ST
>
>IC-7300/L222-28HP/C1012/222-10EZ
>
>On 2021-08-17 10:05, David Olean wrote:
>> It is Tuesday and you know what that means!  Besides fighting off the
>> Murder Hornets, it is also the day set aside for making real contacts
>> on the 222 MHz band.
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