[VHFcontesting] K1DS 222 activity night

[Rick R]

Thunderstorm with lots of rain at 7PM here in Blue Bell, PA. Finally able to stick the antenna out at 8:10 PM and worked Dave K1WHS FN43 on CW. He was loud, but lots of QSB & QRN on all sigs. W9KXI FN12 CW; WZ1V FN31 CW; K1WHS again CW & SSB (I think he felt sorry for me calling CQ many times without response), then N1DPM FN32 came on and Fred chatted with Dave and I managed to have a brief SSB exchange with Fred when they finished. Not a busy night for me, but Dave and others were going to the "outer banks" with meteors. Tomorrow is the XYL's birthday dinner celebration, so I won't be on 432. 73, Rick K1DS