[VHFcontesting] 222 activity nights

[Chris Lumens]

I can no longer sit idly by and read about people making contacts on 222
activity nights.  I've got a transverter, I've got an amp, I've got an
antenna.  I use all this stuff when I go roving.  The reason I haven't
gotten on is the same reason I rove - my house is not very good for VHF.

I own one fairly wet acre with a lot of tall trees around the edges and
a bunch of crappy smaller trees that are all in the process of falling
down.  There's not much in the way of flat open ground.  The majority of
that is in the front yard, on the north side of the house, where I'm
obviously not going to put up an antenna.  Even worse, I am kind of down
in a low spot, especially to the south.  Living in southern NH, that
means most of the people are to my south as well.

Aside from putting up a tower, what can I do?  Couple sections of
surplus aluminum mast in the trees and hope for the best?  I would be
happy to post pictures, or grab a cooler of beer if someone wants to
walk around outside and brainstorm with me, if it would help figure out
what I could do.

Unrelated... I've got the standard M2 LEO-Pack, az-el rotator, and
IC-9700 here.  I've been having fun making satellite contacts.  Is that
sufficient gear to do some other 2m/70cm activity?

Thanks!

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Chris Lumens - KG6CIH
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