[VHFcontesting] [NEWSVHF] 222 Activity night

[Dave Olean]

You sure can dredge up signals, Ron. I heard KA1OJ, but missed WA2LTM 
and N3ITT. I never heard them.  I had some Moon time and worked a few 
via the EME route: VE6TA (AB), W7JW (MI) , K3SK, and W6TCP (CA). I 
listened for K3SK on the direct path and never heard a peep.  KA2ENE had 
me try three modes early on, and we worked on CW, FT8, and SSB. SSB was 
a bit tough as signals were weak all around.  WA3DRC was very weak up 
here and I think the QSB was pretty steep.  KC2KAE was wrkable with his 
25 watts, so it wasn't a horrible propagation night.  WA3EOQ showed up 
after 9 PM, and I tuned to 222.090 for his sked with WA3NUF. I heard 
some strong CW and I thought it was Phil in Philadelphia, but he was 
sending FM0i9! It was Howard and he was 559. He signed off with WA3NUF 
and I called him, but he came back to WZ1V, so I stood by and his signal 
was getting weaker and weaker. When Ron was done, Howard was qjuite weak 
but still copyable. I would say 329. I was not getting 100% copy. It was 
more like 35%. Still, we completed quickly, but I was amazed at the 
starting signal strength.  I ended up with 26 stations worked. My last 
EME contact was with W6TCP and I had about 2 degrees of Moon left when I 
called him. He barely copied me and we finished with about 1 degree 
left. I listened and heard loud echoes then and I copied echoes up to 
about -0.4 degrees. Earlier in the evening, my echo was nowhere to be 
found here. It was an interesting evening.

On 8/26/2025 9:09 PM, Ron Klimas WZ1V wrote:

> 222 condx a bit challenging tonight but great activity - logged:
> WA3NUF FN20, WA1NLG FN41, K1TEO FN31, WC2K FM29,
> K1WHS FN43, WA1MBA FN51, W9KXI FN12, N3ITT FN20,
> KA1OJ FN42, W1XIV FN34, N2SLO FN30, K1PXE FN31,
> K3SK FM07, KB2KIR FN22, WA3DRC FM28, N1SV FN42,
> WA1PBU FN42, W1AIM FN34, N1LHP FN42, KA2ENE FN13,
> WA2LTM FN20, VE2XX FN25, and WA3EOQ FM09.
>
> 73, TNX QSOs, Ron WZ1V
>
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