[VHFcontesting] Tuesday Night 222 MHz Activity and moonrise.

[K3SK at buckwalter.co]

I plan on being there as well.   My moonrise is 2302 UTC.    I just finished some tweaking on the station, hopefully I tweaked the right direction.  😊  

 

K3SK - FM07

 

-----Original Message-----
From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces+k3sk=buckwalter.co at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Dave Olean
Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 2:58 PM
To: newsvhf at mailman.qth.net; VHF Contesting <VHFcontesting at Contesting.com>; 222Activity at Groups.io
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Tuesday Night 222 MHz Activity and moonrise.

 

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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