[VHFcontesting] 222 Sprint

[Paul N1BUG FN55mf]

I feel about half dead this morning but I am pretty confident about 
being on for the 222 Sprint tonight. Please make some noise looking this 
way! I've adjusted my sleep schedule temporarily in order to spend most 
of last night burning brush. Just another part of Weed Removal 2022 
Edition. As a side benefit, I will get some sleep before the Sprint. I 
will probably spend the rest of the week trying to get back on a normal 
schedule but it is all part of the price of having and maintaining the 
antenna farm. Some of the weeds coming down this year are dead or dying 
and a threat to my house and/or one of the towers. Others (which I might 
not get to until next spring) are coming out in preparation for what I 
hope will one day be tower number three. That reminds me, I've got to 
move that stack of Rohn 45 sections and the 1.8m dish out of the 
driveway before snow flies!

Meanwhile, today I will make another attempt to clear out whatever 
stubborn crud is clogging the driven element on my 6 meter antenna. The 
other six elements are all cleaned out and ready for anti-vibration rope 
to be run through. How the heck does dirt and stuff even get in there at 
100+ feet in the air? I sure hope this does the trick. My goal is to try 
to get it back on the tower within a week or so. I will have to climb at 
least four times to rig the tram line, backstay, etc., install the 
antenna, and take all the rigging down. Time is running short up here in 
the soon to be frozen north! There is some risk that this activity could 
interfere with 222 Night and the 432 Sprint next week if it is not 
completed before then. If the tram line etc. is attached to the mast, I 
can't rotate the VHF stack and it will be pointed southeast!

73,
Paul N1BUG
FN55mf