[VHFcontesting] 222 Activity Night K1DS

[Alex]

I didn't hear a peep either on 222.100. 

I was busy working so could not call CQ, but was monitoring .100 in case I heard someone and could do a quick exchange. I did see CW on .125 but by the time I got there the signal was gone. 

Then it occurred to me that since this is not a contest but an event to generate activity, why not use .100 for skeds arranged online? If the frequency is not busy, use it, and perhaps you may pick up a lurker. If it's busy, well, you can arrange for a different frequency online, or simply agree to always check "up 5" as well.

It's of little use to have a calling frequency that doesn't get utilized.

At least with FT8, you know where people will show up, which is a huge plus. That's probably what I should have monitored.

73,
--Alex KR1ST



On Jun 22, 2021, 9:31 PM, at 9:31 PM, nosigma--- via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:
> Nothing heard on any bearing, ssb or CW here.  Called SSB and on CW
>every 30 deg around the compass twice with special effort to the N & NE
>and bearing to K1WHS.
>Anyone hear me on SSB or CW?
>Always fun to try.  Maybe next tuesday.  Sea level is not as much fun
>as mountain  topping Hi Hi.
>73JohnKM4KMU 73
>
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> 
>On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 21:22, Rick R<rick1ds at hotmail.com> wrote:   It
>was like the good old times for me tonight. I have a rental apartment
>for the summer in Blue Bell, PA, FN30ie outside of Philly, near where I
>used to own a home before I moved to Florida. I have my IC735 and a 3
>element WA5VJB antenna that I stick out the window here facing north. I
>popped in on K1WHS just after 7PM and we had a brief SSB chat. I also
>worked WW2Y on CW, K1PXE on CW, WZ1V on SSB and WA2VNV on FT8. I had a
>partial with K1WHS on FT8 also, and I copied N1SV on FT8, but I wasn't
>prepared to send when I copied his sigs. I listened for some of the
>FN12 stations but nothing heard. Hope I can make it again on other Tues
>eves. I'll be up in RI this weekend and visiting the W1OP Providence
>Radio Association gang to operate Field Day. 73, Rick K1DS
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