[VHFcontesting] [222Activity] 222 MHz Meteor scatter Sked Request

[David Olean]

Hi Dave

At 575 miles, we are awfully close especially for the pattern of our 
arrays. I need a single yagi with a wide vertical lobe.  WHen I had my 
144 tower in operation, I could not hear anything closer than 750 miles 
on my LVA. (16 X 5 el)  It had a ridiculous vertical pattern that was 
great on long haul meteors, but death to short paths.

We can try tomorrow morning if you like.  What is a good time for you?  
1200 UT Seems reasonable.

Dave K1WHS

and yes we have to break the curse. It is funny how the curse does not 
affect EME though.

On 8/10/2023 10:13 AM, Dave Buckwalter - K3SK wrote:
> Dave,
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> Count me in.  Maybe we can break the WZ1V curse.    I was on this morning on 2m & 222 MSK, but never heard anyone else on 222.
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> de K3SK
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> Subject: [222Activity] 222 MHz Meteor scatter Sked Request
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> The Perseids  shower is upon us and I was hoping that I could run a few MS skeds with any 222 MHz ops who want to try.  I have two goals. The first is to run with anyone who is interested in trying something new and a bit out of their comfort zone.  All you need is about 100 watts and a maximum distance of maybe 1000 miles for a sked to get started at least.  The second goal for me  is to try a real long haul sked and push the limit of my setup here. I am in FN43mj in Maine.  I would love to run with ND0B during the peak. If you are over 1300 miles away and have a KW on 222, I would love to try.   The bottom line is I will try just about anything. ( As long as it appears legal so I won't get thrown in
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> My setup seems to be working very well these days. It consists of an
> 8877 PA and 1 5/8" coax to a quad array of specially tweaked 22 element K1FO design yagis at 100 ft. My horizon angle to the south & southwest is -0.4 degrees and out west it is at about 0.0 degrees.  The receiver consists of a tower mounted preamp into a run of 7/8" heliax down to a
> DEMI/Q5 Signal temperature compensated transverter. It seems to hear very well.
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> Please let me know if you are interested. The Perseids only comes around once a year. Lets take advantage of it.   I can do FSK441 or MSK144.
> I'll even do SSB for some great fun.
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> Dave K1WHS
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