[Moon] G4DHF Dubus 144MHz

[David Johnson]

Hello EME Enthusiasts,

 

I was QRV for only six hours over the whole weekend due to QRL and the need for station repairs. I found conditions on Saturday morning quite good over a two-hour period and worked Roy, G3ZIG with good echoes. Flashes in my PA alerted me to a problem with the pre-amp c/o relays, one of which had fused o/c. A trail of black sooty smoke around the vent hole suggested some water ingress during the winter rains. I was then QRT for most of the day as I rebuilt the relay and changed the pre-amp, which had been taken-out. During my second two-hour session in the evening, I found conditions highly variable and heard my echoes only very weakly. I missed most of Sunday, but was QRV for a further two hours in the evening. I found conditions bad, with no echoes and seemly low activity. There were times, however, when the polarisation changed and there were some remarkable signals to be worked. I completed with,

 

RU1AA

G3ZIG

SV1BTR

SP7DCS

YO2AMU (FB signal)

OK1MS

F3VS

F1FLA

IK3MAC

LZ2US

RN6MT

IK1FJI

 

I called Marco, LZ2US several times when he was a good signal and didn't even get a "QRZ". I called later, when he was much weaker and we completed, quickly! I heard LZ1DP, K6PF, and 4X1IF at good signals working other stations, but not calling "CQ". Alex, RW1AW was an excellent signal on Sunday evening but he probably lost Moon before I could call. Around the same time I called "CQ" on 054 and was answered by two stations, both quite weak. After some periods of "QRZ YYYY" (your call), I copied " 3VK", who was almost certainly I3EVK, but I never received the full call and so was not prepared the "fill-in" the missing information. Had he been calling alone, we would have completed, so I'm disappointed. But who was the other station that called me, please? 

 

73, David, G4DHF

 

x8 2.2WL (G4DHF) H-pol only, IC-7000, GS-35b

 
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