[VHFcontesting] [222Activity] 222 EME Activity contest

Wed Nov 27 17:20:13 EST 2024

Dave,

As I indicated in my earlier reply to you, the first weekend in April is ok for me.   It doesn’t conflict with any other contests (that I care about), local hamfests or any family activities.   I loke the idea of extending the operating time into Sunday as well.    It will make for a long weekend, but then again how many 222 EME stations will be active and at what times.   

This can be fun.

K3SK
FM07

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From: 222Activity at groups.io <222Activity at groups.io> On Behalf Of David Olean
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2024 5:07 PM
To: Roger - W7TZ <ai7rogerroger at gmail.com>; 222 >> 222Activity at groups.io <222Activity at groups.io>; vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [222Activity] 222 EME Activity contest

Hello Roger and the 222 group
I tried to answer your e mail about having 222 EME activity periods spread over a few weekends, but clicked on something I should not have clicked, and Bill Gates promptly sent your email into Limbo. I am thinking that Memorial Day is not the time for a 222 activity period, so I dropped back to April. April 5 and 6 are not as good as the May dates, but it is not a national holiday.  Here is a snap shot of the April weekend:
April 5 2025        00:00 UT (Friday evening) The Moon is well up in the sky and Guys like KL6M have 36 degrees of elevation.
                                06:45 UT Moonset in Maine.
                                19:00 UT Moonrise in Alaska
April 6, 2025        16:00 UT  Moonrise in Maine
                                07:30 UT   Moonset in Maine
                                17:00 UT  Moonrise (Sunday) in Maine.
                                21:00 UT    Moonrise in Alaska
                                24:00 UT    Moon is not quite due South of me.
April 7, 2025     
                                08:00 UT Moonset in Maine   Moon is well up in Alaska
The weekend looks OK but the extra dB of degradation tends to hurt. 
I am thinking that we should extend the activity period into late Sunday evening/Monday early AM. This gives moonrise only stations more of a chance to work stations in HI, AK etc.  If we stop at 24:00 UT on Sunday the guys in AK and HI have no chance to work any moon rise stations in the USA on Sunday.  We could have the period end in the Sunday evening on the West Coast.
April is not as good as May, and the degradation is about 1 dB worse for the weekend.   What does everyone think?  Lets try to get a plan done in concrete as soon as we can.  Would two weekends make sense?  Is early April too close to winter or some?  I am leaning towards  just one weekend to keep things simple. My XYL will kill me if I am on the radio on Memorial Day weekend. She has all the  grandkids up to the camp then. If I miss it, I am a ded duck.
Comments?

April 5  Start 00:00 UT until April 7 at 08:00 UT (This is late Sunday evening.)
Band: 222 MHz only
Categories:  CW  Digital or combination of CW & Digi
Exchange: Grid Square
100 points per QSO  Grid squares count as multipliers Just like the EME Contest.  For example, I work five stations in four separate grids. My score is 5 X 100 points X 4 grids for a total of 2000 points.
It does not matter if you are in two different spots, except that you can work the same stations from each spot and grids will count as new grids.  Some people may want to be portable for part of the time. 
Did I miss anything?

Dave K1WHS

On 11/24/2024 2:34 PM, Roger - W7TZ wrote:
Also Memorial Day weekend. No complaint from me, but I'm old and don't go nowhere anyway.

I'll still be happy to help with certificates when you get to that point.

73, Roger
W7TZ
CN83ia
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