[Mich VHF UHF Society] Tuesday 222 activity night?

[David DeVos]

Joe - I know the ARRL is looking at new rules for VHF contests to address this Joe. Lots of ideas have been floated and the vhf committee is looking at it. 

I’m going to be roving in June, August, and September. My rover will be very different, but I’ll work you on SSB or CW!  But I’ll also have FT8 ready to go. 

David J DeVos - KF8QL
616-278-8068


> On Dec 29, 2021, at 9:28 PM, Joseph G Bell via MiVUS <mivus at mivus.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> The question I pose is this: If all stations are on FT-8  what is the  point of voice calling on 222.1?
> 
> The problem with this digital mode is contacts are easy compared to digging into the noise for that weak signal  using the naked ear-
> 
> I think changes in the rules need to be made to separate digital from voice as 2  separate categories- 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David DeVos via MiVUS <mivus at mivus.org>
> To: mivus at mivus.org
> Cc: David DeVos <kf8ql at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wed, Dec 29, 2021 8:49 pm
> Subject: Re: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Tuesday 222 activity night?
> 
> Hi Don,
> 
> Sounds like you have a good station there in Pontiac!  I’d love to see activity grow on 222 here in our state.  I’ve been coordinating a 2m net along with Roger W8IO that is on Sunday nights at 8:30 on 144.155. we’ve had as high as 14 checkins but usually it’s 4-8.  You should give that net a try. We seldom get any check ins from your area.  It’s difficult to work from the West side of the state into the SE part because of the big 1200’ ridge between us. 
> 
> Having recently moved, I no longer have a strong VHF station, and now I will be contesting primarily as a rover. 
> 
> I suggest you may want to start a MIVUS Southeast net on 2 or 222. I’m guessing it might take off!
> 
> 73,
> 
> David J DeVos - KF8QL
> 616-278-8068
> 
> 
> > On Dec 28, 2021, at 6:12 PM, k8bb at comcast.net wrote:
> > 
> > Hi gang, new guy here again... :)
> > 
> > I've been seeing some chatter on the VHFcontesting email reflector about Tuesday 222MHz activity nights, usually in the evening evening around 7pm to 9pm. It seems like there's some New England and East Coast participation, but wondered if it's a thing at all her where we are? Do they every listen west for us? Or is it just a non-thing here in Michigan?
> > 
> > I've got a rig and a brick and a Yagi, figured I'd listen around a bit, but haven't heard any activity the past few Tuesdays here.
> > 
> > Thanks for any thoughts...
> > Don/K8BB
> > 
> > P.S. I got my 6m antenna rotational now, and 50w amplifier for 1296 has arrived, so I'm basically QRV from 50MHz up through 1296MHz (no 902) at this time with a Yagi and a brick on every band. No FT8, just old-fashioned CW and SSB.
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