[VHFcontesting] 222 MHz Activity Night

[K3SK at buckwalter.co]

The lights were on, but nobody was home.    That pretty much describes 222 activity night this week.   Except toward the storm front to my northwest, conditions were fair, but activity was sparce.    I heard only 1 station to my south and nothing to the west/northwest.  Only 6 stations were heard and worked this week.

W8ZN	FM09		SSB
WA3NUF	FN20		CW
W1XR		FM05		SSB
WZ1V		FN31		FT8
WA3EOQ	FM09		CW
K1WHS	FN43		Q65  (EME)

Note to self ---   Do NOT attempt to work long haul terrestrial weak signal with vertical polarization.  It only adds a level of difficulty that is not needed.


I hope to hear many more stations tonight for the 432 Sprint.   I am especially looking for  DE - RI - NH - VT - MI - GA - TN 

	70cm Station - 	4x21 K1FO (mod) 
				400W SSPA
				Mast Mount Cavity LNA
				EME Capable


K3SK - FM07




-----Original Message-----
From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces+k3sk=buckwalter.co at contesting.com> On Behalf Of David Olean
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 8:59 AM
To: 222 >> 222Activity at groups.io <222Activity at groups.io>; vhfcontesting at contesting.com; NEWSVHF at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [VHFcontesting] 222 MHz Activity Night

Good Morning boys and girls,

It is another Tuesday and that means there will be 222 MHz activity all over the place this evening.  The weather for northern New England looks great with temps of 79 predicted for mid day. I have not seen that in many Moons Kemo Sabie. I will be enjoying the weather while making some contacts on one of the best VHF bands. I am still waiting for a big aurora on a Tuesday, but today will provide some excitement in he form of some Moon activity being possible during the evening. The Moon wll be setting in the evening, so the folks way out West will have a good view of the Moon this evening. My Moonset is at 02:30 UT or 9:30 PM local time. I will monitor both the ON4KST and HB9Q Chat pages. I will try to keep my wits about me and attempt to do EME and terrestrial stuff at the same time, almost. Usually I get all balled up and use the wrong antenna on the wrong propagation mode.

Action starts at about 2300 UT after dinner and can go as long as the conditions warrant.  With the warmer temps, we always look forward to enhanced tropo. The Hepburn map is showing a weak NE-SW area of enhancement that crosses the Eastern Great Lakes. I will be looking for extended tropo on the fleeting LakeErie/Ontario path. Both N1JEZ and myself have seen this work, when other directions are not working.

If you have not participated on a Tuesday night on 222 MHz, all you have to do is show up and make noise looking for contacts on or around the calling freq of 222.100.  Check in to the ON4KST Chat page if you are in a remote area with little activity. That way, you can inform folks that you are QRV and others will be made aware of your presence, and turn their beams ur way.

CU this evening on 222.100 MHz.

Dave K1WHS


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