[Moon] Dubus Event 2m & 70cm CW

[Chris SP7DCS]

Hi!
I haven't been in eme qth since arrl contest and when I went there 
before Dubus event I realized that Mr Murphy was doing his job during my 
absence;)
Firstly it occured that open wire feed is broken in one place in 2m 
array. I spent few hours repairing it and was happy to be ready before 
event.
On Friday I checked my station once again just before start of first leg 
on 2m. It occured that PTT control for 2m PA is dead. It took my one 
hour to repair it, so I was late on the band, but worked 10 stations on 
2m in first window.
Condx were excellent for EU-EU path, signals were loud and my echos were 
huge. After 2m event I switched to 23cm before moonset, but 
unfortunatelly I could not find any one on the band.
On Sathurday I started on 2m again. Condx were poor - Faraday made my 
echos barely visible or no echo at all, so I decided to switch to 70cm. 
Condx also were not perfect, but I worked 2 stations with my QRP setup, 
including I1NDP for new one. Many thanks for Nando for a lot of 
patience! After switching back to 2m I made few qsos and then Mr Murphy 
arrived once again. Unfortunatelly 12V, 28V power supply used to control 
all preamps went dead 30minutes before end of event. I had no chance to 
repair it fastly so I decided to go back to home qth and make some xmas 
preparations. So, it means I am temporarily qrt on all bands, but I hope 
to repair it soon!

LOG 144MHz 16x8elH-polYagi/GS35b
21122007  23:05z IK2DDR  RO/O    1p  IK2
  "        :17  OZ1HNE  RO/O    1   OZ1
  "        :25  SM2CEW  RO/O    1   SM2
  "        :32  YO2AMU  RO/O    1   YO2
  "        :38  ON4DPX  RO/O    1   ON4
  "        :53  PA3CWN  O/RO    1   PA3
22122007  00:08  K9MRI   O/RO    1.5 K9
  "        :28  OK1KKD  O/RO    1   OK1
  "        :37  F0CXO   O/RO    1   F0
  "        :45  YU1IO   O/RO    1   YU1
  "      14:17  JH0WJF  RO/O    1   JH0
  "        :28  SM2CKR  RO/O    1    -
  "      16:10  F1FLA   RO/O    1   F1
  "        :16  SV1BTR  559/549 1   SV1
  "        :27  OK1MS   O/RO    1    -

HRD: JN1CSO, LZ2US, RU1AA
Total: 15.5p x 13m = 201.5points


LOG 432MHz 4x25elYagiH-pol/250W in shack, 30m of TX line
22122007  15:25  OZ4MM  559/429
  "        :45  I1NDP   RO/O  #11

HRD: UA3PTW, G3LTF, SM3BYA, SM4IVE - Lars had good signals with 4yagis 
and he reported to hear me also. Good luck in building dish.

I am happy to make my first participation in 70cm Dubus Event and hope 
to be there quite often on this band.

Season greetings for all eme'rs and Happy New Year:)
VY 73! de Chris SP7DCS

PS. I added some recordings from my 70cm & 23cm operation in ARRL 
contest on my webpage. See http://sp7dcs.webpark.pl

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Chris SP7DCS
email - sp7dcs at wp.pl, sp7dcs at o2.pl, sp7dcs at smrw.lodz.pl
EME PAGE - http://sp7dcs.webpark.pl