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Special Event Stations and more on the 222 MHz Band

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  • Gordon West WB6NOA

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    We're on the
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    222 megahertz band, it goes from 222 to
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    225 megahertz and it's a quiet band,
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    there are repeaters and all sorts of
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    digital activities on the 222 to 225
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    megahertz band that as a brand new ham
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    you have full access to this band
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    including 219 to 220 megahertz for
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    digital forwarding. The 222 band is a
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    great one to run events with friends
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    that won't tie up the more popular 2
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    meter band such as Chip and Dan and
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    Kristen and Janet that are doing the Los
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    Angeles Marathon on the 222 band. A
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    Chip and Janet now and take it easy on
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    that long, long run. Well, you too,
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    you guys just take it easy to enjoy. I
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    keep quite warm out here in the sun.
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    I'm just gonna run nice and
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    steady the rest of the way. We're out
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    there. Well, I've never seen 10
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    minutes a mile. I ran back on from that
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    so I can make it. Good to be here.
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    Hard to get an increase in. And six
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    feet, two feet, six feet. You can't
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    kill someone's motherfucker. This is
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    the police, so they don't want to hear
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    about K7 on America. Wow, he's making
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    good time KL7 motherfucker, keep going,
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    you're doing great, but
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    remember there are 26 of those. KL7 and
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    half-way point is the 5K. Wow, 5K even
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    26 miles.
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    Imagine running a marathon on ham radio.
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    And that's my wife and I in the
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    background telling Chip and Janet and
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    Dan and Kristen to keep on running on
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    the 222 band.
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    Now they're talking and running at the
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    same time on 222Congratulations, good
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    job, talk to you now, there's 6b2 K7K.
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    Wow, and he even identifies as well.
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    K7JAC, you're mileage, say you're
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    mileage in time over. Here's a call per
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    chip.
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    What is that?
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    Two hours.
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    Two hours into the run. You're gonna
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    say again mile, say again mile
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    At 14 miles.
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    Wow, he's making good time, and if
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    you're looking for a nice quiet to stand
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    touch with your loved one, who's also a
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    ham, you can do it on the 222 to 225
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    band, where there are plenty of open
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    repeaters just waiting for conversation.
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    And if you're not into working repeaters,
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    you might try a little contest activity
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    on the 222 band, way at the bottom of
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    the band, and operate single side band,
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    and be at a rare location, and have
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    what we call a pileup And that is 100
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    stations calling you all at once. That
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    is a
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    good
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    pileup.
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    And a pileup is when you're located in a
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    rare area, and a whole bunch of
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    stations want to work you and that's
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    what ham radio on the 222 to 225 and
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    other bands is all about, and that is
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    making friends. So welcome to Ham Radio,
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    welcome to the 222 to 225 band, and now
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    we're gonna meet you on another band in
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    just a few seconds.