From nw_ebw at MMMonVHF.de Fri Jan 2 12:51:10 2009 From: nw_ebw at MMMonVHF.de (nw_ebw at MMMonVHF.de) Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:51:10 +0100 Subject: [Moon] 70cm Antenna for H40 Expedition needed... Message-ID: <495DFFAE.5040908@MMMonVHF.de> Happy New Year dear Moonbouncers... as you might have seen, Hermann, DL2NUD, will be on a trip to Salomon Island (H4) together with Bernhard, DL2GAC/H40MS, again in march 2009 and will try to be qrv on EME from there,,, ( http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=2145 ) He just asked to spread around that he might be qrv as well on 432 MHz EME as well if someone can loan him a 70 cm 38el M2 antenna. In that case, please be so kind and pass us an info (use: http://www.mmmonvhf.de/kontact.php) and we will transfer to Hermann! Mit freundlichem Gru? / best regards 73 de Guy (Guido) D L 8 E B W QTH: JO31NF / DL66a MMMonVHF VHF-DX: MS & EME in WSJT & HSCW Member of the Team of MMMonVHF http://www.MMMonVHF.de From sv3aaf at yahoo.com Sat Jan 3 10:11:10 2009 From: sv3aaf at yahoo.com (SV3AAF Petros) Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 01:11:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Moon] QRV 13cm & 70cm this weekend Message-ID: <63331.66798.qm@web59105.mail.re1.yahoo.com> HNY & Best Wishes to All! I will be QRV for the 70cm ATP this weekend and prior to that will be on 13cm tonight after 17:00z switching segments as per traffic, if any, and listening on my own echoes (+/-). Random times I might switch on 23cm. 73, Petros sv3aaf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090103/321e4f93/attachment.html From rein0zn at ix.netcom.com Sun Jan 4 03:23:16 2009 From: rein0zn at ix.netcom.com (rein0zn at ix.netcom.com) Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 21:23:16 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Moon] 432 And Above EME Newsletter for JAn 2009 Message-ID: <5397141.1231035797083.JavaMail.root@mswamui-cedar.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Hello All, The 432 MHz and Above EME Newsletter for Jan 2009 by K2UYH is at: http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/em70cm.html Enjoy it as always! 73 Rein, W6SZ From zl1rs at yahoo.com Sun Jan 4 10:05:07 2009 From: zl1rs at yahoo.com (Bob Sutton) Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 01:05:07 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Moon] A35RS expedition - Tonga Message-ID: <24871.59388.qm@web38704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi Chaps, We are now on our way to Tonga A35. Brief tests with the portable 2M EME system late last week resulted in a few quick contacts ... my OWN ECHOs were even visible on the "waterfall"!! The equipment is now packed in a suitcase, and the small 4 bay array has been broken down into a 1.5M long cardboard box for the flight ... I only need to get my 16kg "hand carry" bag with the amplifier past the boarding gate! More info about operating times and frequencies will be announced here after we get to Tonga and I have the station up and running ... including split frequency operation for JA. Photos of the site show some bushes and trees to the east, however the moon might be clear of them by 5 degrees elevation allowing a window to Europe at BOTH moonrise AND moonset. The moonset will be clear down to the horizon and is out over the Pacific Ocean ... this will offer an opportunity for excellent "ground gain". To avoid QRM, please s-p-r-e-a-d o-u-t ... the "waterfall" will be set to display signals +- 1kHz of my TX frequency. Don't be offended if I do not transmit "73" and move on to the next station if there are many callers. Please spare a thought for my wife who gave up 10kg of her luggage allowance to fit all the EME equipment in! (How much luggage does she need for a bathing suit and toothbrush anyway? ;-) See you off the moon with A35RS from AG28hv! 73 Bob and Barbara zl1rs at yahoo.com http://www.qsl.net/zl1rs/ (QSL.NET is moving to a new server, it could be up again on 05 Jan) From sm2cew at telia.com Sun Jan 4 15:37:10 2009 From: sm2cew at telia.com (Peter Sundberg) Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:37:10 +0000 Subject: [Moon] Happy New Moonbounce Year! Message-ID: <20090104143559.CBACE2CC7B@mail.allt1.se> Happy New Year to all moonbouncers! Time to plan for coming activities. We have set the dates for the first 3 months of the Dubus 2m CW EME Activity Event, see http://www.sm2cew.com/aw_dates.html In April the Dubus EME Contest (2m) is running, and the following dates/times for the rest of 2009 will be decided as soon as feasible. While looking at the planned dates, also take time to download and read Derwin W5LUU's excellent Moon Data for 2009. Final results of the 2008 Dubus 2m CW EME Activities will be compiled in the coming days, and presented at the website. Also take a look at http://www.sm2cew.com/dubus-aw-70.html for the 70cm CW activity times. On that page you will find Bernd DL7APV's excellent Moon Calendar, with some of the important events listed. As Geert PA3CSG suggested at the Florence 2008 EME conference, give 70cm EME a try, you will like it! Lets hope that 2009 will greet us with good EME conditions, and fair weather for moonbounce activities. :-) 73 de Peter SM2CEW www.sm2cew.com From rein0zn at ix.netcom.com Tue Jan 6 05:24:50 2009 From: rein0zn at ix.netcom.com (rein0zn at ix.netcom.com) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:24:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Moon] Fw: NL Extra from K2UYH re Namibia Message-ID: <924821.1231215890524.JavaMail.root@elwamui-ovcar.atl.sa.earthlink.net> HelLo All, A note from Al K2UYH re: V5/KT6Q - NAMIBIA EME DXPEDITION 73 Rein W6SZ -----Forwarded Message----- >From: Allen Katz >Sent: Jan 5, 2009 6:55 PM >To: "Warren, W2WD" >Cc: REIN SMIT , K1RQG >Subject: NL Extra > >Hi Warren, > >I received an update today on the V5 dxpedition and wonder if you have >the time and inclination to put out a NL Extra: > >V5/KT6Q - NAMIBIA EME DXPEDITION: Dan now reports that V5/KT6Q will be >QRV on 8 Jan at 1600 (moon rise) on 2 m only. Operation on 70 and 23 >should begin by 9 Jan at 1700. They plan to operate 144, 432 and 1296 >in parallel from moonrise to moonset on 9 , 10 & 11 Jan. After 432 and >1296 will only be QRV on a limited basis. Operating frequencies will be >announced after their arrival. > >73, Al - K2UYH From tikaluna at bigpond.com Tue Jan 6 23:10:39 2009 From: tikaluna at bigpond.com (Doug McArthur) Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:10:39 +1100 Subject: [Moon] VK3UM Software Updates. Message-ID: <20090106221047.GOLM23376.nskntotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com@tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> Hi Folks Happy New Year to you and your families from Bev and I. We trust you have excellent Health and Happiness during 2009 (and far beyond) and financial improvement as well. The VK3UM EME Planner 2009 .. Version 1.40. (04/01/2009) New and refined version of 2008. I have removed all the Auto Track functions and enhanced the Planner functions. The Data Base reflects the latest ARRL listings and it now comes with a Help File. The VK3UM Transmission Line Calculator .. Version 1.15. (13/12/2008) Enhanced with improved parallel line calculations for both round and square conductors. VK3UM EME Calculator Version 5.40 (31/12/2008) Linear Polarisation and variable efficiency option added to Parabolic Antennae calculation and a minor Yagi default bug corrected. They may be down loaded from either of the following sites. http://sm2cew.com/download.htm http://www.ve1alq.com/vk3um/ http://www.vk3bez.org/ (Shortly) Best wishes for 2009 73 Doug VK3UM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Then we tried CW, he heard me FB for a long time, however I sent him just "TTT". He run with 10m dish and 430W in CW + 0,2dB NF LNA. I was calling with cca 18dBD antenna (130x90cm dish from WiFi) http://www.ok2kkw.com/wsjt2006/smalldish.jpg + 10m of 1/2" cable + 380W PEP PA (250W in JT65) and 0,8dB NF LNA in shack. My feed is linear polarized (it's by Rasto OM6AA an OK1VPZ). http://www.ok2kkw.com/wsjt2006/ringfeed_ok1vpz.jpg Transvertor is 13 years old DB6NT (QRH problems..) + FT847 adjusted for stable frequency. HB9HAL used only messages without Single tones, what's a BIG improvement for me because of a problem with ST decoding due to QRH. Another goal was very low temperature of my shack (outside temperature is still below -10C) which is pretty fine for my PA cooling for maximal output power :-) Conclusion: If HB9HAL use some 800W or more in his 10m dish, we would make easy CW EME QSO. I sent proposal for SKED to ON7EH, HB9BBD, HB9SV and ON4CBH. However if you have QRO station like 800W or more and 10m dish or more, pse tell me and we can try CW test. 73 & cu on the band Matej, OK1TEH http://ok1teh.nagano.cz/23cm_antsm.jpg From sm2cew at telia.com Thu Jan 8 18:52:16 2009 From: sm2cew at telia.com (Peter Sundberg) Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:52:16 +0000 Subject: [Moon] Dubus 2008 2m CW EME Activity Contest Message-ID: <20090108175045.0E8D42C897@mail.allt1.se> Hello moonbouncers! The final results of the 2008 version of the Dubus 2m CW EME Activity Contest have been compiled, and can be found at: http://www.sm2cew.com/aw_results.html Congratulations to each category winner, well done!! Results are based on the logs from 8 events (http://www.sm2cew.com/aw_logs.html), where the best scores out of 6 events build up the final score. Awards will be issued in the coming weeks, thanks to Joe CT1HZE at Dubus Magazine. And thanks to all for making noise on the bottom end of the 2m band. Keep sending the logs, in any format, we will help you by calculating the score if needed. Let's start the new year with some really good CW EME activity this coming weekend!! (http://www.sm2cew.com/aw_dates.html) CW is King! 73 de Peter SM2CEW www.sm2cew.com From nw_ebw at MMMonVHF.de Thu Jan 8 18:57:02 2009 From: nw_ebw at MMMonVHF.de (nw_ebw at MMMonVHF.de) Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:57:02 +0100 Subject: [Moon] V5/KT6Q Message-ID: <49663E6E.2040607@MMMonVHF.de> Hi all, VHF DXpedition to NAMIBIA (JG73NI) January 2009 is QRV 2m! 2m EME QRG: 1 4 4 . 1 1 4 MHz - V5/KT6Q JT65B 1st periode Tomorrow as well a JA QRG will be announced! Latest News look: http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=2027 Mit freundlichem Gru? / best regards 73 de Guy (Guido) D L 8 E B W QTH: JO31NF / DL66a MMMonVHF VHF-DX: MS & EME in WSJT & HSCW Member of the Team of MMMonVHF http://www.MMMonVHF.de From pkb100 at btinternet.com Thu Jan 8 19:10:56 2009 From: pkb100 at btinternet.com (Peter Blair) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:10:56 -0000 Subject: [Moon] V5 expedition on 432 ? Message-ID: I see that V5/KT6Q is up and running on 144, does anyone know if they are QRV yet on 432? With the equipment they planned they should be workable on CW with my 6m dish. However, I'm recovering from a nasty cold and I dont want to go out and put the feed in if they're not QRV yet. Thanks, 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090108/fd830a3e/attachment.htm From frankddr at tele2.it Fri Jan 9 00:20:47 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Franco) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 00:20:47 +0100 Subject: [Moon] R: Dubus 2008 2m CW EME Activity Contest In-Reply-To: <20090108175045.0E8D42C897@mail.allt1.se> References: <20090108175045.0E8D42C897@mail.allt1.se> Message-ID: <001501c971e7$bd145460$373cfd20$@it> Hello Peter, i was a bit surprised for my result, because I didn't an own calculation. I understand that someone of competitors has had less time, respect the previous year, but anyway I'm really satisfied for this result. I'll send my personal thanks to you, to Dubus and all the group of Ham radios, that work to organize such important event. This is becomed on last year a monthly moment where meet, radio eme, our new and old cw friends. See you all on event of the year, on Saturday January 10th on 2m cw eme of course. 73' Francesco,IK2DDR -----Messaggio originale----- Da: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info] Per conto di Peter Sundberg Inviato: gioved? 8 gennaio 2009 18.52 A: moon at moonbounce.info Oggetto: [Moon] Dubus 2008 2m CW EME Activity Contest Hello moonbouncers! The final results of the 2008 version of the Dubus 2m CW EME Activity Contest have been compiled, and can be found at: http://www.sm2cew.com/aw_results.html Congratulations to each category winner, well done!! Results are based on the logs from 8 events (http://www.sm2cew.com/aw_logs.html), where the best scores out of 6 events build up the final score. Awards will be issued in the coming weeks, thanks to Joe CT1HZE at Dubus Magazine. And thanks to all for making noise on the bottom end of the 2m band. Keep sending the logs, in any format, we will help you by calculating the score if needed. Let's start the new year with some really good CW EME activity this coming weekend!! (http://www.sm2cew.com/aw_dates.html) CW is King! 73 de Peter SM2CEW www.sm2cew.com _______________________________________________ Moon mailing list Moon at moonbounce.info http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon Please enter/update your standings: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list From pa3cwn at tele2.nl Fri Jan 9 19:56:07 2009 From: pa3cwn at tele2.nl (Oene) Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:56:07 +0100 Subject: [Moon] Dubus EME Activity Events Message-ID: <49679DC7.7060608@tele2.nl> Hello All, First of all to everyone a very happy , healthy and RF rich 2009. A big thanks to the organizers of the monthly CW Activity Events: CT1HZE on behalf of Dubus, Peter SM2CEW, Jimmy SV1BTR, Chris SP7DCS and Hakan SM7WSJ for organizing this wonderfull Event. (Sorry if I missed one ) I was very pleased to see the results and wish all congratulations for their achievements but most of all their contribution, which makes this Event a big succes. As most now by now I am currently not QRV due to movement of QTH but hope accidently to put up a single yagi to taste some CW EME. Therefore I wish all a wonderfull Event this weekend and hope to meet you soon again ! GL es vy 73 Oene PA3CWN From jimmyv at hol.gr Fri Jan 9 21:35:02 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (Dimitris Vitorakis) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 22:35:02 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Dubus EME Activity Events References: <49679DC7.7060608@tele2.nl> Message-ID: <56989361DDA9469E92934DDB7FC3052B@mar.intralot.com> Hello CW EME Moonbouncers Happy, RF challenging 2009 Moon year! Due to qrl abroad, i can't be active in the forthcoming events, but hopefully sometime in Spring/Summer I look forward to be back and meet old and new friends in the excellent 2m/70cm activity events organized by DUBUS with the valuable help of SM2CEW, and the rest of us (DL7APV-SP7DCS-SM7WSJ). 73 Jimmy SV1BTR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oene" To: "Moon" Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:56 PM Subject: [Moon] Dubus EME Activity Events > Hello All, > > First of all to everyone a very happy , healthy and RF rich 2009. > A big thanks to the organizers of the monthly CW Activity Events: > CT1HZE on behalf of Dubus, Peter SM2CEW, Jimmy SV1BTR, > Chris SP7DCS and Hakan SM7WSJ for organizing this wonderfull > Event. (Sorry if I missed one ) > I was very pleased to see the results and wish all congratulations for > their > achievements but most of all their contribution, which makes this Event > a big succes. > As most now by now I am currently not QRV due to movement of QTH > but hope accidently to put up a single yagi to taste some CW EME. > Therefore I wish all a wonderfull Event this weekend and hope to meet > you soon again ! > > > GL es vy 73 Oene > PA3CWN > > _______________________________________________ > Moon mailing list > Moon at moonbounce.info > http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon > > Please enter/update your standings: > http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html > > When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and > remove you from the list > From valter_dls at yahoo.it Fri Jan 9 21:49:24 2009 From: valter_dls at yahoo.it (valter dolso) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 20:49:24 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] CW DUBUS ACTIVTY Message-ID: <14963.52764.qm@web24303.mail.ird.yahoo.com> HELLO? TO ALL ? HNY to you and yours family ? Hope good partecipation in the month CW activity. I am looking for some new stations looking for try? the "OLD"? mode that is always a big trill !!! ? date and hours? : ? 10 January 1600-1900 GMT 11 January 0300-0600 GMT ? Thank you for your attention. ? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 73, Valter IK1FJI ? ? 4x12? 2.84 wl?? GU78B? @ abt 4KW CW?? ic-275? mgf 1801 From sp7dcs at wp.pl Sat Jan 10 11:48:31 2009 From: sp7dcs at wp.pl (Chris SP7DCS) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:48:31 +0100 Subject: [Moon] 2m antenna problem, 23cm system working Message-ID: <49687CFF.3020703@wp.pl> Hello, I just deployed 2m system before Dubus CW Event. Unfortunatelly I found very high SWR. After investigeting the problem I found that open-wire feed is broken in few places. I guess it was done by wind and very low temperatures. So, I am sorry but I will not be on 2m today. I hope to repair it in few months when WX gets better. I decided to check 23cm system and it seems to work OK. So look for my on 23cm cw this weekend. I have 3m dish + 200W. Good luck! VY 73 !!! de Chris SP7DCS -- Chris SP7DCS email - sp7dcs at wp.pl, sp7dcs at o2.pl, sp7dcs at smrw.lodz.pl EME PAGE - http://sp7dcs.webpark.pl -- Chris SP7DCS email - sp7dcs at wp.pl, sp7dcs at o2.pl, sp7dcs at smrw.lodz.pl EME PAGE - http://sp7dcs.webpark.pl From i5wbe at i5wbe.it Sat Jan 10 19:58:57 2009 From: i5wbe at i5wbe.it (Enrico Baldacci) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:58:57 +0000 Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] DXCC on 2m In-Reply-To: <001801c97301$e06421f0$0400000a@f6dro4py09fun6> References: <49686027.70108@maltanet.net> <001801c97301$e06421f0$0400000a@f6dro4py09fun6> Message-ID: <4968EFF1.6070609@i5wbe.it> I agree with Dom, which end has made the document undersigned by 200 OM ? the document is in this link: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/EME_Principles_and_Actions.PDF I have worked 85 countries till 2002 after NIL :-(( any dx-pedition on MS or EME on analogig mode, but I prefer so ! Vy 73' de Enrico i5wbe f6dro ha scritto: > Congratulations Philip , personaly I stoped chasing for eme countries > , for me , I feel it is no longer an achievement , It took me 25 year > to work 80 countries , and 6 months to work(?) 15 more. I like > difficult things , it is now too easy for me > > 73 > Dom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090110/7dfb6c78/attachment.htm From kc3re at yahoo.com Sun Jan 11 01:43:28 2009 From: kc3re at yahoo.com (Cristofori Concerts) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:43:28 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Moon] accurate azimuth positioning from rover Message-ID: <282486.16467.qm@web51309.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Thanks so much for any ideas: When I try to position my rover on a cloudy day (no moon visual,) I use a compass. I walk far enough in front of the rover so that the needle is not affected by the metal of the car, adjust for compass error, and try to steer the rover as accurately as I can. It is usually three-times back and forth process until I think I am close enough. Is there a more efficient way to do this? Tnx es 73, Martin, KC3RE From gabercr at nc.rr.com Sun Jan 11 02:25:28 2009 From: gabercr at nc.rr.com (Gary Abercrombie) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:25:28 -0500 Subject: [Moon] accurate azimuth positioning from rover In-Reply-To: <282486.16467.qm@web51309.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <000001c9738b$7ce0de90$6901a8c0@augusta> Martin, If you want to get fancy, you can try using a magnetic compass IC. They are available in a quite a range of prices depending on whether you build up the circuit yourself or not. Take a look at this site under Sensors. http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=236 Also, checkout this ebay listing # 220342267339 Wayfinder V6000S Digital Auto Compass for $24.99USD I was going to add a digital compass to my antenna positioning system but haven't had time yet. I do use an inclinometer for elevation. With the magnetic compass and GPS you could just drive to a location and have the positioning system find the moon automatically. This is a bit of overkill of technology but the high end telescopes have used this GOTO system for many years. There may be an adjustment required to compensate for true north vs magnetic north but this shouldn't be too difficult based upon your general location. Gary, N8CQ -----Original Message----- From: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info] On Behalf Of Cristofori Concerts Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 7:43 PM To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net; moon at moonbounce.info Subject: [Moon] accurate azimuth positioning from rover Thanks so much for any ideas: When I try to position my rover on a cloudy day (no moon visual,) I use a compass. I walk far enough in front of the rover so that the needle is not affected by the metal of the car, adjust for compass error, and try to steer the rover as accurately as I can. It is usually three-times back and forth process until I think I am close enough. Is there a more efficient way to do this? Tnx es 73, Martin, KC3RE _______________________________________________ Moon mailing list Moon at moonbounce.info http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon Please enter/update your standings: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list From k6pf at sbcglobal.net Sun Jan 11 07:49:43 2009 From: k6pf at sbcglobal.net (Bob Kocisko) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:49:43 -0800 Subject: [Moon] 2m DUBUS Activity Results Message-ID: <000701c973b8$c9533520$6401a8c0@Office> Hello 2m EME Friends: After not being QRV for quite awhile due to QRL demands, I was glad to be QRV for about 2.5 hrs tonite (1/11/09 fm 0330-0600z) during the DUBUS activity period. Worked 7 stations on random. Had vy hi noise level due to warm dry winds & lots of QSB on most signals so vy pleased to work the stations that I did. Fortunately, by 0330z, my EL was >20 deg so that helped lower the terrestrial noise. A couple of times I called CQ & seemed like a pile-up of stations calling me. Sri I had so much trouble copying many of them. Here's list of stations worked. All were horizontal polarity on TX & RX. 0333 - 0339z LA8YB RO (sent) - O/R (rcv'd). Vy nice signal 0348 - 0355z YO2AMU O/R - RO 0405 - 0412z SM2CEW RO - O/R 0436 - 0445z IK2DDR RO - O/R 0448 - 0452z OK1MS RO - O/R 0458 - 0507z IK1FJI RO - O/R 0538 - 0543z DK3EE RO - O/R Total score: 7 QSOs x 6 multiplier Tnx for the vy fb QSOs & vy sri for those call signs that I could not copy. Happy New Year all. 73, Bob, K6PF 4 x M^2 2MXP20's (19dBd, x-pol) FT-1000MP, SSB LT-2S xvtr 8877 HPA running 1.5KW 216 cw initials From la9nea at online.no Sun Jan 11 09:18:55 2009 From: la9nea at online.no (Viggo Magnus LA9NEA) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:18:55 +0100 Subject: [Moon] 1296 eme activity nite. Message-ID: <4F5EA8130FFC4ADAA44B5227EFEC52B9@LA9NEA> Hello All ! Here is an short activity report from last nite: W4OP 559/579, N0OY 559/559, N2UO 549/559, W9IIX 559/559, N9JIM 539/559,VE4MA 559/559 On JT65c: PY1KK ooo - 16 dB, and VE7BBG ooo -16 dB. 500 watt CW/ 150 watt JT65c. 73 de Viggo LA9NEA LA9NEA 23 cm EME set up: Icom 756 pro II TR1296H trv Kuhne 6 x 7289 ring PA ,500 watt, MKU 13200B(spare PA) 250 watt SSPA, 5.3 meter dish, VE4MA Feed 1.stage preamp.Cavity NE32484 0.28 dB 2.stage Kuhne MGF 4953A 0.4 dB JO59dx Autotracking by W2DRZ, VK3UM tracking at screen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I am doing such quite often with geocaching, but I also measured the point 50m north of my dish using this method. 73, G?nter (dl4mea) -----Original Message----- From: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info] On Behalf Of ext Cristofori Concerts Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:43 AM To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net; moon at moonbounce.info Subject: [Moon] accurate azimuth positioning from rover Thanks so much for any ideas: When I try to position my rover on a cloudy day (no moon visual,) I use a compass. I walk far enough in front of the rover so that the needle is not affected by the metal of the car, adjust for compass error, and try to steer the rover as accurately as I can. It is usually three-times back and forth process until I think I am close enough. Is there a more efficient way to do this? Tnx es 73, Martin, KC3RE _______________________________________________ Moon mailing list Moon at moonbounce.info http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon Please enter/update your standings: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Sun Jan 11 13:04:04 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:04:04 +0100 Subject: [Moon] info Message-ID: Hi EME gang, during Christmas time I had holiday and time to clean many rests. First I have send many QSLs to you. Second, my subcontractors finally send missing parts for feed horns and I have now 10 PCs available and will send in next days according your requests to all who has ordered. I am now waiting parts for 13cm feeds. For feeds I have developed new monopoles. They are easy tuning to right frequency. I will send drawing and public on my web little bit later. Just waiting if other subcontractor will be ready to make me more monopoles for possible changing in my previous feeds. http://www.ok1dfc.com/EME/Technic/septumflare/P9220101.JPG Third, I have clean my shelf in shack and I have for sale my previous EME units for 1296 MHz. TRV which I had also on pedition in Z3 and 4O and PA 150-160W for 23cm. See here http://www.ok1dfc.com/sale/trvpa/trvpa.htm if any interesting send me e-mail for price request. Last I was QRV during weekend also EME. On Friday - Saturday EME window I have worked many stations and high lights V5/KT6Q. More details you will see in NL 432 up by K2UYH. During window Saturday -Sunday I worked on 432 MHz. Terrible to change feed because lot of ice and temperature outside -18?C brrrr. But finally this hard work bring me nice fruits. V5/KT6Q and UK/DL9LBH as a first QSOs for OK. Than new DXCC for me LZ1DX and YL2HA Today I will be QRV on 432 MHz again. If anybody interesting for sked, please let me know. Best regards Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV EME 432-1296-2320-3400 MHz WAC 432 - 1296 MHz QRO 10m dish ICQ-397994501 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090111/dfbc28fa/attachment.htm From dfaessler at bluewin.ch Sun Jan 11 13:23:49 2009 From: dfaessler at bluewin.ch (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Dominique_F=E4ssler_=28HB9BBD=29?=) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:23:49 +0100 Subject: [Moon] CW/SSB In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <48C8D4A502A8AAD4@tr14.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch) Worked a few last night in CW and SSB on 23cm. Two initials # since my last report now counting 290#. Last week first LZ-HB9 LZ1DX 429/579 CW. I think this was a first in CW on 23cm for Ned. Ned was quite loud but his CW was a bit too speedy which made it very hard to copy. First I thougt that my 50Hz digital IF-filter was not fast enough but widening did not help much. It sounded as dots and dashes were an glued together with no structure. Worked in CW SM5FHZ as #290 with solid 579/579. In general, I would find it interesting to see the modes used in such reports. 73 HB9BBD Dominique -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090111/90938ab7/attachment.htm From ok1tehlist at seznam.cz Sun Jan 11 14:05:22 2009 From: ok1tehlist at seznam.cz (=?us-ascii?Q?OK1TEH=20Petrzilka?=) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:05:22 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Moon] Any new station for 70/23cm test? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <18106.26298-20958-438830235-1231679122@seznam.cz> Hi all 2nite I'll be qrv for any of JT65/CW tests on 70/23cm. If there's anybody interested in sked I'll be monitoring EME chats (hb9q.ch). 73 Matej, OK1TEH 70cm 650W (400W JT65) + 17dBd 23el dk7zb 5,7m long 23cm 350W (250W JT65) + 18dBd 130x90cm dish (H-pol) http://ok1teh.nagano.cz/eme_log432.htm From frankddr at tele2.it Sun Jan 11 15:44:51 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Francesco) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:44:51 +0100 Subject: [Moon] IK2DDR january 2009 2m cw eme ACTIVITY EVENT log Message-ID: Hello Peter and all, the first activity event of new year is gone. I have had the pleasure to be active on both windows. On first, at the beginning, i found a big distortion, on the correspondents signals. After some minutes, conditions has becomed very good, with strong signals and own echoes. Is really fantastic to see on my Linrad waterfool,the band between 144.040 and 144.060, with lot of traces and good activity. I know that someone, like our good friends like, LZ2US,SV1BTR,IK3MAC,SP7DCS,PA3CWN,OZ1HNE,K9MRI (excuse me if i'm forgetting someone), has had good reasons to justify the absence. Someone of them is rebuilding the array, someone is changing qth and Chris, for example, always active, has had some antenna problem, due bad weather. Anyway i'm sure we could hear someone of those good stations, since the february event. At least i worked 10 stations on 1st window and 4 stations on 2nd. Nice to see a couple of US friends in my log. Unfortunately Joe, K9MRI, one of my 1st qso in 1991 and always present, during these EVENTS, is in the list of those guys, not active due ice on the array. We could hear on february, Joe. Another US station was heard and called, WB2RVX on 144.057, unfortunately with bad results. We could work on next time. Thank you one more time to Dubus,Peter,Hakan and all those guys that are in the group of the organizers. We are waiting some other newcomer, active on next months. Thanks to all the partecipants and see you again on 2m CW eme. 73' Francesco,IK2DDR IK2DDR CAT.C LOG: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date time callsign LOCATOR TX RX MULTIP points --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/01/2009 16.21 JM1WBB O RO JM1 10 10/01/2009 16.36 LA8YB JO59FR RO O LA8 10 10/01/2009 16.56 I3EVK JN66CE RO O I3 10 10/01/2009 17.02 F1FLA JN26KU RO O F1 10 10/01/2009 17.15 LZ1DP KN22TK O RO LZ1 10 10/01/2009 17.37 OK1MS JO7?SI RO O OK1 10 10/01/2009 17.46 SM2CEW KP15CR RO O SM2 10 10/01/2009 18.02 F?CXO JN26PP RO O F0 10 10/01/2009 18.10 IK1FJI JN44LL RO O IK1 10 10/01/2009 18.32 YO2AMU KN?6OC O RO YO2 10 11/01/2009 04.37 K6PF DM13AR O RO K6 10 11/01/2009 04.55 SM7GVF JO77GA RO O SM7 10 11/01/2009 05.27 DK3EE JO41GV RO O DK3 10 11/01/2009 05.54 W3TWX FN54 RO O W3 10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSO:14 14 140 TOTAL SCORE: 14x140=1960 RIG HERE: TX:IC275H +8877 RX: SM5BSZ WSE CONVERTERS+LINRAD + MGF1801+NORTON=36db ANT:4X19 LOG LOOP YAGI (I3DLI) ONLY H POL. From frankddr at tele2.it Sun Jan 11 15:49:19 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Francesco) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:49:19 +0100 Subject: [Moon] R: 2m DUBUS Activity Results In-Reply-To: <000701c973b8$c9533520$6401a8c0@Office> Message-ID: Many thanks for nice qso Bob. Thanks for your partecipation, during Activity events. Congratulations for your FB score. Last night your signal was one of the strongest. Maybe i have never heard you so strong. Thank you for qso. 73' Francesco,IK2DDR -----Messaggio originale----- Da: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info]Per conto di Bob Kocisko Inviato: domenica 11 gennaio 2009 7.50 A: Moon-net; EME Bounce Net Oggetto: [Moon] 2m DUBUS Activity Results Hello 2m EME Friends: After not being QRV for quite awhile due to QRL demands, I was glad to be QRV for about 2.5 hrs tonite (1/11/09 fm 0330-0600z) during the DUBUS activity period. Worked 7 stations on random. Had vy hi noise level due to warm dry winds & lots of QSB on most signals so vy pleased to work the stations that I did. Fortunately, by 0330z, my EL was >20 deg so that helped lower the terrestrial noise. A couple of times I called CQ & seemed like a pile-up of stations calling me. Sri I had so much trouble copying many of them. Here's list of stations worked. All were horizontal polarity on TX & RX. 0333 - 0339z LA8YB RO (sent) - O/R (rcv'd). Vy nice signal 0348 - 0355z YO2AMU O/R - RO 0405 - 0412z SM2CEW RO - O/R 0436 - 0445z IK2DDR RO - O/R 0448 - 0452z OK1MS RO - O/R 0458 - 0507z IK1FJI RO - O/R 0538 - 0543z DK3EE RO - O/R Total score: 7 QSOs x 6 multiplier Tnx for the vy fb QSOs & vy sri for those call signs that I could not copy. Happy New Year all. 73, Bob, K6PF 4 x M^2 2MXP20's (19dBd, x-pol) FT-1000MP, SSB LT-2S xvtr 8877 HPA running 1.5KW 216 cw initials _______________________________________________ Moon mailing list Moon at moonbounce.info http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon Please enter/update your standings: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list From yo2amu at hotmail.com Sun Jan 11 18:43:56 2009 From: yo2amu at hotmail.com (Doru Zaslo) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:43:56 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Contest log-YO2AMU. Message-ID: HNY FOR ALL Here is my contest log for the 10/11/January Event.Date Time Call Rprt S Rprt R QSO Pts Multiplier 10.01.2009 1630 F1FLA ro o 10 1-F110.01.2009 1710 DK3EE ro o 10 2-DK310.01.2009 1725 LA8YB ro o 10 3-LA810.01.2009 1753 LZ1DP o ro 10 4-LZ110.01.2009 1803 SM7GVF o ro 10 5-SM7 10.01.2009 1818 OK1MS ro o 10 6-OK110.01.2009 1833 IK2DDR ro o 10 7-IK210.01.2009 1847 I3EVK ro o 10 8-I311.01.2009 0350 K6PF ro o 10 9-K611.01.2009 0416 SM2CEW ro o 10 10-SM2 TOTAL = 100p x 10m = 1000 points Very hard conditions on my side.Because of the cold weather (-12),the elevation works time by time.No preamplifier on the input of my TR144 transverter.Conditions quite good on the first leg but worse on the second.Working from the middle of a big town the noise is present in any direction! Very nice signals from F1FLA-peacking up to S=5, also I3EVK-up to S=3. Also good sigs from SM2CEW and K6PF (never hrd Bob so loud). HRD: IK1FJI , F0CXO. 73 de Doru, YO2AMU. 4 x 15 el.BVO TR144/FT920 2 x GU74-PA _________________________________________________________________ Drag n? drop?Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live? Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/photos.aspx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090111/0e9b6226/attachment.htm From yo2amu at hotmail.com Sun Jan 11 18:53:29 2009 From: yo2amu at hotmail.com (Doru Zaslo) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:53:29 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Contest log YO2AMU -new. Message-ID: HNY to ALL Attached is my contest log for January 2009 EME CW activity Event.Very hard conditions on my side.Because of the cold weather (-12),the elevation works time by time.No preamplifier on the input of my TR144 transverter.Conditions quite good on the first leg but worse on the second.Working from the middle of a big town the noise is present in any direction!Very nice signals from F1FLA-peacking up to S=5, also I3EVK-up to S=3. Also good sigs from SM2CEW and K6PF (never hrd Bob so loud).HRD: IK1FJI , F0CXO. 73 de Doru, YO2AMU. 4 x 15 el.BVO TR144 -TVTR + FT920 -IF. HM 2 x GU74-PA -LZ2US design _________________________________________________________________ Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/events.aspx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090111/c08c51a8/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: January2009.txt Url: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090111/c08c51a8/attachment-0001.txt From valter_dls at yahoo.it Sun Jan 11 19:33:34 2009 From: valter_dls at yahoo.it (valter dolso) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:33:34 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] IK1FJI DUBUS result Januari 09 Message-ID: <680077.96638.qm@web24308.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Hello to all i was qrv in the dubus CW event , first leg one hour ( like always due high moonrise at my site) and all the time in second leg. Condition up and down? with some noise in my location,,,, ?i worked : 10-01 1803?? LA8YB??? RO?? O???? LA8 1810?? IK2DDR??? O??? RO?? IK2 1824?? F0CXO???? O??? RO??? F0 1830?? LZ1DP???? O???? RO?? LZ1 1844?? SM2CEW? O?? RO??? SM2 1855?? SM7GVF?? O?? RO??? SM7 1858?? I3EVK?????? O?? RO??? I3 11-01 0305? OK1MS???? O?? RO???? OK1 0403? LA8YB????? RO? O????? DUPE 0505? K6PF??????? O??? RO??? K6 0525?? DK3EE??? RO??? O??? DK3 0543?? W3TWX??? RO??? O??? W3 TOTAL? 10 QSO X 10 =100 X 10 =1000 HEARD?? YO2AMU? WB2RWX OUT OF TIME WORKED ALSO?? OK1MS? RA6AX? ?4x12 gu78b? mgf1801? ic-275h????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 73 Valter IK1FJI From valter_dls at yahoo.it Sun Jan 11 19:47:45 2009 From: valter_dls at yahoo.it (valter dolso) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:47:45 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] LOG correction :-) Message-ID: <60816.36254.qm@web24302.mail.ird.yahoo.com> SORRY.... i made 12 qso no 10....so? 12x10 = 120 x12?? 1440? points i am tired for the white night? HI ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ciao? Valter From i5wbe at i5wbe.it Sun Jan 11 21:59:05 2009 From: i5wbe at i5wbe.it (Enrico Baldacci) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:59:05 +0000 Subject: [Moon] WORLD WIDE EME MARATHON 2008 Message-ID: <496A5D99.5080205@i5wbe.it> *WORLD WIDE EME MARATHON 2008 ----------------------------- *Sponsored by the Italian Radio Amateur Association - A. R. I. SECTIONS: OM and SWL, portable or fixed station. DATE/TIME: from 0000z January 1st to 2400z December 31th.,2008 Frequency Category VHF 144 " 1A) QRO (erp pwr equal or more than 100 KW). (SSB/CW ) VHF 144 " 2A) QRP (erp pwr below 100 Kw or 1 to 4 antennas). (SSB/CW ) VHF 144 " 3A) Only digital mode SWL 144 " 4A) (SSB/CW/DGT) UHF 432 " 1B) QRO ( >50 dbW ERP) (SSB/CW ) UHF 432 " 2B) QRP ( <50 dbW ERP) (SSB/CW ) UHF 432 " 3B) Only digital mode SWL 432 " 4B) (SSB/CW/DGT) UHF 1296 " 1C) QRO ( >60 dbW ERP) (SSB/CW ) UHF 1296 " 2C) QRP ( <60 dBW ERP) (SSB/CW ) UHF 1296 " 3C) Only digital mode SWL 1296 " 4C) (SSB/CW/DGT) (If it is not specified entrant category, logs will be counted for the QRO one) SHF 2304 "(SSB/CW ) SWL 2304 "(SSB/CW ) SHF 5760 "(SSB/CW ) SWL 5760 "(SSB/CW ) SHF 10000 "(SSB/CW ) SWL 10000 "(SSB/CW ) VHF 50 MHz 1D) (SSB/CW ) VHF 50 " 2D) Only digital mode SWL 50 " 3D) (SSB/CW / DGT) SWL: in this category also OM stations (licenced radio amateurs) may participate but only in the SWL category. The same station cannot be worked more than once per day, but it can be worked again in the following days. VALID QSOs: only 2way EME CW/SSB and Digital Modes QSOs are allowed. (separate logs for 2 x SSB/CW and 2 x DIGITAL) EXCHANGE: callsigns and RST or TMO. SCORING: 100 points per QSO multiplied by the total number of DXCC countries PLUS 1. ------ *EXAMPLE: 20 QSOs and 5 DXCC countries + 1 = 12000 points. (20 x 100) x (5 + 1) = 12000 **Logs must have a summary sheet enclosed comprehensive of: Category, QSOs total number, DXCC countries total number + 1 and the total score. Logs without this declaration will be considered CONTROL LOG. *PRIZE: first 3 OMs and SWLs for each band and category. ENTRIES: postmarked not later than January 31th 2009 LOG: by e-mail to *i1anpmario at alice.it* (will be confirmed upon reception), or by mail to Mario Alberti - Via Privata Maralunga 12 - 19126 La Spezia - Italy. The Italian E.M.E. Coordinator Mario Alberti, I1ANP -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090111/395749a3/attachment.htm From kc3re at yahoo.com Mon Jan 12 10:20:58 2009 From: kc3re at yahoo.com (Cristofori Concerts) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:20:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Moon] Thank you re azimuth positioning Message-ID: <843510.61148.qm@web51309.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Thank you-everybody-for the wealth of information re azimuth positioning. I'm really grateful! 73, Martin, KC3RE From kc3re at yahoo.com Mon Jan 12 10:30:42 2009 From: kc3re at yahoo.com (Cristofori Concerts) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:30:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Moon] test-432 cw sked Message-ID: <803691.36171.qm@web51301.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I'm continuing to test the evolving rover system-it is now two M2 28-el yagis, 120 watts (QRPP, no elevation yet.) Would any big 432 station want to try a test sked? I have moonrise from FM18dp on the 13th at 0030 UTC. Many thanks! 73, Martin, KC3RE From dfaessler at bluewin.ch Mon Jan 12 23:48:00 2009 From: dfaessler at bluewin.ch (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Dominique_F=E4ssler_=28HB9BBD=29?=) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:48:00 +0100 Subject: [Moon] VK2JDS wkd in CW on 23cm random - no qso with Namibia In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <495B92A5004020CB@tr12.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch) _____ Von: Ingolf, SM6FHZ [mailto:ingolf.fhz at gmail.com] Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. Januar 2009 16:48 An: Dominique F?ssler (HB9BBD) Betreff: Re: [Moon] CW/SSB Dear Dominique. I quite sure I heard you send my correct call, SM6FHZ, during the QSO. You had a very nice signal so the CW speed was no problem in this QSO, hi. 73 / Ingolf, SM6FHZ http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm tonight, calling CQ I got a call from VK2DJS. 579/O CW. The QSO was finished after 1 minute and I got my initial 291#. Unfortunately, the mesh in my dish was totally iced and covered by a thick layer of frost. I heared some bits and pieces of the Namibia expedition however with no chance to work them in CW. Since I do not check loggers and without internet in the eme site I may have missed information on the Namibia folks. 73 HB9BBD Dominique -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090112/3d58ff7f/attachment.htm From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Tue Jan 13 07:57:35 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:57:35 +0100 Subject: [Moon] lost e-mail Message-ID: Hello all, if anybody did not received answer from me in last three days I have to apologize. Due to SPAM filter problem I lost also couple usable e-mails. Sorry. Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV EME 432-1296-2320-3400 MHz WAC 432 - 1296 MHz QRO 10m dish ICQ-397994501 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I have a number of items for sale, tubes, 1296 cavities, formed collets for tubes, etc. Photos & descriptions are posted on my web site: http://home.cshore.com/lunarlink/special.html Steve, K1FO -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090114/11c7f3ff/attachment.htm From oz1hne at post8.tele.dk Wed Jan 14 19:47:03 2009 From: oz1hne at post8.tele.dk (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgen_Kristiansen?=) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:47:03 +0100 Subject: [Moon] QRV 144MHz CW EME, Message-ID: <003c01c97678$7f1a1a60$7a2df23e@privatqvfgt3vl> Hi EME'ers I will be QRV on 144MHz CW EME this evening after my moonrise at 2100 UTC. If any stations would like to try a sked, please send my a mail. Best 73, OZ1HNE Jorgen. 8 x 8 elm. crossyagi's H/V and 8877. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090114/4549cbf9/attachment.htm From ingolf.fhz at gmail.com Wed Jan 14 21:40:51 2009 From: ingolf.fhz at gmail.com (Ingolf, SM6FHZ) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:40:51 +0100 Subject: [Moon] SM6FHZ 1296 MHz EME January AW Message-ID: Hi all. Another AW, another try. This time I tried my new G4DDK NE325 84 preamp(s). Yes, I built two of them. They both measured very good on the bench (seams to be a very reproducible design, good work Sam). It sure made a difference both on solar noise, CS/G and EME signals. CS/G went from 4.5 dB (old preamp) to >6 dB (new preamp). This also showed very nicely on my own ecchos as well as on all EME signals. Unfortunately I blew both of them, the first on Saturday 10th at 19Z and the other one at 21Z. Sure need to check sequencing etc. Repair work is ongoing. Even if I blew them both, the improvement looks very promising for the future receive capability. When in business on Saturday 10th, I worked SM4DHN at 1517Z, SP6JLW at 1656Z, SP7DCS at 1715Z, SP6JLW in SSB at 1745Z, IW2FZR at 1754Z, IK3COJ at 1845Z, HB9BBD at 2012Z and G4CCH at 2049Z. All on random CW if not indicated otherwise. Getaways were IK5WJD at 2005 (nice signal). I am not sure if I will be able to be on during the February AW due to other commitments. 73! -- Ingolf, SM6FHZ http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090114/199877fd/attachment.htm From ok1tehlist at seznam.cz Thu Jan 15 14:19:55 2009 From: ok1tehlist at seznam.cz (=?us-ascii?Q?OK1TEH=20Petrzilka?=) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:19:55 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Moon] Undelivered Mail Returned to FR5DN In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <18149.26380-22401-1028355919-1232025595@seznam.cz> Hello all Does anybody have working email address at FR5DN? When I use "fr5dnpm at wanadoo.fr", email is returned. I want to try it with FR5DN on 70cm in JT65 so if FR5DN see this email, pse send me answer at ok1teh at seznam.cz. I'm qrv for test with you almost every evening with 650W (400W in JT65) PA + 23el dk7zb 5,7m long tnx & 73 Matej, OK1TEH From zl1rs at yahoo.com Fri Jan 16 10:44:30 2009 From: zl1rs at yahoo.com (Bob Sutton) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:44:30 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] A35RS expedition - Tonga In-Reply-To: <24871.59388.qm@web38704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <468531.38621.qm@web38705.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello EME guys, We are now back in ZL after 10 days in the Kingdom of Tonga. The weather was a mixed bag ... everything from perfect South Pacific holiday weather to driving storms with 70km/hr winds. Sometimes I was sure the light duty antenna array would be blown down, but it survived! EME results ... 124 callsigns in the log. MS results ... 1 contact with ZL1IU (1897km) Tropo results ... 0 (always in low pressure wx systems?) I have put together some photos and comments on my web page ... http://www.qsl.net/zl1rs/ ... please excuse any small errors, I have had only 1 hour of sleep in the last 40 hours! The extra ground gain from the takeoff over the ocean at A35 moon set combined with ground gain at moon rise in Europe provided some HUGE signals and pileups. Thanks to all who called, it was great fun !! 73, Bob ZL1RS / A35RS zl1rs at yahoo.com http://www.qsl.net/zl1rs/ web site updated 16 Jan 09 --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Bob Sutton wrote: > From: Bob Sutton > Subject: [Moon-net] A35RS expedition - Tonga > To: "MoonNet MoonNet" , "Moon Reflector" , "Guy MMM on VHF" > Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 10:05 PM > Hi Chaps, > > We are now on our way to Tonga A35. Brief tests with the > portable 2M EME system late last week resulted in a few > quick contacts ... my OWN ECHOs were even visible on the > "waterfall"!! The equipment is now packed in a > suitcase, and the small 4 bay array has been broken down > into a 1.5M long cardboard box for the flight ... I only > need to get my 16kg "hand carry" bag with the > amplifier past the boarding gate! > > More info about operating times and frequencies will be > announced here after we get to Tonga and I have the station > up and running ... including split frequency operation for > JA. Photos of the site show some bushes and trees to the > east, however the moon might be clear of them by 5 degrees > elevation allowing a window to Europe at BOTH moonrise AND > moonset. The moonset will be clear down to the horizon and > is out over the Pacific Ocean ... this will offer an > opportunity for excellent "ground gain". To avoid > QRM, please s-p-r-e-a-d o-u-t ... the "waterfall" > will be set to display signals +- 1kHz of my TX frequency. > Don't be offended if I do not transmit "73" > and move on to the next station if there are many callers. > > Please spare a thought for my wife who gave up 10kg of her > luggage allowance to fit all the EME equipment in! (How > much luggage does she need for a bathing suit and toothbrush > anyway? ;-) > > See you off the moon with A35RS from AG28hv! > > 73 Bob and Barbara > > zl1rs at yahoo.com > http://www.qsl.net/zl1rs/ > > (QSL.NET is moving to a new server, it could be up again on > 05 Jan) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at > http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html From tikaluna at bigpond.com Fri Jan 16 23:06:44 2009 From: tikaluna at bigpond.com (Doug McArthur) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:06:44 +1100 Subject: [Moon] Random Message-ID: <20090116220649.HCMY22733.nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com@tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> From Oxford/Collins Dictionary random : made or done by chance without plan. plan : vt arrange before hand chance : is DS on or off. 73 Doug VK3UM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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So now only Hal, ZS6WB and Pine, ZS6OB with wife Erika, are still in JG73ni. Due to changes in transportation arrangements, they had to stay back until Monday. Since they need to wait for transportation they added one more moon-path and had very good results! They will be QRV also next moon-rise: 17 January 22.15z for 2 hours on 144.114 1st! If you have not worked them this will be your last chance! GL! On 144 we worked now 231 initials in 46 DXCC! We will be looking especially for ZL and VK on our moon-rise! The log will be available later today at www.mmmonvhf.de vy 73 es happy moonbouncing Dan, ZS6/HB9CRQ for the Namibia 2009 team From ON4BCB at skynet.be Sat Jan 17 16:51:09 2009 From: ON4BCB at skynet.be (ON4BCB Walter) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:51:09 +0100 Subject: [Moon] ICOM IC970H UX-97 PLL & Service manual help Message-ID: <3BFBC099C99B4EC9A5DACB66049ED312@p4> Hi, Anyone who can help me with an electronic copy of the UX-97 23cm module for the icom IC-970 The PLL goes in unlock after some time I have the same problem on 70cm I think it might be a defective variable capacitor in the PLL Circuit Any help welcome Walter ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug McArthur To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net ; moon at moonbounce.info. Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:06 PM Subject: [Moon] Random From Oxford/Collins Dictionary random : made or done by chance without plan. plan : vt arrange before hand chance : is DS on or off. 73 Doug VK3UM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Moon mailing list Moon at moonbounce.info http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon Please enter/update your standings: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.8/1897 - Release Date: 16-1-2009 6:52 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You might get some info on this page: http://www.do9bc.de/index.php?page=806688781&f=1&i=1179997641&s=806688781 73 / Ingolf, SM6FHZ 2009/1/19 Ross > A quick question, I am building an array for 432, > What sun noise should I expect from a single beam, of 23 elements with > approx 16db gain? > Very roughly, I am presently getting about 5 or maybe 7db. > Comments would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Ross > ZL1WN > > > _______________________________________________ > Moon mailing list > Moon at moonbounce.info > http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon > > Please enter/update your standings: > http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html > > When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and > remove you from the list > -- Ingolf, SM6FHZ http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090119/a8f3068e/attachment.htm From ik0bzy at libero.it Tue Jan 20 14:53:15 2009 From: ik0bzy at libero.it (ik0bzy at libero.it) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:53:15 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Moon] FS: 6/4/2 PA Message-ID: <31359312.2018471232459595732.JavaMail.root@wmail8.libero.it> Hello EMErs, sorry for bandwidth... I have for sale a 300w tribander 6m 4m and 2m MOSFET PA brand new Please ask for further info and pictures 73 de IK0BZY Enrico From DL1YMK at aol.com Tue Jan 20 20:57:53 2009 From: DL1YMK at aol.com (DL1YMK at aol.com) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:57:53 EST Subject: [Moon] Random Discussion Message-ID: ..aha, you guys wanna work me 'real' random on the oncoming DXpedition?? Well, hmmm, let me think, ok, I won't tell you, to what destination I'm going, nor which kinda call I will use - find out yourself on the radio, most likely it'll be some very odd call, I swear! You wanna know, which bands I'm going to activate? - easy, find out yourself! You gonna miss a band, because you won't know, on which day I'm going to activate that handfull of bands? - oh, you could not change the feed in time?- your problem. You'll get to know about the activation of Wonderland in this net or anywhere else in the web?? Well, then you know the callsign already, no random, sri, game tilt!!! This, of course, is a bit exaggerated, but don't you think it is true in its core? Imho: in fact, it is... I'm asking you to carefully think about todays moonbounce situation: isn't it doing enough damage to real EME that CW-achievements gained in many years of weak signal struggle are somewhat corrupted by doodle-mode these days (please, I'm far from starting this fruitless bickering again, I have it up to my eyeballs)? But before you go on with this (not less fruitless) discussion about real random, start thinking, if this is of any benefit to the EME-matter.....I have been told by a significant number of serious EMEer's that Monika & myself induced a whole rush of activity in CW-moonbounce by our DXpeditions in the past few years...maybe this was achieved also by skedlists, in order to give small stations the opportunity to work us in a rare DXCC. Nevertheless, many of our QSO's WERE random, the mixture is the name of the game.... Honestly: when reading this mail exchange on the reflector about true random EME contacts, I seriously start thinking about going to our 2009 holiday destination WITHOUT any moonbounce equipment - be sure, I will have a very relaxed time....really not certain anymore, if it is all worth it....I don't have to prove anything to anybody anymore (except to myself). Have YOU already performed a successful DXpedition? Do you know, how much of your time is eaten up by those endless preparations to make a multiband rig work smoothly like a clockwork? Any slight idea about what transportation costs to the middle of nowhere for many kgs of equipment are? No?? Try it out yourself....and then always remember HAM's daily prayer: Oh Lord, help me to keep my big mouth shut, till I know what I'm talking about! My personal two cents, sorry, if you don't agree with me, but look at it in a positive way: I very rarely post anything on this reflector.... vy 73 de Michael, DL1YMK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090121/b2792993/attachment.htm From tikaluna at bigpond.com Wed Jan 21 21:16:06 2009 From: tikaluna at bigpond.com (Doug McArthur) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:16:06 +1100 Subject: [Moon] ARRL 2008 Contest Missing Logs Message-ID: <20090121201615.DVIY12531.nskntotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com@tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> Add me to the list of Contest Logs not received .. along with requested comments. 73 Doug VK3UM From gabercr at nc.rr.com Thu Jan 22 14:17:57 2009 From: gabercr at nc.rr.com (Gary Abercrombie) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:17:57 -0500 Subject: [Moon] K9SLQ posting Message-ID: <002d01c97c93$d80fa330$6a01a8c0@augusta> I am posting this for Wayne. Please contact him directly if interested k9slq at k9slq.com ----------------------------- HI I have my 28-1296 Transverter on ebay and the bidding has started, you can find it here http://www.k9slq.com/forsale.html Note: W9IIX your QSL arrived and return is on the way. 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It can be view by starting at my web site www.k9slq.com and follow the For Sale Stuff tab. Thanks Wayne K9SLQ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090123/37b1ca9e/attachment.htm From zen70432 at zen.co.uk Sat Jan 24 21:09:34 2009 From: zen70432 at zen.co.uk (Dave G4RGK) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:09:34 +0000 Subject: [Moon] 1296 EME SSB CONTEST Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.2.20090124200655.02fe9c40@mail.btinternet.com> The 1296 SSB EME Contest will start at 0600 on 7 Feb and continue until 0600 on on 8 Feb. Rules are the same as last year. ************************************************************************* 1296 EME SSB CONTEST RULES: This event is intended to be fun. You do not need to transmit on SSB to participate. CW to SSB and vice verse exchanges are encouraged and count for points. (Only one QSO between stations is allowed, i.e., you cannot work a station SSB to SSB and SSB to CW for 3 points). The contest starts on 7 Feb at 0600 and end on 8 Feb at 0600. Everyone one should have one common moon pass with operation moving from NA to VK/Asia to Eur and back to NA. Operation is on 23 cm only. Scoring is contact points times number of two letter Grid Sectors (IO, JM, FN, EM ...) worked. SSB to SSB contacts count as 2 points. SSB to CW (or CW to SSB) count as 1 point. The exchange is your Sector (IO, JM, etc.). Only the 2 sector letters need to be sent and copied. Operation may be by single or multiple operators from one location. No distinction for scoring will be made. Assisted operation is not encouraged. All skeds/operational announcements should be made prior to the start of the contest. Logs should be sent to the "432 and Up EME NL" by email to a.katz at ieee.org ASAP after the end of the contest. The top scoring station will receive an attractively framed certificate, which will be presented at the next International EME Conference (Dallas 2010). ************************************************************************* 73 Dave G4RGK From guenter.koellner at nsn.com Sun Jan 25 11:39:39 2009 From: guenter.koellner at nsn.com (Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich)) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:39:39 +0100 Subject: [Moon] First DL-SV on 13cm Message-ID: Hello, today SV3AAF and myself completed the first DL-SV on 13cm. Quoting Petros' comment, under really difficulty conditions: - Winds at 80kph kicking dish off target, bending dish's extension every few seconds - High libration according to almanac - High path loss - High sky noise - Low declination On my side I had to remove several "liters" of water from the TX cable, which is not waterproof. But at the moment I my time for radio is very, very limited. But anyway, signals were 549/449 on both sides, so quite easy copy. To clarify all doubts, it was a CW contact. 73, G?nter (dl4mea) -------------- n?chster Teil -------------- Ein Dateianhang mit HTML-Daten wurde abgetrennt... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090125/d5c503b7/attachment.htm From sm2cew at telia.com Sun Jan 25 19:37:11 2009 From: sm2cew at telia.com (Peter Sundberg) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:37:11 +0000 Subject: [Moon] First DL-SV on 13cm In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20090125183437.21DAF2DC9C@mail.allt1.se> Well done G?nter and Petros!!! EME at it's best, when nothing comes easy.. :-)) Hope to work you both on 13cm come better weather, can't change the feed just just now. 73 de Peter SM2CEW www.sm2cew.com At 10:39 2009-01-25 , Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich) wrote: > > Hello, > > today SV3AAF and myself completed the first DL-SV on 13cm. > > Quoting Petros' comment, under really difficulty conditions: > > - Winds at 80kph kicking dish off target, bending dish's extension every few > seconds > - High libration according to almanac > - High path loss > - High sky noise > - Low declination > > On my side I had to remove several "liters" of water from the TX cable, which > is not waterproof. But at the moment I my time for radio is very, very > limited. > > But anyway, signals were 549/449 on both sides, so quite easy copy. To > clarify all doubts, it was a CW contact. > > 73, G?nter (dl4mea) From jimmyv at hol.gr Sun Jan 25 21:18:37 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (Dimitris Vitorakis) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:18:37 +0200 Subject: [Moon] First DL-SV on 13cm References: Message-ID: <1BCC90FDA005466DAF798F4828167137@mar.intralot.com> First DL-SV on 13cmCongrats to both stations for the 1st SV-DL 13cm CW EME QSO !!!! 73 Jimmy SV1BTR ----- Original Message ----- From: Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich) To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net ; moon at moonbounce.info Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:39 PM Subject: [Moon] First DL-SV on 13cm Hello, today SV3AAF and myself completed the first DL-SV on 13cm. Quoting Petros' comment, under really difficulty conditions: - Winds at 80kph kicking dish off target, bending dish's extension every few seconds - High libration according to almanac - High path loss - High sky noise - Low declination On my side I had to remove several "liters" of water from the TX cable, which is not waterproof. But at the moment I my time for radio is very, very limited. But anyway, signals were 549/449 on both sides, so quite easy copy. To clarify all doubts, it was a CW contact. 73, G?nter (dl4mea) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Moon mailing list Moon at moonbounce.info http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon Please enter/update your standings: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090126/20f05d4b/attachment.html From vihraw1 at gmail.com Tue Jan 27 21:02:26 2009 From: vihraw1 at gmail.com (Barry Wright) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:02:26 -0700 Subject: [Moon] 432 MHz EME skeds Message-ID: <000001c980ba$2e547890$8afd69b0$@com> I'm looking for 432 MHz CW EME skeds for next weekend, 31 Jan - 2 Feb UTC. I will have good moonrise around 2100 UTC over the weekend. Anyone that is interested can contact me by email: ka7v at arrl.net. My 432 MHz station is described on this URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/barry10a/2752956141/in/set-72157606664072445/ Barry - KA7V Oregon - DN14ma From pa3cmc at xs4all.nl Tue Jan 27 22:23:26 2009 From: pa3cmc at xs4all.nl (Lins Berben) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:23:26 +0100 Subject: [Moon] For sale Message-ID: <83E53DAC200B41529CF497295D31DCA0@WKS002> I have for sale: Tubes 3cx1500a7 (= 8877) 2M EME PA with 2 x GS35 include big power supply 70CM commercial R&S TV broadcasting PA modules working great om 432 MHz, 8W in 1500W out, 28V 100A. I have modules from 1500W each and one complete PA that consist of one power supply, 2 modules and coupler for 3KW out! If you are interrested, pictures are available. 73's Lins PA3CMC http://www.pa3cmc.nl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090128/2fe42516/attachment.htm From rein0zn at ix.netcom.com Thu Jan 29 08:19:53 2009 From: rein0zn at ix.netcom.com (rein0zn at ix.netcom.com) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:19:53 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Moon] 432 And Above EME Newsletter for Feb 2009 Message-ID: <17441533.1233213593897.JavaMail.root@elwamui-royal.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Hello All, The 432 MHz and Above EME Newsletter for Feb 2009 by K2UYH is at: http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/em70cm.html Enjoy! Note: the person with the hat in the K6JEY picture is: John, KJ6HZ, member of the K6JEY EME Group and chairman of the San Bernardino Microwave Society. 73 Rein W6SZ From jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp Fri Jan 30 16:37:59 2009 From: jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp (M. Watanabe) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 0:37:59 +0900 Subject: [Moon] Feb. 07, 8J1AXA Moon Bounce Seminar for Young Generations Message-ID: <20090130153759282.MXR.8272.wememta102.odn.ne.jp@mta102.odn.ne.jp> Moon Bounce Seminar for Young Generations The Next Operating Information of 8J1AXA on February 7. The JARL Special Station 8J1AXA at JAXA Katsuura Space Communication Center, Chiba Pref., will be active on 144MHz/432MHz, Saturday, February 7, 2008. Moon above 5 deg. after 05:56UTC & before 19:50UTC of Feb.7. (Our antenna elevation does not come down below 5 deg. ) For EME contacts: Analog mode: QRG: 144.050 +-QRM (CW/SSB) Note: We will join Dubus 2M activity event from 15:00UTC to 18:00UTC QRG: 432.015 +-QRM(CW/SSB) Digital mode: We will inform 8J1AXA's logger for QRG and QSX. We aim to make as many QSOs as possible concentrated in CW, and possibly JT65B as the activity levels suggests.. And we are pleased to try any possible SSB contacts on requests. We had very good SSB echos during December operation on 432MHz. So why not try it!! You may refer our up date QRV information in our web-site logger and you are able to exchange any operating information during each QSO with us. For Japanese ground wave or ducting contacts, using JAXA 18m dish, we will operate 144MHz/430MHz on SSB/CW/FM before and after EME operation. Also HF and 50MHz we will be operating by our propaganda stations from the same location with the same callsign 8J1AXA. Katsuura City would be a rare count for JCC enthusiasts. We are pleased to have number of High School students for this operation as "Moon Bounce Seminar for Young Generations by 8J1AXA ". These young boys or girls will operate or try for first Moon Bounce with their maximum power out-put, 200W, 50W or 20W depends of their license to contact or hear big-echo ! Please be sure that we will NOT operate the second Moon path of the weekend on Sunday, because we will stop all the operations before the Moon rise. So, do not forget to work 8J1AXA on Saturday night here this weekend!! For someone who would not succeed to work us, please drop us your report and comment on our signals as well as informations on your rigs and antenna. It would be useful for us to evaluate our present system for EME operation. QSL informations are now seen in our web-site. A QSL Manager for EME QSOs: JH6RTO Seiji Fukushima 1182 Hase, APT 2-506 Atsugi City, Kanagawa 243-0036 Japan 73es and Good luck to ALL, and have a fun! ! 8J1AXA Moon Bounce Seminar for Young Generations Special Event Operating Team 144MHz & 432MHz: 500 watts max. 18m dish, V-pol. Grid: QM05df http://www.8j1axa.jp/index.html From la9nea at online.no Sat Jan 31 09:08:59 2009 From: la9nea at online.no (Viggo Magnus LA9NEA) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:08:59 +0100 Subject: [Moon] LA9NEA qrv 31 jan. 1296 eme Message-ID: Hello . During heavy snow fall last weekend some mesh on my Dish need some repair, not a big job, but must be done before I can be qrv. I will do the repair to day and hopefully qrv approx 1300z. I will be on HB9Q logger when I am ready to operate. Cq call nr 1296015 on CW, and listen up for some JT65 activity . QRT approx 1630 z. 73 Viggo LA9NEA LA9NEA 23 cm EME set up: Icom 756 pro II TR1296H trv Kuhne 6 x 7289 ring PA ,500 watt, MKU 13200B(spare PA) 250 watt SSPA, 5.3 meter dish, VE4MA Feed 1.stage preamp.Cavity NE32484 0.28 dB 2.stage Kuhne MGF 4953A 0.4 dB JO59dx Autotracking by W2DRZ, VK3UM tracking at screen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090131/8ef5f2c6/attachment.htm From jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp Sat Jan 31 19:57:49 2009 From: jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp (M. Watanabe) Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 3:57:49 +0900 Subject: [Moon] Feb. 07, 8J1AXA Moon Bounce Seminar for Young Generations Message-ID: <20090131185749565.FASL.8707.wememta101.odn.ne.jp@mta101.odn.ne.jp> Hello all: Concerning to the next 8J1AXA operation, > You may refer our up date QRV information in our web-site logger and you are > able to exchange any operating information during each QSO with us. > This should be witten and read: You may refer to our up date QRV information in our web-site logger and you are able to contact us for operating information before each QSO with us. And you are kindly requested not to exchange any operating information via internet or any other communication method except radio, during each QSO with us. TNX. Mike JH1KRC ---- "M. Watanabe" wrote: > Moon Bounce Seminar for Young Generations > The Next Operating Information of 8J1AXA on February 7. > > The JARL Special Station 8J1AXA at JAXA Katsuura Space Communication Center, Chiba Pref., will be active on 144MHz/432MHz, Saturday, February 7, 2008. Moon above 5 deg. after 05:56UTC & before 19:50UTC of Feb.7. (Our antenna elevation does not come down below 5 deg. ) > > For EME contacts: > > Analog mode: > > QRG: 144.050 +-QRM (CW/SSB) > Note: We will join Dubus 2M activity event from 15:00UTC to 18:00UTC > > QRG: 432.015 +-QRM(CW/SSB) > > Digital mode: > We will inform 8J1AXA's logger for QRG and QSX. > > We aim to make as many QSOs as possible concentrated in CW, and possibly JT65B as the activity levels suggests.. And we are pleased to try any possible SSB contacts on requests. We had very good SSB echos during December operation on 432MHz. So why not try it!! > > You may refer our up date QRV information in our web-site logger and you are able to exchange any operating information during each QSO with us. > > For Japanese ground wave or ducting contacts, using JAXA 18m dish, we will operate 144MHz/430MHz on SSB/CW/FM before and after EME operation. > > Also HF and 50MHz we will be operating by our propaganda stations from the same location with the same callsign 8J1AXA. Katsuura City would be a rare count for JCC enthusiasts. > > We are pleased to have number of High School students for this operation as "Moon Bounce Seminar for Young Generations by 8J1AXA ". These young boys or girls will operate or try for first Moon Bounce with their maximum power out-put, 200W, 50W or 20W depends of their license to contact or hear big-echo ! > > Please be sure that we will NOT operate the second Moon path of the weekend on Sunday, because we will stop all the operations before the Moon rise. So, do not forget to work 8J1AXA on Saturday night here this weekend!! > > For someone who would not succeed to work us, please drop us your report and comment on our signals as well as informations on your rigs and antenna. It would be useful for us to evaluate our present system for EME operation. > > QSL informations are now seen in our web-site. A QSL Manager for EME QSOs: > > JH6RTO > Seiji Fukushima > 1182 Hase, APT 2-506 > Atsugi City, Kanagawa 243-0036 > Japan > > 73es and Good luck to ALL, and have a fun! ! > > 8J1AXA Moon Bounce Seminar for Young Generations Special Event Operating Team > 144MHz & 432MHz: 500 watts max. 18m dish, V-pol. Grid: QM05df > http://www.8j1axa.jp/index.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Moon mailing list > Moon at moonbounce.info > http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon > > Please enter/update your standings: > http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html > > When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list