[VHFcontesting] 222 Activity nite Summary

[Dave Olean]

I am sorry that I missed you Howard. I quit and turned stuff off around 
the exact time you showed up!  That is too bad as I did not accomplish  
much in terms of difficult contacts last night. Working that path from 
FM09 to Maine and FN43 is a difficult one and always fun to try.  All of 
the folks that I worked were near enough that each contact was easy.  I 
was looking for K2CS in Western New York, but he never showed on the 
chat page. I tried some CQs on CW, SSB and even FT8 looking West. I 
worked KA2ENE on FT8 with good signals and Cousin Al, W9KXI on SSB out 
there. I tried a MS sked with K9MRI and KK4MA. There was a small meteor 
shower going on, the Ursids. I got a rather nice burst from Joe, K9MRI 
that lasted about 10 to 11 seconds. It was loud and reminded me of the 
old days when it seemed that meteors were better.  The sked with KK4MA 
started out great. I heard two bursts but they were well off frequency. 
I adjusted my RIT in hopes of getting a decode, but then the meteors 
dried up. We ran for about 8 or 10 minutes.  That is the only problem 
with MSK144....You need rather precise frequency accuracy.

Here is my log:


    DATE     TIME CALLSIGN        LOCATOR TX       RX       BAND  MODE 
PRO.REMARKS      QRB
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12/23/2025 23:57 KA2ENE          FN13FE  -01      +04      220 MHzFT8  
TR               533
12/24/2025 00:06 W9KXI           FN12NE  55       55       220 MHzSSB  
TR               501
12/24/2025 00:08 WA3NUF          FN2ØKE  55                220 MHzSSB  
TR               496
12/24/2025 00:09 KA3FQS          FN2ØJF  55       55       220 MHzSSB  
TR               498
12/24/2025 00:12 WB2SIH          FN31       55                220 MHzCW  
  TR               222
12/24/2025 00:16 WA1MBA          FN51AS  599      55       220 MHzCW  
  TR               198
12/24/2025 00:18 WW1Z            FN42ET  59                220 MHzSSB  
TR                84
12/24/2025 00:22 W1AIM           FN34    59       59       220 MHzSSB  
TR               203+-
12/24/2025 00:24 N1SV            FN42EP  59                220 MHzSSB  
TR                99
12/24/2025 00:36 WZ1V            FN31RH  -05      -08      220 MHzFSK  
TR               266
12/24/2025 00:38 KA1OJ           FN42EH  -13      +4       220 MHzFSK  
TR               132
12/24/2025 00:42 WA1RKS          FN32IN  559      579      220 MHzCW  
  TR               211
12/24/2025 00:51 K1OR            FN42IR  +25      +16      220 MHzFSK  
TR                79
12/24/2025 00:54 KC3BVL          FM29JW  +10      +00      220 MHzFT8  
TR               522
12/24/2025 00:55 WB2SIH          FN31     -11      -14      220 MHzFSK  
TR               222
12/24/2025 00:56 N1SV            FN42EP  =9       +15      220 MHzFSK  
TR                99
12/24/2025 01:00 K1OR            FN42IR  59       59       220 MHzSSB  
TR                79
12/24/2025 01:16 K9MRI           EN7ØIU  +8                220 MHzFSK  
TR              1213
12/24/2025 01:30 KK4MA           EM93UR                    220 MHzSSB  
TR not complete 1344
12/24/2025 01:33 N1YCQ           FN41LP  59                220 MHzSSB  
TR               195
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of QSO listed: 20

VE2XX was on but had PTT issues. When he finally got it fixed, I was 
playing with meteors and missed his message on the chat page. Ten 
minutes later I saw it but Stu had left the building! That was right at 
about 0200 UT.  I listened and called W5EME via meteors, but heard nil. 
That is a very long path.  Note that a few contacts are dupes on analog 
and digital. WB2SIH, N1SV, and K1OR were duplicates.  The snow started 
here in  mid afternoon and was in high gear at 23:00 when I left the 
house to head up to the shack. When I left a bit after 0200 UT, the 
scene was right out of a Currier and Ives Christmas lithograph. The snow 
was fairly deep and hanging on every branch. The snow flakes were big 
and falling fast! I surprised a large deer on the way down to the house, 
and he ran right in front of my truck as I came out of the woods. All in 
all, the evening really put me in a Christmas spirit.  Ho Ho Ho

73

Dave K1WHS

On 12/24/2025 9:12 AM, Howard Reynolds wrote:
> Got on after volleyball at 0209Z; missed everyone by about 5 minutes - hi.
> MC to all and tu for the 222 activity.  Wx got warm here into the 40s and
> melted all the snow with rain and drizzle. Near 50 degrees on Christmas
> day.  Back to ice on Friday. WA3EOQ
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