[VHFcontesting] 222 Actyivity Night

[David Olean]

I hate to say it, but I must miss this Tuesday night activity period, as 
I need to repair one of the 222 MHz 30 ft yagis so that it can be re 
installed on Wednesday before the cold and rain appears. I also have a 
helper lined up for Wednesday so I better have the antenna finished or I 
miss the help window!!  So I tried again today climbing the tower in 
hopes I could remove the antenna. It was still windy, but things quieted 
down as the afternoon wore on. I was able to get up there and I figured 
a way to get at the rear of the antenna without removing the whole 
thing, so I was able to get the broken part down all by myself. Wind 
gusts were a problem, but I was still able to do the work. I managed to 
lower the back end along with a 20 ft heliax phasing line using the rope 
and pulley arrangement we rigged up on Monday.  I am hoping to fix it 
this evening and then haul it back up tomorrow.  I feel terrible to miss 
a Tuesday night, but I have GOOD excuse. Hopefully the 222 MHz Activity 
Committee will not sanction me for missing it! I am still hard at work 
working on that last project up in northern New Hampshire.

Activity starts around 00:00 UT on 222.100 plus or minus.  Check in to 
the ON4KST Chat page (144/432 Region 2) and notify others of your 
presence. It always helps to post a summary so that those who are not on 
222 can see what they are missing.    I am off to the shop to cut and 
drill aluminum!

73

Dave K1WHS