From dl1ymk at aol.com Mon Jun 1 02:25:18 2009 From: dl1ymk at aol.com (dl1ymk at aol.com) Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 20:25:18 -0400 Subject: [Moon] Report 30./31.05 MI/DL1YMK Message-ID: <8CBB066935E321F-15C0-55EE@MBLK-M24.sysops.aol.com> Report 30./31.05. 09 ? Hi folks, what a fantastic DUBUS contest with huge activity. Thanks to Joachim DL8HCZ for this event! We have worked quite a number of stations during contest with our portable equipment and the stressed dish, which we never worked before from the home-QTH! 46 stations are in the contest log, 20 of them as further initials for MI/DL1YMK (now 70 initials in total on 23 cm). All in all we made 108 QSO?s on 23 cm, 100 of these in CW, 4 in SSB and 4 in JT (so far, on Tuesday is a last JT trial on 23 cm for weak stations for 2 hours). Opposite to some other parts of Europe we had plain sunshine the whole weekend and no winds (yeah!!!). Our holiday cottage SEABREEZE allows magnificent views on the (now) flat Irish Sea, just in contrast to the first days with high surf and gusty winds. The next 2 days we will try to give some further stations MI on all 4 bands. Due to the limited moon window. which decreases with lower moon declination from day to day, we note the following schedule: ? June first (Monday): 1600-1830 UTC 3400.100 with skeds: 1600 OK1CA (Franta, seqency as agreed) 1630 OK1DFC (weather permitting, Zdenek) 1700 LZ1DX (not confirmed, sorry, mail was refused) 1730 DF9QX 1800 DL4MEA ? June 1st (Monday): 1900-2330 UTC 2320.100/2304.100 with skeds: 1900 PA3CSG 1930 LZ1DX (not confirmed) 2000 OK1DFC 2030 WD5AGO x-band 2100 LA9NEA 2300 VE6TA x-band ? June 2nd (Tuesday): 1700-1930 UTC: 1 296.030 JT65C with skeds: 1700 RD3DA 1900 PA3DZL ? June 2nd (Tuesday): 2000-2300 UTC: 432.035 with skeds: 2100 G4YTL 2200 DL4MEA 2230 LX1DB 2315 WA6PY ? On all 4 bands tailending is welcome, as the dish will be already partly obstructed by shrubs because of the lower elevation. So when you hear us off the moon, take your chance! Probably it?ll be a long time til MI will show up again in mw moonbounce? Vy 73 M&M? ? ? ? Hier klicken und auf AOL das Beste & Top-Aktuelle aus Nachrichten, Sport, Szene-Klatsch und Lifestyle erfahren - dazu das sichere AOL Mail f?r eine reibungslose Kommunikation ________________________________________________________________________ AOL eMail auf Ihrem Handy! Ab sofort k?nnen Sie auch unterwegs Ihre AOL email abrufen. Registrieren Sie sich jetzt kostenlos. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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MGF 1302 ''Hairpin'' Preamp as 2 stage. 13 cm Preamp: 2 stage G4DDK Tracking by W2DRZ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090601/91faf7c6/attachment.htm From la9nea at online.no Mon Jun 1 08:54:22 2009 From: la9nea at online.no (Viggo Magnus LA9NEA) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 08:54:22 +0200 Subject: [Moon] 1296 eme.Activity report/report added References: Message-ID: <0D5C8EB546F94CC3AA7765AE782D9217@LA9NEA> ----- Original Message ----- From: Viggo Magnus LA9NEA To: Moon Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 8:28 AM Subject: [Moon] 1296 eme.Activity report Hello All! Here is my report of the last nite operation as an ''weak station'':-)) DF3RU 559/559,OK1DFC 569/559, LZ2US 549/449,K1RQG 569/569,OK1KIR RO/O,ON4BCB 559/529,K2DH 549/559,SP7DCS O/RO,ES5PC 549/559 , F6CGJ 559/449 and VE6TA. 549/449 To day I will change to 13 cm for the MI/DL1,so qrv at 13 cm from approx 1730z to nite. Fired up the 6 x 7289 amp last nite, so had some more power during last operation. 73 Viggo LA9NEA Current Equipment in use: 2.85 meter solid Dish F/D 0.44 6 x 7289 400 watt 250 watt SSPA on 13 cm VE4MA Feed 13/23 cm 23 cm Cavity preamp NE32484 NF: 0.28 dB 1 stage/ home made. MGF 1302 ''Hairpin'' Preamp as 2 stage. 13 cm Preamp: 2 stage G4DDK Tracking by W2DRZ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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/20090601/7dedb514/attachment-0001.htm From df2zc1 at googlemail.com Mon Jun 1 15:14:07 2009 From: df2zc1 at googlemail.com (DF2ZC) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:14:07 +0200 Subject: [Moon] WTB: Linear Amp with GS35 Message-ID: <001101c9e2ba$d8d7de30$eb02a8c0@SHACK> Hello All, for future 2m EME dxpedition operations Frank DH7FB and I are looking for a linear amp with the GS35, preferably (but not necessarily) without power supply since we have one already and would like to separate amp and p/s. As most of you may have noticed we successfully used a MC2K amp (2 x GU74b) by LZ2US this past May from Sardinia and I would always(!!!) recommend this amp. However, we look for something smaller (and at less weight) in the range of 1.5 kW out max. so that it is not overstressed when used at 800 to 1000 watts JT65 mode. Any serious offers please... 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 ON4BCB at skynet.be Mon Jun 1 19:54:05 2009 From: ON4BCB at skynet.be (Walter Crauwels ON4BCB) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 19:54:05 +0200 Subject: [Moon] DUBUS result 23cm ON4BCB Message-ID: <846A5EC8D2534D4BB8A30A977BF53E25@LaptopDell> Subject: DUBUS result 23cm ON4BCB It was quit stressy to get everything operational for the dubus contest So it started with 2 hours delay. Last week I had problems with my cavity. (thanks ON7UN) When checking sunnoise 2 day before the contest I noticed some problems with the elevation motor. I had to repair it due to a failure of the elevation stow limit switch which burned the motors 'anchor' (Thanks ON5OT) Then it was time to take off Nice activity: Saturday: VK3UM 559/569 MI/DL1YMK 539/559 HB9SV 579/579 OK1CA 559/589 SV3AAV 545/569 SP6JLW 559/579 JA6CZD 559/569 G3LTF 569/579 OZ4MM 579/579 F2TU 569/579 OH2DG 559/569 DF3RU 559/559 F5JWF 539/579 ES5PC 549/559 HB9MOON 569/579 OK3RM 559/559 GW3XYW 539/559 K1RQG 559/579 K5JL 579/599 OK1KIR 559/589 IQ4DF 559/539 UT5JCW 539/559 DL3EBJ 539/569 LZ2US 559/469 NA4N 539/569 PA3FXB 519/559 SD3F 539/559 NY2Z 529/569 K0YW 559/589 WA6PY 559/559 K2UYH 559/579 VE6TA 549/569 LA9NEA 529/559 OK1DFC 559/589 On sunday: IK3COJ 559/559 RA3AQ 559/559 OE5JFL 539/569 SP7DCS 559/569 JA6AHB 559/599 DL4MEA 569/569 LZ1DX 539/559 Time for a long BBQ then finally worked: IW2FZR 559/559 DL1HYZ 539/569 IK2MMB 559/569 G3LQR 539/579 N2UO 529/559 VE4MA 539/559 LA8LF 529/559 K5PJR 529/559 K2DH 549/569 F6CGJ 579/579 Total of 51 QSO's, 4 stazioni Italiani Notice: Missed: G4CCH,JA6BLC on saturday due my delayed start,PI9CAM,PA3CSG,ON7UN,SM6FHZ and a few others 73 Walter ON4BCB 4,8M, Round septum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090601/f6389c75/attachment.htm From hughd at cogeco.ca Mon Jun 1 20:12:16 2009 From: hughd at cogeco.ca (Hugh Duff VA3TO) Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:12:16 -0400 Subject: [Moon] VA3TO results 23cm DUBUS/REF Message-ID: <4A241A00.1010703@cogeco.ca> I was only able to be QRV for 6 hours total, 30/05/09 0000-0200utc & 31/050/09 2000-2400utc (moonrise blocked by houses until 2000utc). I had to miss Saturdays activity (the big day) due to a family wedding. Worked: K1RQG, K5JL for CW initial #5 OE9ERC for CW initial #6 OZ4MM for CW initial #7 Called K0YW and F2TU but only "QRZ"/"YYY" in return. Heard many other partials that I just couldn't quite piece together but it was great to hear so much activity ! 2.3m TVRO dish, 75 watts. 73, Hugh VA3TO www.va3to.com From g3ltf at btinternet.com Mon Jun 1 20:35:17 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 19:35:17 +0100 Subject: [Moon] VA3TO results 23cm DUBUS/REF References: <4A241A00.1010703@cogeco.ca> Message-ID: <14715C6756C3455E98DE7E3E445BBD82@D7BX6Z0J> Hi Hugh, Well Done and great to have you on the band. I could hear you when you were wkg Joe but I couldnt get a complete callsign. Did you call CQ at all? Sometimes , with a small station like yours, a medium station like mine,6m dish,450W, can dig out the callsign. You get the "rythym" of the CQ letters and then you can get the rest from the repeats.It takes time. But if you dont call CQ on the basis that you are a small station then you just go down as "heard wkg the big guys". BTW... you were visible on the Soft-rock SDR waterfall so thats how we find your CQ. 73 Peter G3LTF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Duff VA3TO" To: "EME Net" ; "Moon-Net" Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:12 PM Subject: [Moon] VA3TO results 23cm DUBUS/REF >I was only able to be QRV for 6 hours total, 30/05/09 0000-0200utc & > 31/050/09 2000-2400utc (moonrise blocked by houses until 2000utc). I had > to miss Saturdays activity (the big day) due to a family wedding. > > Worked: > K1RQG, > K5JL for CW initial #5 > OE9ERC for CW initial #6 > OZ4MM for CW initial #7 > Called K0YW and F2TU but only "QRZ"/"YYY" in return. > Heard many other partials that I just couldn't quite piece together but > it was great to hear so much activity ! > > > 2.3m TVRO dish, 75 watts. > > 73, Hugh VA3TO > www.va3to.com > > _______________________________________________ > Moon mailing list > Moon at moonbounce.info > http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon > > Please enter/update your standings: > http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html > > When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and > remove you from the list > From df2zc1 at googlemail.com Mon Jun 1 20:35:32 2009 From: df2zc1 at googlemail.com (DF2ZC) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:35:32 +0200 Subject: [Moon] The 144 MHz EME NewsLetter May Edition... Message-ID: <000901c9e2e7$c04b4190$eb02a8c0@SHACK> ...is now ready for download at www.df2zc.de/newsletter 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 guenter.koellner at nsn.com Mon Jun 1 22:26:34 2009 From: guenter.koellner at nsn.com (Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich)) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:26:34 +0200 Subject: [Moon] VA3TO results 23cm DUBUS/REF In-Reply-To: <14715C6756C3455E98DE7E3E445BBD82@D7BX6Z0J> References: <4A241A00.1010703@cogeco.ca> <14715C6756C3455E98DE7E3E445BBD82@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: Hi, I agree with Peter. I have Winrad as waterfall back-end of my RX, and I can visually see weaker signals than I am able to decode in CW. 73, G?nter (dl4mea) -----Original Message----- From: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info] On Behalf Of ext peter blair Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 8:35 PM To: Hugh Duff VA3TO; EME Net; Moon-Net Subject: Re: [Moon] VA3TO results 23cm DUBUS/REF Hi Hugh, Well Done and great to have you on the band. I could hear you when you were wkg Joe but I couldnt get a complete callsign. Did you call CQ at all? Sometimes , with a small station like yours, a medium station like mine,6m dish,450W, can dig out the callsign. You get the "rythym" of the CQ letters and then you can get the rest from the repeats.It takes time. But if you dont call CQ on the basis that you are a small station then you just go down as "heard wkg the big guys". BTW... you were visible on the Soft-rock SDR waterfall so thats how we find your CQ. 73 Peter G3LTF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Duff VA3TO" To: "EME Net" ; "Moon-Net" Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:12 PM Subject: [Moon] VA3TO results 23cm DUBUS/REF >I was only able to be QRV for 6 hours total, 30/05/09 0000-0200utc & > 31/050/09 2000-2400utc (moonrise blocked by houses until 2000utc). I had > to miss Saturdays activity (the big day) due to a family wedding. > > Worked: > K1RQG, > K5JL for CW initial #5 > OE9ERC for CW initial #6 > OZ4MM for CW initial #7 > Called K0YW and F2TU but only "QRZ"/"YYY" in return. > Heard many other partials that I just couldn't quite piece together but > it was great to hear so much activity ! > > > 2.3m TVRO dish, 75 watts. > > 73, Hugh VA3TO > www.va3to.com > > _______________________________________________ > Moon mailing list > Moon at moonbounce.info > http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon > > Please enter/update your standings: > http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html > > When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and > remove you from the list > _______________________________________________ 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 Mon Jun 1 22:33:30 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:33:30 +0200 Subject: [Moon] MI/DL1YMK Message-ID: Worked today Michael on 13cm 569/559 ufb signal, 9cm problem in TRV now fix, than QSO with Erich OE9ERC 599/579 and JT65C -7dB best, interesting JT on 13cm :-))) 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/20090601/eab2f89f/attachment.htm From hughd at cogeco.ca Mon Jun 1 23:24:10 2009 From: hughd at cogeco.ca (Hugh VA3TO) Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:24:10 -0400 Subject: [Moon] VA3TO results 23cm DUBUS/REF In-Reply-To: References: <4A241A00.1010703@cogeco.ca> <14715C6756C3455E98DE7E3E445BBD82@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: <4A2446FA.2050109@cogeco.ca> Hello Gunter. As I told Peter, I was calling CQ quite a bit and in fact my QSO with K1RQG was by answer to my CQ. There were quite a few audible signals on the band so I did a fair bit of listening to try and pull out callsigns but when I wasn't doing that I was calling CQ. Good advise nonetheless. 73, Hugh VA3TO Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich) wrote: > Hi, > > I agree with Peter. I have Winrad as waterfall back-end of my RX, and I can visually see weaker signals than I am able to decode in CW. > > 73, G?nter (dl4mea) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info] On Behalf Of ext peter blair > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 8:35 PM > To: Hugh Duff VA3TO; EME Net; Moon-Net > Subject: Re: [Moon] VA3TO results 23cm DUBUS/REF > > > Hi Hugh, Well Done and great to have you on the band. I could hear you when > you were wkg Joe but I couldnt get a complete callsign. Did you call CQ at > all? Sometimes , with a small station like yours, a medium station like > mine,6m dish,450W, can dig out the callsign. You get the "rythym" of the CQ > letters and then you can get the rest from the repeats.It takes time. But if > you dont call CQ on the basis that you are a small station then you just go > down as "heard wkg the big guys". BTW... you were visible on the Soft-rock > SDR waterfall so thats how we find your CQ. > 73 Peter G3LTF > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hugh Duff VA3TO" > To: "EME Net" ; "Moon-Net" > > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:12 PM > Subject: [Moon] VA3TO results 23cm DUBUS/REF > > > >> I was only able to be QRV for 6 hours total, 30/05/09 0000-0200utc & >> 31/050/09 2000-2400utc (moonrise blocked by houses until 2000utc). I had >> to miss Saturdays activity (the big day) due to a family wedding. >> >> Worked: >> K1RQG, >> K5JL for CW initial #5 >> OE9ERC for CW initial #6 >> OZ4MM for CW initial #7 >> Called K0YW and F2TU but only "QRZ"/"YYY" in return. >> Heard many other partials that I just couldn't quite piece together but >> it was great to hear so much activity ! >> >> >> 2.3m TVRO dish, 75 watts. >> >> 73, Hugh VA3TO >> www.va3to.com >> From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Tue Jun 2 09:28:35 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:28:35 +0200 Subject: [Moon] RA0ACM Message-ID: Hi guys, during ARI EME contest I have worked very interesting QSO, more here http://www.ok1dfc.com/EME/1296/jt65c/ra0acm/ra0acm.htm 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/20090602/9c247a9f/attachment.htm From wx_watch at citcom.net Tue Jun 2 14:29:22 2009 From: wx_watch at citcom.net (John Halsey) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 08:29:22 -0400 Subject: [Moon] request for test reception Message-ID: <1F89BA6C61D2459A8F540EAE5284033C@Desk3000> Hello to the group, I have tried monitoring the 1296 band to verify the PARI (Old Rosman/NASA tracking station) receiver for the upcoming EME bounce for the Echoes of Apollo celebration. So far, NO JOY. Of course, thus far it has consisted of randomly scanning when I know that a window exists to Europe in hopes of catching a DX expedition. I'm hoping that we can arrange a schedule with the Stanford dish (or some other "big gun") so that I know when and where to listen. Please let me know if we could arrange for a test to happen. Thanks, John ******************** John S. Halsey, Jr. KG4LBJ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090602/69220aea/attachment.htm From g4hup at btinternet.com Tue Jun 2 15:24:24 2009 From: g4hup at btinternet.com (dave powis) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:24:24 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] Transverters for 2M EME In-Reply-To: <135A4224DC2.00000195dc2mw@inbox.com> References: <135A4224DC2.00000195dc2mw@inbox.com> Message-ID: <334891.50565.qm@web86301.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Also see my site for possible 116MHz (and other frequency) solutions locked to a 10MHz reference: http://g4hup.com/DFS/DFS.html 73, Dave, G4HUP ________________________________ From: Marcus Wolfsh?fer To: brahmangou at aol.com; moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net Sent: Tuesday, 2 June, 2009 10:07:32 AM Subject: Re: [Moon-net] Transverters for 2M EME Hello Marty, I am using a DEMI 144/28CK transverter that has an additional RF connector for external OCXO. Just install a RF connector, unsolder a leg of coupling capacitor between original LO and MMIC amplifier (the leg pointing towards LO) and wire that leg to your new connector. A short wire will work if your connector is close to this capacitor (less than one inch), or use a length of coax if distance is more than that. If using coax, do not forget to solder its screen to GND near the capacitor. Now you can apply the signal of any OXCO device that gives 116MHz and about 1mW to that connector. I use my old 10GHZ OXCO but replaced 106.5 MHZ crystal with a 116MHz/60?C crystal. Maybe such a modification would be "overkill" if frequency drift of this Flex3000 was moderate. In my case a shortwave TRX with TCXO and a Perseus SDR (modified with crystal heater) are fed by my DEMI transverter so the drift of the unmodified transverter was the limiting factor. BR Marc, DC2MW > -----Original Message----- > From: brahmangou at aol.com > Sent: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:57:35 EDT > To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net > Subject: [Moon-net] Transverters for 2M EME > > > Hi All, > > I'm thinking about getting a 2 meter transverter to hook up with my > Flex-3000. I've read reports of some models of transverters drifting too > much > during transmit for use in EME. Any suggestions/recommendations about > which > transverters are suitable for SDR EME work? > > One more quick question, How many KHz can JT65b look at and decode? It > would be fun to be able to see everyone on the band. > > 73, > Marty AB5GU > > **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. 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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090602/ae3c1a97/attachment.htm From la9nea at online.no Tue Jun 2 20:01:59 2009 From: la9nea at online.no (Viggo Magnus LA9NEA) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 20:01:59 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Cirkularety on 13 cm EME Message-ID: ----- Original Message ----- From: Viggo Magnus LA9NEA To: Moon Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:56 PM Subject: Cirkularety on 13 cm EME Hello All! My first attempt on 13 cm eme has not been any ''happy work''..... I have a solid RX problem...... :-((, And I am searching for some system error...... Is 13cm VE4MA TX/RX port connected in same way as on 23 cm VE4MA ?? Hopefully I have connected my 13 cm VE4MA ''wrong'' Therefor I do not hear anything from you on 13 cm.......... :-))) I copy my own Echos on 13 cm abt 529/539, but I dont hear Big Guns as OK1DFC and others........ 73 Viggo LA9NEA 2.85 meter Solid Dish 250 Watt SSPA VE4MA Feed,Super Scalar ring -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090602/64388036/attachment.htm From g3ltf at btinternet.com Tue Jun 2 23:48:52 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 22:48:52 +0100 Subject: [Moon] G3LTF DUBUS results 1296MHz Message-ID: <80EBB1AB208E4491AA75F41BC910390E@D7BX6Z0J> I worked 58 stations despite a somewhat resticted window, conditions seemed excellent with very little ,or slow, libration fading. The stations that I missed were. K5JWF, he could not get my call, +QRM, S59C CWNR, +QRM. W7UPF, W9IIX, UT5JCW, RW6AG, PA3FXB All heard wkg others but not heard calling CQ so no chance to QSO. I could also hear bits of VA3TO's signal when he was wkg K1RQG. If anyone called me with no reply I would like to hear from them. Thanks to all for the QSOs and the fun. 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090602/fddc1258/attachment.htm From g4hup at btinternet.com Tue Jun 2 23:54:53 2009 From: g4hup at btinternet.com (dave powis) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:54:53 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] Transverters for 2M EME In-Reply-To: References: <135A4224DC2.00000195dc2mw@inbox.com> <334891.50565.qm@web86301.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <653231.65836.qm@web86301.mail.ird.yahoo.com> My apologies! and thanks to Kim for pointing it out. Go directly to http://g4hup.com/DFS/DFSdocIss2.html to get to the page! Thanks & 73, Dave, G4HUP ________________________________ From: Kim Liljekrans [OZ5IQ] To: dave powis Sent: Tuesday, 2 June, 2009 4:44:07 PM Subject: Re: [Moon-net] Transverters for 2M EME HI Dave The Link you?ve added is not working - PSE try with a better http://g4hup.com/DFS/DFS.html Vy 73 de Kim / OZ5IQ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090602/1b2c727f/attachment-0001.htm From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Wed Jun 3 00:24:01 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:24:01 +0200 Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] G3LTF DUBUS results 1296MHz In-Reply-To: <80EBB1AB208E4491AA75F41BC910390E@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: Hi EME gang, here is my report from participation in DUBUS CW EME contest 1296 MHz. Conditions where good and very low librations. Worked 4 new # and thanks to Michael DL1YMK also new DXCC #61. I was very surprise with high activity. Sorry to say, my result is affected by very bad WX in OK and I was not too able to be QRV whole time. Thanks to all for nice QSO and looking forward to work much as possible between you during pedition in E7 July 2009. Here is list of worked stations. DL3EBJ #252, ON7UN, PI9CAM, UT5JCW, RK3WWF, DF3RU, RW6AG, SM6FHZ #253, LZ2US #254, F2TU, OH2DG, SD3F, MI/DL1YMK #255-DXCC #61, NA4N, SV3AAF, SP6JLW, SP7DCS, HB9SV, HB9MOON, IK3COJ, K5JL, LZ1DX, SM3JQU, K2UYH, OZ4MM, N2UO, G4DDK, ON5RR, PA3FXB, G3LTF, VE6TA, OK1KIR, K1RQG, ES5PC, ON4BCB, K0YW, VA7MM, VK3UM, RA3AQ, JA6AHB, JA8IAD, JA8ERE, JA4LJB, OK3RM, JA6CZD, OE5JFL, F5JWF, LZ1DX, DL4MEA, IQ4DF, MI/DL1YMK, IK2MMB, G3LQR, IW2FZR, LZ2US, PA3DZL, LX1DB SSB 59, GW3XYW, K2DH, OK2KJT, W9IIX, LA9NEA, W7UPF. Than I worked also stations in A.R.I. digi contest PY2BS -6dB very strong, S50C #65 JT, PA3FXB, RD3DA, UT3LL, W7UPF, RA6DA, #66 JT, RA0ACM #67 JT, EA3XU, JH1IGC #68 JT, OK3RM #69 JT, PI9CAM #70 JT, RW6AG Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV EME 432-1296-2320-3400 MHz WAC 432 - 1296 MHz QRO 10m dish ICQ-397994501 -----Original Message----- From: moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net [mailto:moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net]On Behalf Of peter blair Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:49 PM To: moonbounceboard; freetalk moonnet Subject: [Moon-net] G3LTF DUBUS results 1296MHz I worked 58 stations despite a somewhat resticted window, conditions seemed excellent with very little ,or slow, libration fading. The stations that I missed were. K5JWF, he could not get my call, +QRM, S59C CWNR, +QRM. W7UPF, W9IIX, UT5JCW, RW6AG, PA3FXB All heard wkg others but not heard calling CQ so no chance to QSO. I could also hear bits of VA3TO's signal when he was wkg K1RQG. If anyone called me with no reply I would like to hear from them. Thanks to all for the QSOs and the fun. 73 Peter G3LTF _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html From jewell at btinternet.com Wed Jun 3 10:58:13 2009 From: jewell at btinternet.com (SAM JEWELL) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:58:13 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] Request for information In-Reply-To: <4A241A00.1010703@cogeco.ca> References: <4A241A00.1010703@cogeco.ca> Message-ID: <449687.52798.qm@web87001.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Folks, you may remember I sent out a request for info on how many DXCC entities you have worked by 23cm and up EME? I was directed to several web pages with information I could use in my talk at the RSGB Convention in October and again in my talk at MUD the following weekend. However, the response from the Americas was underwhelming! I guess either DXCC entities are not collected over there or no one wants to admit to this HF-like practice.........! Unlike #, which non EME ops don't seem to understand, DXCC entities are a valuable way of showing how well EME compares to HF activity. For my talk at the RSGB Convention in October (an event which until this year was the HF Convention) I would like to show just what is possible on the higher bands either through terrestrial propagation, or by EME, and to lay to rest once and for all that the skills, technology and dedication of microwaver EME operators is no less than that shown by the best HF DX'ers. Please may I have your DXCC numbers? If you don't wish to be identified (because of competitiveness - nothing wrong with that), then I will not attribute your 'score' to a callsign or name, but will just give the country of origin of the data. If anyone has a suggestion as to a better method of presenting EME effectiveness, I'm willing to listen and learn. I intend to present the same talk (with added Americanisms!) at MUD in Dallas, just a week after the RSGB event. With the recent flurry of activity in the various EME contests, DXpeditions and the upcoming EoA there should be plenty of DXCC score updating to record. Many thanks for your time. 73 de Sam, G4DDK Please reply to sam at g4ddk.com so as not to clog up the reflector. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090603/b36c1362/attachment.htm From dl1ymk at aol.com Wed Jun 3 13:17:49 2009 From: dl1ymk at aol.com (dl1ymk at aol.com) Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:17:49 -0400 Subject: [Moon] MI/DL1YMK update Message-ID: <8CBB2540FFFE6B4-9E8-1E87@webmail-db11.sysops.aol.com> MI/DL1YMK last report on 70 cm & up operation ? MI/DL1YMK has gone QRT on 70, 23, 13 and 9 cm. This was the first EME-DXpedition ever on 4 bands and we want to say a sincere ?thank you? to those, who were looking for us, who worked us, who supported us and who helped us with enormous patience to find the moon (again). We are glad to have worked so many stations and feel of course sorry for those, who we failed to work, but the signals were sometimes borderline and we were not able to complete some QSO?s. Rainy and cold days with gusty winds made it sometimes impossible to hold the dish on the moon, although Monika tried very hard, especially the first day on 9cm, where the dish proved to be extremely sharp in pointing. It is a light weight construction, to make it portable with reasonable costs, but it has its mechanical restrictions in high winds, of course. Thanks to all for the congratulations we received, as they are the ?fuel? for us to go on performing those crazy endeavours, called EME DXpedition. Our aim clearly is to increase the EME activity all over the world?. Yesterday late evening we had to stop operation before scheduled time, as suddenly a storm front moved in from the Irish Sea, so we unfortunately missed the last sked on 70 cm, very sorry Paul!?? The last 4 days, during the contest on 23 cm and on 1st and 2nd June on 9, 13, 23 and 70 cm we worked additional initials as there are: 0A-on 23 cm during the DUBUS contest: OK1CA, ON4BCB, OK1KIR, JA6AHB, SM6FHZ, PI9CAM, HB9MOON, HB9SV, LZ2US, G3LQR, ON7UN, ON5RR, RK3WWF, GW3XYW, OK1DFC, RA3AQ, K5SO, IQ4DF, DL1HYZ, IW2FZR , all in CW and on 2nd June in JT 65C: RD3DA, PA3DZL, G4DDK (first in CW some days before).????????????? -on 9 cm on 1st June: OK1CA, DF9QX, DL4MEA -on 13 cm on 1st June: OK1DFC -on 70 cm on 2nd June: DL7APV, LX1DB, G4YTL ? Attached you will find some statistics for all 4 bands. We soon will make a table with all completed QSO?s for the very informative homepage, which OK1DFC set up for us and which allows many people to follow up this DXpedition by the reports and the photos giving an impression about the operation site. Zdenek: next ?week we?ll visit Bushmills distillery on the North coast, picking up a special gift for you? ? Today in the evening we intend to dismantle the dish and built up a 2.5 wl yagi for 2 m to try MS and maybe some EME, but mostly in the evening hours. For this reason Bernhard Korte lent one of his handy PA?s with 750 W output. ? And: after the DXpedition is before the next DXpedition. We are planning a 2nd DXpedition in 2009 during the first two October weekends and the week in between. We will make no skeds for this event through Joe and we won?t tell anybody what the destination will be. We only will announce our band schedule for these days in order to support your planning, but be sure, it will be a new, exciting DXCC in Europe! So find out where we are, when you hear us! ? Band Mode Initials Sum of all QSO?s DXCC 9 cm CW 10 10 8 13 cm CW with one in SSB 23 26 16 23 cm CW with 4 in SSB 67 104 34 23 cm JT 5 7 2 (add. to CW) 70 cm CW 20 20 16 Total ? 125 167 ? ? ? ? ? ? ________________________________________________________________________ AOL eMail auf Ihrem Handy! Ab sofort k?nnen Sie auch unterwegs Ihre AOL email abrufen. Registrieren Sie sich jetzt kostenlos. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090603/0c1cac34/attachment-0001.htm From f2tu.philippe at orange.fr Wed Jun 3 13:54:05 2009 From: f2tu.philippe at orange.fr (F2TU Philippe) Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:54:05 +0200 Subject: [Moon] 1296 eme.Activity report In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A26645D.8040709@orange.fr> Hello Viggo, Not my call in your report? 30/05 21:48... 73 Philippe PIERRAT - F2TU http://F2TU.perso.orange.fr Viggo Magnus LA9NEA a ?crit : > Hello All! > > Here is my report of the last nite operation as an ''weak station'':-)) > > DF3RU 559/559,OK1DFC 569/559, LZ2US 549/449,K1RQG 569/569,OK1KIR > RO/O,ON4BCB 559/529,K2DH 549/559,SP7DCS O7RO,ES5PC 549/559 and VE6TA. > > To day I will change to 13 cm for the MI/DL1,so qrv at 13 cm from > approx 1730z to nite. > > Fired up the 6 x 7289 amp last nite, so had some more power during > last operation. > > 73 Viggo LA9NEA > > Current Equipment in use: > > > 2.85 meter solid Dish F/D 0.44 > > 6 x 7289 400 watt > > 250 watt SSPA on 13 cm > > VE4MA Feed 13/23 cm > > 23 cm Cavity preamp NE32484 NF: 0.28 dB 1 stage/ home made. > MGF 1302 ''Hairpin'' Preamp as 2 stage. > > 13 cm Preamp: 2 stage G4DDK > > Tracking by W2DRZ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Go here: http://lea.hamradio.si/~s52jk/ul.html?ul=jn76ad 73 Sine - S53RM ----- Original Message ----- From: DL1YMK at aol.com To: moon at moonbounce.info Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:29 AM Subject: [Moon] Locator Map Hi all, a bit off topic, I know, but can any1 share a link in the web with me please, where I can find a QTH-locator map of GI-land with reasonable resolution? Tnx, Michael YMK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Moon mailing list Moon at moonbounce.info http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon Please enter/update your standings: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. 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I hope, it will help you! 73: Joska / HA5CW -----Original Message----- From: DL1YMK at aol.com To: moon at moonbounce.info Sent: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 11:29 am Subject: [Moon] Locator Map Hi all, ? a bit off topic, I know, but can any1 share a link in the web with me please, where I can find a QTH-locator map of GI-land with reasonable resolution? ? Tnx, Michael YMK _______________________________________________ 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/20090604/dfe2f5e5/attachment.htm From ha5cw at netscape.net Thu Jun 4 14:03:02 2009 From: ha5cw at netscape.net (ha5cw at netscape.net) Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:03:02 -0400 Subject: [Moon] WTB: 10 GHz devices Message-ID: <8CBB3238B8E4FA8-1DC-26EF@WEBMAIL-DZ23.sysops.aol.com> Hi Folks! I bought not so far a DB6NT 144/10368 MHz converter and as a first step I am going to try rain scatter. Can anybody suggest me a source (or roffer out of his drawer) any of the following semiconductors at a reasonable price? Toshiba TIM0810-2c, 4c, -8c, -15L, etc., FLM0910-4c, -8c, etc Nippon Electronic NE 9002 or any higher Mitsubishi Eletronics MGFX36V0717, MGFX39V0717, MGFK30V4045, MGFK35V4045, MGFK39V4045,? or any similar 12V device to make more (I mean at least 3X dBm) power out of my present 250 mW (24 dBm) ? Completed, second hand HAM units and old commercial ones available at flea markets like ELIRSA, Harris Devices, Harris Lanier, etc. microwave TV links as potential sources of these semiconductors were also welcome. 73: Joska / HA5CW -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090604/da272f67/attachment.htm From dl1ymk at aol.com Fri Jun 5 01:32:11 2009 From: dl1ymk at aol.com (dl1ymk at aol.com) Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:32:11 -0400 Subject: [Moon] MI/DL1YMK completed 5 bands over the rock Message-ID: <8CBB383D19BF66F-150C-241@webmail-mh23.sysops.aol.com> Hi folks, ? just for completing the records: today we managed to complete the first ever worldwide 5 band-EME-DXpedition!!! After dismantling the dish for 70, 23, 13 and 9 cm yesterday evening, we installed a 2,3wl Yagi using the tripod of the dish. First we were able to make a few MS-QSO?s with DD0VF, DL8EBW and DK1CO. Then at our moonrise we tried our luck again off the rock and quickly worked DL9MS, PE1L, RX1AS and I2RV. With completing the QSO with DL9MS the fifth band, on which we brought MI/DL1YMK over the moon, was achieved and we both have an even broader smile now on our faces! The next days we will play on MS in the evening hours and off the rock during the night time (a few hours, hi), during daytime we intend to make pure sightseeing! ? Vy 73 / 88 de M & M ________________________________________________________________________ AOL eMail auf Ihrem Handy! Ab sofort k?nnen Sie auch unterwegs Ihre AOL email abrufen. Registrieren Sie sich jetzt kostenlos. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090604/2cbee31b/attachment.htm From w5lua at sbcglobal.net Fri Jun 5 01:51:37 2009 From: w5lua at sbcglobal.net (Al Ward) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 23:51:37 -0000 Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] [Mw] 220 Volt 2 Kw Variac..... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <260454176BB54AB3BC46EE54DB9570E5@Al1> How about a 110 variac in one half of the 220 line? I do that on the HV for my 2304 Klystron. 73 de W5LUA -----Original Message----- From: moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net [mailto:moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net] On Behalf Of Ted Hartson Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:35 PM To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net; Andrew Furlong Cc: flwss-request at flwss.net; microwave at lists.valinet.com; moon at moonbounce.info Subject: Re: [Moon-net] [Mw] 220 Volt 2 Kw Variac..... Don't know your circuit but maybe choke input; that would drop around 10% too. That might be as easy as cutting loose the input cap! Ted WA8ULG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Furlong" To: Cc: ; ; Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 2:03 PM Subject: [Mw] 220 Volt 2 Kw Variac..... > Hi Gang...we are in desperate need of a 220 volt ...2Kw Variac. > WE HAVE TOO MUCH Ep...need to cut it back. Amp has a HV cut-off at > about 4 KV... > with 250 volts of line voltage we have just over 4400 volts on an > 8877...but the cut-off/shut-down > feature built into the amp...keeps shutting us down. > Anyone out there has one we can buy???? > \THANKS! > Andy WA2FGK > _______________________________________________ > Microwave mailing list > microwave at lists.valinet.com > http://www.valinet.com/mailman/listinfo/microwave _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Fri Jun 5 07:03:44 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:03:44 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] MI/DL1YMK completed 5 bands over the rock In-Reply-To: <8CBB383D19BF66F-150C-241@webmail-mh23.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <468.1297-18172-496154900-1244178224@seznam.cz> Great Michael, congrats!!! Zdenek OK1DFC ------------ P?vodn? zpr?va ------------ Od: P?edm?t: MI/DL1YMK completed 5 bands over the rock Datum: 05.6.2009 01:33:27 ---------------------------------------- Hi folks, ? just for completing the records: today we managed to complete the first ever worldwide 5 band-EME-DXpedition!!! After dismantling the dish for 70, 23, 13 and 9 cm yesterday evening, we installed a 2,3wl Yagi using the tripod of the dish. First we were able to make a few MS-QSO?s with DD0VF, DL8EBW and DK1CO. Then at our moonrise we tried our luck again off the rock and quickly worked DL9MS, PE1L, RX1AS and I2RV. With completing the QSO with DL9MS the fifth band, on which we brought MI/DL1YMK over the moon, was achieved and we both have an even broader smile now on our faces! The next days we will play on MS in the evening hours and off the rock during the night time (a few hours, hi), during daytime we intend to make pure sightseeing! ? Vy 73 / 88 de M & M ________________________________________________________________________ AOL eMail auf Ihrem Handy! Ab sofort k?nnen Sie auch unterwegs Ihre AOL email abrufen. Registrieren Sie sich jetzt kostenlos. Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV 144 - 3400 MHz EME QRO and 10m DISH WAC 432 - 1296 MHz From sv3aaf at yahoo.com Fri Jun 5 08:43:53 2009 From: sv3aaf at yahoo.com (SV3AAF Petros) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 23:43:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Moon] MI/DL1YMK completed 5 bands over the rock Message-ID: <576812.79458.qm@web59107.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Dear M&M, Congratulations for your unprecedented success. MI/DL1YMK rocked the rock! Excellent operation and remarkable system engineering from the top notch multiband portable EME setup! In two words, you made it EASY for us AGAIN! With my medium-small setup I just had to give you only one call on random to make QSOs with you, Amazing! Vy Tnx 73, Petros sv3aaf --- On Fri, 6/5/09, dl1ymk at aol.com wrote: From: dl1ymk at aol.com Subject: [Moon] MI/DL1YMK completed 5 bands over the rock To: moon at moonbounce.info, ok1dfc at seznam.cz, k1rqg at aol.com Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 2:32 AM Hi folks, ? just for completing the records: today we managed to complete the first ever worldwide 5 band-EME-DXpedition!!! After dismantling the dish for 70, 23, 13 and 9 cm yesterday evening, we installed a 2,3wl Yagi using the tripod of the dish. First we were able to make a few MS-QSO?s with DD0VF, DL8EBW and DK1CO. Then at our moonrise we tried our luck again off the rock and quickly worked DL9MS, PE1L, RX1AS and I2RV. With completing the QSO with DL9MS the fifth band, on which we brought MI/DL1YMK over the moon, was achieved and we both have an even broader smile now on our faces! The next days we will play on MS in the evening hours and off the rock during the night time (a few hours, hi), during daytime we intend to make pure sightseeing! ? Vy 73 / 88 de M & M Hier klicken und auf AOL das Beste & Top-Aktuelle aus Nachrichten, Sport, Szene-Klatsch und Lifestyle erfahren - dazu das sichere AOL Mail f?r eine reibungslose Kommunikation! -----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... 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I was going also to participate on 13cm for the first time, but unfortunatelly I had no time to complete setup for this band. As always I had a lot of maintanance work in the station after winter as well as new projects. One of them was a new SSPA for 23cm based on 10 x BLV958 that I finished just 2 days before contest. I did not manage to complete driver PA and of course I wanted to test it safely, so I was running on reducted power to on 300-350W only. Whole equipmenent and PA was mounted behind the dish and worked FB, so I hope to run full power next time! Declination was low and unfortunatelly during some hours of my window dish was even 30% blocked by buildings. I really decreased my performance for some time. Summary of results on 3 bands: 2m - 35qso (16x8elYagi/GS35b) 70cm - 15qso (4x25elYagi/400W) 23cm - 42qso (3m dish/300W at feed) It shows again that 3m dish occured to be more qso productive on 23cm than 16 yagi array on 2m. 23cm log: 30.05.2009 VK3UM OH2DG OZ4MM OK1KIR F2TU SV3AAF SP6JLW ES5PC DL4MEA G3LTF HB9MOON OK1CA PI9CAM LZ2US# IW2FZR MI/DL1YMK HB9SV DF3RU IQ4DF OK1DFC K5JL K5SO K2UYH SM2CEW K1RQG K0YW# VE6TA WA6PY 31.05.2009 JA8ERE# JA6AHB# RA3AQ SD3F RK3WWF# ON4BCB SM6FHZ IK2MMB GW3XYW DL3EBJ# G3LQR# IK3COJ K2DH LA9NEA I heard more stations that I could work, but they were not calling cq and also not answering mine. All in all great contest and I am really satisfied with our result. See you via CW EME. VY 73 ! de Chris SP7DCS PS. Congrats for Michael and Monica for FB expedition to MI as well as for HB0 team ! -- Chris SP7DCS email - sp7dcs at wp.pl, sp7dcs at o2.pl, sp7dcs at smrw.lodz.pl EME PAGE - http://sp7dcs.webpark.pl From funk-telegramm at t-online.de Fri Jun 5 21:45:43 2009 From: funk-telegramm at t-online.de (J. Kraft) Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:45:43 +0200 Subject: [Moon] WTB: 23cm SSPA Message-ID: <1MCfMF-0NDo4u0@fwd07.aul.t-online.de> Hi all, I need a 23cm SSPA with at least 100 W output, better 150 to 200W. Any offers? Thank you! 73 Joe, DL8HCZ/CT1HZE From jimmyv at hol.gr Fri Jun 5 23:14:52 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (jimmyv at hol.gr) Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 00:14:52 +0300 Subject: [Moon] ARRL 2009 EME Competition Rules Message-ID: <20090606001452.ermics7sgsk80c4o@easymail-app.hol.gr> Hello All I do not know if i have been losing eyesight due to age. But since i am only 41 yrs old, i guess i am still doing ok. :-) ARRL EME Contest 2009 rules are out http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/eme.html I take the opportunity to welcome the new rules. I have 4 comments & a surprise: 1.Mixing a Contest with digital and cw is totally unfair and does not find me in agreement. Because only way that this could perhaps work would be with different points per qso depending on difficulty of mode (ssb/cw/digital). 2. Rule 6.2 ''Stations may be worked for credit only once per band, regardless of mode'', does not really help for higher activity in 2m cw. And does not help for more digital activity on 70cm & above. All Mode class in my view should write: ''On any given band a station may be worked once on analog mode and once again on digital mode. '' 3. Personally, I applaud rule 6.3 at last !!!, & those who worked for it ( but only if actually implemented, thus if ARRL indeed checks loggers vs logs. Will this happen at last ??? ): ''During the contest periods, no contest entrant, in any category --single-operator or multi-operator-- may use non-EME means for the purpose of self-spotting, solicitation or coordination of QSOs or attempts to make contact; nor may any entrant use assistance or provide assistance in the form of frequency spotting or use any form of DX spotting, Packet Cluster, Ping Jockey, email, telephone, etc. Exception: liaison to coordinate band-by-band activity is explicitly permitted for the bands2.3 GHz and higher.'' 4. It is indeed better to have less wining / entry classes as now. However, I really do not understand why no cw single band entries for 2.3GHz & up. In the light of these developments, IF i am not on qrl abroad which is the norm in the last 13 months, I plan to participate again in ARRL EME Contest 2009, cw multiband single op. Maybe i do some SSB QSOs and go All mode? Be aware...hi 73 Jimmy SV1BTR From tikaluna at bigpond.com Fri Jun 5 23:33:30 2009 From: tikaluna at bigpond.com (Doug McArthur) Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:33:30 +1000 Subject: [Moon] "Echos of Apollo" Message-ID: <20090605213337.NCFS1990.nskntotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com@tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> Does anyone really know what is going to happen? There is a 'glossy' web site with cut and pastes from all manner of previous events but still no substance and time table. Its not supported by the ARRL and only token good will from the WIA. I have heard that Armstrong is going to 'talk', Buzz Aldrin is coming to VK, Parks and Honeysuckle Creek are going to be activated. (and others World wide) . Is this a "smoke an mirrors" event? Many of us have been approached to participate .. Participate in what? Maybe it is time for the EMErs to take the lead and just have a talk-fest to celebrate 63 years 5 months of EME .. We could have nominated frequencies CW/SSB/Doodle for all EME bands with designated regional net controllers. Go for a World record check-in and net talk back! A sooper dooper Al Katz SSB type Contest without being a contest! .. Imagine a 30+ station SSB round table on 23cm! Anyway we all know that nobody went to the Moon. It was just a stunt filmed in a desert !!! ??? so why bother anyway! Cheers 73 Doug VK3UM From jimmyv at hol.gr Sat Jun 6 00:37:56 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (jimmyv at hol.gr) Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 01:37:56 +0300 Subject: [Moon] ARRL 2009 EME Rules Message-ID: <20090606013756.c1ccl5toao4w0cws@easymail-app.hol.gr> Pls disregard previous mail...must have been the Jamaican hallusination plants...just kidding :-). This is the one: Hello All I do not know if i have been losing eyesight due to age. But since i am only 41 yrs old, i guess i am still doing ok. :-) ARRL EME Contest 2009 rules are out http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/eme.html I take the opportunity to welcome the new rules. I have 3 comments & a surprise: 1.Mixing a Contest with digital and cw is totally unfair and does not find me in agreement. Because only way that this could perhaps work would be with different points per qso depending on difficulty of mode (ssb/cw/digital). 2. Personally, I applaud rule 6.3 at last !!!, & those who worked for it ( but only if actually implemented, thus if ARRL indeed checks loggers vs logs. Will this happen at last ??? ): ''During the contest periods, no contest entrant, in any category --single-operator or multi-operator-- may use non-EME means for the purpose of self-spotting, solicitation or coordination of QSOs or attempts to make contact; nor may any entrant use assistance or provide assistance in the form of frequency spotting or use any form of DX spotting, Packet Cluster, Ping Jockey, email, telephone, etc. Exception: liaison to coordinate band-by-band activity is explicitly permitted for the bands2.3 GHz and higher.'' 3. It is indeed better to have less winning / entry classes as we fortunately have with the new rules. However, I do not understand why no cw single band entries for 2.3GHz & up. In the light of these developments, IF i am not on qrl abroad which is the norm in the last 13 months, I plan to participate again in ARRL EME Contest 2009, cw multiband single op. Maybe i do some SSB QSOs and go All mode? Be aware...hi 73 Jimmy SV1BTR From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Sat Jun 6 14:05:33 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 14:05:33 +0200 Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] 2009 changes ARRL Int EME Comp. In-Reply-To: <003201c9e63f$5c2dbfc0$14893f40$@com> Message-ID: So rules seems to be much better like last year and looks that our friends in ARRL were hearing what we are saying and sending them in e-mails. I see only one problem for myself. That is November MW part. this is to late and no good WX enough in my region for any pedition or possibility working outside and changing feeds. September was much better last year and also OM/OK1DFC pedition was possible to do. In November I really do not want to travel somewhere. December for 50 - 1296 looks good, but again question about WX for me. So we will see if WX will collaborate with us. Best regards and see you via Moon. I am this weekend available on 2320 MHz if anybody want to try. Yesterday worked Ned LZ1DX. Zdenek - OK1DFC www.ok1dfc.com QRV EME 432-1296-2320-3400 MHz WAC 432 - 1296 MHz QRO 10m dish ICQ-397994501 -----Original Message----- From: moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net [mailto:moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net]On Behalf Of Bob McCormick W1QA Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 2:40 AM To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net Subject: Re: [Moon-net] 2009 changes ARRL Int EME Comp. > http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/eme.html I think still too complicated. Is there really a demand or will the 6.1 multi-op neighbouring amateurs rule help promote activity?! There are some typos - and this: >> Reporting: Entries must be emailed or postmarked no >> later than [insert date and time here] and ... Bob W1QA _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html From vladimir.masek at volny.cz Sat Jun 6 15:27:47 2009 From: vladimir.masek at volny.cz (vladimir.masek at volny.cz) Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:27:47 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] =?iso-8859-2?q?=5BMoon-net=5D_2009_changes_ARRL_Int_EME_Co?= =?iso-8859-2?q?mp=2E?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <242ed6f591f71e455a58578944546f0b@www3.mail.volny.cz> Zdenek, try to ask ARRL contest guys to support a new contest weather as well, hi. Sri, I have not seen the price list yet. Vlada, OK1DAK/OK1KIR ----- P?VODN? ZPR?VA ----- Od: "OK1DFC" Komu: "Moon-Bounces" , "Moon Net" P?edm?t: Re: [Moon-net] 2009 changes ARRL Int EME Comp. Datum: 6.6.2009 - 14:05:33 > So rules seems to be much better like last year and > looks that our friends > in ARRL were hearing what we are saying and sending > them in e-mails. I see > only one problem for myself. That is November MW part. > this is to late and > no good WX enough in my region for any pedition or > possibility working > outside and changing feeds. September was much better > last year and also > OM/OK1DFC pedition was possible to do. In November > I really do not want to > travel somewhere. December for 50 - 1296 looks good, > but again question > about WX for me. So we will see if WX will collaborate > with us. > Best regards and see you via Moon. I am this weekend > available on 2320 MHz > if anybody want to try. Yesterday worked Ned LZ1DX. > > Zdenek - OK1DFC > www.ok1dfc.com > QRV EME 432-1296-2320-3400 MHz > WAC 432 - 1296 MHz > QRO 10m dish > ICQ-397994501 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net > [mailto:moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net]On Behalf > Of Bob McCormick > W1QA > Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 2:40 AM > To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net > Subject: Re: [Moon-net] 2009 changes ARRL Int EME Comp. > > > > http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/eme.html > > I think still too complicated. Is there really a demand > or will the 6.1 multi-op neighbouring amateurs rule > help > promote activity?! > > There are some typos - and this: > > >> Reporting: Entries must be emailed or postmarked > >> no > >> >> later than [insert date and time here] and ... > > > > Bob W1QA > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 tikaluna at bigpond.com Mon Jun 8 01:09:49 2009 From: tikaluna at bigpond.com (Doug McArthur) Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:09:49 +1000 Subject: [Moon] VK3UM EMECalc Ver 6.02 Message-ID: <20090607230956.DJRO8167.nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com@tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> Hi Gents But yet another update !!. This latest version now includes a further 10 Feed types. These include the RA3AQ designs, Dual and single dipole configurations, Dual patch (linear and circular) as well as Quad and Loop designs. In addition, from information kindly supplied by James G3RUH, Planet calculations and Bochum site information has updated to reflect actual measured parameters. (Load Data as 'Combined' Venus_EVE .cal). 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 From oz1hne at post8.tele.dk Tue Jun 9 21:40:53 2009 From: oz1hne at post8.tele.dk (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgen_Kristiansen?=) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 21:40:53 +0200 Subject: [Moon] miniVNA frequency extender, Message-ID: <005901c9e93a$359c71f0$a02df23e@privatqvfgt3vl> Hello, I am looking for a frequency extender (or PCB) for my miniVNA antenna analyzer, so if something laying around for sale, please send me a mail. Thanks in advance, 73, OZ1HNE Jorgen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090609/47c0cd4c/attachment.htm From ve1alq at nbnet.nb.ca Wed Jun 10 20:10:38 2009 From: ve1alq at nbnet.nb.ca (Darrell) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:10:38 -0300 Subject: [Moon] Antenna's + More Message-ID: <20090610181106.XKVY1652.simmts6-srv.bellnexxia.net@simip12-ab.srvr.bell.ca> Hi Folks; Anyone out here interested in: 1/ One good pair of 1296Mhz X 55EL Loops Yagi's ??? (very reasonable in price) 2/ One Good Pair of 17B2 Yagi's (very reasonable in price) 3/ An excellent Yaesu G-5600B AZ/EL System complete (very reasonable in price) 4/ 1 X Brand New never used 3CX1500/8877 complete with Socket with Silver (not silver plated) 1/2" Grid contacts, 5V/15Amp Hammond Filament Transformer and 50W 75Ohm Soft Start Rheostat for Secondary of Transformer. (very reasonable in price, but NOT CHEAP. I would rather not separated this set of Items Please contact me directly, OFF Reflector , and ONLY Interested Parties Please. Regards & Thanks, Darrell Regards & Thanks, Darrell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090610/169a3cf0/attachment.htm From ingolf.fhz at gmail.com Wed Jun 10 21:34:01 2009 From: ingolf.fhz at gmail.com (Ingolf, SM6FHZ) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:34:01 +0200 Subject: [Moon] 23 cm EME activity SM6FHZ Message-ID: Moonbouncers! A short report on the recent 23 cm EME activity from SM6FHZ. During the DUBUS EME contest, May 30/31, I worked a total of 39 stations. I had a dupe with HB9SV on Sunday, worked him Saturday as well, and a short dupe with SD3F also on Sunday. I did enjoy the fantastic activity on the band. It even became crowded at times so I tried to switch to the IC-756pro3 on Sunday in order to get better filter options. I have not used it for EME work before so I took a small risk in switching during the contest but it worked out just fine. Initials were OK1CA, ES5PC, F5JWF, PA3CSG, LZ2US, PI9CAM, MI/DL1YMK, RK3WWF, IQ4DF, OK1DFC, K5JL, ON7UN, NY2Z, K5SO, JA6CZD, JA6AHB, DL4MEA, IK3MMB and DL3EBJ for a total of 19 new ones during the contest. I also heard a few that I did not manage to QSO; JA4LJB, JA8ERE, DL1HYZ, G3LQR, LZ1DX in spite of chasing them around the band as well as periodical intense CQ'ing from my side. I am open to, and would very much like to, have a trial with those stations via the moon! Just let me know when, please. I plan to be on during the EoA weekend, June 27/28. On Saturday, directly from my moonrise at 1110Z. I am especially open to try with western US, Alaskan and Canadian stations, as my western horizon is badly blocked. So, if any western US, Alaskan or Canadian station with a good western horizon would like to have a "long path" try let me know or just call in! Unfortunatly the declination is quite low and falling during the weekend. It makes my blockage even worse. I do hope to work you all during the EoA weekend also on SSB. 73 / Ingolf, SM6FHZ -- Ingolf, SM6FHZ http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090610/3decc7aa/attachment.htm From joe at Princeton.EDU Wed Jun 10 23:12:33 2009 From: joe at Princeton.EDU (Joe Taylor) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:12:33 -0400 Subject: [Moon] [Fwd: [Moon-net] VUAC White Paper on EME Rules] Message-ID: <4A3021C1.1060500@princeton.edu> For those in the EME community who may not read the reflectors to which the appended message was addressed, I am forwarding a copy to "Moon". -- 73, Joe, K1JT -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Moon-net] VUAC White Paper on EME Rules Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:26:39 -0400 From: Kutzko, Sean, KX9X To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net, VHF Contesting Reflector , vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu Hi Folks- The VUAC has released a White Paper, explaining their reasoning on their recommendations for rules changes in the upcoming 2009 ARRL International EME Competition. The PDF file can be found under the Rules and Forms area of the main contesting page (www.arrl.org/contests), or you can view it directly here: http://www.arrl.org/contests/emerules.pdf 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington CT 06111-1494 Telephone: 860-594-0232 Fax: 860-594-0259 email:skutzko at arrl.org Read the "Notes From The Contest Branch" blog at www.arrl.org/blog From jewell at btinternet.com Fri Jun 12 18:20:19 2009 From: jewell at btinternet.com (SAM JEWELL) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:20:19 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] Replacement brick for IC275H In-Reply-To: <4A320581.2060508@appello.de> References: <4A320581.2060508@appello.de> Message-ID: <433391.67084.qm@web87002.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Folks, the driver brick, a Toshiba SC1013, recently failed in my IC275H. I wonder if anyone knows of a source of a possible (Toshiba) replacement? It is a 25W linear bipolar brick. I notice from the web that the Mitsubishi M57727 (37w) has been used as a replacement. Does anyone have a spare lurking that they would like to sell me? Also, if anyone has any experience of failures with the SC1013? It would appear that they were prone to ceramic substrate cracking. Has anyone manged to repair one? 73 de Sam, G4DDK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090612/342f870c/attachment.htm From hughd at cogeco.ca Fri Jun 12 19:01:33 2009 From: hughd at cogeco.ca (Hugh Duff VA3TO) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:01:33 -0400 Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] Replacement brick for IC275H In-Reply-To: <433391.67084.qm@web87002.mail.ird.yahoo.com> References: <4A320581.2060508@appello.de> <433391.67084.qm@web87002.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4A3289ED.10502@cogeco.ca> Hi Sam. Not specific to the SC1013 but I have repaired dozens of brick amps that had cracked traces on the ceramic substrate. Bridging the crack with a solder blob or copper strip brought them back to life (use high temp solder.) Of course I've seen my share of them that were definitely blown; The bonding wires to the die have melted and the compound covering the die is visually smoked . If you don't see anything obvious or suspect visual damage then there is a high likelihood that a trace has gone open. An ohmmeter and some time under a magnifier are your best weapons. Be careful when removing the plastic cover. They're a snap fit but also usually siliconed so you will need to go around the gap with a hobby knife. Use some gentle persuasion to pry the cap and it should pop off. (As a side note; In my experience the highest incidence of PA module failure is in compact dualband FM rigs that are used in crossband mode while on the high power setting. They just don't have sufficient cooling to support 100% duty cycle, but try telling this to Joe Ham.) 73, Hugh VA3TO www.va3to.com SAM JEWELL wrote: > Folks, > the driver brick, a Toshiba SC1013, recently failed in my IC275H. > I wonder if anyone knows of a source of a possible (Toshiba) replacement? It is a 25W linear bipolar brick. I notice from the web that the Mitsubishi M57727 (37w) has been used as a replacement. > Does anyone have a spare lurking that they would like to sell me? > Also, if anyone has any experience of failures with the SC1013? It would appear that they were prone to ceramic substrate cracking. Has anyone manged to repair one? > > 73 de Sam, G4DDK > _______________________________________________ > Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html > > From jewell at btinternet.com Fri Jun 12 22:06:41 2009 From: jewell at btinternet.com (SAM JEWELL) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:06:41 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] Replacement brick for IC275H In-Reply-To: <4A3289ED.10502@cogeco.ca> References: <4A320581.2060508@appello.de> <433391.67084.qm@web87002.mail.ird.yahoo.com> <4A3289ED.10502@cogeco.ca> Message-ID: <585657.62684.qm@web87014.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Folks, Out of interest the module problem turned out to be a track problem. I took Hugh's advice and carefully opened the module. The base bias input for the first of the two stages had vaporised. Possibly due to a further problem as the module now draws far too much current and takes out R288 which any of you with an IC275 may recognise as a 4.7R 'fuse' ! I don't know how many times I've replaced that 4R7 in the past........ I can't be bothered to remove all those screws again this evening! I'll investigate more tomorrow but it looks like a new module may still be required. 73 de Sam, G4DDK ________________________________ From: Hugh Duff VA3TO To: SAM JEWELL Cc: MOON_NET ; moon at moonbounce.info Sent: Friday, 12 June, 2009 6:01:33 PM Subject: Re: [Moon-net] Replacement brick for IC275H Hi Sam. Not specific to the SC1013 but I have repaired dozens of brick amps that had cracked traces on the ceramic substrate. Bridging the crack with a solder blob or copper strip brought them back to life (use high temp solder.) Of course I've seen my share of them that were definitely blown; The bonding wires to the die have melted and the compound covering the die is visually smoked . If you don't see anything obvious or suspect visual damage then there is a high likelihood that a trace has gone open. An ohmmeter and some time under a magnifier are your best weapons. Be careful when removing the plastic cover. They're a snap fit but also usually siliconed so you will need to go around the gap with a hobby knife. Use some gentle persuasion to pry the cap and it should pop off. (As a side note; In my experience the highest incidence of PA module failure is in compact dualband FM rigs that are used in crossband mode while on the high power setting. They just don't have sufficient cooling to support 100% duty cycle, but try telling this to Joe Ham.) 73, Hugh VA3TO www.va3to.com SAM JEWELL wrote: > Folks, > the driver brick, a Toshiba SC1013, recently failed in my IC275H. > I wonder if anyone knows of a source of a possible (Toshiba) replacement? It is a 25W linear bipolar brick. I notice from the web that the Mitsubishi M57727 (37w) has been used as a replacement. > Does anyone have a spare lurking that they would like to sell me? > Also, if anyone has any experience of failures with the SC1013? It would appear that they were prone to ceramic substrate cracking. Has anyone manged to repair one? > > 73 de Sam, G4DDK > _______________________________________________ > 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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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090613/6a0f7974/attachment.htm From ha5cw at netscape.net Sat Jun 13 18:35:43 2009 From: ha5cw at netscape.net (ha5cw at netscape.net) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:35:43 -0400 Subject: [Moon] FS: Tubes Message-ID: <8CBBA5C214F0F6D-1624-848@WEBMAIL-MY14.sysops.aol.com> He All! I have for sale: - 10 pcs of never used, factory packaged GI39B tubes. (See OK1VPZ's page on 432 MHz PA >800W : http://www.ok2kkw.com/ok1vpzpa.htm ) Data sheet tells it works OK @ 1200 MHz as well. - 7 pcs of never used RE025XA (=Tesla's 4CX250B) with 3 sockets including filament chokes and neutralising capacitors. - 1 pcs RS1062 (=YL1110) - GI7B based 144 MHz 350W PA including PS by HA8UG (Works well as a driver stage!:-))) ) Anybody interested? Pick up in HAM Radio @ Friedrichshafen is prefered. Trade-in of transverters, LNAs, PAs for 1.3 GHz and above also considered. 73: Joska / HA5CW -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090613/6285c53e/attachment.htm From dl5mae at yahoo.de Sat Jun 13 21:58:56 2009 From: dl5mae at yahoo.de (Wolfgang Schlaffer) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:58:56 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] ARRL 2009 EME Rules and "the WHITE PAPER OF VUAC" Message-ID: <278374.11617.qm@web23701.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Hi all , Hi Jimmy! you may have the problem with the Jamaican hallusination plants... maybe its the same problem on my side ...perhaps to much MEKONG WATER during the last 3 weeks during my stay in Asia... At least I see now some very POSITIVE ASPECTS in the new rules of ARRL EME rules and the so-called "white paper of VUAC" . Why so late? Well, still not all 100per cent agreement on my side but perhaps a big step forward. Lazy now for more comments as no sleeping since more than 40 hours .....(just returned today form SE Asia). vy 73 de DL5MAE Wolfgang --- jimmyv at hol.gr schrieb am Sa, 6.6.2009: Von: jimmyv at hol.gr Betreff: [Moon] ARRL 2009 EME Rules An: moon at moonbounce.info CC: kx9x at arrl.org, a.katz at ieee.org Datum: Samstag, 6. Juni 2009, 0:37 Pls disregard previous mail...must have been the Jamaican? hallusination plants...just kidding :-). This is the one: Hello All I do not know if i have been losing eyesight due to age. But since i am only 41 yrs old, i guess i am still doing ok. :-) ARRL EME Contest 2009 rules are out http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/eme.html I take the opportunity to welcome the new rules. I have 3 comments & a surprise: 1.Mixing a Contest with digital and cw is totally unfair and does not find me in agreement. Because only way that this could perhaps work would be with different points per qso depending on difficulty of mode (ssb/cw/digital). 2. Personally, I applaud rule 6.3 at last !!!, & those who worked for it ( but only if actually implemented, thus if ARRL indeed checks loggers vs logs. Will this happen at last ??? ): ''During the contest periods, no contest entrant, in any category --single-operator or multi-operator-- may use non-EME means for the purpose of self-spotting, solicitation or coordination of QSOs or attempts to make contact; nor may any entrant use assistance or provide assistance in the form of frequency spotting or use any form of DX spotting, Packet Cluster, Ping Jockey, email, telephone, etc. Exception: liaison to coordinate band-by-band activity is explicitly permitted for the bands2.3 GHz and higher.'' 3. It is indeed better to have less winning / entry classes as we? fortunately have with the new rules. However, I do not understand why no cw single band entries for 2.3GHz & up. In the light of these developments, IF i am not on qrl abroad which is the norm in the last 13 months, I plan to participate again in ARRL EME Contest 2009, cw multiband single op. Maybe i do some SSB QSOs and go All mode? Be aware...hi 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090613/e03b4342/attachment.htm From Jan at on6zg.be Sun Jun 14 23:03:15 2009 From: Jan at on6zg.be (Jan Engelen) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:03:15 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Still tubes forsale. Message-ID: <003001c9ed33$89c11fe0$9d435fa0$@be> Hi, I'm still selling these tubes : GS35b x2 GS31B x2 GS23B x2 GS9-B X 6 All New Old Stock tubes. 73 Jan ON6ZG. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090614/812464fd/attachment.htm From ploetz at snafu.de Mon Jun 15 13:07:23 2009 From: ploetz at snafu.de (Manfred Ploetz) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:07:23 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Moon Digest, Vol 32, Issue 12 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <29D4791AB80C420F80E24D8D62C56845@FunkrQuadPC> Hello Dough, running the latest version of EMEcalc I found the program has problems to find IPS data from URL www.ips.gov.au/Solar/3/4/2. The dot at the end of the URL is a "little bit much to much" and therefore my computer (Vista version) are not allowed to read flux data. Please change the URL in the source code, otherwise its not possible for me (and for others ??) to use valid flux data. Thank you for all your effort, writing theese wonderful programs for the EME community. Best regards Manfred, DL7YC ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 12:00 PM Subject: Moon Digest, Vol 32, Issue 12 > 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. VK3UM EMECalc Ver 6.02 (Doug McArthur) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:09:49 +1000 > From: Doug McArthur > Subject: [Moon] VK3UM EMECalc Ver 6.02 > To: > moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net,moon at moonbounce.info.,vk-vhf at ozlabs.org > Message-ID: > <20090607230956.DJRO8167.nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com at tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Hi Gents > But yet another update !!. This latest version now includes a further > 10 Feed types. > These include the RA3AQ designs, Dual and single dipole > configurations, Dual patch (linear and circular) > as well as Quad and Loop designs. > > In addition, from information kindly supplied by James G3RUH, Planet > calculations and Bochum site > information has updated to reflect actual measured parameters. (Load > Data as 'Combined' Venus_EVE .cal). > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Moon mailing list > Moon at moonbounce.info > http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon > > > End of Moon Digest, Vol 32, Issue 12 > ************************************ From ingolf.fhz at gmail.com Tue Jun 16 08:24:36 2009 From: ingolf.fhz at gmail.com (Ingolf, SM6FHZ) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:24:36 +0200 Subject: [Moon] SM6FHZ QSL Message-ID: Hi All. Finally I have now received my cards from the printer. All received QSL's for EME QSO's are now answered and my cards are dispatched. They should arrive at the recipients address within a week or two. If you are waiting for one, but not received one, let me know. Thank you so much for your patience waiting for them. From now on I will answer direct QSL's within a few days. 73 / Ingolf, SM6FHZ -- Ingolf, SM6FHZ http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090616/cd34d455/attachment.htm From ingolf.fhz at gmail.com Tue Jun 16 21:30:43 2009 From: ingolf.fhz at gmail.com (Ingolf, SM6FHZ) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:30:43 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Large dish 23 cm EME activity Message-ID: SK6OSO Onsala Space Observatory The West Coast Microwave Group of Sweden will make use of the 25.6m antenna at the Onsala Space Observatory just south of Gothenburg (JO57XJ) for 23cm EME on July 18/19. The call will be SK6OSO and we plan activity for two complete moon passes. The antenna is polar mounted and can track down to the horizon. Further information to be announced on www.sk6yh.org as we get closer to operation. We would very much like to work a lot of well equipped terrestrial 23 cm stations. As the at horizon time for a particular location is time limited, we strongly urge also small first time EME stations to set up for being able to make use of elevation in order to track the moon. We will use circular polarization and therefore recommend marginal stations to use circular polarization in order to optimize the link budget. We will use both CW and SSB, but no digital modes will be used. We do hope to be able to work all the well established 23 cm EME stations during this weekend as well. For the West Coast Microwave Group Ben, SM6CKU and Ingolf, SM6FHZ -- Ingolf, SM6FHZ http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090616/b31d0022/attachment.htm From ingolf.fhz at gmail.com Tue Jun 16 21:44:35 2009 From: ingolf.fhz at gmail.com (Ingolf, SM6FHZ) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:44:35 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Large dish 23 cm EME activity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: For those of you that wonders; unfortunately, the dish was not available during the EoA weekend. 73 / Ingolf, SM6FHZ 2009/6/16, Ingolf, SM6FHZ : > > SK6OSO > > Onsala Space Observatory > > > > The West Coast Microwave Group of Sweden will make use of the 25.6m antenna > at the Onsala Space Observatory just south of Gothenburg (JO57XJ) for 23cm > EME on July 18/19. The call will be SK6OSO and we plan activity for two > complete moon passes. The antenna is polar mounted and can track down to the > horizon. > > > > Further information to be announced on www.sk6yh.org as we get closer to > operation. > > > We would very much like to work a lot of well equipped terrestrial 23 cm > stations. As the at horizon time for a particular location is time limited, > we strongly urge also small first time EME stations to set up for being able > to make use of elevation in order to track the moon. We will use circular > polarization and therefore recommend marginal stations to use circular > polarization in order to optimize the link budget. > > We will use both CW and SSB, but no digital modes will be used. > > We do hope to be able to work all the well established 23 cm EME stations > during this weekend as well. > > For the West Coast Microwave Group > > Ben, SM6CKU and Ingolf, SM6FHZ > > -- > Ingolf, SM6FHZ > http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm > -- Ingolf, SM6FHZ http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090617/25d29750/attachment.htm From jimmyv at hol.gr Wed Jun 17 09:57:51 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (jimmyv at hol.gr) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:57:51 +0300 Subject: [Moon] June 2m DUBUS activity event Message-ID: <20090617105751.fs42zd0c8wggw0ow@easymail-app.hol.gr> Hi all after 13 months of absence from EME, i have returned to SV for a while. Plan to visit the eme qth this weekend. If 2m ant. system is operational I plan to be qrv in cw from time to time in the 2 activity slots, as my limited weekend time will be mainly spent in starting to take down the 70cm 24xpol yagis. 21 June 0300 - 0600 GMT 21 June 1330 - 1630 GMT http://www.sm2cew.com/dubus-aw.html 73 Jimmy SV1BTR 2m: 16*6el. xpol 21.5dbd From funk-telegramm at t-online.de Wed Jun 17 13:29:22 2009 From: funk-telegramm at t-online.de (J. Kraft) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:29:22 +0200 Subject: [Moon] EU CW EME Contest 2009 - Deadline In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1MGtKU-1dKnR20@fwd10.aul.t-online.de> I want to remind everybody that we have the deadline for entries for the DUBUS/REF CW EME Contest 2009 on June 20th. Please send your entry / log to funk-telegramm at t-online.de Thank you! 73 Joe, DL8HCZ/CT1HZE DUBUS From sm2cew at telia.com Wed Jun 17 21:11:32 2009 From: sm2cew at telia.com (Peter Sundberg) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:11:32 +0000 Subject: [Moon] June 2m DUBUS activity event In-Reply-To: <20090617105751.fs42zd0c8wggw0ow@easymail-app.hol.gr> Message-ID: <20090617190940.9C4DA35F97@mail.allt1.se> Hello Jimmy! We have all been missing that SV1BTR EME beacon, glad to hear you now have some time for EME again! Hope to work you and many others during the activity event. 73/GL de Peter SM2CEW At 07:57 2009-06-17 , jimmyv at hol.gr wrote: >Hi all > >after 13 months of absence from EME, i have returned to SV for a >while. Plan to visit the eme qth this weekend. If 2m ant. system is >operational I plan to be qrv in cw from time to time in the 2 activity >slots, as my limited weekend time will be mainly spent in starting to >take down the 70cm 24xpol yagis. > >21 June 0300 - 0600 GMT >21 June 1330 - 1630 GMT >http://www.sm2cew.com/dubus-aw.html > >73 >Jimmy SV1BTR >2m: 16*6el. xpol 21.5dbd > > >_______________________________________________ >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 on4bcb at skynet.be Wed Jun 17 23:34:23 2009 From: on4bcb at skynet.be (Walter Crauwels ON4BCB) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:34:23 +0200 Subject: [Moon] 23cm EME'ers @ Hamradio "Meet,Greet & Beer" References: Message-ID: <46743DFE9A5F425D9D2CD0BE2E936864@living> What about a Meet,Greet & Beer @ Hamradio ? Let's say: Friday 15:00 Hamradio Time at the main entrance gates inside the building. 73 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090617/a19b3ff7/attachment.htm From jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp Thu Jun 18 01:38:15 2009 From: jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp (M. Watanabe) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 8:38:15 +0900 Subject: [Moon] Hello Moon Event on June 27 at 8J1AXA Message-ID: <20090617233815671.UPNN.8272.wememta102.odn.ne.jp@mta102.odn.ne.jp> Hello Moon Event on June 27 at 8J1AXA Saturday, June 27, 35 school children from Aoyama Gakuin Elementary School in Tokyo will visit our moon-bounce station 8J1AXA. After our moon elevation becomes over 5 deg. at 0045, Hello Moon exhibition will be started. Since our operation permission is limited to 144 and 432 MHz, we plan to operate 432 MHz SSB/CW for the event. We would like to ask our EME community to join us for this event, and would like to make some cosmic noise via the moon. If you have some comment on this plan, operating time, etc., please write me. OM's will stay there overnight, so some more oparation, including non-eme, has to be expected. Aoyama Gakuin is a famous institute for their high level education along with Christianity. They have an amateur radio club in the elementary school, which once performed ARISS, an amateur radio contact to ISS by school children with special radio operation licensing, and sent a DX mission to China. Although thier amateur radio activity has a tendency to come down in these recent years, not a few new-comer novice licensees among their elementary school children have come out with a great effort by teachers. http://www.age.aoyama.ed.jp/top.html For the Hello Moon Event, fifteen of their parents and five teachers along with children will join to see how the monn-bounce and space communications look/sound like. For the current information, visit our URL. http://www.8j1axa.jp/ (This information is sent from Mike JH1KRC) From i5wbe at i5wbe.it Thu Jun 18 08:56:06 2009 From: i5wbe at i5wbe.it (Enrico Baldacci) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:56:06 +0000 Subject: [Moon] 23cm EME'ers @ Hamradio "Meet,Greet & Beer" In-Reply-To: <46743DFE9A5F425D9D2CD0BE2E936864@living> References: <46743DFE9A5F425D9D2CD0BE2E936864@living> Message-ID: <4A39E506.1010107@i5wbe.it> Friday at 13.00 there are the meeting of VUSHF at QSL wall as every year. 73' Enrico i5wbe Walter Crauwels ON4BCB ha scritto: > What about a Meet,Greet & Beer @ Hamradio ? > > Let's say: > Friday 15:00 Hamradio Time at the main entrance gates inside the > building. > > 73 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090618/fac9bb49/attachment.htm From valter_dls at yahoo.it Thu Jun 18 20:56:27 2009 From: valter_dls at yahoo.it (valter dolso) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:56:27 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] 21/06/09 CW dubus event IK1FJI Message-ID: <231445.58252.qm@web24304.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Hello to all I will be qrv in the cw event 21 June 03:00 - 06:00 GMT???? 1330 - 1630 GMT? , for sure in the first slot, hope a little also in the aftenoon.... Hope to see a lot of? you, the regulars and some? "new entry " the cw mode is always a big trill for sure. See you? sunday??? qrg? 144040?-? 144060 Most of time i will call cq on 144051 +-? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? vy 73, Valter IK1FJI 4x12 2.84wl?? tx ic275 h? to a gu78b tube? rx? atf 33143 24? 0,3? ts2000? linrad From k7xq at elite.net Thu Jun 18 21:45:20 2009 From: k7xq at elite.net (k7xq at elite.net) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:45:20 -0700 Subject: [Moon] FS: Flex radio SDR-1000 package Message-ID: <20090618124520.obi9qbvzswoswo8s@secure.elite.net> Flex radio SDR-1000 Package I have a Flex Radio SDR-1000 1 W version with DEM 144 MHz transverter, EDIROL FA-66 sound module, firewire computer card, firewire cable, manual, SDR software and all required drivers. All in excellent condition. $750.00 paypal preferred. Would also consider trade for the following: Icom IC-7000 4 X M2 2MPX28's 144 MHz antennas 500 W+ 1296 MHz tube amp GS35B HF amplifier w/80M and 160Mcapabilities. Jeff K7XQ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090618/b910899c/attachment.htm From g3ltf at btinternet.com Thu Jun 18 23:53:41 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:53:41 +0100 Subject: [Moon] 3.4GHz activity weekend 20/21st June Update Message-ID: <9CF32151BACF4ED985314724511A2A26@D7BX6Z0J> Although ( as far as I know) there have been no requests for skeds I am hopeful that we shall have good activity. I note that VE6TA, WW2R,G3LQR and PA0BAT have all increased their erp recently , LX1DB has said he will be on wx permitting. I expect the OK boys, CA, KIR and DFC to be on. From G there should be me plus G4NNS and G3LQR and one, possibly two, others. W5LUA, OZ6OL, DL1YMK, DL4MEA, are all expected to be there... plusVE4MA? WD5AGO? K5GW?. Charlie VK3NX has said he will announce beforehand if he can be QRV. My plans have been slightly disrupted by a social comittment which will take me out from about 1000-1600 on Saturday so I hope I can catch the NA stations on Sunday . Otherwise I will be QRV for the VK window ( if VK3NX is QRV) and then from about 0500 onwards. The UK Wx looks good for the weekend. For any listeners, activity will be around 3400.100 +/- at least 50KHz 73 &GL to all Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090618/9e328c90/attachment.htm From ve4ma at shaw.ca Fri Jun 19 06:00:47 2009 From: ve4ma at shaw.ca (Barry VE4MA) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:00:47 -0500 Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] 3.4GHz activity weekend 20/21st June Update In-Reply-To: <9CF32151BACF4ED985314724511A2A26@D7BX6Z0J> References: <9CF32151BACF4ED985314724511A2A26@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: <022c01c9f092$893e6930$9bbb3b90$@ca> Good Morning Peter, I do plan to be QRV on both days ..weather permitting. Still using 100W into a 2.4 m offset dish 10dB sun noise. I had tracking computer problems last activity weekend..hopefully `Murphy will not visit again this weekend`. I am looking for skeds with G3LQR, OZ6OL, PA0BAT,DL1YMK, DL4MEA, WW2R, K5GW and WD5AGO...unfortunately I still have no VK window. I have learned that an Internet provider is planning a 3.4 WIMAX installation on a 450 ft tower about 30 miles from here...SE so prime moon sky...hopefully not any closer Best 73 Barry VE4MA -----Original Message----- From: moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net [mailto:moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net] On Behalf Of peter blair Sent: June 18, 2009 4:54 PM To: moonbounceboard; freetalk moonnet Subject: [Moon-net] 3.4GHz activity weekend 20/21st June Update Although ( as far as I know) there have been no requests for skeds I am hopeful that we shall have good activity. I note that VE6TA, WW2R,G3LQR and PA0BAT have all increased their erp recently , LX1DB has said he will be on wx permitting. I expect the OK boys, CA, KIR and DFC to be on. From G there should be me plus G4NNS and G3LQR and one, possibly two, others. W5LUA, OZ6OL, DL1YMK, DL4MEA, are all expected to be there... plusVE4MA? WD5AGO? K5GW?. Charlie VK3NX has said he will announce beforehand if he can be QRV. My plans have been slightly disrupted by a social comittment which will take me out from about 1000-1600 on Saturday so I hope I can catch the NA stations on Sunday . Otherwise I will be QRV for the VK window ( if VK3NX is QRV) and then from about 0500 onwards. The UK Wx looks good for the weekend. For any listeners, activity will be around 3400.100 +/- at least 50KHz 73 &GL to all Peter G3LTF _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html From ve6ta at clearwave.ca Fri Jun 19 06:11:11 2009 From: ve6ta at clearwave.ca (Grant Furnald) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:11:11 -0000 Subject: [Moon] 3.4GHz activity weekend 20/21st June Update In-Reply-To: <9CF32151BACF4ED985314724511A2A26@D7BX6Z0J> References: <9CF32151BACF4ED985314724511A2A26@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: <8846F10330DC440A942E4602BE7A5486@DadPC> Hello Peter et al: I am also planning to be on this coming activity weekend. The power is now a twinned a pair of toshiba amps, so am hoping for a slight increase in echoes this year. I will be looking in particular for the following new stations, either on sked, or random; WW2R, G3LQR, G4NNS, PA0BAT, OK1DFC, DL4MEA, DL1YMK, WD5AGO, and K5GW. Good luck to all and hope to see you on 9 cm soon. 73's Grant VE6TA 5.5 meter dish, RA3AQ feed, and 90w in shack. DO33gs ----- Original Message ----- From: peter blair To: moonbounceboard ; freetalk moonnet Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:53 PM Subject: [Moon] 3.4GHz activity weekend 20/21st June Update Although ( as far as I know) there have been no requests for skeds I am hopeful that we shall have good activity. I note that VE6TA, WW2R,G3LQR and PA0BAT have all increased their erp recently , LX1DB has said he will be on wx permitting. I expect the OK boys, CA, KIR and DFC to be on. From G there should be me plus G4NNS and G3LQR and one, possibly two, others. W5LUA, OZ6OL, DL1YMK, DL4MEA, are all expected to be there... plusVE4MA? WD5AGO? K5GW?. Charlie VK3NX has said he will announce beforehand if he can be QRV. My plans have been slightly disrupted by a social comittment which will take me out from about 1000-1600 on Saturday so I hope I can catch the NA stations on Sunday . Otherwise I will be QRV for the VK window ( if VK3NX is QRV) and then from about 0500 onwards. The UK Wx looks good for the weekend. For any listeners, activity will be around 3400.100 +/- at least 50KHz 73 &GL to all Peter G3LTF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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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NOT 3456.xxx as previously posted in net notes. 73 Peter G3LTF EME schedules, last update 19 Jun 2009, 01:39 Skeds for JUN 20 Time 3400.050 3400.075 1130z OZ6OL -PA0BAT 1200z WW2R -OK1KIR 1230z K5GW -OK1KIR WW2R -G4NNS 1300z WW2R -DL1YMK 1330z WD5AGO-PA0BAT WW2R -OZ6OL 1400z WW2R -PA0BAT 1430z VE6TA -PA0BAT 1500z VE4MA -PA0BAT 2100z WW2R -VE4MA 2130z WW2R -VK3NX ----- Original Message ----- From: peter blair To: moonbounceboard ; freetalk moonnet Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:53 PM Subject: [Moon] 3.4GHz activity weekend 20/21st June Update Although ( as far as I know) there have been no requests for skeds I am hopeful that we shall have good activity. I note that VE6TA, WW2R,G3LQR and PA0BAT have all increased their erp recently , LX1DB has said he will be on wx permitting. I expect the OK boys, CA, KIR and DFC to be on. From G there should be me plus G4NNS and G3LQR and one, possibly two, others. W5LUA, OZ6OL, DL1YMK, DL4MEA, are all expected to be there... plusVE4MA? WD5AGO? K5GW?. Charlie VK3NX has said he will announce beforehand if he can be QRV. My plans have been slightly disrupted by a social comittment which will take me out from about 1000-1600 on Saturday so I hope I can catch the NA stations on Sunday . Otherwise I will be QRV for the VK window ( if VK3NX is QRV) and then from about 0500 onwards. The UK Wx looks good for the weekend. For any listeners, activity will be around 3400.100 +/- at least 50KHz 73 &GL to all Peter G3LTF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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/20090619/a2e4d628/attachment-0001.htm From frankddr at tele2.it Fri Jun 19 09:17:36 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Francesco) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:17:36 +0200 Subject: [Moon] R: June 2m DUBUS activity event In-Reply-To: <20090617190940.9C4DA35F97@mail.allt1.se> Message-ID: Hello Peter and Jimmy, i have resolved a previous commitment and so i should be active on DUBUS CW EME EVENT (June 21). See you there. Peter, after so long time do you think that i should be able to recognize the SV1BTR signal? (hi,hi) 73 and see you on sunday. Francesco,IK2DDR -----Messaggio originale----- Da: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info]Per conto di Peter Sundberg Inviato: mercoledi 17 giugno 2009 20.12 A: jimmyv at hol.gr; moon at moonbounce.info Oggetto: Re: [Moon] June 2m DUBUS activity event Hello Jimmy! We have all been missing that SV1BTR EME beacon, glad to hear you now have some time for EME again! Hope to work you and many others during the activity event. 73/GL de Peter SM2CEW At 07:57 2009-06-17 , jimmyv at hol.gr wrote: >Hi all > >after 13 months of absence from EME, i have returned to SV for a >while. Plan to visit the eme qth this weekend. If 2m ant. system is >operational I plan to be qrv in cw from time to time in the 2 activity >slots, as my limited weekend time will be mainly spent in starting to >take down the 70cm 24xpol yagis. > >21 June 0300 - 0600 GMT >21 June 1330 - 1630 GMT >http://www.sm2cew.com/dubus-aw.html > >73 >Jimmy SV1BTR >2m: 16*6el. xpol 21.5dbd > > >_______________________________________________ >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 > _______________________________________________ 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 Jun 19 10:34:07 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:34:07 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] 3.4GHz activity weekend 20/21st June Update#2 In-Reply-To: <06ED7B482D3D4AAAA227E13A9CB5A4D1@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: <795.1614-1993-1525255876-1245400447@seznam.cz> Hi EME gang, sorry but I due to busy days in QRL do not will attend 3,4 GHz weekend. I am just in 9A now and will follow today evening to E7 and on Monday evening next week I will be back at home. I was expecting test my 3,4 GHz unit before E7 pedition, but i am just working on big fiber optic project and no chance to find more free time for hobby. I would like to ask if couple of you can to leave 3,4 feeds in dish and let me try the 9cm unit during next week. I will test the unit with my portable 3,2 m dish. I am expecting to test also 13cm with new TCXO for all available bands on 2,3 during next weekend. All available stations and signals are very appreciated. Than I will wrap up everything from 432 up to 3,4 and preparing for transport to E7. Arriving to E7 I am expecting on 13th of July and from Monday also QRV. More details later on web with E7 pedition. Please let me know who is interesting in each available band and I will make schedule calendar. Also Internet is available there and we can arrange additional skeds during HB9Q chat. So I need to finish everything in QRL before 7th of July and than I have holiday. Regards to all from S5, 9A and E7 for while. Zdenek OK1DFC ------------ P?vodn? zpr?va ------------ Od: peter blair P?edm?t: [Moon] 3.4GHz activity weekend 20/21st June Update#2 Datum: 19.6.2009 09:52:02 ---------------------------------------- I have had several inputs overnight and I will consolidate these into another update later today. Joe K1RQG has issued a sked list which i reproduce below. Please note frequencies are 3400.050 and 3400.075. NOT 3456.xxx as previously posted in net notes. 73 Peter G3LTF EME schedules, last update 19 Jun 2009, 01:39 Skeds for JUN 20 Time 3400.050 3400.075 1130z OZ6OL -PA0BAT 1200z WW2R -OK1KIR 1230z K5GW -OK1KIR WW2R -G4NNS 1300z WW2R -DL1YMK 1330z WD5AGO-PA0BAT WW2R -OZ6OL 1400z WW2R -PA0BAT 1430z VE6TA -PA0BAT 1500z VE4MA -PA0BAT 2100z WW2R -VE4MA 2130z WW2R -VK3NX ----- Original Message ----- From: peter blair To: moonbounceboard ; freetalk moonnet Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:53 PM Subject: [Moon] 3.4GHz activity weekend 20/21st June Update Although ( as far as I know) there have been no requests for skeds I am hopeful that we shall have good activity. I note that VE6TA, WW2R,G3LQR and PA0BAT have all increased their erp recently , LX1DB has said he will be on wx permitting. I expect the OK boys, CA, KIR and DFC to be on. From G there should be me plus G4NNS and G3LQR and one, possibly two, others. W5LUA, OZ6OL, DL1YMK, DL4MEA, are all expected to be there... plusVE4MA? WD5AGO? K5GW?. Charlie VK3NX has said he will announce beforehand if he can be QRV. My plans have been slightly disrupted by a social comittment which will take me out from about 1000-1600 on Saturday so I hope I can catch the NA stations on Sunday . Otherwise I will be QRV for the VK window ( if VK3NX is QRV) and then from about 0500 onwards. The UK Wx looks good for the weekend. For any listeners, activity will be around 3400.100 +/- at least 50KHz 73 &GL to all Peter G3LTF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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 DL1YMK at aol.com Fri Jun 19 17:50:17 2009 From: DL1YMK at aol.com (DL1YMK at aol.com) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:50:17 EDT Subject: [Moon] 9cm AW Message-ID: Gentlemen, I feel awfully sorry to say that due to serious commitments on the first weekend after having returned from the recent DXpedition I cannot make it to the moon on 9cm this weekend. Nevertheless, I wish lots of fun to all of you and I do hope that Peter will initiate a second AW on 9cm this summer. vy 73 de Michael, DL1YMK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090619/96194608/attachment.htm From g3ltf at btinternet.com Fri Jun 19 18:11:07 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:11:07 +0100 Subject: [Moon] 3.4GHz Activity weekend update#3 Message-ID: <4B14991BDE83435896EA8BCF3A5D31A8@D7BX6Z0J> The current list of active stations looks like, DF9QX, DL1YMK, G3LQR, G3LTF, G4NNS, G4RFR, ( see below) K5GW, LX1DB, PA0BAT, OK1CA, OK1 KIR, OZ6OL, VE4MA, VE6TA, W5LUA, WW2R, I have no more information on VK3NX and DL4MEA is a "possible". G4RFR will be familiar to 10GHz ops, on 3.4GHz they have 80W and a 12ft dish and we had a half QSO this morning, they were 539 here and gave me 529 but we both had aiming problems due to high wind. PLEASE NOTE they have QRM problems at the low end of the band and so will be operating on 3400.450. They will be on the HB9Q logger. I also worked G3LQR this morning with a nice signal 549. The sked list produced by Joe K1RQG is below. GL to all, 73 Peter G3LTF Skeds for JUN 20 Time 3400.050 3400.075 1130z OZ6OL -PA0BAT 1200z WW2R -OK1KIR 1230z K5GW -OK1KIR WW2R -G4NNS 1300z WW2R -DL1YMK 1330z WD5AGO-PA0BAT WW2R -OZ6OL 1400z WW2R -PA0BAT 1430z VE6TA -PA0BAT 1500z VE4MA -PA0BAT 2100z WW2R -VE4MA 2130z WW2R -VK3NX -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Watanabe) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:47:10 +0900 Subject: [Moon] Filament current of 3CX3000A7 References: <4A3C71B2.5050007@i5wbe.it> Message-ID: <001101c9f172$efe7a030$0200a8c0@yourm9xvc9gwtf> Does anyone know how much the filament current of 3CX3000A7 differ from one another? Someone, who bought this surplus CPI-Eimac tube, has measured the current. 5.0V 45.6A, 5.5V 48.3A, 6.0V 51A, 6.5V 53.6A, 7.0V 55.9A, and 7.5V 58.32A. It looks too much for the spec., 7.5V +/- 0.37V, 51.5A. The measured data above seem to be accurate enough. Is it possible for a renewed surplus tube, such as done by ECONCO, etc., show different current from the original tube data? If it differs so much like this surplus tube, how should the filament voltage be adjusted? (Perhaps by the current....) Mike JH1KRC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It was purchased directly from the DB6NT factory and is in excellent condition with very little use. Original cost was over 500 Euros, will sell for $250 and ship anywhere in USA/Canada. Barry - KA7V Oregon - DN14ma KA7V at ARRL.NET -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090620/64fa22b5/attachment.htm From g3ltf at btinternet.com Sat Jun 20 19:40:26 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:40:26 +0100 Subject: [Moon] G3LTF 3.4GHz AW report Message-ID: <778D590D0371479F981704127D5A3DCF@D7BX6Z0J> I had to miss out on 6 hours of prime moon time today but was able to work OK1KIR, G3LQR, DF9QX, DL4MEA, G4RFR and VE6TA. I hope to catch up tomorrow with those I missed. If anyone wants a sked, please email. GL, 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090620/4f34e57c/attachment.htm From guenter.koellner at nsn.com Sat Jun 20 20:12:17 2009 From: guenter.koellner at nsn.com (Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich)) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:12:17 +0200 Subject: [Moon] DL4MEA 3.4GHz AW report In-Reply-To: <778D590D0371479F981704127D5A3DCF@D7BX6Z0J> References: <778D590D0371479F981704127D5A3DCF@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: Despite some expected problems I found some spare time, and worked G3LTF, OK1KIR, G4NNS#, LX/F2TU#, OK1CA, K5GW#, W5LUA and VE6TA# G4NNS probably twice, but the first time it was NC in my opinion. VE6TA showed perfectly that with patience it can be done even when at the border: While I wasn't able to copy even parts of the call for a long time, suddently I got the whole call in one string. Condx seemed having been quite perfect, I never got such strong echos before. 4.5m dish, round septum chapperal feed, 1dB NF DJ9BV preamp, 50W toshiba amp 73, G?nter (dl4mea) ________________________________ From: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info] On Behalf Of ext peter blair Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:40 PM To: moonbounceboard; freetalk moonnet Subject: [Moon] G3LTF 3.4GHz AW report I had to miss out on 6 hours of prime moon time today but was able to work OK1KIR, G3LQR, DF9QX, DL4MEA, G4RFR and VE6TA. I hope to catch up tomorrow with those I missed. If anyone wants a sked, please email. GL, 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- n?chster Teil -------------- Ein Dateianhang mit HTML-Daten wurde abgetrennt... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090620/a84deddb/attachment.htm From ve6ta at clearwave.ca Sat Jun 20 21:42:05 2009 From: ve6ta at clearwave.ca (Grant Furnald) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:42:05 -0000 Subject: [Moon] VE6TA 3.4 Ghz Activity Message-ID: Certainly appeared to be very good conditions today. Heard and worked a number of new stations, with very good signals off the moon on 9 cm. I managed to work the following fine stations; OK1CA, OK1KIR, OE9ERC#, G4NNS#, K5GW#, DL4MEA#, PA0BAT#, G3LTF. The following stations were heard but unfortunately not worked; G4RFR, WW2R, VE4MA, LX1DB, W5LUA. There may have been others that I forgot to jot down, but it was certainly the best activity period I have heard on the band to date. I am not sure of VK3NX's plans but may call for a bit during the VK window, and do plan to be on again tomorrow for the European window to catch those I may have missed. 73's to all. Grant VE6TA DO33gs 5.5 meter dish RA3AQ feed, 90w in shack, ~45 watts at feed. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090620/62bbd5f7/attachment.htm From eme_ww2r at g4fre.com Sun Jun 21 02:08:16 2009 From: eme_ww2r at g4fre.com (eme) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:08:16 -0500 Subject: [Moon] WW2R 3.4 Ghz Activity report In-Reply-To: Message-ID: After seeing the sked list Friday for the 1st time I had to scramble last night to get the 9cm feed on the dish and the equipment installed in the kennel. First problem was that the two Lamda switched mode PSU for the 100w amp wiped out the 2m IF 20 feet away, so I stole both the 13.8V HF rig switched psus from the shack and installed them; much quieter Heard nothing on 1st skeds with OK1KIR and G4NNS. Decided to check the feed position. The focal point was about 6mm in front of the feed. This is what happens measuring in the dark! Put it in correct place. Went back to shack and saw many signals on the SDRIQ Easily worked K5GW #6 (who was by far the loudest signal of the day), Called CQ and had LX/F2TU (at LX1DB?), and OK1CA reply (pileups on 9cm!) Worked OK1KIR #7, PA0BAT #8 DXCC #6, G4NNS #9 and OE9ERC #10 DXCC #7 Heard DF9QX, DL4MEA, W5LUA, CWNR G4RFR. Nil on sked with VE4MA. Sked with VE6TA didnt quite finish the QSO I must have been a reasonable signal strength of the moon as had reports from TX, VE, G and OK that i had a 120Hz sideband on my TX signal. With help of W5LUA it was found to be the smoothing capacitor in the plugtop 12V psu feeding the 10MHz distribution amp had failed, running it off unsmoothed AC. I have skeds with Ve6ta and ve4ma again around 1400z sunday, if anyone else wants a sked let me know Dave ww2r http://g4fre.com/3456eme.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090620/55370a96/attachment-0001.htm From ve4ma at shaw.ca Sun Jun 21 05:16:27 2009 From: ve4ma at shaw.ca (Barry VE4MA) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:16:27 -0500 Subject: [Moon] VE4MA 3.4GHz AW report In-Reply-To: <778D590D0371479F981704127D5A3DCF@D7BX6Z0J> References: <778D590D0371479F981704127D5A3DCF@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: <039f01c9f21e$abf683d0$03e38b70$@ca> I had a few challenges today. I had changed my elevation actuator after it froze this winter and the replacement was longer stroke. I found that with my skeds today that I was going to have a mechanical failure to move. I spent some time trying to adjust the mechanics to give me a little more time.but was unable to go after 14:30 For tomorrow June 21 I have proposed the following skeds: 12:30 VE4MA-PA0BAT on .050 Confirmed 13:00 VE4MA-G4NNS on .050 Proposed 13:30 VE4MA- DL4MEA on .150 Proposed 14:00 VE4MA-WW2R on .050 Confirmed Best 73 Barry VE4MA From: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info] On Behalf Of peter blair Sent: June 20, 2009 12:40 PM To: moonbounceboard; freetalk moonnet Subject: [Moon] G3LTF 3.4GHz AW report I had to miss out on 6 hours of prime moon time today but was able to work OK1KIR, G3LQR, DF9QX, DL4MEA, G4RFR and VE6TA. I hope to catch up tomorrow with those I missed. If anyone wants a sked, please email. GL, 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090620/f1f76665/attachment.htm From df6na at df6na.de Sun Jun 21 07:12:56 2009 From: df6na at df6na.de (Rainer) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:12:56 +0200 Subject: [Moon] WR90 18GHz waveguide switch Message-ID: <4A3DC158.90608@df6na.de> http://cgi.ebay.com/WR90-Waveguide-Transfer-Relay_W0QQitemZ350206656922QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5189f1819a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1205|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50 (I have no connection with the seller) -- 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 guenter.koellner at nsn.com Sun Jun 21 19:56:24 2009 From: guenter.koellner at nsn.com (Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich)) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:56:24 +0200 Subject: [Moon] DL4MEA 3.4GHz AW report In-Reply-To: References: <778D590D0371479F981704127D5A3DCF@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: Hello all, despite some expected problems I found some spare time, and worked on Saturday G3LTF, OK1KIR, G4NNS#, LX/F2TU#, OK1CA, K5GW#, W5LUA and VE6TA# on Sunday PA0BAT#, OE9ERC, VE4MA# and WW2R# Conx were phantastic, I never heard my echos such strong, even when the sun noise wasn't more than known from the past. On the other side I never heard WW2R before. If I then would find why my sun noise is still missing at least 3dB, it would be even better. Very big congratulations for Peter, G3LTF, for the big success of this weekend! It was tremendeous. I remember the first weekend 2 years ago, when I was listening with just a C-Band LNB, then we had some more activity, and this weekend it was like 13cm when I started at that band. Thanks a lot for the fun. 4.5m dish, round septum chapperal feed, 1dB NF DJ9BV preamp, 50W toshiba amp 73, G?nter (dl4mea) -------------- n?chster Teil -------------- Ein Dateianhang mit HTML-Daten wurde abgetrennt... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090621/2e0a11e8/attachment.htm From g3ltf at btinternet.com Sun Jun 21 22:56:29 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:56:29 +0100 Subject: [Moon] G3LTF 9cm AW results Message-ID: <53C17BC111364D939E65CDF521B82009@D7BX6Z0J> This was another excellent weekend of activity on 3.4GHz with lots of interesting QSOs made and many new initial contacts. I worked the following stations, OK1KIR, G3LQR, DF9QX, DL4MEA, G4RFR # 22, VE6TA, OE9ERC, G4NNS, PA0BAT, K5GW #23, W5LUA, VE4MA, WW2R. I also ran a test with JA4BLC who copied my signals on a horn and receiver mounted inside his 23cm feed on his 6m dish! I was sorry to miss OK1CA and LX1DB on Saturday when we were away from home. We badly need more activity from the USA please, even if you are on 3456 some of us can work cross band. Thanks to everyone for the great QSOs, we now look forward to the OK1DFC expedition. My equipment was 0.375f/d 6m dish with circular septum feed, W5LUA preamp ATF36077, 0.58dB NF, 25W at feed. Sun noise =14.4dB with SF68 and moon noise 0.9dB 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090621/72b902c8/attachment.htm From eme_ww2r at g4fre.com Mon Jun 22 03:23:27 2009 From: eme_ww2r at g4fre.com (eme) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:23:27 -0500 Subject: [Moon] WW2R 3.4 Ghz Activity report Day 2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The second day on 9cm EME was much less stressful. Worked W5LUA, VE6TA #11, DXCC #8, VE4MA #12, DL4MEA #13, DXCC #9 and G3LTF for a total of 12 QSOs over the weekend. The only weekend getaways were DF9QX and G4RFR All signals were louder than yesterday, despite the moon / sun separation being lower. My echoes were also easier to find Thanks to G3LTF for organizing the weekend and K1RQG for pushing me to get QRV Friday night. Really enjoyable weekend(eventually) Equipment: 3.1m dish. 100w (2 x Toshiba amp) DEMI preamp, 0.65db NF. Homebrew GPS locked L.O.Transverter. The extra 3dB on transmit definitely helped Dave ww2r http://g4fre.com/3456eme.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090621/4e16eb03/attachment.htm From jimmyv at hol.gr Mon Jun 22 16:50:24 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (jimmyv at hol.gr) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:50:24 +0300 Subject: [Moon] 70cm - 2m news & status Message-ID: <20090622175024.tyled44rkgs8c4k4@easymail-app.hol.gr> Hello all it is with great pleasure that i returned to cw EME for 2009 summer, after 13 months of absence. This mode is magical indeed! 70cm: I spent Friday night to Monday morning working on taking down the 24xpol yagis 70cm array, and when ready putting up the new ant. system. Almost no sleep, hard work for a single person under the Greek sun. Same as last year. Coming Saturday i have to work on aligning a few yagis better. Due to lack of time, new array is coax fed 12*15el. in H pol. and 12*15el. in V pol. Ants are 10% understacked in both E+H planes for lower sidelobes and work vy well. Pattern is excellent, but i am sort by 1.5db sun noise vs my calculations / expectations in H pol. and 3.5db in V pol. (the latter 2db difference is maybe because quiet sky is warmer in V). I will improve to increase sun noise by 0.5db next month which is within reach without having to do massive changes, which would be a no go due to qrl travels abroad. Given the system temperature, H pol. sun noise is like having 4*11wl coax fed yagis. Saturday June 27, if PA tube gives no continuous flashovers, i plan to be qrv for the DUBUS 70cm activity event to test the new array on the moon. QRV in 1st moonpass and 1-1.5 hr in 2nd pass (as choice of time has too low moonset elevation for me). Info at: http://www.sm2cew.com/dubus-aw-70.html 27 June 1100-1300 GMT 27 June 1930-2130 GMT Note that 70cm Pout is 3.5db less than the past and continue to have az-el pointing problems. My new friend is an S-5 wide continuous pulse type qrm peaking on 432.008-432.030 !!!, so pls bare with me. My ears must train in the noise again...hi :-) 2m: I was qrv for 1st moon pass of DUBUS 2m activity event of June, and 1 hr in the 2nd pass. Stopped as 22KV lines QRN is S7 to S9+ at moonset, from 35d. elevation to horizon and is simply terrible year after year. Especially in H pol., could barely copy echoes. Vy happy to work on random 14 stations in d 1st pass and 1 in the 2nd pass, including 2 new initials, PA3DOL and UA3PTW. The anti QRN RF limiters i am using can no longer effectively decrease it, and as my environment has 2m neighboring signals i can not increase limiters rf gain further, without even the high IP rx chain not be overloaded. They are therefore useless, not being in a more quiet, signals wise, qth. As compared to last year, I also noticed that 2m noise floor, in overall moon travel, has risen by 4-5db on average. 73 Jimmy SV1BTR Ps. I have QSL cards pending because of my qrl absence abroad, will have them returned in the next 2 weeks. From vladimir.masek at volny.cz Tue Jun 23 00:25:36 2009 From: vladimir.masek at volny.cz (vladimir.masek at volny.cz) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:25:36 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] OK1KIR May-June activity report incl. great 3.4GHz AW Message-ID: <6b698b1476c7249ed51c846de5888210@www3.mail.volny.cz> FYI, OK1KIR activity 26.5. - 21.6.2009 2,3 GHz: wkd on 26.5. at 09:15 MI/DL1YMK 559/559 # 84 and DXCC 33, 10:44 OE9ERC 579/569 and 10:33 G4DDK # 85. 3,4 GHz: wkd on 27.5. at 10:45 OZ6OL 549/549, 12:22 LX1DB 569/569, 14:43 MI/DL1YMK partial, 15:15 DF9QX 559/559, 15:29 OE9ERC 579/569 #19 , DXCC 13 and the 1^st OE - OK 9 cm QSO , 15:40 G3LQR 549/559 and 16:28 MI/DL1YMK O/O # 20 , DXCC 14 and the 1^st GI - OK 9 cm QSO. Hrd: DL4MEA, OK1CA, PA0BAT, W5LUA 9 cm activity weekend: wkd on 20.6. at 06:39 G3LTF 559/569, 09:54 LX1DB 569/569, 10:16 G4RFR 449/539 # 21, 10:40 G3LQR 549/559, 10:50 DL4MEA 559/559, 11:15 G4NNS 549/539, 11:22 K5GW 579/569 # 22, 11:55 LX/F2TU 559/559, 12:15 VE6TA O/O, 12:31 OK1CA 559/559, 12:54 W5LUA 569/569, 13:59 WW2R O/O # 23 and 14:31 OE9ERC 569/569. On 21.6. we wkd at 08:29 PA0BAT 549/559 and 14:25 VE4MA 439/549. Mni tnx to Peter, G3LTF for organizing this great activity WE on 3.4 GHz and to Joe, K1RQG for skeds arrangement. 1296 MHz in EU EME contest we wkd CW 52 QSO and initial with RK3WWF, MI/DL1YMK for DXCC 54, LZ1DX, LZ2US, OK3RM, DL3EBJ and G4DDK for #277. In ARI digi contest we wkd 8 QSO and JT initial with JA1WQF, JH1IGC, PA3DZL, YL3AG, G4DDK and RW6AG for JT #41. Vlada, OK1DAK for OK1KIR EME (DAI,DAK,VAO) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090623/4ffb0587/attachment.htm From sm5cui at telia.com Tue Jun 23 02:53:22 2009 From: sm5cui at telia.com (Rune Larsson) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:53:22 -0000 Subject: [Moon] DXCC 144MHz > SM5CUI Message-ID: Hello to All . Today is a happy day for me, when I received the 144 MHz DXCC # 37 from ARRL. It has been a dream for a long time, but now it?s real. Got my licence 1961 and has been active grid square hunter on VHF. In middle of the 1970 I used 2x10 el.1,6 wl. Wisi yagis and QQE 06/40. Later I got a homemade PA with 2x4cx250B in push-pull. I use the same today. Most of the ?DX? was worked on Aurora and HSCW with tape recorder. Never heard an ES opening until a few years ago, up here in the north. At that time skeds was made up with letters or 14 MHz radio. 1982?2002, 20 years QRT. Had enough of radio in my new job at the local FM/TV broadcast station. Got experience and instruments to measure to see what I was dealing with. 2002 I decided to start up again and now try, for the first time EME on 2m. My two old small yagis was not enough, so I had to search for more of them. Not easy to find, but I was lucky to get four, but in a bad shape. The first station I heard off moon was I2FAK, and I was able to work him. That was with the small 4x10 el.1,6 wl, they looks like TV-antennas. Later I get the remaining 2 up and 6x10 el. was working good. In ARRL EME contest that year 2002 I worked 5 CW qso?s. The first digital JT44 qso was January 2003 with S52LM. A few years later I found another two yagis, with 8x10 it was easier to work a lot EME. Two years ago I got four old 15 el.3wl CueDee antennas. I now use them horizontal pol. 15m. up in tower. Four of the 10 el. yagis are now down at ground level beside the garage for vertical pol. The LNA?s are down in shack as I only have 0.25 dB loss in the 1 5/8? cables. My rig is like the other old stuff, FT225RD and as 2nd rx, TS700S. I will end this story with a big THANK to all of you in different country?s. You did help me to get this fine award. All operators of the xpeditions who make so many DXCC?s possible to get. K1JT Joe for the new mode FSK441 who made I could continue with meteor scatter. The rubber belt in tape recorder was to dry to turn the wheel after 20 years stop. Hi The JT mode which given me so much fun working small stations with the old junk here. At last: I wish you all good health. Have fun and enjoy one of the finest hobbies we have. 73 de Rune / SM5CUI -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090623/f2d38fdd/attachment.htm From vladimir.masek at volny.cz Tue Jun 23 10:04:30 2009 From: vladimir.masek at volny.cz (vladimir.masek at volny.cz) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:04:30 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] =?iso-8859-2?q?13cm_JA_EME_window_to_move_to_2400=2E1_MHz?= In-Reply-To: <20090623064414415.RSJ.8223.wememta101.odn.ne.jp@mta101.odn.ne.jp> References: <20090623064414415.RSJ.8223.wememta101.odn.ne.jp@mta101.odn.ne.jp> Message-ID: <6e9559906657a3da168221781fbd75c6@www1.mail.volny.cz> Hello MIke, well. Hope some others will also contribute to get wider support for the change and/or approval on your side. 73, Vlada, OK1DAK for OK1KIR EME ----- P?VODN? ZPR?VA ----- Od: "M. Watanabe" Komu: vladimir.masek at volny.cz P?edm?t: Re: RE: 13cm JA EME window to move to 2400.1 MHz Datum: 23.6.2009 - 8:44:14 > Hello Vlada, > cc: Yoshiro, JA4BLC > > Thank you for ur info on 2400MHz. > Yoshiro described the clearness on the lower edge of > the band > with his spectrum analyser. I think this it time > to discuss moving > our EME frequency to the band edge. > > There should be a web site to write our opinion on > the use of frequencies, so that Japanese telecom officials > know how it > looks like before thinking the frequency re-allocation. > > > > Mike JH1KRC > > > > ---- vladimir.masek at volny.cz wrote: > > Hello Mike, > > FYI, last Sunday, OK1KIR finally tested potential > > QRM on 2400 MHz EME. > > > We were surprized how the band was clear not only > > at 2400.0 MHz, but > > > over more than +/-5 MHz as well. > > The echoes, the Moon noise, the G/CS ratio performed > > like many years > > > ago. We felt like driving in time backwards, really > > delighted, hi. > > > We tested that outcome through the whole azimuth > > window moving > > > elevation from horizon and up (G/CS ratio) with similar > > result. > > > So, we can strongly support QSY to 2400.100 MHz for > > JA window ! > > > Even more, we become happy guys to be able to use > > that frequency for > > > both RX/TX without any need for cross-band operation. > > > Vlada, OK1DAK for OK1KIR EME > > M. Watanabe [1]jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp > > Tue May 5 10:02:32 CEST 2009 > > Hello Tonda, and 13cm EME guys: > > Congratulations on high activites and good results > > of last > > > week-end on 13cm. Unfortunately these years, the > > JA EME > > > frequency 2424MHz is on the main load of LAN frequency, > > > not only in JA, but in other countries, I guess. > > JA EME ops are ok for listening other frequencies, > > such as > > > 2304 and 2320. But it causes a problem for domestic > > QSOs > > > and they feel threatening of making RFI onto LAN > > frequency of computer > > > systems > > here and there. This could be a good > > reason to apply for the new frequency. > > (But such RFI is not reported fortunately.) > > According to Yoshiro JA4BLC, 2300-2400 was allocated > > for JA > > > amateurs before but got deprived of later. > > JA Band Plan, the frequency allocation offered from > > JA telecom. > > > office, shows lower edge of the 13cm band 2400-2402 > > is for > > > satellite communications. > > So how about changing the JA EME frequency from the > > present > > > 2424 to 2400-2400.1, or so? > > It might be the easiest way of getting a new EME > > frequency, as Yoshiro > > > suggests > > . > > Please let us know the good frequencies of 13cm, > > and how it > > > sounds like on and around 2400 in your area. > > Mike JH1KRC > > on behalf of Yoshiro, JA4BLC > > Reference > > 1. mailto:jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp%20 > > > From frankddr at tele2.it Tue Jun 23 10:58:21 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Franco) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:58:21 +0200 Subject: [Moon] R: 70cm - 2m news & status In-Reply-To: <20090622175024.tyled44rkgs8c4k4@easymail-app.hol.gr> Message-ID: Welcome back Jimmy and congratulations for your continuous improvement of your eme site. 73' Francesco,IK2DDR -----Messaggio originale----- Da: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info]Per conto di jimmyv at hol.gr Inviato: lunedi 22 giugno 2009 16.50 A: moon at moonbounce.info Cc: a.katz at ieee.org Oggetto: [Moon] 70cm - 2m news & status Hello all it is with great pleasure that i returned to cw EME for 2009 summer, after 13 months of absence. This mode is magical indeed! 70cm: I spent Friday night to Monday morning working on taking down the 24xpol yagis 70cm array, and when ready putting up the new ant. system. Almost no sleep, hard work for a single person under the Greek sun. Same as last year. Coming Saturday i have to work on aligning a few yagis better. Due to lack of time, new array is coax fed 12*15el. in H pol. and 12*15el. in V pol. Ants are 10% understacked in both E+H planes for lower sidelobes and work vy well. Pattern is excellent, but i am sort by 1.5db sun noise vs my calculations / expectations in H pol. and 3.5db in V pol. (the latter 2db difference is maybe because quiet sky is warmer in V). I will improve to increase sun noise by 0.5db next month which is within reach without having to do massive changes, which would be a no go due to qrl travels abroad. Given the system temperature, H pol. sun noise is like having 4*11wl coax fed yagis. Saturday June 27, if PA tube gives no continuous flashovers, i plan to be qrv for the DUBUS 70cm activity event to test the new array on the moon. QRV in 1st moonpass and 1-1.5 hr in 2nd pass (as choice of time has too low moonset elevation for me). Info at: http://www.sm2cew.com/dubus-aw-70.html 27 June 1100-1300 GMT 27 June 1930-2130 GMT Note that 70cm Pout is 3.5db less than the past and continue to have az-el pointing problems. My new friend is an S-5 wide continuous pulse type qrm peaking on 432.008-432.030 !!!, so pls bare with me. My ears must train in the noise again...hi :-) 2m: I was qrv for 1st moon pass of DUBUS 2m activity event of June, and 1 hr in the 2nd pass. Stopped as 22KV lines QRN is S7 to S9+ at moonset, from 35d. elevation to horizon and is simply terrible year after year. Especially in H pol., could barely copy echoes. Vy happy to work on random 14 stations in d 1st pass and 1 in the 2nd pass, including 2 new initials, PA3DOL and UA3PTW. The anti QRN RF limiters i am using can no longer effectively decrease it, and as my environment has 2m neighboring signals i can not increase limiters rf gain further, without even the high IP rx chain not be overloaded. They are therefore useless, not being in a more quiet, signals wise, qth. As compared to last year, I also noticed that 2m noise floor, in overall moon travel, has risen by 4-5db on average. 73 Jimmy SV1BTR Ps. I have QSL cards pending because of my qrl absence abroad, will have them returned in the next 2 weeks. _______________________________________________ Moon mailing list Moon at moonbounce.info http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon Please enter/update your standings: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.88/2196 - Release Date: 06/22/09 18:11:00 From i5wbe at i5wbe.it Tue Jun 23 12:02:53 2009 From: i5wbe at i5wbe.it (Enrico Baldacci) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:02:53 +0000 Subject: [Moon] DXCC 144MHz In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A40A84D.4090400@i5wbe.it> Hello to all, referring to 144 MHz. DXCC until there will not be a separation between analogic and digi I prefer my 80 Countries on analogic mode. * "De gustibus non disputandum est."* 73' & GL de Enrico - I5WBE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090623/6b2d9f6e/attachment.htm From Jan at on6zg.be Tue Jun 23 12:29:44 2009 From: Jan at on6zg.be (Jan Engelen) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:29:44 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Forsale :HV switched power supply Message-ID: <025801c9f3ed$866fc380$934f4a80$@be> Hi, I?m selling a HV switched power supply, 4.2Kv 0.8amps. Asking 500? (or best bid) I prefer pick up but I?m also taking it with me to Friedrichshafen hamradio vention. 73 Jan. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090623/c074c966/attachment.htm From frankddr at tele2.it Tue Jun 23 16:46:25 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Franco) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:46:25 +0200 Subject: [Moon] R: DXCC 144MHz In-Reply-To: <4A40A84D.4090400@i5wbe.it> Message-ID: Hello Enrico, only who has operated in the old/new analogic mode, knows the real difference in terms of difficults, between one and the other mode. This will not say that a qso on digital eme is not valid or not able to give some satisfaction to someone. This will only say that without digital, someone of us could never do eme. I guess that is not necessary to explaine the technical reasons. As you know with my small station, i can operate on random on both modes and time to time, i do experiences on digital, but unfortunately for me, the "new mode" is not able to capture my interest for long time as the old mode still doing. We have discussed in Florence last year, but maybe the topic is not so important and people prefer to live the things as they are. Nowadays, after one year from Florence Conference, i don't care too much this problem, because i don't ask awards and i simply enjoy each eme qso, with old or new stations as a personal satisfaction. 73' to all de IK2DDR,Francesco -----Messaggio originale----- Da: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info]Per conto di Enrico Baldacci Inviato: marted? 23 giugno 2009 12.03 Cc: Moon Oggetto: Re: [Moon] DXCC 144MHz Hello to all, referring to 144 MHz. DXCC until there will not be a separation between analogic and digi I prefer my 80 Countries on analogic mode. "De gustibus non disputandum est." 73' & GL de Enrico - I5WBE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090623/1ab78f5b/attachment.htm From f6dro at wanadoo.fr Tue Jun 23 16:55:17 2009 From: f6dro at wanadoo.fr (f6dro) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:55:17 +0200 Subject: [Moon] R: DXCC 144MHz References: Message-ID: <003501c9f412$9fb2be90$0400000a@f6dro4py09fun6> Hi Enrico , Franco , same for me . I run digital but only to stay active , interest is not the same than in CW. I have 80 DXCC in CW , now 92 with digital , but when I have 100 , I won't even apply to get the award , as it is , in my opinion , no longer an achievement 73 Dom/F6DRO -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090623/8c793337/attachment.htm From yo2amu at hotmail.com Tue Jun 23 17:49:55 2009 From: yo2amu at hotmail.com (Doru Zaslo) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:49:55 +0300 Subject: [Moon] YO2AMU-results in June Event. Message-ID: Hi Moonbouncers, As I have seen nobody is in a hurry(except SV1BTR) to post on reflector the results of June 2m Event!? I found conditions poor and without echoes or very weak most of the time. Low participation due the vacation,maybe. Testing here a new array but , as Joergen-OZ1HNE said,it takes more time to observe if it is performing better than the old array!Especially when conditions are so strange. Good signals from Jimmy-SV1BTR and Joergen-OZ1HNE.Of course,double polarity has to tell us that they are performing excellent in hard condition.No "lock-out" time! WKD:F1FLA , SP7DCS , IK2DDR , SM2CEW , OZ1HNE , SV1BTR , RX1AS , K9DX , LZ1DP , I3EVK , F0CXO , IT9CJC , OK1MS , OK1VVP. HRD:IK1FJI , UA3PTW. GL and see U next time! 73 de Doru,YO2AMU. _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090623/5e416e7d/attachment.htm From yo2amu at hotmail.com Tue Jun 23 17:53:07 2009 From: yo2amu at hotmail.com (Doru Zaslo) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:53:07 +0300 Subject: [Moon] 144 MHz Message-ID: I forgot to specify that is about 2m EME qso's! 73 de YO2AMU. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. Check it out! http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090623/696e54f4/attachment.htm From f6dro at wanadoo.fr Tue Jun 23 17:55:02 2009 From: f6dro at wanadoo.fr (f6dro) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:55:02 +0200 Subject: [Moon] YO2AMU-results in June Event. References: Message-ID: <009401c9f41a$f875b340$0400000a@f6dro4py09fun6> Hi Doru , hrd U very well once more , but busy so did not call 73 Dom/F6DRO -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090623/a0b5af4e/attachment.htm From frankddr at tele2.it Tue Jun 23 20:34:55 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Francesco) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:34:55 +0200 Subject: [Moon] IK2DDR DUBUS CW EME ACTIVITY EVENT :june log In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello all, last sunday, june 21, i was active on both windows during Dubus 2m cw eme activity event, untill 16:05 UTC. I found good conditions in the morning, with strong own echoes and strong signal from all the worked stations. I was really happy to hear the beacon eme signal of my good friend Jimmy, SV1BTR, active after lot of months of QRX, due work commitments. At least i worked 11 stations on 1st and 3 on second leg. Here the list of worked stations: SV1BTR-OZ1HNE-F1FLA-SP7DCS-SM2CEW-YO2AMU-IT9CJC-LZ1DP-IK1FJI-UA3PTW-F0CXO-K9 DX-OK1MS-I3EVK Heard:SM3AKWMany thanks to all and particularily to the Dubus crew for supporting these events.73' de IK2DDR,Francesco -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090623/78204b6a/attachment-0001.htm From tikaluna at bigpond.com Wed Jun 24 02:44:39 2009 From: tikaluna at bigpond.com (Doug McArthur) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:44:39 +1000 Subject: [Moon] Reminder 23cm .. "Net check in" fun event Message-ID: <20090624004449.IDKV8167.nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com@tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> Gentlemen In order to supplement the EoA activity on the following days there will be a 'Net - check in' fun event conducted at the times indicated below. This week Friday Saturday and Sunday. The main mode will be SSB but anybody on CW is also encouraged to join. There will be many very loud stations (big goo) which should be readable on modest antennae. The frequency chosen is 1296.025 .. your transmit frequency I (VK3UM) will run the OC > EU "skeds" and Joe or Jay (K1RQG K5JL) will run the NA > OC The EU > NA may be run by PI9CAM or HB9MOON .. someone will do it for sure. There will be a heap of special calls in use as well. W1M = K1RQG W5J = K5JL K5J = K5SO N0O = N0OY W1O = K2DH K0C = K0YW so save the totally predictable debate of 'is that a new initial' ? until later !!! Its going to be hard enough to understand the accents without changing call signs as well !! NA = NORTH AMERICA OC = OCEANIA EU = EUROPE NA > OC STARTING JUNE 26 AT 0100Z OC > EU STARTING JUNE 26 AT 0930Z EU > NA STARTING JUNE 26 AT 1900Z NA > OC STARTING JUNE 27 AT 0130Z OC > EU STARTING JUNE 27 AT 1100Z EU > NA STARTING JUNE 27 AT 2000Z NA > OC STARTING JUNE 28 AT 0200Z OC > EU STARTING JUNE 28 AT 1200Z EU > NA STARTING JUNE 28 AT 2030Z Come on or just listen. It is intended as a fun activity to support EoA . There will be many big guns on and you could be very surprised at what you will hear. 73 de Doug VK3UM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090624/ba28f8e7/attachment.htm From w5lua at sbcglobal.net Wed Jun 24 04:54:30 2009 From: w5lua at sbcglobal.net (Al Ward) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:54:30 -0000 Subject: [Moon] 9 cm report Message-ID: <061B21B5C5204397A32F8415C1AF7A81@Al1> Hello Had a nice weekend on 9cm. I worked the following G4RFR, LX1DB, G4NNS, OK1CA, OK1KIR, LX/F2TU, DL4MEA, K5GW, G3LQR, G3LTF, OE9ERC, VE6TA, PA0BAT, WW2R, and VE4MA for a total of 15. I am using a 5M dish and a 200 watt TWT in the shack. I use WR-229 out to the back of the dish and then half inch Heliax to the feed. Thanks to G3LTF for organizing the fine event. 73 Al W5LUA EM13qc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090624/5a8791cf/attachment.htm From ingolf.fhz at gmail.com Wed Jun 24 07:38:38 2009 From: ingolf.fhz at gmail.com (Ingolf, SM6FHZ) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:38:38 +0200 Subject: [Moon] EoA Big Dishes information? Message-ID: Dear 23 cm moonbouncers. Does anyone have information on where to find a complete list of the participating large commercial dishes in the EoA event on Saturday? Any callsigns available? I have not been able to find any clear information on what to expect in addition to the big guys in the EME 23 cm community. It would have been fun to know what to expect from this big event. Hope to see you all via the moon on Saturday. 73 / Ingolf, SM6FHZ -- Ingolf, SM6FHZ http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090624/c0aafeb0/attachment.htm From guenter.koellner at nsn.com Wed Jun 24 07:42:26 2009 From: guenter.koellner at nsn.com (Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich)) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:42:26 +0200 Subject: [Moon] Water cooling -> Water supply Message-ID: Hello, some of us are still dreaming about water cooling... Remember my link for these little and cheap water coolers: http://r2hobbies.com/products.php?cat=142 But, how to keep the water flowing? It is easy to water-cool an in-the-shack amplifer, since there is no pressure needed and a little pump is sufficient which only supports the water circulatoin. Just a little bit of electrical power is needed... But it might be different, and I already heard that from others, to cool an solid state amp which is located up at the mast or at the focal point of a dish. Most of the small pumps are not powerful enough to deliver water to about 10m height... One solution is to take the normal house water supply with a little reduction valve and simply waste the water. Together with a little on/off valve, as it is used in washing machines, controlled by a temperature switch. I assume not much water is needed to keep an amp cool in that way. This is definitly the way you can handle it when testing the amps in the shack, too... Waste the outlet out of the window or leave it for later use into a big bucket and there you are.. But what to do when you live, like I do, in an area with long periods of temperatures below zero? That requires de-frosting like it is used in cars, and so you must have a closed water circulation loop. Keep in mind that if you run the pump for all the time of operation, it needs energy, and probably more energy than the actual transmission power. (Same problem with hydraulic driven dishes). You may switch on the pump with a blower controller, but it may be a long delay until the water really reaches the amp. Looking for a different problem, I found the solution: One of these nice units: http://cgi.ebay.de/Hauswasserwerk-ELEKTRA-BECKUM-HWW3000-20K_W0QQitemZ120436860831QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPumpen?hash=item1c0a98a79f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A1|66%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50 Available cheap, anywhere, putting up pressure continuosly, and finally supporting the same as from your house water supply. A little canister of around 10l fluid besides and there you have your defrosted-fluid standby water cooling supply... Does not require energy when you are not transmitting, and can be set to pressurize the hoses with 1bar or so, sufficient for delivering the water up to 10m or so... 73, G?nter (dl4mea) -------------- n?chster Teil -------------- Ein Dateianhang mit HTML-Daten wurde abgetrennt... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090624/acf27d38/attachment.htm From valter_dls at yahoo.it Wed Jun 24 20:14:48 2009 From: valter_dls at yahoo.it (valter dolso) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:14:48 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] IK1FJI DUBUS event result Message-ID: <992128.74327.qm@web24306.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Hello eme friends Here my result in june dubus cw activity. First leg due oversleep was qrv aout one hour, found great conditions with strong signal, in the second leg seems conditions no good at the same. See some weak traces of stations call on my cq but no heard the calls. 21-06-09 04:54???? LZ1DP??? O?? RO???? LZ1 05:02??? ?F1FLA??? O???RO???? F1 05:06??? IK2DDR?? O?? RO???? IK2 05:14?? F0CXO???? O?? RO??? F0 05:23?? IT9CJC??? O??? RO??? IT9 05:25? SM2CEW? O? RO???? SM2 05:37? OZ1HNE?? RO? O???? OZ1?? 559? 549 05:57? SV1BTR? 549? 559?? SV1 14:20? OK1MS?? RO?? O???? OK1 14:29? K9DX????? RO??? O??? K9 14:42? I3EVK??? O???? RO??? I3 SCORE?? 11 X10 X 11? =??? 1210? POINT?????????? heard??? pa3???? ua3ptw?? rx1as ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 73 Valter IK1FJI From jimmyv at hol.gr Thu Jun 25 10:09:53 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (jimmyv at hol.gr) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:09:53 +0300 Subject: [Moon] Source to buy 3SK129 ? Message-ID: <20090625110953.03xky2zl68swgg40@easymail-app.hol.gr> Hi all as they are rather obsolete, do you know of a source, or do you have any spare dual gate 3SK129 fets (4 pieces) that i could buy? Thank you & 73 Jimmy SV1BTR From g3ltf at btinternet.com Thu Jun 25 10:50:08 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:50:08 +0100 Subject: [Moon] G3LTF QRV 3.4 GHz today Message-ID: I will be QRV on 3400.100 from about 1600Z looking for contacts. If anyone would like a sked please email. 6m dish 25W at feed 15dB sun noise SF69. 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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My echoes also seemed to be good Best 73 Barry VE4MA From: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info] On Behalf Of peter blair Sent: June 25, 2009 3:50 AM To: moonbounceboard; freetalk moonnet Subject: [Moon] G3LTF QRV 3.4 GHz today I will be QRV on 3400.100 from about 1600Z looking for contacts. If anyone would like a sked please email. 6m dish 25W at feed 15dB sun noise SF69. 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090625/fc1cd759/attachment.htm From oz1hne at post8.tele.dk Thu Jun 25 23:20:59 2009 From: oz1hne at post8.tele.dk (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgen_Kristiansen?=) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:20:59 +0200 Subject: [Moon] OZ1HNE QRV 144MHz CW EME, Message-ID: <007501c9f5da$d7acc6f0$b12df23e@privatqvfgt3vl> Hi EME'ers, I will be QRV on 144MHz CW EME the comming days, so if any stations would like to try a sked, please send me a mail. Good luck and see you via the moon. 73, OZ1HNE Jorgen. 8 x 8 elm. crossyagi's H/V and 8877. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090625/98009306/attachment.htm From w5lua at sbcglobal.net Fri Jun 26 04:45:27 2009 From: w5lua at sbcglobal.net (Al Ward) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:45:27 -0000 Subject: [Moon] W5HN activated on 1296 MHz EME for Echoes of Apollo Message-ID: <9571147877314C048DCDDD69E4A4B783@Al1> Hello In support of the Echoes of Apollo, W5HN was activated on 1296 MHz EME. Leroy W5HN/W5AJG now a silent key was once a very active VHFer in Dallas, Texas. Leroy provided my first 1296 MHz terrestrial contact over 30 years ago. Leroy started on spark back in the twenties. I still have his spark transmitter. Leroy had also been active on 2.5 meters and 5 meters and wrote many many articles on converting WWII radio equipment to VHF and microwave. After his passing, the North Texas Microwave Society acquired the call and it is in use daily broadcasting propagation beacons in the Dallas / Ft.Worth, Texas on all frequencies from 6 meters though 24 GHz. This evening, I activated W5HN from the QTH of W5LUA. The first station I worked on SSB was Doug, VK3UM. I went on to work the crew at SRI on SSB including K6MYC, N6NB, W6TE, and N6JMK. I then worked K2DH as W5LUA and then W5HN worked K2DH on SSB, followed by W5HN working W1O. W5HN then worked JA4BLC on CW followed by W5HN working VE6TA on both CW and SSB. It was a fun evening. The station at W5HN/W5LUA is a 5 meter dish and 1KW output from a TH-327 in the shack. See you tomorrow for round 2 of Echoes of Apollo. 73 Al W5LUA / W5HN EM13qc Texas -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(Your Tx frequency not your returned echo frequency) OE > EU starts at 1930 today and given what happened with just that 'small' activity I suggest we do follow accepted 'net control procedure' to provide the maximum opportunity for all to check in. We can then slip up or down to chat as one wishes. I heard Mike say .. it sounds like 20 meters! Break in on CW if you wish as well. Conditions .. little Libration and slow fading but good .. Moon is currently close to Aquarius so minimal sky noise (excellent MN-N .. moon noise!). Its been a lot of fun already .. and there is heaps more to come. EU see you at 1930z if you can. 73 de Doug VK3UM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I came home from a barbacue just in time before the first part, so sorry if my key control was a little unstabil (-: I worked the following stations: 21/6 2009: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0304 SV1BTR RO/O (559/559) SV1 0320 LZ1DP O/RO (539/539) LZ1 0328 IK2DDR O/RO IK2 0353 IT9CJC O/RO IT9 0403 F1FLA O/RO (559/559) F1 0420 SP7DCS O/RO SP7 0435 YO2AMU O/RO (539/539) YO2 0443 SM2CEW O/RO (559/559) SM2 0532 OK1VVP O/RO OK1 0537 IK1FJI O/RO (549/559) IK1 1335 F0CXO O/RO (559/559) F0 1343 K9DX O/RO (569/O) K9 1351 UA3PTW O/RO (549/559) UA3 1358 I3EVK O/RO (539/O) I3 1528 OK1MS RO/O - 1610 DK3EE RO/O (559/559) DK3 Thanks to all for the QSO's. It was great fun as always, and I look forward to the next CW EME Event in July. Best 73, OZ1HNE Jorgen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090626/64feb48a/attachment.htm From ok1tehlist at seznam.cz Fri Jun 26 22:24:22 2009 From: ok1tehlist at seznam.cz (=?us-ascii?Q?OK1TEH=20Petrzilka?=) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:24:22 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Moon] SSB Activity Fun Event In-Reply-To: <20090626050224.YXEG3770.nskntotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com@tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> Message-ID: <18995.28744-22262-447012250-1246047862@seznam.cz> Hi all Any idea if QRPP 23cm EME station like me have any chance to arrange a CW sked with W6TE or so? I was listening for them during my Friday Moonset however nil was heard because of bad birdies on 1296.030 and around, more no answer from W6TE on my email or question at HB9Q's 23cm EME chat or even on my CQ in CW with 300W out for possible random operation.. I hope that this Fun Even isn't only for QRO stations and their SSB chat... tnx &73 Matej, OK1TEH http://ok1teh.nagano.cz/eme_log1296.htm > ------------ P?vodn? zpr?va ------------ > Od: Doug McArthur > P?edm?t: [Moon] SSB Activity Fun Event > Datum: 26.6.2009 07:04:24 > ---------------------------------------- > Gentlemen > Given that it was a Thursday evening in the US and Friday morning in > OC there as a good turnout for > the first of our 9 activity windows covering the next 3 days. I > worked the following on SSB .. W5HN .. W5LUA > .. N6NB .. AA6EG .. K2DH .. W1O .. ( K6MYC was first heard > operating the Stanford dish before > handing to over to other members of the team). > > Well .. it soon became clear we all have our own ideas of where > 1296.025 is !! > (Your Tx frequency not your returned echo frequency) > > OE > EU starts at 1930 today and given what happened with just that > 'small' activity I suggest > we do follow accepted 'net control procedure' to provide the maximum > opportunity for all to check in. > We can then slip up or down to chat as one wishes. I heard Mike say > .. it sounds like 20 meters! > Break in on CW if you wish as well. > > Conditions .. little Libration and slow fading but good .. Moon is > currently close to Aquarius so > minimal sky noise (excellent MN-N .. moon noise!). > > Its been a lot of fun already .. and there is heaps more to come. > EU see you at 1930z if you can. > > 73 de Doug VK3UM > > > > From tikaluna at bigpond.com Sat Jun 27 01:24:37 2009 From: tikaluna at bigpond.com (Doug McArthur) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:24:37 +1000 Subject: [Moon] Results Fun activity Friday 0930Z (UTC) Message-ID: <20090626232442.RPRQ1990.nskntotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com@tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> Hi Gentlemen Given it was Friday morning in Eu then the following check- ins was most gratifying. F2TU .. OZ4MM .. OZ6OL .. JA4BLC .. VK2JDS .. G3LTF .. VK5MC and SV3AAF Today the NA > OC starts at 0130Z OC > EU starts at 1100Z (I will be there earlier for JA and Eastern EU) Tx frequency 1296.025 MHz Please indicate when you check in if you will be staying so we can arrange off frequency QSY to those on the net please. This will help maximize the number of stations and QSO's. (similar to other HF-net procedures.) 73 de Doug VK3UM From jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp Sat Jun 27 07:52:18 2009 From: jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp (M. Watanabe) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:52:18 +0900 Subject: [Moon] 432 Hello Moon Event at 8J1AXA Message-ID: <20090627055218590.BHDS.24527.wememta102.odn.ne.jp@mta102.odn.ne.jp> 35 Elementary school children, parents, and teachers meets at Katsuura Space Communication Center, JAXA. Before their visit, JO1LDY Kuroki made a previous lecture on EME at their school in Shibuya, Tokyo, a few days back. At the moon elevation of 12 deg. , 8J1AXA contacted with K1RQG, CW 559/579. Then K2UYH followed 559/559. SRI but WA6PY did not come up? but thanks for trying, Paul. Children got stacked around the operation desk, being a big pile-up. Great thanks to Joe and Al!! Children climbed up to the pedestal of the 18m dish antenna, taking photos. JH1KRC Mike made a EME simulation using a bubber Moon, on which the latest moon map drawned by KAGUYA, that is covered by alminum foil, illuminated by two razar pointers. It makes marvellous glistening, and another pile-up occured again. JH2COZ Yasu performed an informative lecture on EME, using many photos and sounds in the slide-show. Both EME guys who lectured got their first amateur license at the age of 5th grade of elementary school. Before they leave the EME site, children are enjoying good pile-ups on 40m SSB. 8J1AXA, reported by Mike JH1KRC From jewell at btinternet.com Sat Jun 27 15:20:21 2009 From: jewell at btinternet.com (SAM JEWELL) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:20:21 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] Results Fun activity Friday 0930Z (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20090626232442.RPRQ1990.nskntotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com@tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> References: <20090626232442.RPRQ1990.nskntotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com@tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> Message-ID: <470425.77850.qm@web87012.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Doug, great SSB signal on the little 2.3m dish this morning (Saturday). You were busy talking to someone (didn't get their callsign) at around 11:15UTC. Did call a couple of times but then had to go out. Hoping to work you soon. 73 de Sam ________________________________ From: Doug McArthur To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net; moon at moonbounce.info. Sent: Saturday, 27 June, 2009 12:24:37 AM Subject: [Moon-net] Results Fun activity Friday 0930Z (UTC) Hi Gentlemen Given it was Friday morning in Eu then the following check- ins was most gratifying. F2TU .. OZ4MM .. OZ6OL .. JA4BLC .. VK2JDS .. G3LTF .. VK5MC and SV3AAF Today the NA > OC starts at 0130Z OC > EU starts at 1100Z (I will be there earlier for JA and Eastern EU) Tx frequency 1296.025 MHz Please indicate when you check in if you will be staying so we can arrange off frequency QSY to those on the net please. This will help maximize the number of stations and QSO's. (similar to other HF-net procedures.) 73 de Doug VK3UM _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090627/1b9d26ea/attachment.htm From tikaluna at bigpond.com Sun Jun 28 01:13:41 2009 From: tikaluna at bigpond.com (Doug McArthur) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:13:41 +1000 Subject: [Moon] Results Fun activity Saturday 0100Z (UTC) and 1000Z - 1200Z Message-ID: <20090627231353.WAUY11262.nschwotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com@tikaluna-jjn6i8.bigpond.com> Hi Gentlemen Another excellent turn out and some great rag chews NA > OC W1O .. JA8ERE .. W7BBM .. VE3KRP .. W5J During that time we had a one way sked with the school children at the "Hobart Dish' with Rex VK7MO and later when a TV crew turned up .. The kids were 'over the moon' to hear their names! All were suitably impressed according to Rex. During the OC > EU SP6JLW .. HB9MOON .. OH4DG .. SM6FHZ .. HB9US .. HB9RJG F2TU .. LX1DB .. G3LTF (through his trees) and G4CCH We had a ? hour chat with HB9MOON where there were many school children and hams present including the youngest YL in HB. No we don't have any crocodiles at VK3UM, only Koalas, kangaroos, wombats (free to a good home) echidna and snakes (though I did not tell them that!) The smallest station I have worked on SSB was a 2.5 meter dish and 50W. It has been a good test for ones station and if you are not hearing as you believe you should check out your Sun noise and compare what it should be with EMECalc. It may just not be as you first thought and they by lays the reason! During all this I kept a sharp ear out for Jimmy SV1BTR and his new array on 70cms. He appeared at about 1144z and we had a brief CW (well strong enough for SSB but we did not have time) at 56n. Its working just fine Jim! Earlier I worked UT2EG 56n whilst looking for Jimmy. Todays event on 1296.025 (your Tx Freq) NA > OC STARTING JUNE 27 AT 0130Z OC > EU STARTING JUNE 27 AT 1100Z (I will be there earlier) EU > NA STARTING JUNE 27 AT 2000Z If there is a lull in proceedings I give brief CQ calls on CW . We have not had to resort to that to get a call sign (yet !) though I came close with VE3KRP when I did not have deep search turned on in my brain! Have a listen .. come on .. its a heap of fun. 73 de Doug VK3UM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090628/58a308ad/attachment.htm From sm2cew at telia.com Sun Jun 28 07:32:58 2009 From: sm2cew at telia.com (Peter Sundberg) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:32:58 +0000 Subject: [Moon] Stanford dish Message-ID: <20090628053056.3068A3782D@mail.allt1.se> A short but informative recording of the Standford dish 1296 MHz operation can be found at http://www.sm2cew.com/radiorecordings.html (bottom of the page) or direct link to the recording www.sm2cew.com/k6myc_090626.WAV Signals were very good. In this case it's Mike K6MYC in the front seat at Stanford. Who said we need computers to work EME.. hi! Thanks for making the effort guys! 73 de Peter SM2CEW www.sm2cew.com From dl5mae at yahoo.de Sun Jun 28 13:39:49 2009 From: dl5mae at yahoo.de (Wolfgang Schlaffer) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:39:49 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] Stanford dish Message-ID: <571160.23310.qm@web23708.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Hi Peter, thanks for this great recordings! A real thrill, a real achievement! I do have recordings on a tape (of 2m EME SSB/CW) with clear echoes of the moon (also my own) of the early 90s. Its always fun listen to that recordings and good memory ! I will keep it for the "after-world" ... vy 73 de DL5MAE Wolfgang --- Peter Sundberg schrieb am So, 28.6.2009: Von: Peter Sundberg Betreff: [Moon] Stanford dish An: moon at moonbounce.info, w6te at msn.com, k6myc at m2inc.com, k1rqg at aol.com Datum: Sonntag, 28. Juni 2009, 7:32 A short but informative recording of the Standford dish 1296 MHz operation can be found? at http://www.sm2cew.com/radiorecordings.html (bottom of the page) or direct link to the recording www.sm2cew.com/k6myc_090626.WAV Signals were very good. In this case it's Mike K6MYC in the front seat at Stanford. Who said we need computers to work EME.. hi! Thanks for making the effort guys! 73 de Peter SM2CEW www.sm2cew.com _______________________________________________ Moon mailing list Moon at moonbounce.info http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon Please enter/update your standings: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20090628/d7dfe374/attachment.htm From k5so at valornet.com Sun Jun 28 21:37:30 2009 From: k5so at valornet.com (Joe Martin K5SO) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:37:30 -0600 Subject: [Moon] Echoes of Apollo EME conversation w/Apollo Astronaut Bill Anders In-Reply-To: <20090628053056.3068A3782D@mail.allt1.se> References: <20090628053056.3068A3782D@mail.allt1.se> Message-ID: All, FYI, Ben W4SC recorded a portion of the impromptu 23 cm SSB EME communications between K5SO and W6SRI during which Apollo Astronaut Bill Anders was connected to K5SO via telephone line for the transmissions during some of the Echoes of Apollo activities. Ben was using his SDR-14 receiver as an IF stage at the EME station of Joe K1RQG for the recording. The .wav audio file may be listened to or downloaded from http://k5so.com/K5SO_W6SRI_D2000Hz_20090628_171651.wav Thanks to Ben and Joe for sharing this with us!! 73, Joe K5SO From jimmyv at hol.gr Mon Jun 29 11:19:56 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (jimmyv at hol.gr) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:19:56 +0300 Subject: [Moon] 70cm-2m report & 23cm-13cm new progress status Message-ID: <20090629121956.bmoikdo2assgww4c@easymail-app.hol.gr> Hi all This is my EME progress report in last 2 weekends: 70cm: have replaced my 24*19el. 4.3wl xpol array with a new array 4.8wl of 12*15el. H pol. and 12*15el. V pol. Finished with aligning ants and all work around the new array. Antenna is under stacked 12%, coax fed, and gives 24.8dbd gain in each polarity. Sun noise in H pol. is down by 1.5db from my calculations / expectations and 3.5db in V pol. but I believe it is because of wide band telemetry/qrn type of noise which does not allow me to have as a quiet reference point. Noise is wideband peaking at S9 on 432.022 , noise blankers help reduce it but still big problem for EME work. Yesterday I located the ants and house where qrm is coming from, 1km from my eme qth, after taking 40 directional measurements in different nearby locations. Looking for the owner who is using it presumably in farming, hope he will have an understanding. I am confident that when this qrm clears, my rx will be considerably better. I can increase sun noise by 1db by replacing all coax & bringing preamp closer to h/v central dividers but do not have the extra time and will leave ant. as is for a year or so. Moreover, on Sunday I tested 3 different tubes for the PA and recovered the 2.3db out of the missing 3.5db (until I find a ??golden tube?? again). Was qrv on Saturday for June DUBUS 70cm cw eme activity event and worked 6 stations, cw random: I1NDP 559/559 VK3UM 569/569 DL5FN 539/569 DG1KJG 539/539 UA3PTW 559/569 DF3RU RO/O 23cm / 13cm: weekend of July 4/5 replacing my 12ft dish with a 16ft dish and consequently if all goes well hope to be qrv on July 19 on 23cm and July 26 on 13cm. Will send update. On those bands I have 3db and 4+db tx line loss respectively, as dish is located far away. 2m: in the activity event of June 21, worked 15 stations. Terrible qrn problems from 22kv lines from 35 degrees elevation to horizon at moonset window. Worked 15 stations, cw random: OZ1HNE 549/559 UA3PTW # 539/559 IK2DDR 539/549 LZ1DP 539/549 IT9CJC 539/559 F1FLA 559/559 SP7DCS 549/559 OK1VVP 549/RO YO2AMU 549/559 RX1AS 539/559 F0CXO 549/559 PA3DOL # O/RO LA8YB 569/569 IK1FJI 549/559 I3EVK 539/RO 73 Jimmy SV1BTR From ve1alq at nbnet.nb.ca Mon Jun 29 21:58:55 2009 From: ve1alq at nbnet.nb.ca (Darrell) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:58:55 -0300 Subject: [Moon] CC 17B2's In-Reply-To: <20090629121956.bmoikdo2assgww4c@easymail-app.hol.gr> References: <20090629121956.bmoikdo2assgww4c@easymail-app.hol.gr> Message-ID: <20090629195915.YRRA1652.simmts6-srv.bellnexxia.net@simip12-ab.srvr.bell.ca> Hi Folks; I have a pair of CC 17B2's here in good shape available for 100.00USD each. nearly 75% less than I paid each for them. They will not ship cross the Salty Pond to Europe, unless you want to but the Ship, or Plane because of the Min. Length of 74" Packed. If anyone is interested please contact me off REFLECTOR directly. 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