[NLRS] 222 EME

[Charlie Betz]

Finally got my 222 EME station on the air over the weekend of the ARRL 
EME contest.  The 222 station consists of a pair of 222-7WL (23 
elements) yagis from M2.  I mounted these outside the new 4x13WL (38 
elements each) 70cm EME array.

There is not a lot of activity on 222 EME, but there is a group of guys 
trying to achieve WAS and now I have joined them.  I had been running 
moonrise skeds with N9HF in EL99 with a fixed elevation yagi for a few 
months with no success and had started on the 70cm array in August and 
decided to pull down the 7WL that I had and add a second one outside the 
432 array.  Last Wednesday afternoon I finally was able to work Dave, 
N9HF (state #32 for him; #18 for me).  Twenty minutes later I worked 
K7ULS in DN41.  It was a new state for both of us.  The interesting 
thing there is Mike runs a single 7WL with elevation, so it gives me 
hope that I will be able to work other single yagi stations.  There are 
a couple portable stations getting ready to go out and activate a few 
states (the rumor is AC0RA is one of them).  So I am looking forward to 
see what I can work over the next few months.

BTW, the 70cm array seems to be working nicely also.  I managed 11 QSOs 
during the first weekend of the EME contest, including one new state 
(VA) and two new DXCC countries (Bulgaria & Czech Republic).  And ealier 
this week I was able to work the A21EME expedition for DXCC country #68 
on 2M.  Had hoped to work them on 70cm also, but they shut down on 70cm 
before I had a chance to work them.

Looking forward to the second weekend of the EME contest.

Charlie, N0AKC
EN44gu