[VHFcontesting] [222Activity] K1WHS 222 activity night report
k3sk at buckwalter.co
k3sk at buckwalter.co
Wed Aug 23 06:33:33 EDT 2023
Dave & All,
I did not hang in for much of the 222 activity night this week as I had other things pressing that were ignored during the tropo opening. But to answer your question about what others may have worked, I include below my 222 log for the past week. During the opening, which is still on-going, (but I am now outside the influence) I added 11 new 222MHz states and 14 new grids. I had similar numbers on the 2m and 70cm bands as well. In the past week, I logged 98 contacts on 2m, 1.25m & 70cm, covering 21 states plus 2 DX countries. Here is only the 222MHz portion of my last 7 day log.
Call Freq Grid Mode State "Distance (km)" "Distance (mi)" New Grid New State
WA3NUF 222.105 FN20ke SSB PA 428.882 264.8
WZ1V 222.175 FN31MP FT8 CT 671.643 415.9
K9MRI 222.175 EN70iu FT8 IN 716.016 444.2
KO4YC 222.110 FM17 SSB VA 112.244 76.6
K1OR 222.086 FN42MM MSK144 NH 854.103 532.5 *** ***
K0TPP 222.175 EM48MM FT8 MO 1075.014 690.4 *** ***
K2DRH 222.171 EN41VR Q65 IL 1128.914 699.8 *** ***
KY4G 222.171 EM64pt Q65 AL 796.62 496.3 *** ***
WQ0P 222.175 EM19VF FT8 KS 1561.798 974.8 *** ***
AJ6T 222.171 EM66gm Q65 TN 809.112 504.6 ***
KA9CFD 222.175 EN40OM FT8 IL 1134.214 702.6 *** ***
K2DRH 222.175 EN41VR FT8 IL 1128.914 699.8
W0LGQ 222.175 EN21DJ FT8 IA 1564.394 966.2 *** ***
K9MRI 222.175 EN70iu FT8 IN 716.016 444.2
WQ0P 222.175 EM19VF FT8 KS 1559.089 974.8 *** ***
N0LWF 222.175 EN10WM FT8 NE 1572.714 977.8 *** ***
K4LY 222.175 EM85wb FT8 SC 418.032 260.5 *** ***
KM0T 2 22.175 EN13VB FT8 IA 1639.828 1019.1 ***
AA9MY 222.175 EN50MM FT8 IL 1031.32 610.1 ***
W9DEY 222.175 EN52rp FT8 WI 1048.439 651.6 *** ***
N9LB 222.175 EN52hv FT8 WI 1122.537 696.8
WA3EOQ 222.100 FM09jo SSB MD 267.897 164.6
de K3SK
FM07th - VA
-----Original Message-----
From: David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2023 11:31 PM
To: 222 >> 222Activity at groups.io <222Activity at groups.io>; NEWS Reflector <NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net>; vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [222Activity] K1WHS 222 activity night report
DATE TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE PRO.REMARKS QRB
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08/22/2023 23:02 WA1NLG FN41XS 59 59 220 MHzSSB TR 122
08/22/2023 23:06 K1FSY FN31MR 57 57 220 MHzSSB TR 154
08/22/2023 23:09 KC1V FN31SX 57 220 MHzSSB TR 124
08/22/2023 23:12 WZ1V FN31RH 57 220 MHzSSB TR 165
08/22/2023 23:15 WB2VVV FN41CR 57 220 MHzSSB TR 123
08/22/2023 23:18 WA1MBA FN51AS 57 57 220 MHzSSB TR 123
08/22/2023 23:20 K1PXE FN31KE 57 57 220 MHzSSB TR 188
08/22/2023 23:27 N3RG FM29KI 57 220 MHzCW TR 353
08/22/2023 23:33 WA3EOQ FM09JO 429 220 MHzCW TR 500
08/22/2023 23:36 VE3DS FN03FQ 57 57 220 MHzSSB TR 430
08/22/2023 23:40 KR1ST FN21FK 57 220 MHzFT8 TR 270
08/22/2023 23:59 N1SV FN42EP 57 220 MHzFT8 TR 62
08/23/2023 00:03 WA1PBU FN42EK 57 59 220 MHzSSB TR 74
08/23/2023 00:11 W8ZN FM09TE 539 519 220 MHzCW TR 482
08/23/2023 00:16 K1ZK FN34JJ 599 599 220 MHzCW TR 132
08/23/2023 00:21 K1DY FN54JQ 599 220 MHzCW TR 125
08/23/2023 00:27 W2BYP FN13IB 579 220 MHzCW TR 320
08/23/2023 00:35 W1AIM FN30UJ 59 59 220 MHzSSB TR 218
08/23/2023 00:50 KR1ST FN21FK 59 220 MHzFT8 TR 270
08/23/2023 00:55 K1MAP FN32SB 59 220 MHzSSB TR 119
08/23/2023 00:56 W2TMA FN30HV 59 59 220 MHzSSB TR 212
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Number of QSO listed: 21
I tried with many stations beyond my normal range and struck out on all attempts. K3SK was tried on Q65 for a few minutes. KB8VAO on CW and K8TQK on CW. Nothing heard other than a few meteors. I never did run into KO4YC. W8ZN said I was the weakest that he has ever heard me. I must admit that signals on that path were pretty poor. SSB would have been almost impossible. Still, VE3DS was booming in here and he runs rather low power, We switched to SSB and had a nice chat. I figured that things might be good that way, but nothing else was heard.
Of course, the midwest was still swimming in tropo as the high pressure system is rather stuck there and not moving, just rotating a bit.It might go on for another two days!! Things in the North were not so hot.
It would be nice to hear some reports on what was worked!!!
73
Dave K1WHS
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