[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] 222 Night Summary K1WHS
David Olean
k1whs at metrocast.net
Thu Sep 21 13:33:35 EDT 2023
How could I forget to log K1PXE? My apologies, Pete. I worked you
twice as I recall. I heard that 73 from you when I went to shut things
down. Thanks for being a mainstay on 144, 222 and 432.
Dave K1WHS
On 9/21/2023 10:18 AM, Peter Motyl wrote:
>
> You forgot K1PXE
>
> *From: *David Olean <mailto:k1whs at metrocast.net>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, September 20, 2023 10:13 PM
> *To: *NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net; 222 >> 222Activity at groups.io
> <mailto:222Activity at groups.io>; vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> *Subject: *[NEWSVHF] 222 Night Summary K1WHS
>
> 222 MHz activity summary. The big 10 GHz weekend was quite an event with
>
> the hurricane coming up the East Coast. All the folks who made it to the
>
> islands off southern New New England had quite the time with the surf
>
> and cancelled ferry service, not to mention all the energy expended by
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> many as they traipsed across all of the local high spots around the
>
> northeast. That and very poor conditions kept the QSO totals low in
>
> this part of the world. I was up at the shack around 4:30 PM and noted
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> that the W3CCX beacon was way down in signal strength. I got dumped on
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> by some winds and a rain squall then, and I figured that the evening
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> would be difficult. The atmosphere was really unstable.
>
> What a difference from the beginning of the month when everyone was
>
> enjoying great conditions. For the first time in a long time, I did not
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> try any long haul skeds. Signals seemed way down. I was using the
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> solid state amplifier that was scheduled to go to W0VB in Wyoming. It
>
> was running off a big 48 VDC server PS and the fan was about as noisy as
>
> a P-51 or maybe a P-47 . The amp itself was nice and quiet and stayed
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> nice and cool even after some FT8 extended episodes. I called CQ on FT8
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> quite a bit to see how the amplifier handled the digi modes. It was fine
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> and the heatsink stayed pretty cool.
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> I was curious to see how the Tuesday night try with WA3EOQ would go. The
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> signals down that way were quite weak on average, but I heard Howard
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> right away as I got on frequency. After my 30 second calling period, he
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> came right back sending grids and we completed pretty fast for such a
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> poor night. At no time did signals come up to Q4 or Q5 but it was good
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> enough for a QSO. VE3DS in Toronto was pretty good at 559, but was
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> weaker than in the recent past I believe. Dana thinks he is getting TV
>
> station overload from a local TV station. Join the club Dana. That is a
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> very common problem now.
>
> Here is the log for the evening.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> DATE TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX MODE
>
> PRO.REMARKS QRB
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 09/19/2023 22:59 N1JEZ FN44AR 59 59 SSB
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> TR 168
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> 09/19/2023 23:04 VE3KG FN24AV 559 559 CW
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> TR 432
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> 09/19/2023 23:07 N1SV FN42EP 559 59 CW
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> TR 99
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> 09/19/2023 23:10 WZ1V FN31RH 59 59 SSB
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> TR 266
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> 09/19/2023 23:12 K1NKR FN42FI 59 59 SSB
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> TR 125
>
> 09/19/2023 23:21 WA3EOQ FM09JO 429 429 CW TR
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> 806
>
> 09/19/2023 23:28 K1DY FN54JQ 59 59 SSB
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> TR 200
>
> 09/19/2023 23:44 W9KXI FN12NE 59 SSB
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> TR 501
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> 09/19/2023 23:47 KC3BVL FM29JW 55 SSB
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> TR 522
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> 09/19/2023 23:48 KA3FQS FN2ØJF 55 55 SSB
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> TR 498
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> 09/19/2023 23:57 N2JQR FN13CE 55 SSB
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> TR 553
>
> 09/20/2023 00:02 N1DPM FN32QB 59 59 SSB
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> TR 201
>
> 09/20/2023 00:04 WA3NUF FN2ØKE 55 56 SSB
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> TR 496
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> 09/20/2023 00:07 K1FSY FN31MR 55 55 SSB
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> TR 247
>
> 09/20/2023 00:26 W1AIM FN34UJ 55 55 SSB
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> TR 154
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> 09/20/2023 00:30 WB2SIH FN31DD 569 569 CW
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> TR 337
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> 09/20/2023 00:34 W1JR FN42EV 59 59 SSB
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> TR 78
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> 09/20/2023 00:43 WA1NLG FN41XS 59 59 FT8
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> TR 196
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> 09/20/2023 01:10 VE3DS FNØ3FQ 559 559 CW
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> TR 692
>
> I am not sure how, but the distances changed to kilometers rather than
>
> miles. So the QRB column is km.
>
> I worked a total of 19 stations and 20 QSOs as I also worked W9KXI on
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> FT8 in addition to SSB. He called while I was beating up the amplifier
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> on FT8!! The QSB was a wild as I have ever seen. At one point, I called
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> a CQ and got a strapping answer from WB2SIH on CW with S9 signals. I
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> said Hi and sent my grid to Buff, and when he returned, he was weak and
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> watery sounding. He dropped down to S3 or S4. The QSB was that severe! I
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> quit about 01:20 UT and headed home. I was pretty tired as I had been
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> mowing my field that day with a walk behind brush cutter. With all the
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> rain, all the grass and brambles in the field were quite overgrown.
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> Next week is the 222 Sprint. I hope we have some good participation and
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> the weather is good. I'll be there and I hope to work as many stations
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> as I can. I looked at the Moon position for the sprint, and it is
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> really great. At 23:00 UT when the sprint starts, the Moon will have
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> just risen here and will be at 12 degrees or so. Just right for a rising
>
> Moon try with the midwest! Degradation will be very low, so signals will
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> be booming if the Faraday lines up. ( Always a bugaboo). Anyway, I will
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> be monitoring the HB9Q Chat page as well as the ON4KST page and looking
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> for EME contacts during the sprint. Usually that last hour of the sprint
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> is slow, so it would be quite cool if a bunch of the EME gang made an
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> appearance to add some excitement to the evening. At 0300 UT my Moon
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> elevation will be at 31 degrees and just past the highest point due
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> South. That is not good for Alaska and Hawaii, but at 0300 UT the Moon
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> will be at 20 degrees in California, so most of the continental USA can
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> get in on the fun. Dust off your EME arrays and maybe we can make a few
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> contacts via the Moon route next week!!
>
> 73
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
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