[VHFcontesting] [222Activity] It is 222 Night.

Tue Apr 4 17:44:17 EDT 2023

FYI ---  I will be on the moon calling CQ 2300 to 2330 before heading to the terrestrial freqs.   

I will be on 222.070  @1500 CFOM     Q65 Mode 60-A  TXing on 1st sequence

I will also be on HB9Q (https://logger.hb9q.ch/) 222 page and on4kst.com 

de K3SK
FM07 

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From: 222Activity at groups.io <222Activity at groups.io> On Behalf Of David Olean
Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 12:32 PM
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Subject: [222Activity] It is 222 Night.

This is just a reminder to not forget making an appearance on the 222 MHz band tonight. If you have the gear, you could be making all sorts of contacts around the area on 222 MHz this evening. The fun starts a bit before 23:00 UT or 7 PM EDST. The midwesterners show up in pretty good numbers a bit later and activity is rather hot up to 0100 UT on the East Coast or past 02:00 in the midwest. I have it on good authority (from Good Buddy Ron WZ1V)  that W1AUV will be on from central Massachuswetts. 
Tommy has not been very active, but I did catch him two weeks ago on Tuesday night.  There is also WB4OMG who is always looking for a Florida contact on Tuesdays. Buddy has low power and a small antenna, but Florida is the world capitol of FB VHF conditions, so don't forget to turn the antler towards Florida this evening and look for OMG if you are in the SE.  Maybe N2CEI will get the N4SVC station running? Will WA4GPM fire up one of his 222 amplifiers tonight from Jacksonville?  N1GC is always in there from NC. The midwesterners are there too, with AA9MY, K9MRI, N4PZ W5EME, AJ6T, and many others making noise and looking for skeds. The more people that get on, will make for a fantastic time as stations try to work out beyond their normal working area.

For my part, I will be up and at em before 23:00 UT.  I will be on
222.100 on CW and SSB making noise. I monitor ON4KST (144/432 Region 2) Chat page. I plan to walk up as the road through the field is a tad muddy and I don't want to rip it up.  I am still planning how to implement my augmented Solar charging system. I am looking for an 80 amp charge controller to run about 1000 watts worth of extra panels.  The plan is to also enlarge the battery to 600 AH. It is now at 300 AH. All this is to save the diesel genset for those times when I need extra power. I am working on a 500 watt solid state 222 MHz amp for use on the battery power.

So please do not forget to park yourself on 222 MHz this evening. If you like DX, that is cool. If you like to gab and rag chew, that is just fine too. It is a great way to keep up on what all ur VHF friends are doing.

73

Dave K1WHS

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