[VHFcontesting] Hey! It's 222 Night

[David Olean]

At least it will be this evening.  I am writing this at 6:30 AM as I am 
out the door heading North to meet a plumber and some frozen pipes.  I 
am hoping to be back by this evening for all the action on 222 MHz.  
There is no internet at my camp, so this reminder is a tad early, but I 
am hoping we have a big turnout of stations. It isn't too early to test 
things out for the upcoming June contest.

Activity starts at about 23:00 UT and can go on for typically two hours 
of QSB, moving tropo hot spots, and the ability to hang out with some 
dedicated VHF ops on an under utilized band.  I am hoping to be on to 
try out my repaired 222 array. I had so much fun doing that repair, I 
might dig into the 8 X 5 el LVA and look for evidence of water leakage. 
This is New England, right? It is always raining.

Tropo condx look promising down in the SE. I think AJ6T and W5EME will 
have a good time with some elevated tropo condx. Us slobs in the NE will 
be content with flat conditions.  You know the drill. Try monitoring 
ON4KST 144/432 Region 2 Chat, and let people know that you are QRV if 
you are a bit off path from the big activity area. Everyone points their 
antennas at NYC and Philly up here in the NE. Other directions, not so 
much. The chat page is a good way to inform others of your presence.  
The Moon will be close to setting on the East Coast. I will also monitor 
HB9Q  and hope to get a little EME action going. Maybe NH6Y and others 
out West will show up. My Moonset is at about 01:30 as I recall.    Dust 
off your key, smear some antenna wax on radiating surfaces, and fire up 
your Meissner Signal Shifters for a fun evening on the 222 MHz band.

73

Dave K1WHS