[VHFcontesting] [222Activity] EME Contest

[David Olean]

I spent the first evening of the EME contest on 1296. I was using the 
IC9700 exciter and had trouble trying to run CW. I heard a few guys on 
CW but could not get the keyer to work.  (Borrowed radio)   At 4 AM I 
had no luck with the CW. That is when I went to bed!

I will be on 222 MHz this evening early on looking for non EME stations 
using the rising Moon. I will be on HB9Q Chat on the 220 MHz page.  I 
will be QRV at my Moon rise.  I also plan to get on 222 MHz on the last 
Moon pass in November as that is a gathering plan for all of the 222 EME 
ops.

The 1296 station here is the NC1I portable EME system with a 2.4 meter 
dish and about 700 watts. It works pretty well, but gets covered up by 
many callers on 1296. I tried S&P but found that I was never being heard 
as stronger signals covered me up.  I wish there was activity on 222 
that equaled 1296!

CU thiis evening on 222!

Dave K1WHS




On 10/18/2024 11:01 PM, Matt - KC7OOY wrote:
>
> All,
>   I should be back home tomorrow evening and if all still works be 
> back on from CN82.  We'll see how long I can manage to stay awake..
>
> ~Matt
>   KC7OOY
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2024, 2:42 PM Dave Buckwalter - K3SK via groups.io 
> <http://groups.io> <k3sk=buckwalter.co at groups.io> wrote:
>
>
>     I will be dabbling in the ARRL EME contest tonight and tomorrow. 
>      I am
>     mainly looking for new states/grids/DX countries.  I will be QRV
>     on 144,
>     222, & 432 beginning about an hour after my moonrise as I clear
>     the trees to
>     my east.    My plan is to operate until my forehead bounces off
>     the desk in
>     front of me. Then I will catch some sleep so I can get up at
>     0'dark-thirty
>     when the moon is the western sky.
>
>     If you are west of the Mississippi I most likely need you in my
>     log.   I
>     will be monitoring the N0UK (https://www.emechat.com/) and both
>     222 & 432
>     HB9Q pages (https://logger.hb9q.ch/).
>
>
>     de K3SK
>     Dave Buckwalter
>     FM07 - Farmville VA
>
>
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