[VHFcontesting] 222 Activity etc.

[Marshall-K5QE]

HI Howard and thanks for the report.

I was interested in VHF early on, and I used a "Twoer" locally for 
MARS.  We all had XTALS for the local MARS frequency and we held a MARS 
net weekly.

That was a long time back there....circa 1978.....

For 2M CW/SSB, I used a home built 6360 transverter that made about 5W.  
That drove a pair of 4CX250Bs to about 600W.  I ran a lot of meteor 
scatter with that setup.....BTW, meteor scatter on 222 using MSK144 is 
really a blast!  It takes a bit longer than 2M or 6M, but you can make 
contacts on 222 using meteors.....

73 Marshall K5QE



On 5/20/2023 6:48 PM, Howard Reynolds wrote:
> Maybe we need a "World Above 144 MHz" column - hi.  I notice that the new
> Icom IC-905 is missing 222 MHz.  Looks like we have to make even more noise
> on that band for the major manufacturers to take note (My last QSL for 222
> MHz VUCC was from my own grid, FM09).  I was really hoping that Yaesu would
> come out with a modern version of the FT-736R; didn't happen.  A Q5 Signal
> transverter takes care of that band now.
>
> Tuesday's session was pretty nominal.  Very nice signals from N1GC and
> K9MRI.  Sorry I didn't get back to try with AJ6T.  Had a nice ragchew with
> W1XR.  Seems we both got hooked on VHF the same way with a Heathkit *Twoer*.
> WA3EOQ
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