[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] 222 Activity night Summary

[David Olean]

That is quite a list from Ron, WZ1V. I think his nickname should be 
"Hoover" or "Mr. Electrolux", as he seems to vacuum up just about every 
signal available.  I found conditions to be quite poor up here. I dd 
note that stars were starting to appear at about 23:30 while I was 
driving up to the shack. The rain had finally stopped. The Packrat 
beacon was about 10 dB worse than Summertime condx and there was plenty 
of bad QSB. It isn't every day that Inhave to struggle with W9KXI. He 
was a good 56 or 57 and then took a fade and stayed there for quite 
awhile. His SSB was copyable with much difficulty, only to peak up again 
to s6 and S7 levels. That is severe QSB!  I tried with K3SK via at least 
four modes. I listened for him on CW early on. and heard nothing. Then 
he went to FT8 and I heard nothing via the FT8 mode. Dave suggested we 
try Q65B but that was not successful either. As a last result, we tried 
meteor scatter and were both surprised with rather good condx via the 
meteors. I had three or four bursts of calls plus a report before I 
copied RRR. We got lucky there I think.  I missed with WA1RKS, WB2RVX, 
WA1PBU, and KA3FQS. Somehow we never got lined up for a QSO. I did hear 
Kim, WA1PBU in QSO several times. I did work WW1Z and K1PNQ, who did not 
appear on GB Ron's (aka Hoover) list. K1PNQ, Kevin, lives in Hopkinton, 
MA. near Boston.  I did note that the lower Mississippi valley condx 
allowed W5EME and AJ6T to make a long haul QSO as predicted. I always 
check the Hepburn map.  It is also a good idea to scan his help page to 
get a feel for what each color means. I am not sure how things went in 
the mid west. Hopefully, we will get a report.

I should also add that I had two QSOs with K1PXE who lives in sunny 
Milford, Connecticut. The second QSO was to wish me a wonderful 
Thanksgiving, and he had his flock of turkeys let out loud gobble fest 
just for me. I am not sure why Peter would have so many turkeys living 
in his house. I am afraid to ask.  I quit at about 9 PM or 0200 UT. I 
went and turned off the big diesel generator and then promptly skated 
across the metal porch outside as the temp had dropped below freezing 
and the metal had become a skating rink as the water had frozen solid. 
Best DX was K3SK at 575 miles, and WA3EOQ at just over 500 miles. WA3NUF 
and W9KXI at about 310 miles.

Keep an eye on the solar forecasts. There might be an aurora on the 
28th. They are predicting something small, but who knows?

73

Dave K1WHS

On 11/26/2024 9:05 PM, Ron Klimas WZ1V wrote:
> Another fun night on 222 MHz. Logged the following:
> WB2VVV FN41, WA3NUF FN20, WA1MBA FN51, WB2SIH FN31,
> K1WHS FN43, WA3EOQ FM09, W9KXI FN12, K1ZK FN34,
> K1PXE FN31, WA1RKS FN32, WA1PBU FN42, WA3SSG FN20,
> K1FSY FN31, K2RMX FN20, K3SK FM07, WA1NLG FN41,
> KA1OJ FN42, WA4YA FN42, W1AIM FN34, WB2ONA FN20,
> W2BYP FN13, WB2RVX FM29, and KA3FQS FN20.
> Thanks QSOs and Happy Thanksgiving all.
>
> 73 Ron WZ1V
>
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