[VHFcontesting] 222 Activity Night

[PHIL MIGUELEZ]

Surprising amount of activity last night on the 222 Activity event. Got on expecting to work a few stations and call it a night but the chat page kept filling up with new calls as the evening wore on, so I stayed and worked as many stations as I could find.
I ended up with 14 QSO's and 9 grids. K1DS was in town for the holiday and brought a portable station that he used from his hotel room. N2SLN/P set up in FN22 which was a nice relatively rare grid for the Tuesday event.
The most challenging "almost" contact was N1BUG in FN55. Conditions in northern NE were impacted by local storms so a few stations tried FT8 to break through. N1BUG started with a good signal at -08 but dropped to -17 then gone before we could complete. I saw a few sparkles on the waterfall several times during the evening but no further decodes. Paul's account in a previous email told a similar story. Paul is a rare station on Tuesday nights, so it was disappointing to miss him last night. Hope to get another chance in the next few weeks.
The following is my results for Tuesday night. Thanks to everyone for the Q's and the fun.
CU on the next 222 activity night.
Phil  WA3NUF


| 7/4/2023 |  | WA3NUF | 222 Log |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 222 | PH | 7/4/2023 | 2303 | K1DS | FN20 |
| 222 | PH | 7/4/2023 | 2315 | K1WHS | FN43 |
| 222 | PH | 7/4/2023 | 2318 | K3SK | FM07 |
| 222 | PH | 7/4/2023 | 2324 | N2SLN/P | FN22gp |
| 222 | PH | 7/4/2023 | 2327 | K1TEO | FN31 |
| 222 | PH | 7/4/2023 | 2328 | W1XR | FM19 |
| 222 | CW | 7/4/2023 | 2334 | K1PXE | FN31 |
| 222 | PH | 7/4/2023 | 2356 | KA3FQS | FN20 |
| 222 | PH | 7/5/2023 | 0000 | KC3BVL | FM29 |
| 222 | CW | 7/5/2023 | 0009 | N1SV | FN41 |
| 222 | CW | 7/5/2023 | 0015 | WA3EOQ | FM09 |
| 222 | FT8 | 7/5/2023 | 0020 | K1FSY | FN43 |
| 222 | FT8 | 7/5/2023 | 0024 | K1BX | FN43 |
| 222 | PH | 7/5/2023 | 0056 | W1ZV | FN31 |
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