[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] 222 Activity Night for December 14

[David Olean]

Hi Fred

Sorry I missed you. I quit a few minutes before 9PM EST. WA1T was here 
and he had to get home and I had a commitment at 9 as well. We walked up 
to the shack as the road has been torn up by driving in the mud. I am 
glad you picked up K1DY. He has been trying to get on and make a contact 
for awhile! The band was in pretty good shape. KO4YC was worked along 
with W1XR in FM19 and NZ3M in FN10. Howard, WA3EOQ had the best signal 
up here he has had in a very long time. He was solid 100% of the time on 
CW. Usually a contact with his 90 watts is a squeaker as the distance is 
over 500 miles. Today was arm chair copy. Both Al and I got pretty 
excited over that!

Thanks for getting on!  It is now 7 AM local time and I am running a 222 
MS sked.  Catching up on emails while I wait for a ping!

73

Dave K1WHS

On 12/15/2021 6:46 AM, Fred Stefanik wrote:
> Worked a few.. W1AIM, N1JEZ, WZ1V, K1PXE, and K1DY
> But I was on a bit late after watching the Bruins game.
> 73
> Fred
> N1DPM
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 2:09 AM David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net> wrote:
>
>     Winter is here in Maine anyway.  The weather this week is pretty good
>     and I am sure that I can be QRV for the fantastic 222 MHz Activity
>     Night
>     for Tuesday evening. If you have some 222 MHz gear in working order,
>     this is your chance to work someone with it. I looked at the
>     Hepburn Map
>     and it does appear that there might be a bit of a lift as Tuesday
>     night
>     progresses. Nothing really good, but better than nothing! Western New
>     York, and of course that path from Tennessee to Louisiana should
>     be good
>     or maybe just a bit better than stinko! Last week was pretty good for
>     stable signals and the map did not show any enhancement at all.
>     The best
>     way to tell is to get on for Tuesday night and see for yourself.
>
>     The week is promising to be rather mild for Northern New England.
>     After
>     the Tuesday night excitement, I am climbing the tower and slipping
>     the H
>     frame and elevation rotor down a few feet on the main mast. I will be
>     unable to really use the antenna after that, but it will help
>     protect it
>     from winter winds and ice storms that seem to plague us up here.
>     SO this
>     looks like my last weekly participation for the next three months.
>     That
>     does not mean that Tuesday night 222 activity will stop. There will
>     still be plenty of really good home stations who will be on. N1BUG in
>     FN55 is promising to get on in the winter months. If we get some good
>     weather, I can make the trek up the hill and get on with my fixed
>     yagi
>     that covers down the coast as well.
>
>     Tuesday night will also be a good meteor night, so a good idea
>     would be
>     to set up a meteor sked out at about 1000 miles when the local
>     activity
>     slows down. I saw a beautiful semi fireball while I was driving up
>     the
>     woods road Monday night. I saw even with all the trees blocking my
>     view.
>     It was a big meteor! The Geminids will still be going pretty well on
>     Tuesday night. The ON4KST page is good for setting up tropo skeds.
>     Many
>     folks use Ping Jockey for meteors.  The EME guys tend to use HB9Q
>     Logger.  Check with other ops in your area if you are unsure of
>     what is
>     popular for liaison in your area.
>
>     CU on 222 I hope.
>
>     73
>
>     Dave K1WHS
>
>     ______________________________________________________________
>     NEWSVHF mailing list
>     Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/newsvhf
>     Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>     Post: mailto:NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net
>
>     This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>     Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>