I do a lot of VHF contesting in June and September and find 222 a great band that propagates very nicely. It's quieter than 2M during a contest allowing us to work weaker signals than we would be able to on 2M. We have worked well into the mid-west using Tropo but unfortunately the activity isn't what it could be.
I wish more stations would invest in 222. 73, John N2HMM for W2LV FN21 -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward R Cole Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 4:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 222 MHz Transverter Unfortunately this seems to be the case everywhere in the US. I may be the only one here in this part of Alaska with a 222 transverter (One other ham has done 222-eme so that's two). Most just buy a FM mobile or HT and get on 223.50 (Nat'l Simplex channel) or repeaters if they exist. But a comment about the 222 band: Too often it has the best propagation for long-range tropo contacts (bettering 2m quite often). Really a shame it is underutilized by hams. 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
