[VHFcontesting] OTA TV Alternative Was: It's 222 Activity time.

[Alex]

Ron mentions blowing out his OTA TV. One solution I have been using as a fellow OTA TV user is the locast.org. For a $5 a month donation I get all the local channels through streaming. It's actually a free service, but you get annoying requests for donations from time to time. You can stream this from your phone or tablet to your TV with Chromecast, or perhaps a different streaming device.

Locast.org is not available in all markets though.  I did hear that if you use something like a *cough* fake GPS app *cough* you can watch any channel in any market. Of course, I have never tried this myself.

Just throwing this out there if you are having trouble keeping the peace with fellow house mates watching OTA TV while you're on the air.

73,
--Alex KR1ST


On May 19, 2021, 11:12 AM, at 11:12 AM, Ron Klimas WZ1V <wz1v at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>Was on last night between 8 and 9:30 pm.
>13 QSOs, 12 grids worked:
>K1RZ, KO4YC, KV1J, KR1ST, VE2XX, K1WHS, K1PXE, N3RG, KC2KAE, K1OR,
>WW2Y, N1SV, N2BFJ.
>Not bad considering band was EL Stinko. TNX for the QSO's.
>I have the new -80 dB 222 notch filter inline on my TV antenna,
>no more TVI to my XYL, I can be on 222 anytime now.
>73 Ron WZ1V, FN31RH
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net>
>To: "222 >> 222Activity at groups.io" <222Activity at groups.io>,       
>"NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net" <NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net>,       
>"vhfcontesting at contesting.com" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 23:04:01 -0400
>Subject: Re: [NEWSVHF] [VHFcontesting] It's 222 Activity time.
>
>> Hi 222 MHz ers
>
>I ran into some minor problems and ended up losing my kilowatt
>amplifier
>after about 1/2 hour. I bypassed the amp and tried going on with just
>100 watts. It worked pretty well. I had a great QSO with N3RG, and an
>FT8 QSO with K1RZ. A try with VE3ZV on CW at almost 500 miles did not
>work. Stephen heard me only about 50% of the time. I heard him OK but
>very weak.� We did not complete. The band had some deep QSB.� VE2XX was
>way up and then� down quite abit. K1PXE was 559 and watery sounding on
>CW with his beam fixed SW, then peaked up at 5X8 on SSB a bit later
>with
>a blasting signal.� It was great to hear K2AEP & W1GHZ in VT.�� K1OR
>was
>on with a big signal along with KV1J in FN44. WW2Y in NJ had a great
>signal into Maine too.� Thanks to "Good Buddy" Ron, WZ1V for getting on
>and making a bunch of contacts.
>
>I took a look at the HV power supply, and traced the problem to a fried
>power relay.� (my fault) I'll do better the next time. I can fix it
>easily.
>
>My apologies for not trying any meteors etc, but my 100 watts is quite
>a
>bit down from the normal KW level!
>
>73
>
>Dave K1WHS
>
>On 5/18/2021 4:19 PM, David Olean wrote:
>> I will be on 222.100 or so this evening again looking for contacts on
>> the Tuesday Night 222 Activity Night.
>>
>> For the occasion, I am running a new HV supply on my amplifier. I did
>> not gain much over the old one. I have a huge bank of electrolytic
>> caps for HV ripple reduction, and the high current on charging peaks
>> seems to make the regulation not so hot. It works tho' so I will be
>in
>> there making noise.� The temps are warm and it should be a great
>night 
>> to spend on the hill. To celebrate, I may even have a few bottles of
>> birch beer to savor in between contacts.� I hope to see you all
>there!
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Dave K1WHS
>>
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