[VHFcontesting] [222Activity] 222 Activity Night
David Olean
k1whs at metrocast.net
Wed Jan 3 14:02:28 EST 2024
Hello Al and fellow 222 ops.
Tuesday night was interesting. I spent a lot of time trying to work some
stations beyond my normal range. It was fun, but quite non productive. I
worked no one "out there" for my efforts. Stations were on that I have
worked in the past, but this time, they did not make it into my log
either. With so many stations on and scurrying around, it is easy to
miss a few. The exceptionally deep QSB last night was another factor. If
you tried at the wrong time, things would not "click". I looked at Good
Buddy Ron's log and saw several stations that never made it up here in
the north. AA2SD and N1ROZ, and KC2SGV were never heard. I also missed
WA2LTM, but that was a timing issue. Douglas always puts a great signal
up into Maine. WA4YA was also on and I missed Christian. We just never
connected. He is quite local in the Beantown area. I ended up with 28
QSOs and the log is listed below.
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DATE TIME CALLSIGN LOCATOR TX RX BAND MODE
PRO.REMARKS QRB
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01/02/2024 23:46 WA1RKS FN32IN 559 589 220 MHzCW
TR 211
01/03/2024 00:00 W1AUV FN32II 559 559 220 MHzCW
TR 223
01/03/2024 00:03 K1ZK FN34JJ 589 599 220
MHzCW TR 212
01/03/2024 00:06 N1JEZ FN44AR 589 220
MHzSSB TR 168
01/03/2024 00:08 KC1V FN31SX 589 220
MHzCW TR 200
01/03/2024 00:15 WA1MBA FN51AS 59 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 198
01/03/2024 00:20 WA1NLG FN41XS 59 59 220 MHzCW
TR 196
01/03/2024 00:24 WA3EOQ FM 9JO 529 220 MHzCW
TR 805
01/03/2024 00:29 W9KXI FN12NE 57 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 501
01/03/2024 00:35 N2SLO FN30JU 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 338
01/03/2024 00:37 K1PXE FN31KE 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 303
01/03/2024 00:38 K1MAP FN32SB 57 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 192
01/03/2024 00:40 WW1Z FN42ET 57 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 84
01/03/2024 00:42 WZ1V FN31RH 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 266
01/03/2024 00:42 N1LHP FN42KM 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 98
01/03/2024 00:45 WA3NUF FN2 KE 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 496
01/03/2024 00:46 WA3DRC FM28AS 55 55 220 MHzSSB
TR 663
01/03/2024 00:50 K1FSY FN31LN 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 266
01/03/2024 00:59 VE3DS FN 3FQ 559 549 220 MHzCW
TR 692
01/03/2024 01:13 N2JMH FN12BW 589 220 MHzCW
TR 563
01/03/2024 01:20 NZ3M FN1 PD 589 220 MHzFT8
TR 598
01/03/2024 01:37 K1RZ FM19JH 559 529 220 MHzCW
TR 691
01/03/2024 01:57 WB2RVX FM29MT 559 220 MHzSSB
TR 519
01/03/2024 02:01 AF1T FN43BD 59 220 MHzSSB
TR 79
01/03/2024 02:12 W2TMA FN30HV 57 57 220 MHzSSB
TR 342
01/03/2024 02:20 N2OA FN03 +6 -02 220 MHzFT8
TR 645+-
01/03/2024 02:22 W2BYP FN13IB +17 220 MHzFT8
TR 514
01/03/2024 02:23 N1YCQ FN41LP -13 -13 220 MHzFT8
TR 195
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Number of QSO listed: 28
It was great to see some activity fro the Toronto area. VE3DS had
tremendous QSB going from 579 to about 529 depending on how long you
listened. N2JMH and W2BYP were very FB copy at over 500 km. I think
N2JMH was running a 222 MHz Amplifier Project PA and it sounded great.
WB2RVX at 519 km was good coy. NZ3M was another 500+ km contact at 598
km. I am still waiting to hear VE3KG from FN24. He has a 500 watt
version of the 222 MHz Project Amplifiers. 600+ km QSOs include N2OA,
K1RZ, VE3DS, and WA3DRC. Beyond the 700 km range was old faithful
WA3EOQ at 805 km.
I tried a bit with K3SK on FT8 and decoded nil. (900+ km) Later on we
tried for awhile on Q65B and K3SK decoded me probably by meteors. I did
not decode anything from K3SK. I also tried with K9MRI. We went for
about 8 or 10 minutes. We got nowhere. Still, if you don't try these
skeds you have zero chance of working them. Joe, K9MRI and I have had
pretty good luck with meteors. We are about 750 miles apart. That is an
easy distance on 222. (hint hint!)
So I missed 30 QSOs last night, but not by much. That is a good sign.
Activity levels are going in the right direction. The forecast Solar
excitement pooped out again. A wave of fast moving plasma was supposed
to hit Earth on Tuesday. It missed and conditions did not reflect any
auroral activity. I checked a few times, but nothing detected. Hopefully
the next X flare is aimed toward Earth and will trigger some aurora for
us deserving folks. Imagine what it would be like if we got a big aurora
on a Tuesday night!!!
CU next week.
Dave K1WHS
On 1/3/2024 10:06 AM, Al W9KXI wrote:
>
> I was pleased with the contacts that I had last night:
>
> CALL
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> GRID SQUARE
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> MODE
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> DISTANCE (Mi)
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> N2OA
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> FN03va
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> FT8
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> 87.5
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> VE3DS
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> FN03fq
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> FT8
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> 169.1
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> N2JMH
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> FN12bw
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> FT8
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> 72.9
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> NZ3M
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> FN10pd
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> FT8
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> 141.4
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> K1RZ
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> FM19jh
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> FT8
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> 199.5
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> WZ1V
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> FN31rh
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> FT8
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> 232.2
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> K1ZK
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> FN34jj
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> FT8
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> 239.9
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> WA3NUF
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> FN20ke
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> FT8
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> 165.0
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> N1JEZ
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> FN44
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> USB
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> 291.6
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> K1WHS
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> FN43mj
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> USB
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> 310.5
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> WZ1V
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> FN31rh
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> USB
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> 232.2
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> WA3EOQ
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> FM09jo
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> USB
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> 215.3
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> I started out on SSB and went to FT8 to look for stations West and
> Southwest of me. The beam was pointed SSW when I worked Phil (NUF).
> I had moved the beam to his direction when I heard Jim (N2JMH) and
> worked him off the back of the beam.
>
> All of the SSB signals were strong. After working WZ1V on SSB I
> (briefly) heard another signal in there but that didn't develop. I
> also worked Ron on FT8. That…just for the fun of it.
>
> Thanks to all who came out last night and, from the appearance of the
> ON4KST chat page, there were a lot.
>
> 73,
>
> Al - W9KXI
>
> FN12ne
>
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