[VHFcontesting] [222Activity] 222 Activity Night is here again!!

[k3sk at buckwalter.co]

Dave, 

Sorry to hear you've been left out of the fun.   I am mostly just outside the big red blob but have been working some fantastic VHF/UHF DX,  even several 1000+ mile 222 contacts.   I've added 10 new 222 states and countless Grids to my overall count in the past 4-5 days during this opening, and none of them were from New England.   I even worked AJ6T several times and he's only running 50 watts and has never been heard this side of the Blue Ridge before. 

Hope to hear you tonight.

de K3SK
FM07th -- VA

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Subject: [222Activity] 222 Activity Night is here again!!

Hello VHFers

Just a friendly reminder that this evening is the time for 222 MHz activity and from the looks of it, our midwestern sisters and brothers probably have a jump start on the festivities. The northern part of the great northeast has once again struck out. I kept checking the band but never heard a thing!  Some famtastic tropo made its way into southern New England, but no joy up here in the pine woods!

I will be on this evening along with a bunch of other folks all making noise on 222.  These 222 activity nights are having an effect on the minds of the uninitiated. I just read that some ham is selling his two transverters for 144 and 432, but he is willing to trade them for a single 222 transverter, Now what does that tell you? It is obvious that the fun on 222 is the equivalent of both 144 and 432 at the same time.

So the plan is to just get on and make noise on the 222 band as best you can. I tend to start looking for contacts on 222.100 just before 23:00 UT, but then move off the calling frequency as other stations show up. 
Most folks use the ON4KST Chat page (144/432 Region 2)  to coordinate skeds. It can be handy to set up longish attempts. If you are in the populated areas a simple CQ is all that is needed. Last week SIgurd, KJ1K was on Mt Greylock and caused quite a stir. Having a 3800 ft tower is always helpful.

The big tropo seems to be still going on and will probably keep many of the central and southern US ops busy. New England prop will be zilch, I suspect few meteor skeds this evening when tropo reigns supreme.

I did get an e mail from the president of the Providence RI radio club about including FM in the activity fun.  It sounds like an intriguing way to build up possible more weak signal work. I have been asking around at how much activity there is on 223 FM but the results so far are not encouraging for my area. I guess it is a big thing in Providence. I would be willing to get an FM setup going here if there was any chance of some success. I do have a 223 MHz vertically polarized yagi left over from our multi-op contesting days. I can probably find the coax for it in the shack somewhere! I am looking for information on
223 FM activity. Let me know.  223.5 is big in Packrat land, but that is
325 miles away from here.

73

Dave K1WHS



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