[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] 222 MHz Activity Night

[Ron Klimas WZ1V]

Dave forgot to mention the lucky winners of the challenge 
will get to free-climb the famous Duga Woodpecker Radar site:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlAS_Ecmx_0

----- Original Message -----
From: David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net>
To: "222 >> 222Activity at groups.io" <222Activity at groups.io>,        "NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net" <NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net>,        "vhfcontesting at contesting.com" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 10:59:31 -0500
Subject: [NEWSVHF] 222 MHz Activity Night

> 
Hello VHF friends,

The 222 Activity Evening governing board has let it be known that this 
Tuesday promises to be a red letter day and to celebrate the event  they 
have pledged to provide an all expense vacation trip for anyone who is 
able to make 20 contacts on Tuesday on 222 MHz. All modes are 
applicable. You need only exchange your grid square. I noted that Good 
Buddy Ron, WZ1V, made 52 contacts on 222 over the weekend. That number 
was about half of the 144 QSO total.  Not too shabby!!  Twenty contacts 
on 222 is possible for many to achieve, but it requires all hands on 
deck to make it possible. If we all make an effort to get on the band 
this evening, that 20 contact total will be achieved by many. We have to 
take advantage of this fantastic offer!

Now about that all expense paid tourist adventure.  It is a fun filled 
excursion to the Cernobyl region of Ukraine in mid winter. You and your 
lucky travelers will depart New York City on the Liberian flagged 
freighter "Monrovia". This ship was built in 1913 in  Gabon and has 
spent many years in the guano trade before it was converted into our 
ocean going home away from home. We will travel from New York to 
Murmansk in Russia well above the Arctic Circle. From there, we will 
Eco-Tour on foot to Cernobyl. Once there, we will spend time at the new 
radium hot baths within sight of the large concrete dome over the de 
commissioned reactor.  We will enjoy our stay in Pripyat City located 
near Cernobyl at the abandoned local hospital.  You will enjoy tours of 
the sports facilities and cultural centers located there within the 
inner exclusion zone.  As an added option, there is a planned tour of 
the Woodpecker OTH radar installation located nearby. A piece of 
radioactive steel girder will be given to each attendee as a memento 
that you can carry back to Murmansk.  At the end our our stay, we will 
all celebrate at a banquet at the reactor in our honor. The main course 
will be boneless whitefish caught from nearby cooling ponds. Due to the 
conflict in Ukraine, all trip members are required to sign a waiver for 
personal injury. The tour sponsors will provide flak jackets at no charge.

I will try to be on 222 .100 MHz a bit before 00:00 UT. The weather has 
warmed up a bit from single digits and will be just above freezing I am 
told, so it will be fun to walk up the road to the VHF shack this 
evening.  I am not sure how much diesel fuel is available, but I have 
enough for about two or three more Tuesday nights. After that, I am 
hoping the road opens up. I could run on solar power, but have no heat 
in the shack! That does not seem good.  So lets see if we can make the 
Tuesday after the January Contest a rip roaring success. Who knows, you 
may win a fantastic winter vacation?

73

Dave K1WHS
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