[VHFcontesting] 222 Activity Night

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QRV 222 EME now 2215z

HB9Q Logger

73 Joel W5ZN


On 2022-12-06 12:30, David Olean wrote:
> No I did not forget. I have just been busy with many loose ends....not
> the least of which has been what is attached to my neck.   I have been
> doing small amounts of work on the remote shack on the hill. I finally
> got the 432 system back and working. I do have a semi HF presence
> there with a ten meter setup and I have been doing lots of work there
> to get ready for the ARRL Ten Meter Contest this weekend. Lots of
> problems with broken tic Ring rotor indicators, a bad meter in a T2X
> control box,  busted yagi feeds etc. The last thing was building a new
> antenna switch and then finding that my 6 element yagi was an open
> circuit!  Turns out it was intermittent. I managed to lower the whole
> 36 ft long yagi to the ground and found that the feed was flaky. I had
> over engineered it and made it worse somehow!   But enough of that
> stuff! It is Tuesday and it will be raining in the northeast, so Pete,
> K1PXE will be happy and it will be 222 activity night.  What better
> way to spend an evening with lousy weather than to sit by your
> fantastic 222 VHF setup and try to work DX while being warm and cozy.
> 
> For my part, I will be on 222.100 starting a  bit before 00:00 UT
> looking for contacts.  I will monitor ON4KST 144/432 Region 2 Chat
> page in case you want to run a sked or listen for a weak signal beyond
> your normal working radius.  It is early December. I will probably get
> snowed out pretty soon, and not be able to keep active on the tuesday
> evenings, but while I still can, I will be there making noise and
> calling on 222.  The Moon should be way up during the evening, and I
> will check the HB9Q 222 page if anyone wants to exercise their
> elevation rotator this evening.  I did look at my 222 antenna and it
> seems to be still in one piece. Nothing looks broken yet but winter
> has barely gotten started. I use the same antenna for tropo and EME
> sessions.
> 
> I hope to hear a bunch of great signals this evening.  Maybe K2AEP has
> lengthened his 222 antenna some more?
> 
> 73
> 
> Dave K1WHS
> 
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