[VHFcontesting] 222 Night Wrap Up K1WHS
David Olean
k1whs at metrocast.net
Wed Feb 22 07:35:43 EST 2023
Hey Good Buddy Ron
I'll let you in on a secret. I use remote SDRs all over the country. I
learned that trick chasing DX on the low bands. Then I transmit using
the RHR and Be Loud stations. Works slick. I sure would like to know
how you manage to work KA1SUN and a few others who I never ever hear way
up here in Maine. I suspect they do not aim anywhere near me and do not
stay on for the entire evening. I missed Brian, N3EXA Tuesday night,
but he is normally worked up here. I quit at 01:45 UT and hurried home
to catch a QRP event on 40 meters. I never got wind of KO4YC being on
222 last night. That would have been interesting as Hward WA3EOQ seemed
to be a bit better than average. With WA3EOQ, the difference in success
is only 2 or 3 dB as his signal is a whisper up here under the best of
conditions. Still, last night was easy. I heard a big meteor burst on
his signal and zeroed him in on his first call. I answered with a report
and we were done in no time with no repeats. That is a rarity for me.
Maybe I just caught a small tropo peak.
Gotta run
73
Dave K1WHS
On 2/22/2023 7:14 AM, Ron Klimas WZ1V wrote:
> Despite poor condx with the rain and QSB, I was surprised to
> log as many as I did. But I'm always amazed how Dave is able
> to work everything I hear and more from 165 miles further !
> Here's my log from last night:
>
> K1FSY FN31, K1WHS FN43, WA1RKS FN32, WB2VVV FN41,
> K1PXE FN31, WA3NUF FN20, N3EXA FN20, W1GHZ FN34,
> WA1MBA FN51, N2SLO FN32, W9KXI FN12, WA3EOQ FM09,
> KA1SUN FN32, W1AIM FN34, VE2XX FN25, KO4YC FM17,
> N1YCQ FN41, N1DPM FN32. Heard VE3DS weakly but no QSO.
>
> A bit after 8, I QSY'd to 144.250 to check into KD4AA's net,
> and worked K2CKA FM06. David was a good 57, norrmally 52-53
> at best. But no such signal peaks on 222. TNX for the QSOs.
>
> 73 Ron WZ1V
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net>
> To: "222 >> 222Activity at groups.io" <222Activity at groups.io>, "NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net" <NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net>, "vhfcontesting at contesting.com" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 22:18:36 -0500
> Subject: [NEWSVHF] 222 Night Wrap Up K1WHS
>
>> Another 222 Activity night is in the bag! I managed to drive up to the
> shack in style. It went up early as the Moon was setting right around
> 00:00 UT, and KA6U had mentioned that he would be on testing his new 222
> MHz rover setup. K3SK was also QRV and N0AKC and W5ZN showed up as well
> for KA6U. WOuldn't you know but Peter was late and missed his best time
> when the TV station RFI is not bad. We almost made a contact, but the
> TV stations in Tampa wiped us out!! The good news was that K3SK made
> his first 222 EME contact. Here is a summary of the activity from up
> here in the Pine Tree State. 22 stations worked on 222.
>
> 2/21/2023
>
> 2010 N0AKC EN44 (Wisconsin) Q65 EME
> 2024 W5ZN EM45 (Arkansas) Q65 EME
> 2036 K3SK FM07 Q65 EME
> 2045 KA6U EL87 (Florida) Q65 EME not complete, exchanged
> reports but no RRR TV station RFI.
> 2342 WA1RKS FN32 CW & SSB Tropo Strong on CW and we
> switched to SSB.
> 2347 WB2VVV FN41 SSB Tropo
> 2355 WW1Z FN42 SSB Tropo
> 2358 K1FSY FN31 SSB Tropo
> 0000 WZ1V FN31 SSB Tropo
> 0004 K2AEP FN32 SSB Tropo
> 0010 WA1MBA FN51 SSB Tropo
> 0016 N1YCQ FN41 SSB Tropo
> 0020 WA3EOQ FM09 CW Tropo with meteor bursts! quick contact
> with gud signals. 502 miles
> 0029 W1GHZ FN34 SSB Tropo
> 0036 W9KXI FN12 FT8 Tropo
> 0036 N2JMH FN12 FT8 Tropo
> 0043 N2SLO FN30 SSB Tropo
> 0044 K1PXE FN31 SSB Tropo
> 0056 VE3DS FN03 CW weak sigs and Dana could not hear me. No QSO
> 0105 VE3DS FN03 CW solid 559 both ways. tropo 440 miles I think
> 0110 WA1PBU FN42 SSB
> 0112 WA3NUF FN20 SSB good signals Tropo
> 0126 VE2XX FN25 SSB Tropo
> 0127 W1AIM FN34 SSB Tropo
> 0137 K3SK FM07 FT8 some meteor reflections but no other
> signal heard 570 miles no QSO.
>
> It started snowing about 00:30 and there was a nice coating on the
> ground when I drove home around 0200 UT. On Wednesday night we are
> expecting a foot of snow. Probably no 222 nite for me next week. The
> first two weeks in March I am away and not able to be on for the Tuesday
> evening fun. I shpuld be QRV on March 21. I am glad that I was able to
> catch many evenings this winter.
>
> 73
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
>
>
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