[VHFcontesting] April 1 222 MHz Activity Night

[Allen Oldfield]

Eight contacts last night -
W8ZN	CW	FM09	- 221 miles
K1PXE	CW	FN31 - 207 miles

N1JEZ    CW & SSB FN34 - 293 miles
To work Mike, I have to point my beam at the side of a school building, which is less than a block away.  Across the street from the school is a Hill. At the start of the contact (CW) he was very very weak.  Rather quickly, the QSB peaked and we completed on SSB.  
I have learned to not be surprised when we work each other, even when I work him on 1296 with my 40 watts.

K1WHS  SSB	FN43 - 312 miles

WZ1V   CW & SSB FN31 - 233 miles
We started on CW and went immediately to SSB.

WA3NUF	SSB	FN20 - 166 miles
KA3FQS 	SSB	FN20 - 162 miles	
K8RYU 	SSB	EM99 - 306 miles

WA4YA and I (FN42 at 294 miles) tried on FT8.  Neither of us copied anything.

Al - W9KXI
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