[Moon] Combined activity report

[jimmyv at hol.gr]

Hello all

Thanks again for a GREAT 2m CW EME DUBUS activity event! Enjoyed it  
very much hearing and decoding signals in & above the noise floor  
myself. See u in the 70cm cw eme DUBUS activity event 17 June  
0700-0900 & 1700-1900. My friend Petros SV3AAF will also be on, for  
his arrival to the wonderful world of 70cm cw EME!

Above all, i would like to say a big BRAVO to PE1L and PA3CNX of  
PJ4EME expedition for standing up to their words and indeed working cw  
eme; together with DL8YHR OJ0 expedition, those two are the only 2m  
expeditions i can remember in the last 4+ yrs which announced mixed  
operation and kept their word in practice.
Regardless of possible challenges other expeditions might have had  
with lesser pwr etc., which was never a significant barrier for at  
least a number of cw eme ops to overcome.
Moreover, a BIG thanks goes to the cw operator, local island ham PJ4LS  
who made it indeed possible by doing the keying with pleasure! FB work!
I do believe PJ4 can work a number of more cw stations on random if  
they try again in the coming weekend. Stations need to spread out 1KHz  
though and not everyone call on the same frequency.

This is a combined 2m activity report of SV9CVY & SV1BTR:

SV9CVY:
Michael made his start in cw eme mostly spending time in listening. He  
worked SV1BTR twice and IK3MAC after some local noise cleared, as  
earlier in the day he copied him in QSOs with others, vy loud. Heard  
well and called for long time F1FLA, heard also were RU1AA (vy good  
signal) and SP7DCS.
He is working in improving the station, especially with respect to  
antenna positioning at this stage.
Running 4*8el. H pol and 2*12el. V pol. For now he is interested in  
skeds with optimized 4 long yagi & above stations only. If you are  
interested, pls e-mail me.

SV1BTR:
worked 25 QSOs. 22 of them during the activity event where i was  
active for a total of 3.5 hrs in both slots.
Would like to thank and congratulate the following Braveheart stations  
worked in CW EME on Sunday June 10 (well done for higher activity from  
Russia and US):
RU1AA (vy glad to hear u Alex!) RO&569/O&569, IK2DDR O/RO,  RN6MT  
539/559,  OK1MS O&539/539,  YO2AMU 539/559,  SV3AAF 529/549 (FB  
operator!),  JH0WJF (vy glad to hear u Noriyuki) O&539/RO&539,  OH6CH  
(welcome back!) 539/549,   SV9CVY O/RO (wkd twice within 1.5 hr for  
his first ever EME QSOs - congrats!),  CT1HZE 539/539,  DL5MAE  
(welcome back from KM24bt vy successful HSCW MS expedition in Gavdos  
island in SV9), F5JNX O/RO,  F1FLA 559/539,  IK3MAC 579/559,  K9DX  
549/559 (vy glad to hear u again, beautiful signal!),  SP7DCS 549/559,  
EA3DXU O/539,  I3EVK O/RO,  DF1CF O/RO,  G4DHF 539/549,  IK1FJI  
549/549,  N9JIM 549/559 (tnx for new # FB signal also!), RA6DA 549/549.
Heard Oene PA3CWN at the end of 1st slot but had to QSY urgently to  
another obligation so sorry i could not come back to you.

Highlight of the day was working PJ4EME for their 2nd CW EME QSO.  
After our qso i was monitoring their cw operation and their signal was  
an average of 529, ranging from 519 to 539 at times for the 2 hrs i  
listened. Every 1 hour polarity was changing 90 degrees.
Hugh pileup and indeed a pity that no preamp, audio filter and  
headphones had been used; I am sure they could have worked at least 2  
times the number of stations if those prerequisites for cw eme work  
were met. Nevertheless, a fine effort and those 10 CW RANDOM EME QSOs  
PJ4EME expedition made so far, to me says it all for the challenge &  
value of achievement, this mode entails.

73,
Jimmy SV1BTR
2m: 16*6el. xpol 21.5dbd
70cm: 8*26el. H pol 25.8dbd & 8*20el. 24.3dbd V pol
KM18no

----- Original Message -----
From: PE1L Rene <mailto:moonnet at cqdx.nl>
To: moon at moonbounce.info <mailto:moon at moonbounce.info>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 3:30 AM
Subject: [Moon] PJ4EME cw qso's
Today PJ4EME was active 2 hours before dubus contest and 2 hours in  
the contest.
Condx where good from time to time.
Keying was done by the only local ham on the island: PJ4LS
We made qso’s with
RU1AA
SV1BTR
OK1MS
IK3MAC
SP7DCS
RN6MT NC Sri we had your call as RB6BN
KB8RQ
SM2CEW
IK1FJI
OH6CH
K1CA
It was for us vy difficult to copy signals, the pile up was sometimes  
great and I did not have my own audiofilter and headphones with me
QSL information on www.emelogger.com/bonaire  
<http://www.emelogger.com/bonaire>
73’s
Hans PJ4LS
Peter PJ4/PA3CNX
Renι PE1L
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