[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] 222 Activity Night Announcement

[David Olean]

I thought you were a bit weaker than W1AIM. Now I know why!!!

Dave K1WHS

On 6/30/2021 11:33 AM, Paul Wade W1GHZ wrote:
> Conditions seemed bad last nite.
> I realized this morning that the problem was a short between the 
> headphones.
> I was turning the wrong rotator.
> Sorry Ron
>
> 73
>  paul
>
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2021, 09:57 N1BUG <paul at n1bug.com 
> <mailto:paul at n1bug.com>> wrote:
>
>     Well, I missed it again! Nobody will ever accuse me of being an
>     evening
>     person these days. I am up at 3 AM (usually after sleeping very
>     poorly)
>     and dead by 7 PM when 222 Activity Night gets rolling.
>
>     I am around in the mornings now, mainly 2 meters but happy to do
>     222 or
>     432. I enjoyed a nice chat with Ron, WZ1V on 222 SSB this morning.
>
>     The new transverters for 144, 222 and 432 are great! I haven't got
>     the
>     GPS frequency reference hooked up yet, but am doing fine without
>     it. I'm
>     kinda bummed about the death of my 432 amp during the June VHF
>     contest,
>     but such is life. I am working people with my puny 25 watts.
>
>     Anyway... on 222 I have 800 watts to a K1FO-22 at 117 feet and am
>     up for
>     trying just about anything during the hours I can be
>     quasi-functional.
>     Actually it looked more like 900 watts now on the uncalibrated
>     meter on
>     the amp. I'll borrow the Bird 43 from 2 meters and see if somehow I
>     really do have the extra bit of goo now or what. I don't know why it
>     would change, it was definitely getting plenty of drive with the old
>     transverter.
>
>     73,
>     Paul N1BUG
>     FN55mf
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