From df6na at df6na.de Thu Jul 2 12:30:31 2009 From: df6na at df6na.de (Rainer) Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:30:31 +0200 Subject: [Moon] 5.7GHz Activity Weekend Message-ID: <4A4C8C47.3090604@df6na.de> Following the very successful 3.4GHz activity weekend organised by Peter G3LTF Is anyone interested in a 5.7GHz activity weekend ?? Possible dates include August 15/16 and September 13/14. Or are there any other suggestions? If you're interested please email me direct or on the list. 73 Brian G4NNS IO91FF 3.7m 25W. DF6NA - send for G4NNS -- ----- VHF/UHF/SHF Online Toplist: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html DF6NA Homepage: http://www.df6na.de/ Amateurfunk-Flohmarkt: http://www.afu-flohmarkt.de/ VHF-DX.net: http://www.vhf-dx.net/ From dj3jj at gmx.net Thu Jul 2 17:16:01 2009 From: dj3jj at gmx.net (Andreas Haefner) Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:16:01 +0200 Subject: [Moon] rx performance table Message-ID: <20090702151601.94880@gmx.net> please check my eme stations rx-performance table for correct data. any new data is welcome ! Pse use excel sheet for data input. http://www.do9bc.de/index.php?page=806688781&f=1&i=1179997641&s=806688781 With Firefox browsers please use full screen window to see table. Sri but due to some reason the dynamic table works different on Firefox. 73s Andreas DJ3JJ -- Neu: GMX Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + Telefon-Flatrate f?r nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02 From ve1alq at nbnet.nb.ca Thu Jul 2 20:31:32 2009 From: ve1alq at nbnet.nb.ca (Darrell) Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:31:32 -0300 Subject: [Moon] Waveguide Sections Message-ID: <20090702183140.IFEV1670.simmts8-srv.bellnexxia.net@simip12-ab.srvr.bell.ca> Hi Folks; I have Numerous sections of Waveguide here I would like to dispose of , outside of the Scrap Yard. There are Flex WR-75, WR-90, WR-137, WR-159. These sizes are also available in various length up to 12 feet (12' is NOT UPS shippable unless cut in half) There are 3 X 12' Sections of WR-90 in Copper/Brass Flanges and 2 X 12' of WR-137 Below are the prices I am offered by local Scrap Yard, but would rather not go that route if anyone out here can use it for the same Money plus Shipping. Simpler for me to Go The Scrap Route, but a blasted shame to go there. Old Mixed Scrap Aluminum $0.22 lbs USD ( This only applies to a couple of 12' sections of WR-159) Scrap Old Yellow Brass $1.15 lbs USD Light Scrap Copper $1.50 lbs USD. (All of this will get better than this Scrap). Anyone needing or wanting some get in touch direct, OFF Reflector. Regards & Thanks, Darrell Regards & Thanks, Darrell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090702/fb0b3ad4/attachment.htm From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Thu Jul 2 23:05:40 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:05:40 +0200 Subject: [Moon] E7 EME Message-ID: Hi EME gang, time is running so fast and July is here. How was planed on 12th of July I am moving from my QTH with all stuff to Bosnia and Herzegovina E7. Dates and schedule you can see here http://www.ok1dfc.com/Peditions/E7/e7.htm We, OK3RM, OK3VM and me will be ready from 144 MHz up to 3,4 GHz. Due to very bad WX in OK in past month I did not have chance test 9cm, but on measurement equipments it is o.k. and also feed connected to TRV giving 5dB noise comparing ground and sky. I did not received any request for special skeds. I would like to ask here VK3NX if he is ready to be QRV 13cm and also JA4BOH and others from JA because I still did not received new TCXO and will use my SMHU R&S signal generator for support of 2302 and 2424 MHz. If I do not receive positive request up to 12th of July I will be on 2320 and 2304 MHz only QRV. All other is ready and tested. Working well. Please check the schedule there and let me know, if anybody will be looking for special band activity, we will have lot of time and will be possible to change feed during operation window. Tested, I need 30min to change band. So keep cross a finger with WX and hope to hear many of you via Moon from E7. We are expecting to be QRV in 1 min periods (E7 first ) because necessary coordinate transmitting with 144 MHz. On 2,3 and 3,4 GHz I have IF 145 MHz and do not expect any conflict, but.......... QRG I will public on chat, if any problem with internet connection I will send SMS to couple Hams in my GSM and you will know what is doing there, but Braco confirmed that no problem with Internet connection there. I am expecting some beacons like VK3UM, OK1CA, HB9Q, K1RQG and others to keep our dish in right position. For pedition I have new controlling system for elevation and also tripod is now more stable. 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/20090702/527f24b9/attachment.htm From ja4blc at web-sanin.co.jp Fri Jul 3 02:24:00 2009 From: ja4blc at web-sanin.co.jp (Yoshiro Mataka JA4BLC) Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:24:00 +0900 Subject: [Moon] E7 EME In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A4D4FA0.7060400@web-sanin.co.jp> Hi Zdenek Thanks fer your concern on listening 2424. I hope you will be able to get a compact unit before departure. My moon-set are: JULY 15 0200 UTC JULY 17 0400 UTC JULY 19 0600 UTC I will listen you on 3400 as SWL with my 6m dish. GL de Yoshiro JA4BLC OK1DFC: > Hi EME gang, > time is running so fast and July is here. How was planed on 12th of July > I am moving from my QTH with all stuff to Bosnia and Herzegovina E7. > Dates and schedule you can see here > http://www.ok1dfc.com/Peditions/E7/e7.htm We, OK3RM, OK3VM and me will > be ready from 144 MHz up to 3,4 GHz. Due to very bad WX in OK in past > month I did not have chance test 9cm, but on measurement equipments it > is o.k. and also feed connected to TRV giving 5dB noise comparing ground > and sky. I did not received any request for special skeds. I would like > to ask here VK3NX if he is ready to be QRV 13cm and also JA4BOH and > others from JA because I still did not received new TCXO and will use my > SMHU R&S signal generator for support of 2302 and 2424 MHz. If I do not > receive positive request up to 12th of July I will be on 2320 and 2304 > MHz only QRV. All other is ready and tested. Working well. Please check > the schedule there and let me know, if anybody will be looking for > special band activity, we will have lot of time and will be possible to > change feed during operation window. Tested, I need 30min to change > band. So keep cross a finger with WX and hope to hear many of you via > Moon from E7. > We are expecting to be QRV in 1 min periods (E7 first ) because > necessary coordinate transmitting with 144 MHz. On 2,3 and 3,4 GHz I > have IF 145 MHz and do not expect any conflict, but.......... QRG I will > public on chat, if any problem with internet connection I will send SMS > to couple Hams in my GSM and you will know what is doing there, but > Braco confirmed that no problem with Internet connection there. I am > expecting some beacons like VK3UM, OK1CA, HB9Q, K1RQG and others to keep > our dish in right position. For pedition I have new controlling system > for elevation and also tripod is now more stable. > Best regards > Zdenek - OK1DFC > *www.ok1dfc.com* > /QRV EME 432-1296-2320-3400 MHz/ > WAC 432 - 1296 MHz > QRO 10m dish > ICQ-397994501 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 w7cs at theriver.com Fri Jul 3 16:54:09 2009 From: w7cs at theriver.com (Chuck Smallhouse) Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:54:09 -0700 Subject: [Moon] Moon Digest, Vol 32, Issue 35 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20090703075808.33B5EE35@dm0213.mta.everyone.net> Good Morning All, Does anyone have access to any info (bias voltage and current) for an HP Microwave Switch P/N 33144A ? It has an HP label on it that says that it's SPST with a range of 100 MHz to 18 GHz. I'd like to use it to key the 10Gz Beacon that I'm building. I think that it's a shunt PIN diode switch that, with 0 bias, it has minimum insertion loss. It seems to like a positive bias. I've looked through my HP catalogue library, it goes from 1982 forward, with no results. Not much with Google either. Thanks, Chuck, W7CS From rick1ds at hotmail.com Sat Jul 4 04:14:12 2009 From: rick1ds at hotmail.com (Rick R) Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:14:12 -0400 Subject: [Moon] 2009 Mid-Atlantic VHF Conference Message-ID: Now accepting registration, papers, abstracts, and speakers for the 2009 Mid-Atlantic VHF Conference Saturday, September 26 Mt. Carmel Club, Plymouth Meeting, PA Sponsored by the Packrats all info and registration at packratvhf.com Please submit your paper on amateur VHF, UJF and microwave communications including theory, construction, operation, antennas, roving, VHF related software and hardware. Please send your papers for presentation and proceedings to: Paul Drexler, W2PED pdrexler at hotmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090703/4a2f140e/attachment.htm From g3ltf at btinternet.com Sat Jul 4 09:20:22 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:20:22 +0100 Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] 5.7GHz AW References: <288FAC407A7445179F3A8052FAD91C19@OFFICEMACHINE> Message-ID: Or even a source of reasonably priced ~10W transistors, then we can build amps. Peter G3LTF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich)" To: "Moon Net" Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [Moon-net] 5.7GHz AW Hello all, I think for most of us the availability of surplus amps, like the Toshiba UM2683 for 9cm, is hindering from becoming QRV on 6cm. Do you know any solution which can be done with reasonable budget? 73, G?nter (dl4mea) -----Original Message----- From: moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net [mailto:moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net] On Behalf Of ext Brian Coleman Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 8:36 PM To: Moon Net Subject: [Moon-net] 5.7GHz AW Hello Al Yes another Ooops moment. 15th /16th August. 73 Brian G4NNS _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html From TexasRF at aol.com Sat Jul 4 14:57:28 2009 From: TexasRF at aol.com (TexasRF at aol.com) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:57:28 EDT Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] 5.7GHz AW Message-ID: I have seen many 6 GHz traveling wave tubes and defunct twt amplifiers on Ebay. Most are from old telcom applications and will run 20w output or more. The power supply seems most often to be the failure cause in these units. Building up a homebrew power supply is not as hard as one might think. I am using a surplus twt on the 13, 9 and 6 cm bands powered by and old hf amplifier transformer for the collector voltage and an old microwave oven transformer for the helix voltage. The standby circuit consists of a hv relay that disconnects the twt cathode from the power supply. An added helix current sense, similar to what is used for screen trip service is included to open the circuit to the hv relay in the case of helix over current. I found several manufacturers of 6.3vac transformers in the Mouser (USA) catalog with voltage insulation rated to 4kv rms for about $20. I found these transformers easily withstand 12kv with my break down tester. I have that there is no need for a regulated d.c. filament supply or for that matter, a helix voltage regulator is not really needed thanks to the steady current draw of the twt. I do use a variac to set the helix voltage and a resistor in series with the helix ac input to drop the standby voltage to match the full load voltage. I built a wooden box to mount the twt behind my dish. The power supply is in the shack and uses two runs of RG213/u to feed the collector and cathode circuits in the tube. 120vac is supplied also, to run a blower and the filament transformer. I realize a solid state pa would be a lot easier to implement but until a source of reasonably priced devices become available, there is an alternative method. 73, Gerald K5GW In a message dated 7/4/2009 2:22:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, g3ltf at btinternet.com writes: Or even a source of reasonably priced ~10W transistors, then we can build amps. Peter G3LTF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich)" To: "Moon Net" Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [Moon-net] 5.7GHz AW Hello all, I think for most of us the availability of surplus amps, like the Toshiba UM2683 for 9cm, is hindering from becoming QRV on 6cm. Do you know any solution which can be done with reasonable budget? 73, G?nter (dl4mea) -----Original Message----- From: moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net [mailto:moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net] On Behalf Of ext Brian Coleman Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 8:36 PM To: Moon Net Subject: [Moon-net] 5.7GHz AW Hello Al Yes another Ooops moment. 15th /16th August. 73 Brian G4NNS _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.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 **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221323013x1201367230/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd= JulystepsfooterNO62) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090704/84c45d62/attachment.htm From df6na at df6na.de Sat Jul 4 23:16:51 2009 From: df6na at df6na.de (Rainer) Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:16:51 +0200 Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] 5.7GHz AW In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A4FC6C3.5000307@df6na.de> Hi, I have a few TWTs left that will give >100W out on 5,7GHz: http://www.df6na.de/df6na/SHF/Thomson_TH3671_2.jpg They cost just Euro 100,- 73, Rainer TexasRF at aol.com schrieb: > I have seen many 6 GHz traveling wave tubes and defunct twt amplifiers > on Ebay. Most are from old telcom applications and will run 20w output > or more. > > The power supply seems most often to be the failure cause in these units. > > Building up a homebrew power supply is not as hard as one might think. > I am using a surplus twt on the 13, 9 and 6 cm bands powered by and > old hf amplifier transformer for the collector voltage and an old > microwave oven transformer for the helix voltage. > > The standby circuit consists of a hv relay that disconnects the twt > cathode from the power supply. An added helix current sense, similar > to what is used for screen trip service is included to open the > circuit to the hv relay in the case of helix over current. > > I found several manufacturers of 6.3vac transformers in the Mouser > (USA) catalog with voltage insulation rated to 4kv rms for about $20. > I found these transformers easily withstand 12kv with my break down > tester. > > I have that there is no need for a regulated d.c. filament supply or > for that matter, a helix voltage regulator is not really needed thanks > to the steady current draw of the twt. I do use a variac to set the > helix voltage and a resistor in series with the helix ac input to drop > the standby voltage to match the full load voltage. > > I built a wooden box to mount the twt behind my dish. The power supply > is in the shack and uses two runs of RG213/u to feed the collector and > cathode circuits in the tube. 120vac is supplied also, to run a blower > and the filament transformer. > > I realize a solid state pa would be a lot easier to implement but > until a source of reasonably priced devices become available, there is > an alternative method. > > 73, > Gerald K5GW > > > > In a message dated 7/4/2009 2:22:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > g3ltf at btinternet.com writes: > > Or even a source of reasonably priced ~10W transistors, then we > can build > amps. > Peter G3LTF > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich)" > To: "Moon Net" > Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 8:12 AM > Subject: Re: [Moon-net] 5.7GHz AW > > > Hello all, > > I think for most of us the availability of surplus amps, like the > Toshiba > UM2683 for 9cm, is hindering from becoming QRV on 6cm. Do you know > any > solution which can be done with reasonable budget? > > 73, G?nter (dl4mea) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net > [mailto:moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net] On Behalf Of ext Brian > Coleman > Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 8:36 PM > To: Moon Net > Subject: [Moon-net] 5.7GHz AW > > Hello Al > > Yes another Ooops moment. 15th /16th August. > > 73 Brian G4NNS > _______________________________________________ > Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at > http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at > http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! > * > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- VHF/UHF/SHF Online Toplist: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html DF6NA Homepage: http://www.df6na.de/ Amateurfunk-Flohmarkt: http://www.afu-flohmarkt.de/ VHF-DX.net: http://www.vhf-dx.net/ From TexasRF at aol.com Sun Jul 5 00:25:09 2009 From: TexasRF at aol.com (TexasRF at aol.com) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:25:09 EDT Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] 5.7GHz AW Message-ID: Rainer, this is a good example of the tubes I have seen. They may well work at 3.4GHz as well or even 2.3GHz. Do you have a data sheet on the tubes? Lacking that, one would need to determine how many connections are required for the tube. Typically, there is a lead for heater, cathode, collector and sometimes anode. Some tubes have the anode internally connected to ground as is the helix. Usually there is a label specifying the heater, cathode and collector voltage. My twt is outwardly identical to your picture. I have it mounted on a 5.5" wide by 24" long heatsink. The heatsink is one side of a 5.5" by 5.5" by 22 inch long aluminum box that is used as an air plenum. The rear end of the box is blocked off with an aluminum plate and the other end is blocked off also except the heat sink extends out 2 inches. There is a good sized blower, like what is used on a TH347, bolted to one side of the box near the rear to force air through the heatsink. This all nuts and bolts; no rocket science needed. Rainer, if you send me one of the tubes, I will test it and report the results. 73, Gerald K5GW In a message dated 7/4/2009 4:17:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, df6na at df6na.de writes: Hi, I have a few TWTs left that will give >100W out on 5,7GHz: http://www.df6na.de/df6na/SHF/Thomson_TH3671_2.jpg They cost just Euro 100,- 73, Rainer TexasRF at aol.com schrieb: > I have seen many 6 GHz traveling wave tubes and defunct twt amplifiers > on Ebay. Most are from old telcom applications and will run 20w output > or more. > > The power supply seems most often to be the failure cause in these units. > > Building up a homebrew power supply is not as hard as one might think. > I am using a surplus twt on the 13, 9 and 6 cm bands powered by and > old hf amplifier transformer for the collector voltage and an old > microwave oven transformer for the helix voltage. > > The standby circuit consists of a hv relay that disconnects the twt > cathode from the power supply. An added helix current sense, similar > to what is used for screen trip service is included to open the > circuit to the hv relay in the case of helix over current. > > I found several manufacturers of 6.3vac transformers in the Mouser > (USA) catalog with voltage insulation rated to 4kv rms for about $20. > I found these transformers easily withstand 12kv with my break down > tester. > > I have that there is no need for a regulated d.c. filament supply or > for that matter, a helix voltage regulator is not really needed thanks > to the steady current draw of the twt. I do use a variac to set the > helix voltage and a resistor in series with the helix ac input to drop > the standby voltage to match the full load voltage. > > I built a wooden box to mount the twt behind my dish. The power supply > is in the shack and uses two runs of RG213/u to feed the collector and > cathode circuits in the tube. 120vac is supplied also, to run a blower > and the filament transformer. > > I realize a solid state pa would be a lot easier to implement but > until a source of reasonably priced devices become available, there is > an alternative method. > > 73, > Gerald K5GW > > > > In a message dated 7/4/2009 2:22:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > g3ltf at btinternet.com writes: > > Or even a source of reasonably priced ~10W transistors, then we > can build > amps. > Peter G3LTF > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich)" > To: "Moon Net" > Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 8:12 AM > Subject: Re: [Moon-net] 5.7GHz AW > > > Hello all, > > I think for most of us the availability of surplus amps, like the > Toshiba > UM2683 for 9cm, is hindering from becoming QRV on 6cm. Do you know > any > solution which can be done with reasonable budget? > > 73, G?nter (dl4mea) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net > [mailto:moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net] On Behalf Of ext Brian > Coleman > Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 8:36 PM > To: Moon Net > Subject: [Moon-net] 5.7GHz AW > > Hello Al > > Yes another Ooops moment. 15th /16th August. > > 73 Brian G4NNS > _______________________________________________ > Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at > http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at > http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. 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The heatsink is one side of a 5.5" by > 5.5" by 22 inch long aluminum box that is used as an air plenum. The > rear end of the box is blocked off with an aluminum plate and the > other end is blocked off also except the heat sink extends out 2 > inches. There is a good sized blower, like what is used on a TH347, > bolted to one side of the box near the rear to force air through the > heatsink. > > This all nuts and bolts; no rocket science needed. > > Rainer, if you send me one of the tubes, I will test it and report the > results. > > 73, > Gerald K5GW Hi Gerald, it will work on 3,4GHz but SWR is not so good. Here is the datasheet: http://www.df6na.de/df6na/surplus/TH3671.pdf The tubes were tested from S56UUU and he got >100W but had not enough drive, not enough power in the PSU and a too small dummy load to go higher in power. 73, Rainer -- VHF/UHF/SHF Online Toplist: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html DF6NA Homepage: http://www.df6na.de/ Amateurfunk-Flohmarkt: http://www.afu-flohmarkt.de/ VHF-DX.net: http://www.vhf-dx.net/ From jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp Sun Jul 5 10:09:59 2009 From: jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp (M. Watanabe) Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:09:59 +0900 Subject: [Moon] EME operation from 8N3KH at Kansai Ham Fair 2009 Message-ID: <20090705080959785.CLCA.8223.wememta101.odn.ne.jp@mta101.odn.ne.jp> EME operation from 8N3KH at Kansai Ham Fair 2009 NPO-JAMSAT will opererate 2m EME from the memorial station 8N3KH at Kansai Ham Fair in Osaka, mainly July 18-19. Already the high power license has specially been issued for EME. The license includes 2m, 70cm and 23cm high power operation, but due to the construction limit, 70cm and 23cm EME operation might to be difficult by now. As soon as their station is set up locally on July 17, they like to begin operation, and stop operation before the local moon-set of 19. 8N3KH will try to contact 8J1AXA on 2m EME with the moon in the west around noon of July 18. Further details would follow. http://kanham.jpn.org/ http://kanham.jpn.org/cat8/jamsat/ http://kanham.jpn.org/cat8/76km_eme/ QSL will be sent to your QSL bureau automatically. If needed, please send your SAE of larger size envelope to the QSL Mgr Masa, JH3BUM, to the QRZ.com address. Operation date: July 17-19 (up to 05 UT) Moon sked of July 18 in Osaka UTC JST AZ EL 0000 9:00 240 72 0100 10:00 260 61 0200 11:00 270 49 0300 12:00 276 37 0400 13:00 283 25 0500 14:00 290 14 0600 15:00 297 3 Epuipment and antenna for 2m: 300 watts output at TX. 2xF9FT-17el. manually movable H/V pol. Op's: JE2JCV, JF3HUC, JH3BJN, JH3BUM, JH3TXF, JL3JRY, JR3REX, JS3CTQ, JH4DHX, JN4VAX?JH5FOQ, and JH5JKH Grid Loc.: PM74RT (34deg.48m.34.58s.N, 135deg.26m.26.79m) Contact: Masa, JH3BUM jh3bum(at)jamsat.or.jp This info is released from 8N3KH/JAMSAT and 8J1AXA-KDES 2008 via JH1KRC. From rein0zn at ix.netcom.com Wed Jul 8 02:06:59 2009 From: rein0zn at ix.netcom.com (rein0zn at ix.netcom.com) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 20:06:59 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Moon] 432 and Above EME Newsletter for July 2009 Message-ID: <8963120.1247011619555.JavaMail.root@elwamui-polski.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Hello All, The 432 MHz and Above EME Newsletter for July 2009 by K2UYH is at: http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/em70cm.html Lots of info. VoA, etc Enjoy, 73 Rein, W6SZ From rein0zn at ix.netcom.com Wed Jul 8 07:05:50 2009 From: rein0zn at ix.netcom.com (rein0zn at ix.netcom.com) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 01:05:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Moon] Correction 432 and Above EME Newsletter Message-ID: <16393742.1247029550500.JavaMail.root@elwamui-polski.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Hello All, Those who have been looking at the July EME Newsletter before 05:00 UTC, might want to recheck the pages. I did not get the right front page uploaded. My error here by not checking the final WEB result from the server. So here again. It has been checked now........ http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/em70cm.html Sorry for the extra trouble. 73 Rein W6SZ From la9nea at online.no Wed Jul 8 13:29:29 2009 From: la9nea at online.no (Viggo Magnus LA9NEA) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:29:29 +0200 Subject: [Moon] For sale: 23 cm SSPA Message-ID: Hello. I have my MKU 13200B 23 cm SSPA for sale. The PA is working very well. Need approx 15 watt of drive to give 250 watt out, saturated power 270 watt. The PA is mounted on an solid heathsink with 2 fan's. Asking 1000 Euro + shipping. 73 Viggo LA9NEA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090708/74737919/attachment.htm From pa3cmc at xs4all.nl Wed Jul 8 21:14:23 2009 From: pa3cmc at xs4all.nl (Lins Berben) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:14:23 +0200 Subject: [Moon] For sale 2M EME ant. 70cm SSPA Message-ID: Hello all, Changing plans on 2M EME, have to move 2M EME station to other place, due high QRM from streetlights, Philips Type SON-T. I wil sell antennas that i wanted to set up here, 8 x 10 el DK7ZB X pole, light yagies with high power (Teflon) dipoles (build DJ3MF), incl phasing cables from ecoflex 10. and 2 power splitters for 8 antennas each. Perhaps also selling in parts e.g. 2 groups of 4 antennas. Have pictures on request. They are easy to transport. Have also 2 x SSPA for 70cm for sale; one Telefunken 25w in 1 kw out on 432Mhz incl. 3 phase powersupply and one R&S 100mW or 10W in 1K5 out on 432 Mhz include 3 phase power supply. Deliver perhaps when i drive on holiday 21 august to Italy, via Germany, Switzerland, or Weinhein Lins PA3CMC http://www.pa3cmc.nl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090708/794c63e1/attachment.htm From jewell at btinternet.com Thu Jul 9 09:48:33 2009 From: jewell at btinternet.com (SAM JEWELL) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 07:48:33 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] PY on 13cm Message-ID: <877857.85562.qm@web87007.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Folks, I had a 13cm JT65C QSO with Bruce, PY2BS, early this morning for #13, and new DXCC and continent on 13. We are not certain if this is the first 13cm EME activity out of Brazil or maybe even first PY-G QSO on the band. Maybe someone can tell us? Bruce has been working towards 13cm EME since last fall/autumn and was able to receive his own echos for the first time this week. Our QSO is even more remarkable because the initial attempt was made with the moon completely obscured by trees along the edge of my property. The moon is just passed minimum declination and is therefore very low in the sky here. With my small dish (2.3m) I have a relatively high beamwidth resulting in the pick up of lots of ground and tree noise. The moon path degradation was also near maximum. Although Bruce could copy my echos through the trees last night, I could not see his. I went to bed and came back on the band at 03:00. This time corresponded with the moon being in a gap between the trees (although 1/2 hour earlier would have been even better). Bruce saw my echos immediately and after several overs of searching I was able to find his JT65c signal. We were then able to complete the QSO with peak signals reported as -23dB, although I think they looked much weaker and were very broad. By the end of the QSO the moon was already setting in the trees at the end of my garden. We used the HB9Q logger to set up, but then did not use it again until the QSO was complete. Bruce and I used similar Ex-Lucent iPAM 3G power amplifiers at 200 - 250W output and G4DDK LNAs I think Bruce will be relatively easy to work on CW when the moon is more favourably placed in the sky. My thanks to Bruce for his patience last night and again this morning. 73 de Sam, G4DDK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090709/f117f995/attachment.htm From g4hup at btinternet.com Fri Jul 10 01:01:23 2009 From: g4hup at btinternet.com (dave powis) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:01:23 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] IC910H with 10Mhz external time base In-Reply-To: <639240.25911.qm@web45315.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <639240.25911.qm@web45315.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <865287.52792.qm@web86301.mail.ird.yahoo.com> If you want to lock the IC910 (or many other rigs) to a 10MHz station reference, see the lists and information on my website - most of the major rigs are there, with the master oscillator frequencies they need - and if you know something about a rig that isn't there, then let me know, and it will be! Some of the frequencies can be synthesised using methods available on my site, and there are links to to VK3HZ's excellent site, where there are some other solutions. Between the two sites, solutions for most rigs can be found. Go to http:g4hup.com/ and follow the Reference Data link from the front page 73, Dave, G4HUP http://g4hup.com ________________________________ From: Harold Deitz To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net Sent: Thursday, 9 July, 2009 11:47:44 PM Subject: [Moon-net] IC910H with 10Mhz external time base All, I just got off of the tele with ICOM technical assistance. I inquired as to when they were going to come out with a 10 MHz external time base option for the IC-910H. I was told that the next version would probably have it, but no time frame on when the next version would be comming out. I was also told that the more people that call in to their technical assistance line and voice their concerne or desire for such an option, the better the chances of getting it. Sooo, get on the phone and give ICOM technical assistance a call and tell your friends to do the same. What a tremendous IF rig for a full set of microwave transverters that would make !! Could you see a 10 to the -14 stability time base at 10 Ghz? I wasn't the first to call and request such an option. Some of you, I am sure, have already done this. Those who haven't need to make the call. Hal - W5GHZ _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Hope to see you in our log! 73 Matej, OK1TEH PS: some information about our first EME attempt you can read at: http://www.ok2kkw.com/om3rrc/6m_eme_om3rrc_2007eng.htm From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Sat Jul 11 14:42:58 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:42:58 +0200 Subject: [Moon] E7 follow up Message-ID: Hi EME gang, all stuff ready and wrap up. Tomorrow at 04:00 UT we are leaving my QTH. Rest of Sunday and Monday building station and Sun noise test and Moon bouncing test. We will activate immediately HB9Q for possible skeds. Finally we will have also 144 MHz. There is 4x7el. DK7ZB - LNA ATF54143 and only GI7B 500W PA, no time to finish my GS35B to expedition version. All other bands as described on E7 web. Regards from whole team OK3RM - Zdenek, OK3VM - Vaclav and me 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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Jeff K7XQ -----Original Message----- From: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info] On Behalf Of Dimitris Vitorakis Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 10:53 AM To: K1RQG; Moon-Bounces Subject: [Moon] SV1BTR qrv 23cm 0400-0600 July 12 Hello all Just finished working whole day again under the hot sun on 23cm with the new 16ft dish. Optimized everything, getting excellent sun noise of 15db. I will test July 12 04:00-06:00 utc somewhere around 1296.015 or so (hope all works still ok. in tx side after 1 year of absence). Hope to work you! At 06:00 utc, i will go qrt as i have to do ant. & in shack work for 13cm (qrv July 25 or 26 - will update). 73 Jimmy SV1BTR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090711/4b9ad32f/attachment.htm From k2dh at frontiernet.net Sat Jul 11 22:36:49 2009 From: k2dh at frontiernet.net (Dave Hallidy) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:36:49 -0400 Subject: [Moon] SV1BTR qrv 23cm 0400-0600 July 12 In-Reply-To: <534BC5BE156642FFA3BAAE2A5B074D3B@mar.intralot.com> References: <534BC5BE156642FFA3BAAE2A5B074D3B@mar.intralot.com> Message-ID: Jimmy- I have good moon at 0400Z, so I'll be looking for you. Good luck, CU then! 73 Dave K2DH _____ From: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info] On Behalf Of Dimitris Vitorakis Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 1:53 PM To: K1RQG; Moon-Bounces Subject: [Moon] SV1BTR qrv 23cm 0400-0600 July 12 Hello all Just finished working whole day again under the hot sun on 23cm with the new 16ft dish. Optimized everything, getting excellent sun noise of 15db. I will test July 12 04:00-06:00 utc somewhere around 1296.015 or so (hope all works still ok. in tx side after 1 year of absence). Hope to work you! At 06:00 utc, i will go qrt as i have to do ant. & in shack work for 13cm (qrv July 25 or 26 - will update). 73 Jimmy SV1BTR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090711/85527984/attachment.htm From jimmyv at hol.gr Sun Jul 12 10:58:40 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (Dimitris Vitorakis) Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:58:40 +0300 Subject: [Moon] 23cm impressions & qrv status next weekends References: Message-ID: <11CAF89066E94F94807DC4727D71F603@mar.intralot.com> Hello all I was qrv on 23cm this morning with a 20 mins delay as my Kuhne transverter is oscillating... Really big echoes with the 16ft dish and amazing signals in cw from K1RQG 599/589 , SV3AAF 569/579 , K2DH 559/579 , K7XQ 449/559 (Jeff later told me 1/3 of the dish was blocked by tree due to low declination at his moonrise) , SV3AAF in ssb 15 mins chat 55/55 . What a thrill to be back on this Great CW/SSB EME Band! I will be back much more time on 23cm next weekend to meet old & new friends - wll annouce qrv times. July 18 will be active in 2m DUBUS activity event moonrise section (moonset we shall see due to terrible qrn problems) http://www.sm2cew.com/dubus-aw.html July 25 qrv in the respective cw eme event, on 70cm (12*15el. H &12*15el. V array fully completed and main qrm problem solved - similar smaller ones have popped up from other users) http://www.sm2cew.com/dubus-aw-70.html 73 Jimmy SV1BTR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090712/404f66b9/attachment.htm From vihraw1 at gmail.com Sun Jul 12 17:32:09 2009 From: vihraw1 at gmail.com (Barry Wright) Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:32:09 -0600 Subject: [Moon] For Sale: 23cm Down East Microwave Power Amplifier Message-ID: <000001ca0305$ee17d6e0$ca4784a0$@com> I have the following equipment for sale. Down East Microwave Model 2318 PAM Power Amplifier mounted on its heat sink. 1 watt input, 18 watts output. It is no longer in production. Never used, good condition. Price is open, make an offer. MFJ-751B audio filter and power supply. It has a notch and peak mode and with computer software like Spectran, it is quite useful in peaking or nulling a signal. This has very minimal use and was over $100 new. I will sell this for $20.00 more than an agreed price for the 23cm Power Amplifier. Will ship UPS Ground CONUS. Serious only please. Barry - KA7V Oregon - DN14ma KA7V at ARRL.NET From frankddr at tele2.it Sun Jul 12 18:47:18 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Francesco) Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:47:18 +0200 Subject: [Moon] R: 23cm impressions & qrv status next weekends In-Reply-To: <11CAF89066E94F94807DC4727D71F603@mar.intralot.com> Message-ID: Congratulations Jimmy. This is a little prize for your efforts . I wish, one day, to have the possibility to meet you and the other friends on CW/SSB on 1296 Mhz eme. We still in contact. 73' Francesco,IK2DDR -----Messaggio originale----- Da: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info]Per conto di Dimitris Vitorakis Inviato: domenica 12 luglio 2009 9.59 A: K1RQG; Moon-Bounces Cc: Al Katz Oggetto: [Moon] 23cm impressions & qrv status next weekends Hello all I was qrv on 23cm this morning with a 20 mins delay as my Kuhne transverter is oscillating... Really big echoes with the 16ft dish and amazing signals in cw from K1RQG 599/589 , SV3AAF 569/579 , K2DH 559/579 , K7XQ 449/559 (Jeff later told me 1/3 of the dish was blocked by tree due to low declination at his moonrise) , SV3AAF in ssb 15 mins chat 55/55 . What a thrill to be back on this Great CW/SSB EME Band! I will be back much more time on 23cm next weekend to meet old & new friends - wll annouce qrv times. July 18 will be active in 2m DUBUS activity event moonrise section (moonset we shall see due to terrible qrn problems) http://www.sm2cew.com/dubus-aw.html July 25 qrv in the respective cw eme event, on 70cm (12*15el. H &12*15el. V array fully completed and main qrm problem solved - similar smaller ones have popped up from other users) http://www.sm2cew.com/dubus-aw-70.html 73 Jimmy SV1BTR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090712/d7652fe2/attachment.htm From Bruinier at t-online.de Sun Jul 12 20:14:00 2009 From: Bruinier at t-online.de (Johann Bruinier) Date: 12 Jul 2009 18:14 GMT Subject: [Moon] E7 expedition Message-ID: <1MQ3Z8-1Qgp040@fwd05.aul.t-online.de> Just received the following from OK1DFC who has arrived safely at the E77DX operating site in Bosnia-Herzegowina with his team. They are already unloading the equipment and will start the set-up saspo. WX is excellent and they expect internet access by tomorrow morning. The call to be used will be known tmw morning, too. Presently operation will take place according to the schedule published on OK1DFC's website. GL&73 Jan DL9KR. From ha5cw at netscape.net Mon Jul 13 23:17:58 2009 From: ha5cw at netscape.net (ha5cw at netscape.net) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:17:58 -0400 Subject: [Moon] RS1062 / YL1110 Message-ID: <8CBD21687B581FA-116C-1A65@WEBMAIL-DF12.sysops.aol.com> Hi All ! I found an RS1062 tube from Siemens between my boat anchors, but unfortunately I did not find any datasheet to that. The internet advised me that it is equivalent of Mullard's YL1110. It looks tempting for me as it is told to deliver 620 Watts @ 790 MHz in TV transmitters. The problem is that Mullard data sheet tells that the maximal operation frequency is 1215 MHz. Anybody has experience using any of these tubes at 1296 MHz? (Anybody has a surplus socket to that?) 73: Joska -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090713/00d12090/attachment.htm From ik0bzy at libero.it Tue Jul 14 00:51:20 2009 From: ik0bzy at libero.it (ik0bzy at libero.it) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:51:20 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] WTB 2 ports 2m antenna coupler Message-ID: <9721720.300501247525480744.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost> Hello EMErs, I'm looking for a 2 ports 2m antenna coupler for 1,5kw pass thru power. Please let me know 73 de IK0BZY Enrico From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Tue Jul 14 23:02:57 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:02:57 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] E77DX follow up Message-ID: <614.1486-21818-836885429-1247605377@seznam.cz> Hi gang, worked today 36 stations on 144 MHz and 7 stations on 9cm - OK1KIR, OZ6OL, G3LTF, W5LUA, OK1CA, G3LTF dupe, LX1DB today 136cm activity. During CW activity event on Saturday we will be QRV 144 MHz also CW. Regards and looking forward to work many of you. OK1DFC - OK3RM - OK3VM - E77DX team 144 - 432 - 1296 - 2320 - 3400 MHz EME DX pedition From tikaluna at bigpond.com Wed Jul 15 01:29:35 2009 From: tikaluna at bigpond.com (Doug McArthur) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:29:35 +1000 Subject: [Moon] VK3UM July 09 Software updates Message-ID: <20090714232949.QVVY12022.nschwotgx01p.mx.bigpond.com@tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> Hi Gentlemen The following updates are now available for - InterDigitalFilter-Ver 1.67 minor addition to screen for minimising. - VK3UM EMRCalc Ver 6.43 Added ability to reduce EME level to 'proposed Eu values' and below. Additional multiplier facility for rapid value change. - EMECalc\EMECalc-Ver 6.03 Moon noise now included in calculation (may be disabled) UTAS - PI9CAM uW cal file added. Additional WSJT and common bandwidths preset selection Version history may be viewed from program The software in a zip format may be obtained from http://sm2cew.com/download.htm http://www.ve1alq.com/vk3um/ http://www.vk3bez.org/vk3um_software.htm 73 de Doug VK3UM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090715/c945cf92/attachment.htm From dl5mae at yahoo.de Tue Jul 14 23:14:49 2009 From: dl5mae at yahoo.de (Wolfgang Schlaffer) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:14:49 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] DJ5CL NOT QRV 2m EME Message-ID: <169362.20008.qm@web23703.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Hi all, Ingo, DJ5CL, told me not beeing QRV 2m EME and ask everybody to remove his callsign from the database of the JT65 program. He was reported earlier this week (13/7/2009 at 0759 utc) calling CQ off the moon. At this time he was not QRV - he was at work! As DJ5CL is not? subscribed on any EME reflectors I post this message for him. I dont know if the appendix will appear on this mail. It shows his CQ. Please do not send any sked requests to him. vy 73 de DL5MAE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090714/683a96ab/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: DJ5CL.txt Url: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090714/683a96ab/attachment-0001.txt From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Wed Jul 15 08:26:04 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:26:04 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] E77DX change plan Message-ID: <755.1581-2226-136089785-1247639163@seznam.cz> Hello EME gang, we have to change little bit our plan, because one member of our team have to be back in his job on Monday morning. So than we will be tomorrow at 16th of July QRV 1296 MHz than 17th of July 432 MHz 18th of July 1296 MHz again and than on Sunday 19th of July we have wrap up around 06UTC and drive back to home. Thank you for understood. We are now QRV 2320 and worked 12stations, all others are welcome on 2320,100 and 2304,100 Best regards E77DX team Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Wed Jul 15 13:37:42 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:37:42 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] 144 MHz CW activity Message-ID: <749.1583-29788-207696573-1247657862@seznam.cz> we will be also CW QRV on 144 MHz during Saturday window, skeds on e-mail to Zdenek OK3RM ok3rm at ok3rm.cz thanks Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Wed Jul 15 13:47:28 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:47:28 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] E77DX change plan In-Reply-To: <755.1581-2226-136089785-1247639163@seznam.cz> Message-ID: <706.1659-29793-515702576-1247658448@seznam.cz> more info about 144 MHz operation here http://www.ok3rm.cz/?q=node/97 today worked 21 QSOs on 13cm, thanks to all for call and best regards from team E77DX Zdenek OK1DFC ------------ P?vodn? zpr?va ------------ Od: OK1DFC P?edm?t: [Moon] E77DX change plan Datum: 15.7.2009 08:28:03 ---------------------------------------- Hello EME gang, we have to change little bit our plan, because one member of our team have to be back in his job on Monday morning. So than we will be tomorrow at 16th of July QRV 1296 MHz than 17th of July 432 MHz 18th of July 1296 MHz again and than on Sunday 19th of July we have wrap up around 06UTC and drive back to home. Thank you for understood. We are now QRV 2320 and worked 12stations, all others are welcome on 2320,100 and 2304,100 Best regards E77DX team Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz _______________________________________________ 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 Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Thu Jul 16 03:34:54 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:34:54 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] E7 Message-ID: <795.1657-32325-298171259-1247708094@seznam.cz> Hi EME gang, we are in E77DX QTH and working on station, expecting test units during Monday regards Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Thu Jul 16 04:05:29 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:05:29 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] E77DX need help Message-ID: <755.1586-4627-717982120-1247709929@seznam.cz> Hi all, specially in S5, HA and 9A close to our QTH, unfortunately due to bad sequencing we lost LNA for 144 MHz with ATF 54143. We are looking for any possibility to drive somewhere close to JN84IX and repair. Can anybody help? If yes please drop me SMS on +420603489480 and I will call you back, thanks in advance. On 1296 MHz very good echo and good signals, looking forward to many of you during morning, we are still ready and expecting to be QRV full window. Already worked 12 QSO for while. Best regards team E77DX Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz From pchomins at san.rr.com Thu Jul 16 07:42:51 2009 From: pchomins at san.rr.com (Paul Chominski) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:42:51 -0700 Subject: [Moon] E77DX change plan References: <706.1659-29793-515702576-1247658448@seznam.cz> Message-ID: <005101ca05d8$429423c0$6401a8c0@your7008ffa13b> Zdenek, Unfortunately I have very busy period at work. I can not be QRV before Saturday. GL 73 Paul WA6PY ----- Original Message ----- From: "OK1DFC" To: "OK1DFC" Cc: "moonbounceboard" ; Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:47 AM Subject: Re: [Moon] E77DX change plan more info about 144 MHz operation here http://www.ok3rm.cz/?q=node/97 today worked 21 QSOs on 13cm, thanks to all for call and best regards from team E77DX Zdenek OK1DFC ------------ P?vodn? zpr?va ------------ Od: OK1DFC P?edm?t: [Moon] E77DX change plan Datum: 15.7.2009 08:28:03 ---------------------------------------- Hello EME gang, we have to change little bit our plan, because one member of our team have to be back in his job on Monday morning. So than we will be tomorrow at 16th of July QRV 1296 MHz than 17th of July 432 MHz 18th of July 1296 MHz again and than on Sunday 19th of July we have wrap up around 06UTC and drive back to home. Thank you for understood. We are now QRV 2320 and worked 12stations, all others are welcome on 2320,100 and 2304,100 Best regards E77DX team Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz _______________________________________________ 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 Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz _______________________________________________ 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 g3ltf at btinternet.com Thu Jul 16 09:33:04 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:33:04 +0100 Subject: [Moon] E77DX is QRV on 1296 Message-ID: <00E2BD04B82D42C5A57BA97CB8BDB48B@D7BX6Z0J> GM all, E77DX is QRV on 23cm at the moment he is a nice signal on 1296.040 and is 549 here. GL 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090716/9abfbcb2/attachment.htm From jewell at btinternet.com Thu Jul 16 11:44:31 2009 From: jewell at btinternet.com (SAM JEWELL) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:44:31 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] E77DX is QRV on 1296 In-Reply-To: <00E2BD04B82D42C5A57BA97CB8BDB48B@D7BX6Z0J> References: <00E2BD04B82D42C5A57BA97CB8BDB48B@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: <921218.92620.qm@web87015.mail.ird.yahoo.com> My thanks to Zdenek (yet again!) for a new DXCC and initial. I had to work Zdenek in JT65C as he was not audible with me, so CW was a non-starter. Interestingly, the difference in reports is quite marked. Zdenek was -25 with me whilst I received a -19 report. Zdenek said I was speaker copy. Al, Howard and Willi were all big signals with me, so although I may have been 1dB down on normal, 6dB report difference (backed by the difference in audibility) seems to indicate something else. I am wondering if there was some asymmetric path loss involved as all else seemed OK? Maybe Zdenek has 'bats' ears................ Thanks Zdenek. Keep cool over there. 73 de Sam, G4DDK Just musing and quietly pleased at another contact!! ________________________________ From: peter blair To: moonbounceboard ; freetalk moonnet Sent: Thursday, 16 July, 2009 8:33:04 AM Subject: [Moon] E77DX is QRV on 1296 GM all, E77DX is QRV on 23cm at the moment he is a nice signal on 1296.040 and is 549 here. GL 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090716/ee081d08/attachment.htm From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Thu Jul 16 11:45:36 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:45:36 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] E77DX need help In-Reply-To: <755.1586-4627-717982120-1247709929@seznam.cz> Message-ID: <670.1498-10233-1194877398-1247737536@seznam.cz> Guys thanks to everybody who was trying to help us, problem fix by Marko S57UUU BIG thanks from all members of E77DX team ------------ P?vodn? zpr?va ------------ Od: OK1DFC P?edm?t: E77DX need help Datum: 16.7.2009 04:05:29 ---------------------------------------- Hi all, specially in S5, HA and 9A close to our QTH, unfortunately due to bad sequencing we lost LNA for 144 MHz with ATF 54143. We are looking for any possibility to drive somewhere close to JN84IX and repair. Can anybody help? If yes please drop me SMS on +420603489480 and I will call you back, thanks in advance. On 1296 MHz very good echo and good signals, looking forward to many of you during morning, we are still ready and expecting to be QRV full window. Already worked 12 QSO for while. Best regards team E77DX Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz From jewell at btinternet.com Thu Jul 16 14:04:21 2009 From: jewell at btinternet.com (SAM JEWELL) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:04:21 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] E77DX is QRV on 1296 In-Reply-To: <00E2BD04B82D42C5A57BA97CB8BDB48B@D7BX6Z0J> References: <00E2BD04B82D42C5A57BA97CB8BDB48B@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: <379578.30215.qm@web87005.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Thank you to Petros and others who have responded to my comments. It seems like there may have been asymmetry in the QSO, but why is not clear. In my case the dish was very clear of any surrounding trees etc, so ground/tree noise would not have been the reason. My pie tin choke ring definitely improves the sun/CS ratio and doesn't appear to adversely affect the transmit gain as signal reports are, if anything, slightly up. I wouldn't necessarily have expected this. With all the trade-offs involved I find it difficult to home in on one particular reason for the apparent (maybe that all it is?) asymmetry of the reports, given known system performances! Fascinating stuff! 73 de Sam, G4DDK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090716/27677726/attachment.htm From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Fri Jul 17 14:05:00 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:05:00 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] last day activity on 432 up E77DX Message-ID: <687.1501-13154-1150303901-1247832300@seznam.cz> Hi EME gang, according many requests received from you, we will be last Saturday day QRV 1296 MHz. We are expecting to be QRV whole EME window and than start to dismantling dish and everything 432 up. 144 MHz will be QRV up to Sunday Moon set. For all skeds we will be again on HB9Q chat and N0UK for 144 MHz. On 144 MHz we are expecting to join CW activity event. Best regards from overheat E7 , daily 38?C - 100?F. E77DX team Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz From oz1hne at post8.tele.dk Fri Jul 17 20:33:46 2009 From: oz1hne at post8.tele.dk (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgen_Kristiansen?=) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:33:46 +0200 Subject: [Moon] OZ1HNE QRV 144MHz DUBUS CW EME Event, Message-ID: <007201ca070d$2016b9d0$85ef3e50@privatqvfgt3vl> Hi EME'ers, I will be QRV tomorrow 18. July in both parts of the 144MHz DUBUS CW EME Event at 0200 - 0500 UTC. and 1100 - 1400 UTC. Good luck to all and I hope to hear a lot of signals on the band. If any stations would like to try a sked with me the comming days, please send me a mail. 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I will be QRV tomorrow?18. July?in both parts of the 144MHz?DUBUS CW EME Event at?0200 - 0500 UTC. and?1100 -?1400 UTC. Good luck to all and I hope to hear a lot of signals on the band. ? If any stations would like?to try a?sked with me the comming days, please?send me a mail. ? Best 73, OZ1HNE Jorgen. 8 x 8 elm. crossyagi's H / V and 8877. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Good luck to all...enjoing? the event ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 73 Valter IK1FJI ________________________________ Da: J?rgen Kristiansen A: Moon- Net ; moon at moonbounce.info Inviato: Venerd? 17 luglio 2009, 20:33:46 Oggetto: [Moon] OZ1HNE QRV 144MHz DUBUS CW EME Event, Hi EME'ers, ? I will be QRV tomorrow?18. July?in both parts of the 144MHz?DUBUS CW EME Event at?0200 - 0500 UTC. and?1100 -?1400 UTC. Good luck to all and I hope to hear a lot of signals on the band. If any stations would like?to try a?sked with me the comming days, please?send me a mail. Best 73, OZ1HNE Jorgen. 8 x 8 elm. crossyagi's H / V and 8877.? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Technicians of the observatory will try to solve the problem but may be too late for the weekend. Meanwhile we managed to manually feed the computer with moon data once a minute but that is difficult too. We managed to work JA4BLC, VK5MC, OE9ERC, OZ6OL and E77DX. Also heard 9A5AA calling us with pretty good signals at times. Signals were up and down mainly because of poor tracking. We will try to resume activity during the remainder of today's moontime with manual tracking. We check HB9Q-chat. 73 de Ben SM6CKU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090718/6ba71b41/attachment.htm From dl5mae at yahoo.de Sat Jul 18 16:39:29 2009 From: dl5mae at yahoo.de (Wolfgang Schlaffer) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:39:29 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] DUBUS LOG Message-ID: <810631.79091.qm@web23708.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Hi Peter, Hi All, here my small DUBUS log from July 18th: 1130 utc? LA8YB??????? O/O 1313??????? OZ1HNE???? O/O 1346?????? IK2DDR?????? O/O got QRZs? from YO2AMU and IT9CJC hrd : F0CXO, I3EVK, OK1MS, KB8RQ Sorry only QRV short time due to: 1. first part DL5MAE sleeping 2. QRL reasons during 2nd part 3. WX very very bad and I had to go QRT after QSO with Francesco (IK2DDR) because ??? S9 plus 40 rain static in the 2nd leg Vy 73 de DL5MAE Wolfgang -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090718/95adcf90/attachment.htm From g3ltf at btinternet.com Sat Jul 18 17:11:33 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:11:33 +0100 Subject: [Moon] Well Done E77DX! Message-ID: I guess Zdenek and the team are now packing up. I know they made a lot of QSOs on all the bands from 9cm to 2m and I was delighted to work them on 9,13,23 and 70cm. Thanks guys for a really interesting EME dxpedition and have a safe journey home. 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090718/b6c0cb61/attachment.htm From ben at parabolic.se Sat Jul 18 19:09:05 2009 From: ben at parabolic.se (SM6CKU) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:09:05 +0200 Subject: [Moon] SK6OSO Sunday Message-ID: <8B32B4B03D0D4BAEBF516E97258E30C5@PSAB2007> Hello again Our manual tracking worked much better today (than early morning) and we worked some 30 plus stations. We will resume operation around 0500z Sunday morning. There have been several operators keying today and now they are stuck with EME! Many on the moon for the first time ever. Our project leader SM6GXV has done a good job and we already plan for next year.... Cu tmw 73 de Ben -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sorry for all the stations that were calling me but the static electricity made the S-meter moving up to S-7 or more. Also outside temperature was 36 C and in shack it was more! CU in August. 73 de Doru,YO2AMU. _________________________________________________________________ Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/events.aspx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090718/0f14b0b2/attachment.htm From john at sygonnex.co.za Sun Jul 19 09:10:59 2009 From: john at sygonnex.co.za (John Sygo) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:10:59 +0200 Subject: [Moon] ZS6JON Event July Message-ID: Good Day to you all. I was active for the first leg on the CW activity day. Heard quite a few signals around: LA8,YO2. What an adrenalin rush to try and pick out the CW call signs from the noise. Worked Jimmy SV1BTR just after the cut off time. Big signal Jimmy. I was not active during the second leg as my Moon elevation was very low and I have a hill in that direction. I only have QRP at this stage but working on changing that situation at the moment. After many emails and SMS contacts I would like to thank Jimmy SV1BTR for all his advice and guidance to get up and running on CW EME this weekend. He is truly inspirational and his dedication to CW EME can only be admired. I will definitely be there for the next CW EME weekend hopefully with a little more power. Thank you to all those who organized this event. 73 John ZS6JON 4 x 10 element X Yagi 250W From g3ltf at btinternet.com Sun Jul 19 10:10:35 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:10:35 +0100 Subject: [Moon] SK6OSO Message-ID: <401A975465EC42ECAC9C4379189F43EF@D7BX6Z0J> SK6OSO is a great signal here again today on 1296.050, peaking over 20dB in 500Hz bandwidth, I would think they would be workable by quite small systems. 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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090719/aa401cb3/attachment.htm From frankddr at tele2.it Sun Jul 19 18:12:39 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Francesco) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:12:39 +0200 Subject: [Moon] R: ZS6JON Event July In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello John, i'm really happy to read your words. CW eme is exactly, as you say, "an adrenalin rush to try and pick out the CW call signs from the noise" and this happens also after many years of eme activity. You are welcome and i wish to hear your signal, maybe since august "Dubus 2m cw eme event". About Jimmy, SV1BTR, over a good friend, he is really an ham radio in the pure sense of the word. See the work that he has done in the years, building and rebuilding eme systems, with the target to improve his station. Over that, he is always available on helping the friends, like you and me. 73' Francesco,IK2DDR -----Messaggio originale----- Da: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info]Per conto di John Sygo Inviato: domenica 19 luglio 2009 8.11 A: moon at moonbounce.info Cc: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net Oggetto: [Moon] ZS6JON Event July Good Day to you all. I was active for the first leg on the CW activity day. Heard quite a few signals around: LA8,YO2. What an adrenalin rush to try and pick out the CW call signs from the noise. Worked Jimmy SV1BTR just after the cut off time. Big signal Jimmy. I was not active during the second leg as my Moon elevation was very low and I have a hill in that direction. I only have QRP at this stage but working on changing that situation at the moment. After many emails and SMS contacts I would like to thank Jimmy SV1BTR for all his advice and guidance to get up and running on CW EME this weekend. He is truly inspirational and his dedication to CW EME can only be admired. I will definitely be there for the next CW EME weekend hopefully with a little more power. Thank you to all those who organized this event. 73 John ZS6JON 4 x 10 element X Yagi 250W _______________________________________________ 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 sp7dcs at wp.pl Sun Jul 19 19:53:10 2009 From: sp7dcs at wp.pl (Chris SP7DCS) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:53:10 +0200 Subject: [Moon] 2m dubus event result Message-ID: <4A635D86.20605@wp.pl> Hello, Thanks a lot for good fun on 2m band. I had to quit 1h earlier becouse of very strong wind. Many thanks for E77DX team for 2m CW sked and new dxcc for me in 10min qso. Congratulations for them for fabulous multi band eme expedition. Unfortunatelly I could not get on 23cm to work them due to technical problems. 2m event log: 18.07.09 02:30 SV1BTR 559/559 10p SV1 " :40 IK2DDR O/RO 10 IK2 " :47 SM2CEW 549/559 10 SM2 " :54 LA8YB 559/559 10 LA8 " 03:03 PE1LWT O/RO 10 PE1 " :32 OZ1HNE 559/0-559 10 OZ1 " :42 YO2AMU 549/529 10 YO2 " 04:06 F0CXO 559/RO 10 F0 " 11:07 I3EVK RO/O 10 I3 " :21 KB9RQ 579/559 10 KB8 " :26 K9DX 549/549 10 K9 " 12:12 DK3EE RO/O 10 DK3 Total score: 120x12=1440points Heard and called: OK1MS, SV3AAF I hope to be on next month and work more stations. 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 From ok1tehlist at seznam.cz Sun Jul 19 21:40:39 2009 From: ok1tehlist at seznam.cz (=?us-ascii?Q?OK1TEH=20Petrzilka?=) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:40:39 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] Any new station for EME sked? In-Reply-To: <401A975465EC42ECAC9C4379189F43EF@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: <19098.29039-19785-1752788093-1248032439@seznam.cz> Hi all After some time I'm fully back on EME on 2m, 70 and 23cm with QRP(P): 2m: [950W JT65, 1000W CW] PA + 10el dk7zb + 0,4dB NF LNA 70cm: [400W JT65, 750W CW] PA + 23el dk7zb + 0,4dB NF LNA 23cm [250W JT65, 300W CW] PA + 17,5dBd dish + 0,8dB NF LNA I have time for CW or JT65 sked during whole week, I just prefer 23cm JT65 test during evening or morning because of temperature problems. BTW during this weekend I saw on 70cm K2UYH -18dB and I1NDP -20dB. Wanted are: NC1I, W7AMI, ZS6WAB, K3MF, K4EME, S53RM, ... 73 Matej, OK1TEH From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Mon Jul 20 13:26:48 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:26:48 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] E77DX close Message-ID: <793.1604-13706-1298524020-1248089208@seznam.cz> Hi EME gang, we are all at home and join relax after hectic last week in E7. We are preparing now more details and pictures for EME news letters 144 by Bernd and also 432 MHz up by Al. Thank you to all for call and QSO. We were proud to give a chance to work with Bosnia and Herzegovina to everyone who was interesting and had a time to follow our hectic plan. We have to apologize our traffic on Staurday because after hot week with temperatures around 38?C comes heavy wind storm and heavy thunderstorm which stop our traffic for whole end of Saturday. We were happy that systems survive. Also we are apologize temporary breaks in our traffic in morning hours culpable by black outs on distribution electric nets in Bosnia. So best regards from team Zdenek OK3RM, Vaclav OK3VM and myself and we are looking forward for other pedition in next year, probably in other "DXCC EME exotic" countries. 73! Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz From vladimir.masek at volny.cz Mon Jul 20 15:06:54 2009 From: vladimir.masek at volny.cz (vladimir.masek at volny.cz) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:06:54 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] =?iso-8859-2?q?=5BMoon-net=5D_E77DX_close?= In-Reply-To: <793.1604-13706-1298524020-1248089208@seznam.cz> References: <793.1604-13706-1298524020-1248089208@seznam.cz> Message-ID: <9434efa8b7655ec6d8f8fd77832a4604@www3-mail.volny.cz> Hi both Zdeneks and Vaclav ! Mni sincere tnx for great expedition. It was excellent hard work in the hot sun bakery conditions !! Hope all the EME comunity enjoyed this really hectic week on five EME bands with satisfaction ! Vy 73 from Vlada, Tonda & Jan at OK1KIR EMR ----- P?VODN? ZPR?VA ----- Od: "OK1DFC" Komu: "moonbounceboard" , moon at moonbounce.info P?edm?t: [Moon-net] E77DX close Datum: 20.7.2009 - 13:26:48 > Hi EME gang, > we are all at home and join relax after hectic last > week in E7. We are preparing now more details and > pictures for EME news letters 144 by Bernd and also > 432 MHz up by Al. > Thank you to all for call and QSO. We were proud to > give a chance to work with Bosnia and Herzegovina > to everyone who was interesting and had a time to > follow our hectic plan. We have to apologize our traffic > on Staurday because after hot week with temperatures > around 38?C comes heavy wind storm and heavy thunderstorm > which stop our traffic for whole end of Saturday. > We were happy that systems survive. Also we are apologize > temporary breaks in our traffic in morning hours culpable > by black outs on distribution electric nets in Bosnia. > So best regards from team Zdenek OK3RM, Vaclav OK3VM > and myself and we are looking forward for other pedition > in next year, probably in other "DXCC EME exotic" > countries. > > 73! > > > Zdenek - OK1DFC > www.ok1dfc.com > QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME > QRO and 10m DISH > WAC 432 - 1296 MHz > > _______________________________________________ > Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are > at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html > From john at sygonnex.co.za Mon Jul 20 16:15:05 2009 From: john at sygonnex.co.za (John Sygo) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:15:05 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Yeasu FT 736 mod Message-ID: Good day all. Has anyone got information on modifying a Yaesu Ft 736 for separate RX and TX lines. Maybe there is a web site with the info?? Thanks 73 John ZS6JON From jewell at btinternet.com Mon Jul 20 16:19:33 2009 From: jewell at btinternet.com (SAM JEWELL) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:19:33 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] E77DX close In-Reply-To: <9434efa8b7655ec6d8f8fd77832a4604@www3-mail.volny.cz> References: <793.1604-13706-1298524020-1248089208@seznam.cz> <9434efa8b7655ec6d8f8fd77832a4604@www3-mail.volny.cz> Message-ID: <94321.57486.qm@web87002.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Folks, May I just add my thanks to those already given for a great EME expedition and thanks for the new DXCC. I'm sure the whole team is glad to be safely home and a bit cooler! 73 de Sam, G4DDK ________________________________ From: "vladimir.masek at volny.cz" To: OK1DFC Cc: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net; moon at moonbounce.info Sent: Monday, 20 July, 2009 2:06:54 PM Subject: Re: [Moon-net] E77DX close Hi both Zdeneks and Vaclav ! Mni sincere tnx for great expedition. It was excellent hard work in the hot sun bakery conditions !! Hope all the EME comunity enjoyed this really hectic week on five EME bands with satisfaction ! Vy 73 from Vlada, Tonda & Jan at OK1KIR EMR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090720/38fb69e0/attachment.html From john at sygonnex.co.za Mon Jul 20 20:58:49 2009 From: john at sygonnex.co.za (John Sygo) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:58:49 +0200 Subject: [Moon] High Voltage Caps Message-ID: Good Day. Is there anyone that has 1nf @ 7.5kv caps in there junk box?? Please email me. Thankyou 73 John ZS6JON From eme_ww2r at g4fre.com Tue Jul 21 06:08:10 2009 From: eme_ww2r at g4fre.com (eme) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:08:10 -0500 Subject: [Moon] WW2R weekend 1296MHz activity In-Reply-To: <877857.85562.qm@web87007.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Jul 17 . Put 1296 feed back on the dish to work the E7 expedition. Jul 18. Having awoken at 0430 as soon as the Texas storm finished, I found that they were just going QRT due to high winds, so missed new country. However I did work GW3XYW, SK6ASA (#111) K2DH, K2UYH and heard CT1DMK on CW . Jul 19 worked G4CBW (#112) and G4DZU on JT65. Heard 9A5AA and WA8RJF on cw but not loud enough to complete QSO Jul 20 To celebrate the real Apollo 11 Anniversary worked G4DDK on CW(CW #96) with good signals for a 3m to 2.3m dish QSO. Also tried some new digital modes, of which more results later. Dave WW2R -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090720/4a78415c/attachment.htm From guenter.koellner at nsn.com Tue Jul 21 10:15:18 2009 From: guenter.koellner at nsn.com (Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich)) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:15:18 +0200 Subject: [Moon] (?) Technical background of moon landing Message-ID: Hello, du to a somewhat current theme, we were discussing the technical background of the moon landing 40 years ago. We've heard voices from the astronauts, we've seen many pictures, and we even heard that the computer crashed short before the landing. But, because that is our business, how did the telemetry come to earth? Today you would take a sensor, AD converter, packet transmission and so on. How and which channels did they transmit? Does anyone know a block schematic? 73, G?nter (dl4mea) -------------- n?chster Teil -------------- Ein Dateianhang mit HTML-Daten wurde abgetrennt... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090721/813e96e6/attachment.htm From jewell at btinternet.com Tue Jul 21 20:47:06 2009 From: jewell at btinternet.com (SAM JEWELL) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:47:06 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] More JT4 TESTS WITH SMALL DISHES ON 23CM EME Message-ID: <354042.37256.qm@web87011.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Folks, A follow up to yesterday's JT4 tests with WW2R, off the moon, on 23cm System here up to 200W and 2.3 meter dish. Mostly around 150W output for JT modes System at WW2R. Up to 400W and 3.0 m dish. Mostly operated around 200W output for JT modes We resolved the timing issue between us. Dont rely on using the sync built into windows XP, although it wasn't that which prevented decodes on JT4G yesterday. Still no decodes on JT4G today. Path degradation at its lowest today according to Moonsked. Dave's signal very visible on SpecJT even at 200W output. CW would have been difficult (for me at least) Changing to JT65C decodes were close to 100%. A full QSO with lots of short random messages very successful. We then changed to JT4E. This time it worked almost 100%. Full QSO on JT4E Initial Conclusions The new JT4G decoder doesn't seem to be extending the detection threshold to -23dB for 23cm EME. Since our best reports were about -17 and averaging -20dB for this part of the session it is perhaps not surprising JT4G didn't supply any decodes (either direction). JT4E extends the detector to about -19dB. This seems to have been confirmed by the success on this mode today. Maybe, although we don't see the spread so much on SpecJT, the JT4G (and other 4 modes) were actually spread more than is visible? Maybe the problem is the doppler on the signal? The QSO took place about one hour after transit here. My doppler would have been close to maximum. Although the spreading may have been low, it was almost impossible with the TS2KX RIT to keep the traces vertical. The doppler drift would have led to apparent 'spread' of about 50Hz from the start of the over until the end. I haven't calculated the actual doppler at transit plus 1 hour yet. So, most interesting. When Skype (used to co-ord our activity) dropped out at Dave's end JT4E provided the only reliable link between us so lots of short messages carried without error! Clearly, 23cm digital modes EME is quite viable between small backyard dishes of 2.3m and 3m diameter with modern low noise preamps and around 150 to 200W RF (in the shack)! At low degradation times of the month even CW will work well between these size dishes and system parameters. 73 de Sam, G4DDK and Dave, WW2R -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090721/807f8c7b/attachment.htm From k1mk at alum.mit.edu Tue Jul 21 23:09:24 2009 From: k1mk at alum.mit.edu (Michael Keane K1MK) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:09:24 -0400 Subject: [Moon] (?) Technical background of moon landing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A662E84.4000408@alum.mit.edu> On 7/21/2009 4:15 AM, Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich) wrote: Hello, du to a somewhat current theme, we were discussing the technical background of the moon landing 40 years ago. We've heard voices from the astronauts, we've seen many pictures, and we even heard that the computer crashed short before the landing. But, because that is our business, how did the telemetry come to earth? Today you would take a sensor, AD converter, packet transmission and so on. How and which channels did they transmit? Does anyone know a block schematic? 73, G?nter (dl4mea) Try these: Apollo experience report: Lunar module communications system Apollo experience report: Command and service module communications subsystem Apollo experience report: Voice communications techniques and performance Apollo experience report: S-band system signal design and analysis 73, Mike K1KM From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Wed Jul 22 14:18:09 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:18:09 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] E77DX more info Message-ID: <687.1505-10168-1785525425-1248265089@seznam.cz> more info http://www.ok1dfc.com/Peditions/E7/e7.htm and gallery http://www.ok1dfc.com/Peditions/E7/galle/e77dx.html regards Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz From jimmyv at hol.gr Wed Jul 22 15:10:11 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (jimmyv at hol.gr) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:10:11 +0300 Subject: [Moon] Last weekend report & plans in the coming one Message-ID: <20090722161011.5ki8y43fr4sg0ckg@easymail-app.hol.gr> Moonbounce Friends This is my latest cw activity report: 2m: first of all I would like to give a warm welcome to ZS6JON to cw eme. John is a keen vhf/uhf/shf enthusiast and a homebrewer. He had his 1st qso with me on July 18 with a good signal for his 210w output at the time. We are in close communication in improving his station rx chain and this will take place in the next 2 weeks. He is working on a 2m amp and by ARRL Contest he will have good pwr. I was qrv on random in the DUBUS event of July, full 3hrs time in 1st slot and 30 mins in 2nd slot (due to horrible qrn). Since last year I have measured an increase of 4db in the noise floor in whole moon travel due to 22KV lines surrounding me now hi, and at moonset it is impossible to receive in summer months below 30 degrees elevation. As all challenges, I am working on it, of course the national electricity company is totally indifferent in washing the insulators and lines which have been identified years ago and reported to them. Vy good activity again, worked were the following 18 new & old friends: OZ1HNE 559/559 LA8YB 559/569 IK2DDR 439/539 SP7DCS 559/559 UA3PTW 539/559 YO2AMU 569/569 SM2CEW 569/569 IK1FJI 559/549 JM1GSH O/RO SV3AAF 539/559 PE1LWT O/RO F0CXO 559/559 DL7VR # RO/O OK1MS 559/559 ZS6JON in sked O/RO K9DX 559/569 G4ZFJ # O/RO and on Sunday with fb signal E77DX in sked O/RO (they were 1KHz high in frequency on Saturday and did not search that far). 1296: was on only for 10 mins on Saturday and worked E77DX on random with massive signal 569/549. Actually their signal was an easy 579 they sounded like a vy big dish...well done! July 25 I will be qrv on random for the DUBUS 70cm cw eme activity event for the 1st slot full time and 2nd slot for lesser as I have too low elevation at the time. http://www.sm2cew.com/dubus-aw-70.html 13cm station is completed, but no available time to try it coming Sunday. Big thank you to all & 73 Jimmy SV1BTR From oz1hne at post8.tele.dk Wed Jul 22 20:46:54 2009 From: oz1hne at post8.tele.dk (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgen_Kristiansen?=) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:46:54 +0200 Subject: [Moon] OZ1HNE 144MHz DUBUS CW EME Event result, Message-ID: <001001ca0afc$ca196a20$732df23e@privatqvfgt3vl> Hi EME'ers I was QRV full time in the first part of the July Event and second part was very difficult because of heavy rain with strong static noise (thanks for patience and sorry for all my QRZ). I found very good activity with deep QSB on the signals. I worked the following 17 QSO' on random: 18/7 2009: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0207 SV1BTR RO/O (559/559) SV1 0230 IK2DDR O/O IK2 0237 YO2AMU O/RO (529/529) YO2 0250 UA3PTW O/RO UA3 0319 SM2CEW O/O SM2 0332 SP7DCS O/RO (559/559) SP7 0411 DL7HR O/O DL7 0430 F0CXO O/RO (529/559) F0 0444 SV3AAF RO/O SV3 0455 OK1MS O/O OK1 1115 LA8YB RO/O (559/559) LA8 1132 KB8RQ O/RO (559/559) KB8 1143 I3EVK O/RO (539/O) I3 1226 K9DX RO/O (539/O) K9 1252 IT9CJC O/RO IT9 1301 CT1HZE O/RO CT1 1314 DL5MAE O/RO DL5 Thanks to all for the QSO's. It was great fun as always meeting friends this way in our hobby. I look forward to the next DUBUS CW EME Event in August. Best 73, OZ1HNE Jorgen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090722/14758460/attachment.html From frankddr at tele2.it Thu Jul 23 08:09:43 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Francesco) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:09:43 +0200 Subject: [Moon] R: OZ1HNE 144MHz DUBUS CW EME Event result, In-Reply-To: <001001ca0afc$ca196a20$732df23e@privatqvfgt3vl> Message-ID: Congratulations Jorgen really a beautuful result. After so many years, for me is always a pleasure to work you on 2m cw eme. See you again. 73' Francesco,IK2DDR -----Messaggio originale----- Da: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info]Per conto di J?rgen Kristiansen Inviato: mercoled? 22 luglio 2009 19.47 A: Moon- Net; moon at moonbounce.info Oggetto: [Moon] OZ1HNE 144MHz DUBUS CW EME Event result, Hi EME'ers I was QRV full time in the first part of the July Event and second part was very difficult because of heavy rain with strong static noise (thanks for patience and sorry for all my QRZ). I found very good activity with deep QSB on the signals. I worked the following 17 QSO' on random: 18/7 2009: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- 0207 SV1BTR RO/O (559/559) SV1 0230 IK2DDR O/O IK2 0237 YO2AMU O/RO (529/529) YO2 0250 UA3PTW O/RO UA3 0319 SM2CEW O/O SM2 0332 SP7DCS O/RO (559/559) SP7 0411 DL7HR O/O DL7 0430 F0CXO O/RO (529/559) F0 0444 SV3AAF RO/O SV3 0455 OK1MS O/O OK1 1115 LA8YB RO/O (559/559) LA8 1132 KB8RQ O/RO (559/559) KB8 1143 I3EVK O/RO (539/O) I3 1226 K9DX RO/O (539/O) K9 1252 IT9CJC O/RO IT9 1301 CT1HZE O/RO CT1 1314 DL5MAE O/RO DL5 Thanks to all for the QSO's. It was great fun as always meeting friends this way in our hobby. I look forward to the next DUBUS CW EME Event in August. Best 73, OZ1HNE Jorgen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Mike JH1KRC ---- "Koellner wrote: > Hello, > > du to a somewhat current theme, we were discussing the technical background of the moon landing 40 years ago. We've heard voices from the astronauts, we've seen many pictures, and we even heard that the computer crashed short before the landing. > > But, because that is our business, how did the telemetry come to earth? Today you would take a sensor, AD converter, packet transmission and so on. How and which channels did they transmit? Does anyone know a block schematic? > > 73, G?nter (dl4mea) > From g3ltf at btinternet.com Fri Jul 24 11:24:12 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:24:12 +0100 Subject: [Moon] c37dxu 432MHz Message-ID: Looking at the web page http://www.eme2008.org/c37dxu/ the emphasis is all on JT65B operation, does anyone know if there will be any 432 CW operation, in particular on the 27th July. I really would like to work C3 for my 432 DXCC (currently70). At the current rate of progress I should get there when I'm about 86! 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090724/6c68a83c/attachment.htm From sv3aaf at yahoo.com Fri Jul 24 14:23:38 2009 From: sv3aaf at yahoo.com (SV3AAF Petros) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:23:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Moon] c37dxu 432MHz & DXCC Message-ID: <366.24516.qm@web59108.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Hi Peter, Well, 86 yrs old to get 70cm dxcc in cw, justifies why we cw ops are being called dinosaurs :-) by jt65 stations. It takes them 2-3 yrs max. to get a 2m dxcc (with no mode reference). Therefore still young and restless in the pursuit of the 6m-2m-70cm-23cm exotic '' loggers deep search paperwork''...hi hi 73, Petros sv3aaf --- On Fri, 7/24/09, peter blair wrote: From: peter blair Subject: [Moon] c37dxu 432MHz To: "moonbounceboard" , "freetalk moonnet" Date: Friday, July 24, 2009, 12:24 PM Looking at the web page http://www.eme2008.org/c37dxu/? the emphasis is all on JT65B operation, does anyone know if there will be any 432 CW operation, in particular on the 27th July. I really would like to work C3 for my 432 DXCC (currently70). At the current rate of progress I should get there when I'm about 86! 73 Peter G3LTF -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090724/0e208dca/attachment.htm From ve2zaz at yahoo.ca Fri Jul 24 16:24:56 2009 From: ve2zaz at yahoo.ca (Bert, VE2ZAZ) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:24:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Moon] Correction: VE2ZAZ QRV on 432MHz Saturday 0000z to 0200z Message-ID: <647818.77013.qm@web34807.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello to all, Correction on QRV time. 0200z is the LOS time in FN25. I will be QRV Saturday 0000z to 0200z (Friday evening local) on 432.018 CW and hope to meet larger N.A and Asia/Pacific stations. I can also do JT-65B if no CW is heard. Moon conditions are best so it should favor my smaller station. I will monitor the HB9Q 432MHz reflector while active. Hope to hear something! Station is 4 x 4.3wl DK7ZB beams, 0.3dB NF preamp and 300W. 73 Bert, VE2ZAZ http://ve2zaz.net __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. From frankddr at tele2.it Sat Jul 25 17:39:37 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Franco) Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:39:37 +0200 Subject: [Moon] IK2DDR 144MHz DUBUS CW EME Event:final result of july In-Reply-To: <392891.70850.qm@web59102.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Excuse me for the delay, but unfortunately last week i had some other things where concentrate my free time. Anyway the following is my activity during july Dubus 2m cw eme activity event. Thanks to the organizers and to all the partecipants. My Call: IK2DDR CATEGORY: C Date Time Call Rprt S Rprt R QSO Pts Multiplier 18/07/09 02:04 LA8BY RO O 10 LA8 18/07/09 02:24 SV1BTR 539 439 10 SV1 18/07/09 02:31 OZ1HNE RO O 10 OZ1 18/07/09 02:40 SP7DCS RO O 10 SP7 18/07/09 03:15 YO2AMU RO O 10 YO2 18/07/09 03:38 SM2CEW O RO 10 SM2 18/07/09 04:11 OK1MS RO O 10 OK1 18/07/09 04:24 SV3AAF O RO 10 SV3 18/07/09 04:40 F0CXO O RO 10 F0 18/07/09 11:00 I3EVK RO O 10 I3 18/07/09 11:43 KB8RQ 559 559 10 KB8 18/07/09 11:52 K9DX O RO 10 K9 18/07/09 13:34 IT9CJC RO O 10 IT9 18/07/09 13:47 DL5MAE O RO 10 DL5 Score: 14 QSO = 140 X 14 Multipl.=1960 points RIG HERE TXIC275H +8877 RX SM5BSZ WSE CONVERTERS+LINRAD + MGF1801+NORTON=36db ANT4X19 LOG LOOP YAGI (I3DLI) ONLY H POL. 73' Francesco,IK2DDR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I hear them now in a sked with DK1KJG and they have come up 800Hz higher from earlier. Thank you & GL to the C37DXU team! 73 Jimmy SV1BTR From i5wbe at i5wbe.it Sun Jul 26 20:29:05 2009 From: i5wbe at i5wbe.it (Enrico Baldacci) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:29:05 +0000 Subject: [Moon] c37dxu 70cm In-Reply-To: <91D735D7150C4B1FB8FA9EE5F04CB8E6@mar.intralot.com> References: <91D735D7150C4B1FB8FA9EE5F04CB8E6@mar.intralot.com> Message-ID: <4A6CA071.3080000@i5wbe.it> Congratulations Jimmy for your NEW country and I think also NEW ONE SV-C3 73' de Enrico i5wbe Dimitris Vitorakis ha scritto: > Hi all > > worked on 70cm cw C37DXU O/O with a vy good 529 signal a while ago, they > were coming in H pol. and were 2KHz off in frequency. I hear them now in a > sked with DK1KJG and they have come up 800Hz higher from earlier. > > Thank you & GL to the C37DXU team! > > 73 > Jimmy SV1BTR > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I hear them now in a sked with DK1KJG and they have come up 800Hz higher from earlier. Thank you & GL to the C37DXU team! 73 Jimmy SV1BTR _______________________________________________ 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 i5wbe at i5wbe.it Sun Jul 26 23:56:13 2009 From: i5wbe at i5wbe.it (Enrico Baldacci) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:56:13 +0000 Subject: [Moon] c37dxu qso list 432 Message-ID: <4A6CD0FD.3040801@i5wbe.it> C37DXU QSO LIST 432 http://www.eme2008.org/c37dxu/qso432.html 73' de Enrico i5wbe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090727/7b63bdc7/attachment.htm From df2zc1 at googlemail.com Mon Jul 27 18:30:18 2009 From: df2zc1 at googlemail.com (DF2ZC) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:30:18 +0200 Subject: [Moon] The 144 MHz EME NewsLetter July Edition... Message-ID: <5A92E82C227E468787E0B31767012151@SHACK> ...is now ready for download at www.df2zc.de/newsletter Please also note the upcoming EME contest dates on that site. vy 73 Bernd DF2ZC (JO30RN) www.df2zc.de ____________________________________________ 144 MHz EME NewsLetter: www.df2zc.de/newsletter 144 MHz DXCC #21 144 MHz WAC Kenwood TS 2000 2 x GU74b by LZ2US 4 x 2M18XXX 21 dBd full elevation From i5wbe at i5wbe.it Mon Jul 27 22:24:47 2009 From: i5wbe at i5wbe.it (Enrico Baldacci) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:24:47 +0000 Subject: [Moon] QSO list of 27th. July 432 MHz. Message-ID: <4A6E0D0F.8090606@i5wbe.it> QSO list of 27th. July 432 MHz. at http://www.eme2008.org/c37dxu/qso432.html C31DXU EME ex-pedition QRT 73' and TNX for QSO de Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090727/04e50eee/attachment.htm From vihraw1 at gmail.com Tue Jul 28 07:09:18 2009 From: vihraw1 at gmail.com (Barry Wright) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:09:18 -0600 Subject: [Moon] For Sale: Kuhne 13cm MKU PA 232 XXL Amplifier Message-ID: <000301ca0f41$90d3a200$b27ae600$@com> I have a Kuhne MKU PA 232 XXL 13cm Power Amplifier with heat sink and fan for sale. It was just calibrated at the factory in Germany and I can provide the documentation. < 1 Watt Input => 60 watts output. It was purchased directly from the DB6NT factory and is in excellent condition with very little use. Original cost was over 900 Euros/1400 USD, will sell for $900 for the amplifier, the heat sink and fan and ship anywhere in USA/Canada. I can email pictures of the hardware and the recent calibration documentation from the factory. Barry - KA7V Oregon - DN14ma KA7V at ARRL.NET From ZS6AXT at telkomsa.net Tue Jul 28 12:56:11 2009 From: ZS6AXT at telkomsa.net (Ivo Chladek) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:56:11 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Moon Digest, Vol 33, Issue 26 References: Message-ID: <906CAFA71CF44AA18B60C414DA9F8145@ZS6AXT> Nazdar, Zeptej se Milana, VHF. Ahoj, Ivo ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 12:00 PM Subject: Moon Digest, Vol 33, Issue 26 > Send Moon mailing list submissions to > moon at moonbounce.info > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > moon-request at moonbounce.info > > You can reach the person managing the list at > moon-owner at moonbounce.info > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Moon digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. 10 GHz EME (OK1DFC) > 2. The 144 MHz EME NewsLetter July Edition... (DF2ZC) > 3. QSO list of 27th. July 432 MHz. (Enrico Baldacci) > 4. For Sale: Kuhne 13cm MKU PA 232 XXL Amplifier (Barry Wright) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:01:00 +0200 > From: "OK1DFC" > Subject: [Moon] 10 GHz EME > To: "Moon-Bounces" , "Moon Net" > > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" > > Hi EME gang, > I am now preparing my new band for EME to EME MW ARRL contest and > expecting > also for next EME pedition. My transvertor is already perfect working and > giving 50mW out. VLNA has N/F 0,6dB by DB6NT. As a last stage I will use > SSPA DL2AM which is giving easy 33W out, but between TRV and SSPA I am > looking for any amplifier which can give around 1,5W out with 50mW > driving. > If anybody has info or similar stage available for sale or as a kit let me > know please. > Thanks and hope to be QRV on 10 GHz soon. > 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/20090727/7b63bdc7/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:30:18 +0200 > From: "DF2ZC" > Subject: [Moon] The 144 MHz EME NewsLetter July Edition... > To: > Message-ID: <5A92E82C227E468787E0B31767012151 at SHACK> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > ...is now ready for download at www.df2zc.de/newsletter > > Please also note the upcoming EME contest dates on that site. > > vy 73 Bernd DF2ZC (JO30RN) > www.df2zc.de > > ____________________________________________ > 144 MHz EME NewsLetter: > www.df2zc.de/newsletter > > 144 MHz DXCC #21 > 144 MHz WAC > > Kenwood TS 2000 > 2 x GU74b by LZ2US > 4 x 2M18XXX 21 dBd full elevation > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:24:47 +0000 > From: Enrico Baldacci > Subject: [Moon] QSO list of 27th. July 432 MHz. > To: moonbounce , moon > > Message-ID: <4A6E0D0F.8090606 at i5wbe.it> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" > > QSO list of 27th. July 432 MHz. > > at http://www.eme2008.org/c37dxu/qso432.html > > > C31DXU EME ex-pedition QRT > > 73' and TNX for QSO > > de Team > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090727/04e50eee/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:09:18 -0600 > From: Barry Wright > Subject: [Moon] For Sale: Kuhne 13cm MKU PA 232 XXL Amplifier > To: > Message-ID: <000301ca0f41$90d3a200$b27ae600$@com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I have a Kuhne MKU PA 232 XXL 13cm Power Amplifier with heat sink and fan > for sale. It was just calibrated at the factory in Germany and I can > provide the documentation. < 1 Watt Input => 60 watts output. > > It was purchased directly from the DB6NT factory and is in excellent > condition with very little use. Original cost was over 900 Euros/1400 > USD, > will sell for $900 for the amplifier, the heat sink and fan and ship > anywhere in USA/Canada. > > I can email pictures of the hardware and the recent calibration > documentation from the factory. > > Barry - KA7V > Oregon - DN14ma > KA7V at ARRL.NET > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Moon mailing list > Moon at moonbounce.info > http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon > > > End of Moon Digest, Vol 33, Issue 26 > ************************************ From df6na at df6na.de Tue Jul 28 18:50:30 2009 From: df6na at df6na.de (Rainer) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:50:30 +0200 Subject: [Moon] [Fwd: [Moon-net] Terrible fraud!] Message-ID: <4A6F2C56.3070802@df6na.de> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Udo Langenohl - DK5YA Subject: [Moon-net] Terrible fraud! Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:23:14 +0200 Size: 4689 Url: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090728/30fa9a1e/attachment.eml From df3kv at t-online.de Tue Jul 28 19:29:37 2009 From: df3kv at t-online.de (DF3KV) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:29:37 +0200 Subject: [Moon] [Fwd: [Moon-net] Terrible fraud!] In-Reply-To: <4A6F2C56.3070802@df6na.de> Message-ID: <1MVqUb-0Wjdz60@fwd07.t-online.de> Do you really want to pull our leg? I calculate a difference of 5km as most! -----Original Message----- From: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info] On Behalf Of Rainer Sent: Dienstag, 28. Juli 2009 18:51 To: Moon net Subject: [Moon] [Fwd: [Moon-net] Terrible fraud!] From df6na at df6na.de Tue Jul 28 20:11:29 2009 From: df6na at df6na.de (Rainer) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:11:29 +0200 Subject: [Moon] [Fwd: [Moon-net] Terrible fraud!] In-Reply-To: <1MVqUb-0Wjdz60@fwd07.t-online.de> References: <1MVqUb-0Wjdz60@fwd07.t-online.de> Message-ID: <4A6F3F51.5080306@df6na.de> DF3KV schrieb: > Do you really want to pull our leg? > I calculate a difference of 5km as most! > You don't understand the problem at all. The distance doesn't really matter. He lived and worked in JN49nx for years and then moved to JO40na and makes people believe it's still JN49. I know that for EME some km don't matter but for square hunters on microwaves that's a big difference if you work JN49 or JO40 and also for honest people who start counting from ZERO when moving to a different square this is not ok. My mail was for those who are honest within their hobby! Your leg doesn't mean anything to me! 73, Rainer -- VHF/UHF/SHF Online Toplist: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html DF6NA Homepage: http://www.df6na.de/ Amateurfunk-Flohmarkt: http://www.afu-flohmarkt.de/ VHF-DX.net: http://www.vhf-dx.net/ From sm4ive at telia.com Tue Jul 28 20:47:02 2009 From: sm4ive at telia.com (Lars Pettersson) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:47:02 +0200 Subject: [Moon] [Fwd: [Moon-net] Terrible fraud!] References: <1MVqUb-0Wjdz60@fwd07.t-online.de> <4A6F3F51.5080306@df6na.de> Message-ID: <52544AE1CEF648B481DDB40DAC4F8010@RADIO> Rainer! You are absolute right. The comments from Udo are ridicules. // Lars Sm4IVE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rainer" To: "DF3KV" Cc: "'Moon net'" Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [Moon] [Fwd: [Moon-net] Terrible fraud!] > DF3KV schrieb: >> Do you really want to pull our leg? >> I calculate a difference of 5km as most! >> > You don't understand the problem at all. The distance doesn't really > matter. > He lived and worked in JN49nx for years and then moved to JO40na and > makes people believe it's still JN49. I know that for EME some km don't > matter but for square hunters on microwaves that's a big difference if you > work JN49 or JO40 and also for honest people who start counting from > ZERO when moving to a different square this is not ok. > > My mail was for those who are honest within their hobby! > > Your leg doesn't mean anything to me! > > 73, Rainer > > -- > > > > VHF/UHF/SHF Online Toplist: > http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html > > DF6NA Homepage: > http://www.df6na.de/ > > Amateurfunk-Flohmarkt: > http://www.afu-flohmarkt.de/ > > VHF-DX.net: > http://www.vhf-dx.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 f6dro at wanadoo.fr Tue Jul 28 21:15:55 2009 From: f6dro at wanadoo.fr (f6dro) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:15:55 +0200 Subject: [Moon] [Fwd: [Moon-net] Terrible fraud!] References: <1MVqUb-0Wjdz60@fwd07.t-online.de> <4A6F3F51.5080306@df6na.de> <52544AE1CEF648B481DDB40DAC4F8010@RADIO> Message-ID: <000e01ca0fb7$d4cdf660$0400000a@f6dro4py09fun6> I'm sorry to make Udo unhappy , but I also believe Rainer is rigth....if really he is now in JO40 73 Dom From dj3jj at gmx.net Tue Jul 28 21:52:05 2009 From: dj3jj at gmx.net (Andreas Haefner) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:52:05 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Update of rx performance list up to 9cm Message-ID: <20090728195205.43070@gmx.net> I did update my rx-performance list including 9cm... http://www.do9bc.de/index.php?page=806688781&f=1&i=1179997641&s=806688781 just zoom window to maximum and scroll down. if you want to give me the input from your station just sent me the filled out excel sheet from this side. Thanks for your support. 73s Andreas DJ3JJ -- GRATIS f?r alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 From dl5mae at yahoo.de Tue Jul 28 23:00:12 2009 From: dl5mae at yahoo.de (Wolfgang Schlaffer) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:00:12 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] [Fwd: [Moon-net] Terrible fraud!] Message-ID: <531467.99303.qm@web23706.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Hi All, how stupid I was back? in 2003 when I like to give as many people as possible the rare Greek square KM28...(SV8/DL5MAE). I think I travelled 3000km (alone 1000km in Greece) for finding a QTH with good take-off. Was travelling by car up and down Evia Island around Rafina area (all poor take-off towards central EU). 4 days only travelling in Greece for a place in KM28. Car full of load and radio gear...Always in danger "killing" my car... Finally I landed in Chios Island ...because this ferry just left Pireas on a sunday evening ...arrived there in the complete darkness.....after a long trip with car ferry boat... still no QTH..... on the western part of the Island ...got out of my car and GPS showed me KM38AI....INCREADIBLE ! Crossing the road .....WOW!!! ...KM28XI (and still no QTH? to stay.....) . Right at the 26th longditude line....... 5 more hours driving up and down the Island of Chios....... Then by coincidence (and lots of good luck) I got a fantastic QTH in KM28XI. You are right only maybe 500 m? or 1000m? away from KM38XI ...but this makes the thrill !!! Like you are hunting for the rarest DXCC? .....Or would you like to count P5 (North Korea if the operation took place from UA0?). But now we are in 2009 and things have changed alot. But you are also right - is all about this really important? Maybe not - but I may tell you :? I had a great time on this unique Island, great holiday , great radio (2m EME with single yagi and low power) met many nice people.....And all about only, because I was just keen (crazy) of the idea to activate KM28 and NOT KM38. Enjoy ! vy 73 de DL5MAE Wolfgang P.S: Chios has the best Ouzo in the country (hi) --- Rainer schrieb am Di, 28.7.2009: Von: Rainer Betreff: [Moon] [Fwd: [Moon-net] Terrible fraud!] An: "Moon net" Datum: Dienstag, 28. Juli 2009, 18:50 -----Integrierter Anhang folgt----- _______________________________________________ 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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By the way this distance is also well over discrepancy margins between different geodesic systems. 73, Petros sv3aaf --- On Tue, 7/28/09, Rainer wrote: From: Rainer Subject: [Moon] [Fwd: [Moon-net] Terrible fraud!] To: "Moon net" Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 7:50 PM -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090728/355e1e7d/attachment.htm From jimmyv at hol.gr Wed Jul 29 11:21:46 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (jimmyv at hol.gr) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:21:46 +0300 Subject: [Moon] 70cm & news Message-ID: <20090729122146.buy9awmugos048k4@easymail-app.hol.gr> Hello Lunar Fans Was qrv in the DUBUS 70cm activity event of July. In 1st slot only qrv for 40 mins as I had problems with a transceiver I was testing and realized that my tx signal was totally distorted and with multiple tones (tnx fr5dn!). In 2nd slot I replaced it with my oldie goldie 20 yr old ''drifter transceiver'' and was qrv for 1 hour as elevation became too low and moon was obstructed by trees etc. Even though I have found the device and owner of the qrm source and provided a solution, my happiness was only partial; realized that there are a lot of such transmitting 24 hrs on 432.020 devices in nearby distance and have to locate the remaining ones in the future. A time (which i never have) demanding task. I clear above 432.060 and receiving in the eme portion of the band is really troublesome for the ears .hi Wkd in cw were: I1NDP OH2DG FR5DN W8TXT SM2CEW DG1KJG OZ4MM and outside the event N4GJV (fb signal Ron!) C37DXU easy qso after I discovered them, 2KHz down in freq. Coming weekend focus is on reducing pointing problems of the new dish structure due to mechanical tolerances and strain of tower, mount etc. They pose a big challenge to operate as I am constantly out in az-el southeast-southwest over a 100 degrees travel on a non-linear ratio, depending and changing with declination. Will hopefully test 13cm also. Most probably due to short summer vacation in SV9 and later the usual constant trips abroad with qrl, will be back sometime in September and/or October. On August 22 that is the DUBUS 2m activity event we hope to be qrv from the shack of my good friend SV9CVY if we manage to finish the ant. job. Mike is almost ready to come back on 2m EME with 4*5wl xpol and good pwr. Thank you to all & 73 Jimmy SV1BTR From df6na at df6na.de Wed Jul 29 12:11:40 2009 From: df6na at df6na.de (Rainer) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:11:40 +0200 Subject: [Moon] 9cm amps Message-ID: <4A70205C.9050204@df6na.de> Good news for 9cm EME freaks: http://www.kuhne-electronic.de/de/36_Neuheiten/ http://www.kuhne-electronic.de/en/36_Neuheiten/ 40 Watt = 278.- EURO 100 Watt = 648.- EURO 400 Watt = 1829.- EURO I think that will give another boost for the next 9cm activity weekend. 73, Rainer -- ----- VHF/UHF/SHF Online Toplist: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html DF6NA Homepage: http://www.df6na.de/ Amateurfunk-Flohmarkt: http://www.afu-flohmarkt.de/ VHF-DX.net: http://www.vhf-dx.net/ From df6na at df6na.de Wed Jul 29 19:53:55 2009 From: df6na at df6na.de (Rainer) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:53:55 +0200 Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] 9cm amps In-Reply-To: <4A70205C.9050204@df6na.de> References: <4A70205C.9050204@df6na.de> Message-ID: <4A708CB3.4010200@df6na.de> Rainer schrieb: > Good news for 9cm EME freaks: > http://www.kuhne-electronic.de/de/36_Neuheiten/ > http://www.kuhne-electronic.de/en/36_Neuheiten/ > > 40 Watt = 278.- EURO > > 100 Watt = 648.- EURO > > 400 Watt = 1829.- EURO > > I think that will give another boost for the next 9cm activity weekend. > > 73, Rainer > forgot to mention that all prices are incl. V.A.T. so outside EU prices will be: 40 Watt = 233.- EURO without German V.A.T. 100 Watt = 544.- EURO without German V.A.T. 400 Watt = 1529.- EURO without German V.A.T. 73, Rainer -- VHF/UHF/SHF Online Toplist: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html DF6NA Homepage: http://www.df6na.de/ Amateurfunk-Flohmarkt: http://www.afu-flohmarkt.de/ VHF-DX.net: http://www.vhf-dx.net/ From ik0bzy at libero.it Thu Jul 30 00:27:12 2009 From: ik0bzy at libero.it (ik0bzy at libero.it) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:27:12 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] WTB: 30-40w 70cm BRICK PA Message-ID: <31185290.157811248906432967.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost> Hello friends, sorry for bandwidth... I'm looking for a 30-40w 430-450mhz brick PA with 1-5w input (SSB & FM) Please let me know Regards 73 de IK0BZY Enrico From ha5cw at netscape.net Thu Jul 30 12:40:13 2009 From: ha5cw at netscape.net (ha5cw at netscape.net) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:40:13 -0400 Subject: [Moon] Terrible fraud! In-Reply-To: <4A6F2C56.3070802@df6na.de> References: <4A6F2C56.3070802@df6na.de> Message-ID: <8CBDF194150D762-7E8-20B5@MBLK-M29.sysops.aol.com> Hi Folks! Calm down, folks! Please turn FLAME OFF, sit back and relax!! Maybe, I had been living in an environment for decades, where you were restricted, limited in everything, thus the flexible interpretation of foolish regulations and legislation was a must... Therefore I would not qualify DK5YA's action, but trigger a question. What about the motives of DK5YA for having committed the above horrific crime action?! Did he want to cheat us or he merely didn't want to lose his results due to moving a few kilometers away, maybe the other end of his settlement? (Remember DL5MAE's example, maybe he has just moved to the other side of the road!!!) I am sure, tha latter is the case! Folks, do you remember the basic principle of the Roman law: "in dubio pro reo"? (That is: in case of doubts regrading the guiltiness, you MUST qualify the suspect innocent !!!) Let's assume as follows: QW0ABC (I hope, there's no such a callsign as it starts with a 'Q'!!!) lives in JJ00AA, right at the Equator. Considering the present rules he MAY move to JJ00XX (that is 238 km distance) without hurting any rule and loosing his records, but moving to JI09AX (that is less that 5 kilometers away) does...? As another extremity, let's consider OX0XYZ (also hope, that not existing call) living near cape Morris-Jessup, Greenland. The bottom of this square is merely 23 km "wide", while the top of that is 22 km only... Do OX0XYZ and QW0ABC have the same chances to obey the rules? Definitely NOT!!! Why? (Remember Orwell's Animall Farm, where were equals and even more equal ones???) Furthermore someone living in JJ00AA can work IJ90XA, II99XX and JI09AX that is 4 different squares even if he does not establish any QSO longer than 5 km. Does he have the same odds as a friend living in JJ44XX where from he may establish 55 km several QSOs without having the chance to reach any of the neighbouring ones? Similarly what about the guy standing at the North or South Pole, who can work 180 different squares even if he does not establish any contact longer than 1-2 meters??? BTW which square is he standing in? Which out of the 180? Is he cheating? Do you think, this is a reasonable regulation? Well, my guess is definitely NOT. DXCC rules limit activity within the same DXCC entity and a 50 miles radius circle (that is 600 WL @ 1,8 MHz and 9.600 WL @ 28 MHz). Of course the nature of microvawes is absolutely different as that of HF, however I think, rather the spirit but the strict letters of the regulation shall be followed, applied in our case, I think. Why not say that the operator may move within a 5-10.000 WL radius circle freely, without loosing his records? At 144 MHz this would mean a 10-20 km radius circle, that seems to me a reasonable limitation. This was my 2 cents. 73: Joska -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090730/072e4ce5/attachment.htm From brian-coleman at tiscali.co.uk Thu Jul 30 13:11:27 2009 From: brian-coleman at tiscali.co.uk (Brian Coleman) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:11:27 +0100 Subject: [Moon] Subject 5.7GHz Activity Weekend August 15/16 Message-ID: <35E0DD3135C14611A22734B93115050B@OFFICEMACHINE> Hello Folks Just to confirm that the planned 5.7GHz Activity weekend is set for 15/16 August. Joe K1RQG has kindly offered to co-ordinate a sked list with common windows so please send him details of your activity plans including preferred frequencies and stations requested ASAP. ( K1rqg at aol.com ) Hans PA0EHG has offered to set up a station information page for 5.7GHz so please send him the usual details:- Dish size, Dish type, Power, Sun Noise, Moon Noise, Ground Noise, NF, Polarisation and number of initials. ( h.v.alphen at planet.nl ). The table will be at www.pa0ehg.com I suggest that during the Activity Weekend we log on to the HB9Q > 2304 Chat. Vy 73 and I hope to work you on 5.7GHz. Brian G4NNS IO91ff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090730/7154f04d/attachment.htm From vladimir.masek at volny.cz Thu Jul 30 16:04:26 2009 From: vladimir.masek at volny.cz (vladimir.masek at volny.cz) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:04:26 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] =?iso-8859-2?q?=5BMoon-net=5D_Terrible_fraud!?= Message-ID: <4c552c6733009eaeb840766343356b52@www3-mail.volny.cz> Hi EME folks, another 2c comment. Why not to continue what has been accepted by majority and available by RSGB on the web: http://www.zen70432.zen.co.uk/Initials/ at least from 432 and up ?? On 2m, maybe, there has been acquired a bit different opion. Pse, only serious responses directed to EME community, not to me, hi. Vy 73, Vlada OK1DAK/OK1KIR EME ----- P?VODN? ZPR?VA ----- Od: "Kim Liljekrans [OZ5IQ]" Komu: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net P?edm?t: [Moon-net] Terrible fraud! Datum: 30.7.2009 - 15:43:17 HI guyes Here in Denmark, we have accecpted the use of ie. numbers , locators etc. achieved at a certain locator can be follow the OPR. within a 50 Km radius is accecpted. Why dont we just accecpt this - and get on with the main purpose - to make radio QSO es ? My 2c comment. VY 73 de OZ5IQ, kim _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html From df6na at df6na.de Thu Jul 30 17:31:18 2009 From: df6na at df6na.de (Rainer) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:31:18 +0200 Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] Terrible fraud! In-Reply-To: <50694DB2316745F1B68693F95E537BB5@KimsMedion> References: <50694DB2316745F1B68693F95E537BB5@KimsMedion> Message-ID: <4A71BCC6.6030002@df6na.de> Kim Liljekrans [OZ5IQ] schrieb: > HI guyes > > Here in Denmark, we have accecpted the use of ie. numbers , locators etc. achieved at a certain locator can be > follow the OPR. within a 50 Km radius is accecpted. > > Why dont we just accecpt this - and get on with the main purpose - to make radio QSO es ? > > My 2c comment. > > > > VY 73 de OZ5IQ, kim > Kim, you missed the point. I did not arguee that he is keeping his count (also I think you should start new when you change the square and there is (was ?) a consensus that you must start new when moving more than 10km) but that you MUST give the right square !!!! Look on http://www.qrz.com and look for DK5YA. You will find his location AND the square JO40na but right on the same place you see his QSL with JN49nx on it !!! I think I don't need say more ! 73, Rainer -- VHF/UHF/SHF Online Toplist: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html DF6NA Homepage: http://www.df6na.de/ Amateurfunk-Flohmarkt: http://www.afu-flohmarkt.de/ VHF-DX.net: http://www.vhf-dx.net/ From sm4ive at telia.com Thu Jul 30 19:46:22 2009 From: sm4ive at telia.com (Lars Pettersson) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:46:22 +0200 Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] Terrible fraud! References: <50694DB2316745F1B68693F95E537BB5@KimsMedion> <4A71BCC6.6030002@df6na.de> Message-ID: <6FCBF30D2599455BA7F1A68327A514A3@RADIO> Rainer It seems that some don`t understand the meaning buy moving to a new Location, If one moves within the locator it`s ok but as soon as i cross over the bord?r in to a new loc Off course you should use the new loc.. //Lars SM4IVE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rainer" To: "Kim Liljekrans [OZ5IQ]" Cc: ; "Moon net" Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [Moon] [Moon-net] Terrible fraud! > Kim Liljekrans [OZ5IQ] schrieb: >> HI guyes >> >> Here in Denmark, we have accecpted the use of ie. numbers , locators >> etc. achieved at a certain locator can be >> follow the OPR. within a 50 Km radius is accecpted. >> >> Why dont we just accecpt this - and get on with the main purpose - to >> make radio QSO es ? >> >> My 2c comment. >> >> >> >> VY 73 de OZ5IQ, kim >> > Kim, > > you missed the point. I did not arguee that he is keeping his count > (also I think you should start new when you change the square and > there is (was ?) a consensus that you must start new when moving more > than 10km) but that you MUST give the right square !!!! > Look on http://www.qrz.com and look for DK5YA. You will find his > location AND the square JO40na but right on the same > place you see his QSL with JN49nx on it !!! I think I don't need say more > ! > > 73, Rainer > > -- > > > > VHF/UHF/SHF Online Toplist: > http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html > > DF6NA Homepage: > http://www.df6na.de/ > > Amateurfunk-Flohmarkt: > http://www.afu-flohmarkt.de/ > > VHF-DX.net: > http://www.vhf-dx.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Fri Jul 31 23:11:20 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:11:20 +0200 Subject: [Moon] E77DX log Message-ID: Hi EME gang, here http://www.ok1dfc.com/Peditions/E7/e77dxlog.htm you can find log of worked stations 3,4 GHz to 432 MHz. Gallery is here http://www.ok1dfc.com/Peditions/E7/galle/e77dx.html and here you can see couple JT screens http://www.ok1dfc.com/Peditions/E7/e7.htm I was last week traveling in Albania - ZA and looks that it can be target for next EME pedition in 2010 if everything will go o.k. I had meeting with people in Albania telecommunication authority and they confirmed possibility to have license from 144 MHz up to 10 GHz including 9cm. Call ZA1EME or so possible. Next week I will also have QSL cards for our E77DX pedition and will distribute to everybody who has QSL with envelope and SASE send to us. I am next week traveling in Byelorussia, but expecting to be QRV from my home QTH in August EME SW. Thanks to all who responded to my 10 GHz driver request. Problem is fix and I am expecting to try 10 GHz EME soon. TRV giving on output connector 30W and N/F 0,8dB including relay etc. 6cm is still sleeping, but I have available 15W SSPA on shelf and TRV is also ready. Best regards to all 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/20090731/afe29322/attachment.html