[Moon] Jan. 19-20 results

[M. Watanabe]

Hi all:

HAARP's 40m EME testing was a fun to listen to.  
Jan. 19 the band was so noisy (perhaps snow noise 
from the mountain area).  Neither EME nor ionospheric 
signal was heard.
Jan. 20 the band was clear.  Both signals were audible.  
S7 signals via ionosphere, and M to O copy on 6.7925MHz 
via EME.  Signals  on 7.40275MHz  were heard better and 
audible enough, specially after the Sun went to the west.  
On both transmissions, slow and deep QSB was remarkable 
possibly because of the ionospheric activities.  

My antennas were 42m-long inverted-L, or  6el. 20m yagi 
up 16m high only (better for EME receiving today!).  


Conditions on 1296MHz was also fun to work three #'s.  
Jan 19, SV1BTR had very clear and stable signals for a while, 
549/559.  IK3COJ gave me call several times, 449/559.  
DF3RU was finally copied O/539.   TNX for #'s, OM's!! 

After the EU window got disturbed by the trees, I tried 20m 
EME with 1kW.  No echo was heard.  Instead, I worked ZD7X 
about 4am, no other signals were heard at all, which seems 
to be incredible condition on 20m in the winter morning. 
So when the ionosphere is viable,  no amateur HF-EME might 
be expected.

Jan. 20, no signals from NA/OC or Asia in the afternoon. 
Still my bulky 5G feed is between the 1296 feed and the dish.  
It may disturb much... 


Mike JH1KRC  
 TVRO 4.4m dish, SM0PYP feed, HB9BBD LNA, 1kW at TX