[VHFcontesting] 222 Activity Night

[David Olean]

Hi VHF ops!

So N1BUG will get on for 222 Night!  Well, it will be good to have a 
Maine station on for Tuesday nights. I keep thinking that I should try 
to get on for a Tuesday night, , but it is just too massive a task as 
the road is icy and very easy for the truck to slide off the road and 
into trees or over a ledge.  If I could negotiate the road, I have to 
haul the K3,  the transverter, cables, a wattmeter , a laptop, headset, 
key, etc. etc It is a lot to haul and then hook up.  Realistically, it 
is not feasible. With no permanent power up there, some things become 
difficult. The good news is that there are only about eight weeks left 
before I can get stuff back up there. That is not a long time.

So tonight is Tuesday Night and that should be the cue to get on 222.1 
right after dinner and make a few contacts with your other VHF 
friends.   Lets see how many can make it to N1BUG in the "real" Maine.  
If you hang around until 0300UT, you might also hear K1DY in FN54!

73

Dave K1WHS



On 1/25/2022 9:18 AM, N1BUG wrote:
> It's Tuesday! 222 ops, you know what that means! Time to put aside 
> thoughts of winter for an evening and have some fun on the greatest 
> VHF band! Use those amplifiers to heat the shack if you've got 'em! 
> But get on with whatever you have, high power or low, big antenna or 
> small! You can work stuff... but not if you aren't on the air. Trust 
> me, I am an expert on the latter with regard to 222 Activity Night!
>
> I am planning to be there for a change! Starting this week I was 
> finally able to move my exhausting Tuesday schedule to Mondays. 
> Evenings are still not a great time for me, I am always going to be 
> very tired then... but I've got a much better chance of being 
> quasi-functional Tuesday evenings now!
>
> Since I haven't been a regular participant, it may take a few weeks to 
> find what works best for me. I can work a lot, but it is challenging 
> to know what to do from way up here in the boonies. Unless people are 
> pointed at me, I can' tell what frequencies are in use. For now, I 
> will CQ frequently on 222.100 CW and see how that goes. Maybe it would 
> be best in the future to pick a spot well removed from .100 and 
> announce in advance where I will be. But I'm not sure all who are 
> active for 222 Activity Night see these weekly announcements? On the 
> other hand, I bet 222 ops would spread the word! We'll just see how it 
> goes for now. I am open to suggestions.
>
> I prefer to call CQ on CW especially when I am tired, but will very 
> happily switch to SSB when called on that mode. I have no issue with 
> FT8 per se and may try that from time. I will go there by request. 
> However, it won't be a primary focus for me. I use FT8 on HF every day 
> but it takes away so much of what was truly special and unique that I 
> loved about VHF - hearing the shifting sounds of signals with 
> propagation, adapting transmitting speed, length of transmissions etc. 
> to match conditions. That was probably the biggest reason I fell in 
> love with VHF in the first place and have enjoyed it so much over the 
> years. I will be on the ON4KST R2 144/432 chat page.
>
> 73,
> Paul N1BUG
> FN55mf
> 800 watts, K1FO-22 at 115', preamp at the top of the tower
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