[VHFcontesting] 222 MHz Activity Night Reminder

[Dave Olean]

Merry Christmas VHFers!

Tonight is 222 Night and what better way to spend the Christmas holidays 
than to get on 222 MHz and wish peace and joy to your hamster friends 
who are just as crazy as you are!  I am hoping to be on or about 222.100 
starting just before 00:00 to help spread the Christmas cheer with 
contacts on CW or SSB or FT8, or maybe Q65.   The weather here in Sunny 
and cold Maine is beautiful and the wind has stopped blowing for a 
change. I am hoping I can make it up the hill and get the generator 
started. With all the wind we have gotten, the antenna might be broken 
in half again, but I am hoping things are still together.  Last week was 
a banner day for activity and I am hoping that we have plenty of friends 
show up tonight and spread Christmas cheer.

I have been reading about the trials and tribulations of Pete, K1PXE. It 
seems that his exciter has been giving him trouble, but he is cautiously 
optimistic that he can get on and make a few QSOs this evening.  To 
celebrate the return of K1PXE to the airwaves, the vaunted and all 
knowing *222 MHz Activity Committee *has set up a bonus plan for anyone 
who contacts k1PXE on 222MHz this evening.  I know what you are 
thinking. You are thinking that you do not want what the Committee is 
offering. You did not want to spend a weekend last week in a lean to 
tent at 10,740 ft and hang out in a mud hole just South of the 
Collegiate Peaks in Colorado. OK, maybe that could have been a better 
selection, but the Committee has gone to great lengths to make up for 
last weeks awesome prize. If you work K1PXE you all will get a gift 
certificate from one of the best seafood suppliers on the East Coast. 
Every lucky ham who manages  contact with Pete will win a $75 Gift 
Certificate from Sol's  Long Island Sound Used Fish market and Plumbing 
Supply.  If you show up to their fine establishment at 317 Oil spill Way 
in Milford, CT and go behind the building about 200 ft past the high 
tide marker, you will find them.

A note of caution, Please show up on Wednesday around 3:30 PM only. That 
is low tide for that area and the only time when the store is 
accessible. Wear your best rubber boots.

As for 222 Night, please show up early evening as most activity is 
between 00:00 UT and 02:00 UT. Look and listen around the calling 
frequency, 222.100 plus or minus, and also 222.174 if you are looking 
for ft8 contacts. The ON4KST Chat page is a handy way to let others know 
that you are QRV. https://www.on4kst.org/chat/login.php?band=8     If 
you have not registered before, it is a simple task to sign up.  The 
band promises to be in bad shape for the Northern states, but what else 
is new?  CU on 222.

Dave K1WHS