[Moon] 432 Condx

[K7XQ]

Hello All,

Got on during 1st pass Saturday to try out new built 4 X 9 W.L. XPOL and
found very poor condx. 

Echoes abt 6- 10 dB down then normal and signals very choppy to the point
where you couldn't 

even copy single characters. Wondering if anyone else experienced this
yesterday ?

 

Interesting was ALL signals ( EU/and NA ) were horizontally polarized and
found my echoes on both polarities.

 

Will be on for the last hours on 432 moonrise to 0000 Z to try for some last
minute QSO's.

 

Will keep adding more yagis in the months ahead. 4 yagis on 432 does not cut
it.

 

 

K7XQ Jeff

Atwater,CA.

Grid: CM97qi

EME CW and JT-65 modes 

 

144 MHz: 4 X M2 2MPX20 w/polarity rot 20 dBd 1.5 kw single GS35b

432 MHz: 4 X M2 9 W.L. XPOL 23.3 dBd 1.5 kW single GS-35b

1296 MHz: 3 meter dish 27 dBd 350 watts single water cooled GS-15

2304 MHz: 3 meter dish 32 dBd 180 watts SS Spectrain Amplifier

10 GHz: 3 meter dish 45 dBd 18 watt TWTA  Still under construction ! 

 

K7XQ Webpage:  http://www.elite.net/~k7xq/k7xq.html  

 

 

 

 

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