‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM NOVEMBER 2012 QST PAGE 96 ‰ GOOGLE EARTH SHOWS THAT MOST OF THE PATH WAS OVER LAND BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY A GULF WEATHER PATTERN THAT ATTRIBUTED TO THE CONDITIONS. WE TRIED 24 GHZ BUT BY THE TIME I HOOKED EVERYTHING UP, THE BAND HAD FOLDED FOR US. BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WILL BE READY NEXT TIME THE BAND OPENS UP. 73 DE W5LUA AND K0VXM 222 MHZ ES ONE OF THE RAREST FORMS OF VHF PROPAGATION IS 222 MHZ ES. TO PUT VE2DFO AND KX4RS 222 MHZ ES JULY 24 CONTACT IN PERSPECTICVE, TABLE 2 IS A LIST OF SOME PREVIOUS 222 MHZ OPENINGS DURING ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚