[Moon] K7XQ 432 Report

[K7XQ]

Got on 432 this weekend to try out the newly modified M2 4 X 9 W.L. XPOL
system and operated about 5.5 hours Saturday including 

2 hrs on the VK/JA Window and about 2.5 hours Sunday. Here are my results;

 

Worked; NC1I, DL9KR, HB9Q

CWNR: DF3RU, DL7APV, OK1DFC, K1RQG

 

Heard about 7 - 10 other stations but too choppy to get any characters.
Called CQ and thought I heard some 

replies but not sure who they were. If you replied, sorry, I think I need a
new preamp. I would very much appreciate

anyone who can help me look for and make some suggestions on a good 432
preamp !  Currently using a SSB SP-7000

preamp ( uses a MGF-1302 ? ).  Echoes were way down compared to last month
but detectable most of the time. 

Not sure if anyone else experienced the same problem although I had high
winds and I am not sure if wind 

noise affects 432 like it does on 144.

 

Found almost all stations to be on horizontally polarized although come to
think of it, I didn't think about replying to stations

on the opposite polarity ( RX one polarity, TX on the other ). Will try that
next time.

 

I believe that a 4 yagi station like this one is too small for EME so will
continue to add more yagis.

 

432 EME is still new to me so will continue to learn !

 

73, 

 

K7XQ Jeff

Atwater,CA.

Grid: CM97qi

 

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

 

 

 

 

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