[VHFcontesting] Tuesday Night 222 MHz Activity and moonrise.

Dave Olean K1WHS at metrocast.net
Tue Oct 7 14:57:31 EDT 2025


Hi VHFrs

The night looks great for some 222 mHz activity, and in addition, the 
Moon makes an appearance here starting at 22:30UT which is about when I 
tend to get QRV for the local activity. That is 6:30PM here on the East 
Coast. The Moon is at a good spot with no degradation at all, so this is 
the best time to try to hear something via the moon. Here are some 
Moonrise times:

WA3EOQ    FM09    2305 UT  Oct 7  Western MD

K9MRI    EN70        2320 UT Oct 7    Indiana

KF0M EM17            0020 UT  Oct 8  Kansas

WQ5S EM13            0030 UT  Oct 8  in Texas

W0VB   DN74        0040 UT Oct 8  Wyoming

W6TCP CM97        0200 UT  Oct 8  California

These times should let you know when ur Moonrise is within a few minutes.


I will be on starting about 2230 UT but will not look on the Moon unless 
someone asks for a try  early on. I will be working terrestrial signals 
within range then. The local 222 activity slows down at 0045 or so and I 
will then  be on EME  at 222.085 Q65B-60 2nd sequence. I use CFOM 
(constant freq on Moon)  so should show up at 1500 to 1600 Hz on the 
waterfall. It has been awhile since I made a single yagi QSO on a rising 
Moon. Tonight will be a good time to try.  Check in to the HB9Q chat 
page for 222 EME messages.

In other news, My local new ham neighbor KC1YBG has just passed his 
general class license and is all fired up. So far he has collected an 
old Yaesu twin TX RX set  FR-101 and it is working. He scrounged a good 
Dementron HF tuner too.   Now to get some sort of tower set up for him. 
He is excited.

So mark your calendar tonight for 222 MHz activity.  The 222 Activity 
committee has deemed that the stations who work K1PXE and WZ1V will be 
put in a drawing for a set of Texaco drinking glasses.   CU tonite!

Dave K1WHS





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