[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] 222 Activity night
David Olean
k1whs at metrocast.net
Thu Dec 28 07:23:51 EST 2023
Hello Pete,
Well, I helped my cause by having my radio linked to the logging program
all the time now. I needed a COM port managing software program to do
that so two applications could use one COM port. WSJTx is the other
program. That does not prevent me from screwing up, but it helps. In
the station list do you mean N3NGE? How did I miss Len's big signal?
My new "industrial" 12 volt computer is working fine in the cold wx. So
far I have had no issues with crashes etc. That is a relief. A few days
the shack was at about 20F.
Dave K1WHS
Wapping Foghole #27
On 12/28/2023 12:33 AM, Peter Motyl wrote:
>
> Dave, congratulations on those fantastic results.
>
> I have a little story to tell about last night.
>
> Ron and I had a short chat about each of us hearing and working
> stations that the other didn’t work. This morning I decided to
> compare Ron’s report against my log. Well, the numbers didn’t quite
> add up and I ran through the logs quite a few times and still they
> didn’t add up. So, I put it aside until this evening. I slowly
> checked each call and I found my mistake.
>
> Remember a month or so ago you admitted you forgot to log me? And in
> fact, we talked several times. Well, I suddenly realized that K1WHS
> was not in my log. And I remembered the two qsos we had. The first
> was before you worked WA3EOQ. This was one of the rare times I knew
> where to look for WA3EOQ. So after you finished your qso I jumped in
> and made a contact with WA3EOQ. So then I found you again and told
> you I grabbed your tail and made the contact too. So, now we both
> have done the same thing forgetting to log our qso. I am sure it was
> accidental for the both of us. I know I can’t believe I did that. I
> don’t know what to say except it’s tough getting old. I think you
> need to be extra careful on your towers.
>
> I wound up with 13 in my log and the stations I worked that weren’t in
> Ron’s log were WA2VVV, K1FMS, WA3NGE and AF1T. `73, Pete K1PXE
>
> *From: *David Olean <mailto:k1whs at metrocast.net>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, December 26, 2023 10:03 PM
> *To: *vhfcontesting at contesting.com; NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject: *Re: [NEWSVHF] [VHFcontesting] 222 Activity night
>
> Hello 222 ops
>
> Here is a summary of 222 activity heard and worked from Maine for the
>
> Tuesday night after Christmas. Activity was great, and it was great also
>
> to hear K1TEO on and working lots of good stuff from his perch in
>
> western Connecticut. Good Buddy Ron WZ1V was on early and was beating
>
> the band to death. My antenna is still messed up with one of the four
>
> yagis twisted way off the boresight setting by about 35 or 40 degrees.
>
> It still seems to work OK.
>
> After awhile, I looked at the QSO list and it was getting close to 30
>
> contacts, which would be a first for me for a Tuesday night. K2RMX got
>
> on late and called me for #29 then I was called by KC2SGV on SSB. It
>
> took me quite awhile to get his call correct but then condx improved and
>
> he came up out of the noise and was Q5. That was #30, and WA4YA made 31
>
> on FT8. The QSB was pretty deep this evening. I noticed it on many
>
> signals including WA3EOQ who was not audible at the start of our sked.
>
> When we finished then K1PXE called him, and then Howard peaked up and
>
> was Q5 for an entire 30 second transmission. That was pretty cool.
>
> K1RZ was making lots of noise with his new setup. He was running about
>
> 55 to 569 here when I heard him. I also copied him on FT8. I never heard
>
> K3SK in FM07. I did listen for Dave when he was transmitting. It just
>
> did not work. It seems that there was a bit of enhancement in southern
>
> New England, and some really good condx down towards Florida. A few nice
>
> contacts were made down in that area. Hopefully, we will get a report.
>
> Here is the log...
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> DATE TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE
>
> PRO.REMARKS QRB (kM)
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 12/26/2023 23:49 WA1RKS FN32IN 579 589 220 MHzCW
>
> TR 211
>
> 12/26/2023 23:53 WZ1V FN31RH 599 599 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 266
>
> 12/26/2023 23:55 KC1V FN31SX 599 220 MHzCW
>
> TR 200
>
> 12/26/2023 23:59 K1FSY FN31LN 57 57 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 266
>
> 12/27/2023 00:02 K1DY FN54JQ 57 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR new tower and small 222 yagi 200
>
> 12/27/2023 00:05 N1SV FN42EP 59 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 99
>
> 12/27/2023 00:08 WA1MBA FN51AS 59 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 198
>
> 12/27/2023 00:12 WW1Z FN42ET 59 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 84
>
> 12/27/2023 00:14 WB2VVV FN41CR 59 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 197
>
> 12/27/2023 00:22 K1PXE FN31KE 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 303
>
> 12/27/2023 00:22 WA3EOQ FMØ9JO 429 220 MHzCW
>
> TR 805
>
> 12/27/2023 00:30 W1GHZ FN34 57 57 220 MHzCW
>
> TR 203+-
>
> 12/27/2023 00:36 K1OR FN42IR 59 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 79
>
> 12/27/2023 00:45 N1LHP FN42KM 59 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 98
>
> 12/27/2023 00:48 K1TEO FN31 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 265+-
>
> 12/27/2023 00:51 K1ZK FN34JJ 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 212
>
> 12/27/2023 00:56 W9KXI FN12NE 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 501
>
> 12/27/2023 00:57 N2JQR FN13CE 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 553
>
> 12/27/2023 00:58 WA1T FN43LK 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 8
>
> 12/27/2023 00:59 AF1T FN43BD 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 79
>
> 12/27/2023 01:03 N2SLO FN3ØJU 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 338
>
> 12/27/2023 01:04 K1FMS FN32 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 190+-
>
> 12/27/2023 01:06 AA2SD FM29MS 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 522
>
> 12/27/2023 01:13 WA3NUF FN2ØKE +21 220 MHzFT8
>
> TR 496
>
> 12/27/2023 01:18 K1RZ FM19JH 559 549 220 MHzCW
>
> TR 691
>
> 12/27/2023 01:22 W1AIM FN34 559 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 203+-
>
> 12/27/2023 01:24 WA1PBU FN42EK 59 59 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 120
>
> 12/27/2023 01:30 W2BYP FN13IB 559 559 220 MHzCW
>
> TR 514
>
> 12/27/2023 01:37 K2RMX FN2ØXP 57 55 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 398
>
> 12/27/2023 01:42 KC2SGV FM29PN 53 220 MHzSSB
>
> TR 528
>
> 12/27/2023 02:00 WA4YA FN42 53 220 MHzFT8
>
> TR 97+-
>
> 73
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
> On 12/26/2023 9:03 PM, Ron Klimas WZ1V wrote:
>
> > Great to hear so many on 222 tonight. logged:
>
> > K1WHS FN43, WA1RKS FN32, W9KXI FN12, K1DY FN54,
>
> > K1PXE FN31, WA3EOQ FM09, W1AUV FN32, KC1V FN31,
>
> > K1RZ FM19, N1SV FN42, K1FSY FN31, W1GHZ FN34,
>
> > WA1MBA FN51, K3SK FM07, K1OR FN42, N2SLO FN30,
>
> > AA2SD FM29, WA3NUF FN20, K1ZK FN34, WA1PBU FN42,
>
> > N1LHP FN42, W2BYP FN13, K2RMX FN20, KC2SGV FM29.
>
> > Thanks for the QSOs and Happy Holidays to all.
>
> >
>
> > 73 Ron WZ1V
>
> >
>
> >
>
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