Fwd: [222Activity] 222 MHz Activity night. The FIRST ONE FOR 2021!
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From: David Olean <k1...@metrocast.net>
Date: Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [222Activity] 222 MHz Activity night. The FIRST ONE FOR 2021!
To: <ww1...@juno.com>, <new...@mailman.qth.net>, vhfcon...@contesting.com <vhfcon...@contesting.com>, <222Ac...@groups.io>
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This coming Tuesday 20April, will be 222 MHz Activity night for
Dave K1WHS. I am located in FN43mj (mumbo Jumbo) I will be on
222 starting about 7:30 PM looking for contacts. I will also
monitor ON4KST Chat. Now that I have two decent laptops that I can
drag up to the shack, I can keep one of them on the chat page(s).
My cell phone for the hill QTH is 207 608 5317.
Rig is 1500 watts RF out with 4 X 22 Element long yagis at 100
ft, 8 X 5 Element LVA fixed SW towards New York City, and 2 X 8
Element yagis rotatable to the north and NE.
This is the evening before the 432 Sprint, so you can test out
432 and then come on down to 222.100 and look for QSOs. I am 545
miles from K8ZR in Ohio, and figure that we might have a possible
path if we are both lined up. KO4YC is in the 550 mile range as
well, and that would be a fantastic shot as well. We have all
night! All the bars are closed, so you have no excuse but to get
on 222 MHz on Tuesday! Who knows? You may make a contact. Just
because you are too far away from me does not mean all is lost.
All are invited to make Tuesday the 222 Night nationwide.
I will have my receiver overload problem repaired by then. I will
start off near 222.100 and call CQ. I hope to work a few stations.
I plan to be there until at least 10:30 PM. In UTC time, that is
April 20 at 23:30 up to April 21 at 02:30 UT.
I hope to hear you on 222! Spread the word!
Dave K1WHS
The old NEVHFA used to promote activity nights. I do not remember if the concept originated there or some where else. First thing it takes is stations actually on the air calling CQ. The club reflector can be a big help. Maybe on Sunday you announce you are going to be on for the 222 MHZ activity night. With time and frequency giving people a heads up and on Tuesday afternoon or early evening announce it again. Maybe if a few decent stations could be on regularly and announcing it. This could encourage others into developing the habit of getting on. But it will not be easy. John WW1Z On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:28:56 -0400 Dave Olean <k1...@metrocast.net> writes:Hi Dave Activity nights would be a great thing to do. No reason why Tuesday night can't be a 222 MHz time. Along those lines, I am trying to get a battery operated 222 station running at a few hundred watts. I need some new lithium batteries to do it, and they are very expensive for a few hundred AH of power. I am working on some solid state amps for 400-500 watts. I tried to get some small contests started with rover-centric rules to build activity. It requires local clubs to assume responsibility for administration. It takes some work! The idea died, but I think small activity events would help immensely. You need a reason to get on the air. It is snowing today. A few inches on the ground already. No antenna work today. Dave K1WHS On 4/16/2021 11:26 AM, David Mackey wrote:I agree. The further north you go the further south you wish youwere. We used to have activity nights back in the 70s and 80s. Monday was 2m, Tuesday 222 (220 in those days), 432 on Wednesday, etc. There was an ARRL ad hoc VHF committee in the late 70s with the goals of addressing contest activity problems, grids vs. Sections, those new rovers, and other issues. It eventually did away with sections as multipliers and went to grids, and sanctioned rovers. I suggested the idea of a Sprint contest to introduce this new grid multiplier system. It was based, at the time, popular HF Sprints, and that they should follow the format of the existing activity nights. The VHF/UHF Sprints are still here but the activity nights faded.Why can�t we bring them back? The Packrats have multiple nets onMondays, and NEWS has a Thursday 2M net, which is great, but if you are out of range, you might as well watch TV. If activity nights were restarted, it could hopefully bring in stations on the �fringes� of normal range from he more active areas. Another issue these days is everyone has bigger more directional antennas. A methodical way of pointing in less popular directions would also help. The Clubs would have to get behind it.Ideas? 73 Dave K1KA David Mackey K1...@comcast.netOn Apr 16, 2021, at 10:27, David Olean <k1...@metrocast.net>wrote:?I had a blast playing in the 222 Sprint. The 222 setup wasalmost back to normal at about 75%. I had a flakey rotor readout and excessive noise due to front end overload from a CH11 station that is 18 miles away and running 316 KW EIRP. I can see the lights on their tower. Both problems are easily fixed. I just need the time. (Fly fishing season is just starting!)So I got to thinking at how bad off we hams are in the northernpart of New England. A lack of 222activity in a region begets less activity there, as the few hearty souls who try it, lose interest after awhile due to lack of success. There is no activity to my northeast other than Bill, K1DY and N1BUG. In the summer KV1J gets on, which is great. All of eastern Canada is empty. There are so many empty grids there that are easy to work if only someone was there. All of the bands above 144 MHz get worse as you go higher.So how bad is it? I looked at the grid map and checked my spot inthe middle of FN43 with my old QTH near K1TEO in CT, and then with someone in the middle of FN20. How many more grids are available at each location that are not reachable from up north in New England? I went out 500 miles, which is a good distance for a serious station on 222.Additional grids available from FN31: EN80 EM99 FM06 FM16 EN81 EM98 FM07 FM25 EN82 EM97 FM14 FM26 EN83 EN90 FM15 EM96 Additional grids available from FN20: EN70 EN82 EM87 EM98 FM06 FM25 EN71 EN83 EM86 EM99 FM07 FM26 EN72 EN90 EM95 FM03 FM14 EN80 EM89 EM96 FM04 FM15 EN81 EM88 EM97 FM05 FM16 I realize that there is an activity problem all over, and many ofthese additional grids have no 222 MHz activity, but many of them have some activity even if it is sporadic. I also ignored the grids in Ontario and Quebec Canada, as there are many up there that are empty as well. I would be curious to hear about which of these grids have activity on the higher bands. What grids are typically workable?73 Dave K1WHS ______________________________________________________________ NEWSVHF mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/newsvhf Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:NEW...@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list:http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ NEWSVHF mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/newsvhf Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:NEW...@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html____________________________________________________________ Choose to be safer online. Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock. 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