[VHFcontesting] 222 activity night

[David Olean]

Hi Good Buddy Ron,

That is quite a number of stations worked. I was on about 23:45 UT and 
immediately started working stations. I worked much of the same folks 
you did and also W1AUV, W2BPY, WA1T, plus a few others. I did not try 
with W2KV. He had trouble with K1TEO, so I figured Dave was a long shot. 
The log is on the shack computer and I did not bring a memory stick to 
off load the QSOs, but I ended up with 31 stations worked for the 
evening which ties  for my best QSO total. It definitely was a banner 
night.  I also saw W5EME, AJ6T, W4ZST, W4GA, and AA9MY along with many 
others in there working away as well. It is great to see activity 
springing up al over the place.

Best DX was K3SK on Q65B. It took about 13 minutes to get some tropo 
peaks at 575 miles.  Working K3SK on tropo is a rare event. Howard 
WA3EOQ at 502 miles was bordering on Q5 copy right off the bat at the 
start of the sked. I got multiple call sets plus his grid the first time 
he called. It was very easy this evening.  I was surprised that VE3KG 
was rather weak here. He was hardly moving the S meter. Maybe I just 
caught the bottom of a fade, but it is amazing how the local paths seem 
to change week to week.

73

Dave K1WHS

On 2/6/2024 9:17 PM, Ron Klimas WZ1V wrote:
> A banner night on 222 with a great turn-out. Logged:
> WA1NLG FN41, N1JEZ FN44, K1FSY FN31, WA3NUF FN20,
> WA1MBA FN51, N1YCQ FN41, WB2SIH FN31, K1TEO FN31,
> K1PXE FN31, W1AIM FN34, N1SV FN42, WA1PBU FN42,
> N1LHP FN42, K3SK FM07, K2RMX FN20, WW2Y FN20,
> N3RG FM29, VE3KG FN24, VE3FN FN25, WA4YA FN42,
> WA3DRC FM28, WA2LTM FN20, W2KV FN20 (10w to 6M beam),
> WA3EOQ FM09, WB2RVX FM29, and K1FMS FN32.
> Thanks for the QSO's.
>
> 73 Ron WZ1V
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