[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] 222 Activity Night wrapup.

[David Olean]

Hi Pete,

I have a graduation party for my grand daughter on Saturday, but I 
expect to be on for Sunday on CW & SSB.  222 and 432 most likely.

Thanks for the report. I'll work Douglas one of these days!!

Dave K1WHS

On 6/8/2022 2:14 PM, Peter Motyl wrote:
>
> I tried to get you hooked up with lettuce tomatoes and mayonnaise 
> (Doug for those who didn’t know and I had to look up all of those 
> salad words) he heard you working a 3 land station.  That station was 
> WA3EOQ and Ron and I worked Howard after you finished and I guess you 
> and Doug got lost in the shuffle.  Sorry about that.  Maybe next 
> time.  You worked AF1T.  I never heard Dale.  Did he say if he fixed 
> his 222 antenna?  Dale and Doug wanted to try to work on 3400.  I am 
> anxious to find out if they got together and tried it.
>
> Anyway, this week was better than last week on 222.  I worked: N1SV, 
> WZ1V, W1XR, K1WHS, N1SFE, KR1ST, N1YCQ, N2SLO, WA2ONK, WA2LTM, WA3EOQ 
> AND W1AIM.
>
> I expect that the contest will be mostly a 6 meter event.  My 6 meter 
> station is my worst band.  I really don’t expect to be doing much 
> contesting.  I’ll try to get on for the band activity hours.
>
> 73,Pete K1PXE fn31ke85mx. .
>
> *From: *David Olean <mailto:k1whs at metrocast.net>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, June 8, 2022 11:50 AM
> *To: *222 >> 222Activity at groups.io <mailto:222Activity at groups.io>; 
> vhfcontesting at contesting.com; NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject: *[NEWSVHF] 222 Activity Night wrapup.
>
> There is just not enough time in the day to accomplish everything.  I
>
> got on early last night, and, as typical, my first contact was W1XR in
>
> FM19 on SSB  I am not sure, but the distance must be 400+ miles.  Next
>
> contact was N1SFE mobile as he was driving to his hilltop in
>
> Connecticut. Signals were pretty good! It was immediately apparent that
>
> many stations are on all over the eastern US with activity in Ohio,
>
> Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Florida. That makes
>
> for some interesting sked possibilities, and I found myself running some
>
> impossibly long paths in hopes of picking up some elusive tropo.  The
>
> downside of this is that I missed a bunch of the locals again that WZ1V
>
> always manages to sweep up with regularity.
>
> I did work W1XR, N1SFE/m, WZ1V (Good Buddy Ron), N1SFE again on his
>
> hilltop, WA3NUF on SSB, AF1T, N1YCQ, N3RG FM29, WA3EOQ FM09 @ 502 miles,
>
> N1SV, KR1ST in FN21 on SSB, KE1LI (very loud in FN41), K1PXE, N2JMH,
>
> W1AIM, and N1LHP. Somehow I missed the guys around NYC & Philly again:
>
> N2SLO, N1GJ on the Cape, WA2ONK, and WA2Lettuce Tomato, and Mayonaise. I
>
> also never heard W1FKF, my neighbor in nearby NH. I must have been too
>
> busy running impossible skeds! I got an e mail from Walt K3BPP. He is
>
> working on getting back on 222 MHz and has his receiver working. He
>
> copied my signals along with a few others in Maryland in FM18 last
>
> night. He hopes to be QRV very soon.  222 is his favorite band!
>
> This was the first night and opportunity to try out my newly installed
>
> cavity preamp. I had installed the new tower box that afternoon. All was
>
> great. There was no RFI from Channel 11. I could aim the yagis at new
>
> York City and not see my noise floor go up about 10-15 dB. It was
>
> awesome (In the words of Chris Farley) Not having the overload problem
>
> made my life easier on 222.
>
> AT about 0100 UT, I elevated the 222 antenna and managed to work NH6Y on
>
> EME in BL10 via the EME route. It was a test of the new preamp, so it
>
> seems like it passed the test!
>
> Thanks to all who were on and making noise.
>
> 73
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
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