[VHFcontesting] [222Activity] 222 tonight

[David Olean]

It was great to hear W8ZN on 222 this evening. What was incredible was 
that Terry answered my SSB CQ for my first QSO  a bit before 2300 UT.  
SIgnals peaked at 55 on SSB.  I tried a few long haul tries with K9MRI, 
W8PAT, and N8WNA. None of them were successful, but a few meteor pings 
were heard, so things are looking up. I was very encouraged to note that 
many  midwest stations  were in there making sked attempts and 
completing quite a few of the attempts!  Some calls lurking around this 
evening were AJ6T, AA9MY, W8PAT, K9MRI, N1GC, and W5EME.  K9MRI worked 
about 8 stations and AJ6T was doing awfully well with his 10 watts near 
Nashville.

I was content to play with the newly fixed antenna and noting that the 
beam headings are now pretty correct with the repaired power divider. 
W8ZN is 482 miles and was a good catch on SSB VE3DS is at about 465 
miles or so. I tried with N8WNA and W8PAT at 625 and 565 miles but had 
no success either way.

I am still underwhelmed with FT8, but did hear Jim, N2JMH working K9MRI 
and others off the back of his antenna. I can't seem to extend my range 
using FT8, over what I can do on CW. Other stations worked include: 
WW2Y, WB2SIH, N1YCQ, WZ1V, K1PXE, N1SV, K1DS, N2JMH, N2SLO, KC2KAE, 
N2SLN, and VE3DS. It sure was a fun night even if the propagation in 
Northern New England was flat. It seems other parts of the country did 
better, DX-wise.

73

Dave K1WHS

On 6/28/2022 8:34 PM, Terry wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Had a blast tonight. Logged 10 stations from EM95 to EN70 to FN43. I 
> heard Les, N1SV many times but never could complete with him, also 
> heard K1DS and W9KXI. I'll have FT8 going the next time. N2JMH and 
> WW2Y win the prize for the BIGGEST signals.
>
> 73 all.
> Terry Price - W8ZN
>
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