[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] 222 activity night

[David Olean]

220 Night was a lot of fun up here in the wilds of Maine.  First QSO was 
Mike, N1JEZ. The weather was a bit weird as the afternoon was warm and 
humid, but it had cooled off by 7 PM and soon my little hilltop was in 
the clouds. Heavy fog and drizzle!  When I drove home, the house was in 
the clear although it was still drizzling slightly.  The house was not 
in the clouds. Signals from around the area were uniformly good for a 
typical summer night. The K2DLL beacon in FN23 was pretty loud at about 
-108 dBm with the noise floor at about -144 or so. That is 36 dB above 
the noise. WZ1V and K1PXE were very active from CT. WA1PBU was QRV from 
MA. W1AIM & N1JEZ represented Vermont. Dick, W1ZC and WA1T were on from 
NH.  I heard WA3EOQ very well from western Maryland, and tried a sked 
with N1GC in EM95 along with K9MRI in EN70. No tropo signals heard but a 
few meteors were there to keep things interesting!  K2RMX and W2BVU were 
very loud from the NYC area, and N2BFJ was a late contact from FN30 on 
Long Island. Somehow, I missed Al W9KXI in western New York. No VE2s or 
VE3s were heard.

I listened a bit for W5EME on a too far MS path and heard nil this time. 
Thanks to all who were on and trying!

73

Dave K1WHS


On 8/9/2022 9:05 PM, Ron Klimas WZ1V wrote:
> T-storms by FN41 may have kept a few off, but logged 12:
> N1JEZ FN44, WA1PBU FN42, K1PXE FN31, WA3EOQ FM09,
> W9KXI FN12, K2RMX FN20, KC3BVL FM29, W2BVH FN20,
> K1WHS FN43, WA1T FN43, W1AIM FN34, and N2BFJ FN30.
> Keep the 222 activity night rolling, thanks all.
>
> 73 Ron WZ1V FN31RH
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