[VHFcontesting] [222Activity] 222 MHz Activity Night

[Dave Olean]

Hi Grant,

The road up the hill is not really a road. It is a path according to the 
construction outfit that overhauled it about 2 years ago. The fellow put 
lots of crushed rock on the sloping portions and gravel on the semi flat 
areas, but it is still treacherous with snow because of the sliding 
factor on uneven ground. On Wednesday afternoon, I got the driveway 
shoveled out and snow blown. I took the truck and went up part of the 
hill to test out how good or bad it was. I had no trouble even with the 
7 inches of snow, so I am hoping that the olde truck can make it to the 
top with little trouble.  I know that EME condx were FB on Tuesday, and 
they are great tonight as well, so I am planning on getting on this 
evening Dec 3/4.  Is anyone likely to be there this evening?  I will 
monitor the HB9Q chat. I hope to be QRV after maybe 2300 UT


Dave  K1WHS

On 12/3/2025 1:26 PM, Grant via groups.io wrote:
> Well we missed K1WHS getting on with his big signal but there was 
> still some activity off the moon last night.
>
> N0AKC was heard with a big signal trying to work K3SK. Unfortunately 
> Charlie seemed to have a damage preamp and couldn't hear Dave.
>
> Dave has really stepped up his EME game with his new array, and was 
> easily worked with -19 signals from him.
>
> PJ4MM also got on but had difficulty with tracking as the moon crossed 
> almost directly over his QTH.  Once the moon passed zenith for him we 
> easily worked with -25 signals from Martin.
>
> Polarity was generally well defined with good CW echoes being heard at 
> this QTH.
>
> Still hoping for another 3 more new grids and 18 more states on this 
> band.  Fingers crossed for more moon activity.
>
> 73 to all.
>
> Grant
> VE6TA
> DO33gs
> 5.5 m dish with pol control and 1 kw
>
>
>
> On 2025-12-02 15:03, David Olean wrote:
>> Hi VHFers,
>>
>> It is Tuesday and I should be heading up to the shack for the evening,
>> but we are in the middle of the first big snowfall around here. The snow
>> depth is predicted to be 6-10 inches, which is quite deep for
>> negotiating the woods road that goes up to the shack.  It looks like I
>> will probably not make it this evening. Heaviest snow is this evening
>> around activity time. I got up early and was hauling diesel fuel up at 8
>> AM this morning.  The generator fuel tank was very low and so I hauled a
>> couple of fuel containers with 12 gallons of diesel.  It was snowing at
>> 7 am but had not accumulated much and i got the fueling completed. Now
>> the snow is quiet deep and I am not sure that I can reach the shack.
>> Temps are in the low 20's and will drop to single digits the rest of the
>> week.
>>
>> Activity has been a bit slow on Tuesdays of late as cold weather and
>> poor condx has thinned the herd a bit.  Activity starts around 00:00 UT
>> on the East Coast. Lots of contacts are made with coordination on the
>> ON4KST Chat page
>>
>>  http://www.on4kst.info/chat/index.php
>>
>> Activity spreads out around 222.100 with CW, SSB and FT8 on 222.174.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Dave K1WHS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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