[VHFcontesting] 222 night

[David Olean]

Hi 222 addicts,

Well, i have just been informed that I am required to be away from the 
shack  for 222 Night. It is the XYL's birthday and our daughter has 
planned a party in her honor, so you all know what my choices are: A. 
operate on 222 MHz, or B.  attend the XYL's birthday party. Guess what 
I'll be doing?

I might be home around 0100 UT, but I doubt it.   And I wanted to see 
how the new coax was working too!!! Sorry to miss the actiion

Dave K1WHS

On 7/11/2022 6:48 PM, David Olean wrote:
> I have it on good authority (from WA1T), that there will be tropo in 
> New England on Tuesday evening. If the good condx do not materialize, 
> don't blame me, but direct your bad vibes toward Al, WA1T!! heh 
> heh.    Al and I swapped out some long runs of 1 5/8" heliax for 222, 
> on Monday morning. I rigged up the tower with a winch & pulleys and we 
> dropped a semi sick piece of 1 5/8 inch stuff that had a plenum jacket 
> and was deteriorating in the sunlight, with a new run of fresh cable 
> with the proper outdoor jacket. This is my new feedline for 222 MHz. 
> The hardest part was pulling the old stuff out of the building. We 
> ended up hack sawing the connector off so it would go through the 
> wall.  I tested the cable after the old stuff was on the ground and it 
> was 28 dB return loss at 220-230 MHz, but I did not check over a wider 
> bandwidth. It might be worse. I do know that there was significant 
> "ripple" on the antenna response curves. I hope the new cable improves 
> all that.
>
> I now have a new run of big coax going up the 100 ft tower,  but still 
> need to "apply" a big connector on the end that extends into the 
> shack. Hopefully when I get that all done I will be ready for another 
> Tuesday evening activity time on 222 MHz.
>
> So don't forget about activity night. Tell all your friends. Make some 
> noise! take up some space on one of our best VHF bands for an 
> evening!  Try a long haul ske or maybe two skeds.  Activity starts at 
> about 2300 UT and can go on until after 0130 UT or so.  CW, SSB, digi 
> modes, even RTTY or hellschreiber is allowed if you have it.  CU there!!
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
> (The new and improved  K1WHS with a new run of coax!)
>
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