From rein0zn at ix.netcom.com Sun Nov 1 00:06:25 2009 From: rein0zn at ix.netcom.com (rein0zn at ix.netcom.com) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:06:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Moon] 432 and Above EME Newsletter for Nov Message-ID: <17890409.1257030386177.JavaMail.root@elwamui-royal.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Hello All, The 432 MHz and Above EME Newsletter for Nov 2009 by K2UYH is at: http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/em70cm.html News from the contest. Enjoy! 73 Rein W6SZ From tikaluna at bigpond.com Sun Nov 1 23:15:50 2009 From: tikaluna at bigpond.com (Doug McArthur) Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:15:50 +1100 Subject: [Moon] VK3UM EMECalc Ver 7.00 Message-ID: <20091101221557.YADJ5306.nskntotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com@Tikaluna.bigpond.com> Gentlemen EMECalc Ver 7.00 With the help of Peter G3LTF we have reviewed many of the calculations and their relationship to actual measurements obtained in practical situations. The relationship of Dish spill over, (and feed through) to ground temperature and elevation angles has been reviewed and minor changes now provide a prediction accuracy highly commensurate to values measured in actual practice. Moon noise is another area that Rex VK7MO, Peter and I have explored, and without getting into detailed specifics, the predicted and measured values again relate within practical measurement capabilities. Beam fill factors and Moon brightness values have been revisited and are also commensurate with practical measurements. The integral Help file has been enhanced to explain our mythologies. I wish to draw to your attention the softwares ability where you are able to select various feed types (derived from Paul W1GHZ simulations), and match it your own dish f/d. The changes to spill over become plain to see and by the correct selection of a feed to match your dish several dB of improvement is possible. For example: in the default settings of the software (my 23cm Station) if you change the W2IMU feed for a Septum with choke ring I would lose 1.4dB or change to that of a Septum without choke ring 2.5dB would be lost. Its not the feed itself that is the problem it is the matching of its pattern to your dish. I have received the occasional query as to problems encountered when running my software within the Vista environment. All seem relate to 'file not found error messages'. Thanks to Peter SM2CEW, he has provided the answer as follows. (I can't wait to see what Windows 7 brings .. I ran the compatibility (supposedly) upgrade test program and shuddered! I wont be going there for a while! ) Vista fix ..Add full right for "any user" to the folder where the VK3UM software is residing. This is done by right clicking on the folder, choose options and security. There you will see a menu where a few user groups are presented. Click on "any user" and add "full rights" to that group. 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 (available shortly) As always, any suggestions or queries (after you read the Help file please), are most welcome. 73 de Doug VK3UM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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NOTE: They *MS* are already talking about Windows 8 as a public release. Windows 7 is/was nothing more than a revamped Vista and appears to be developed more toward the Younger Society for Gaming and Imaging?????? Regards & Thanks, Darrell >(I can't wait to see what Windows 7 brings .. I ran the >compatibility (supposedly) upgrade test program and shuddered! >I wont be going there for a while! ) > >Vista fix ..Add full right for "any user" to the folder where the >VK3UM software is residing. This is done by >right clicking on the folder, choose options and security. There you >will see a menu where a few user groups are presented. >Click on "any user" and add "full rights" to that group. > >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 (available shortly) > >As always, any suggestions or queries (after you read the Help file >please), are most welcome. > >73 de >Doug VK3UM > > >_______________________________________________ >Moon mailing list >Moon at moonbounce.info >http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon > > Please enter/update your standings: > http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html > > When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite > and remove you from the list > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.43/2474 - Release Date: >11/01/09 07:38:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091101/533e27a1/attachment.htm From eme_ww2r at g4fre.com Mon Nov 2 02:40:31 2009 From: eme_ww2r at g4fre.com (eme) Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:40:31 -0600 Subject: [Moon] VK3UM EMECalc Ver 7.00 In-Reply-To: <20091101221557.YADJ5306.nskntotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com@Tikaluna.bigpond.com> Message-ID: I Installed it on the computer that I put windows 7 on last weekend and it works fine. I have less problems with emecalc now that i did running v6.x on my windowsw xp machine Dave ww2r -----Original Message----- From: moon-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info]On Behalf Of Doug McArthur Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 4:16 PM To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net; moon at moonbounce.info.; vk-vhf at ozlabs.org Subject: [Moon] VK3UM EMECalc Ver 7.00 Gentlemen EMECalc Ver 7.00 With the help of Peter G3LTF we have reviewed many of the calculations and their relationship to actual measurements obtained in practical situations. The relationship of Dish spill over, (and feed through) to ground temperature and elevation angles has been reviewed and minor changes now provide a prediction accuracy highly commensurate to values measured in actual practice. Moon noise is another area that Rex VK7MO, Peter and I have explored, and without getting into detailed specifics, the predicted and measured values again relate within practical measurement capabilities. Beam fill factors and Moon brightness values have been revisited and are also commensurate with practical measurements. The integral Help file has been enhanced to explain our mythologies. I wish to draw to your attention the softwares ability where you are able to select various feed types (derived from Paul W1GHZ simulations), and match it your own dish f/d. The changes to spill over become plain to see and by the correct selection of a feed to match your dish several dB of improvement is possible. For example: in the default settings of the software (my 23cm Station) if you change the W2IMU feed for a Septum with choke ring I would lose 1.4dB or change to that of a Septum without choke ring 2.5dB would be lost. Its not the feed itself that is the problem it is the matching of its pattern to your dish. I have received the occasional query as to problems encountered when running my software within the Vista environment. All seem relate to 'file not found error messages'. Thanks to Peter SM2CEW, he has provided the answer as follows. (I can't wait to see what Windows 7 brings .. I ran the compatibility (supposedly) upgrade test program and shuddered! I wont be going there for a while! ) Vista fix ..Add full right for "any user" to the folder where the VK3UM software is residing. This is done by right clicking on the folder, choose options and security. There you will see a menu where a few user groups are presented. Click on "any user" and add "full rights" to that group. 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 (available shortly) As always, any suggestions or queries (after you read the Help file please), are most welcome. 73 de Doug VK3UM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091101/d8701886/attachment.htm From jimmyv at hol.gr Mon Nov 2 07:21:18 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (Dimitris Vitorakis) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:21:18 +0200 Subject: [Moon] 13cm fun References: <20091101221557.YADJ5306.nskntotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com@Tikaluna.bigpond.com> Message-ID: Had great fun on my 1st atttempt on 13cm last Saturday. I was finally on less time as i had no echoes for first 1.5 hour until i discovered i had forgotten to connect main tx feedline to the amp...!!! On 13cm have 1db less sun noise vs 23cm and some rather manageable pointing problems. In short time vy happy to work on random the following fine stations: DL1YMK from his alternative qth PA0BAT ES5PC SV3AAF VE6TA Thank you all & 73 Jimmy SV1BTR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091102/7d5a1689/attachment.htm From guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de Mon Nov 2 07:56:36 2009 From: guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de (Guenter Koellner) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:56:36 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Moon] 13cm / upper Band mixture in next weekend's contest Message-ID: <22964.217.10.60.85.1257144996.squirrel@intern.netexpress.de> Hi all, let suggest to keep focus on 13cm for Saturday, and the upper bands on Sunday. Here in Europe we have -> Moonrise in late evening -> Moonset during noon 73, G?nter (dl4mea) From TexasRF at aol.com Mon Nov 2 13:42:47 2009 From: TexasRF at aol.com (TexasRF at aol.com) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:42:47 EST Subject: [Moon] 13cm / upper Band mixture in next weekend's contest Message-ID: That sounds like a good idea Gunter. Further, there apparently will be no 9 cm activity from JA/VK/ZL this year so it makes sense for European ops to end their day 2 JA window on 6 cm. To minimize middle of the night feed changes, it further makes sense to begin the Eu to US window on 6 cm. As far as I can tell, there are three US stations on 6 cm so we can do a band switch to 9 cm sometime during the early morning hours to work the European stations. European ops will of coarse be able to do their 9 cm switch over in daylight hours. That only leaves 6 cm JA skeds for US stations and we can make our 6 cm changeover in daylight hours. I would be interested in knowing the expected 3 cm operating times. I had hoped to be ready for that band but it is not going to be. I am ready for receive and would like to listen a bit. Any further comments or suggestions? 73, Gerald K5GW In a message dated 11/2/2009 12:58:25 A.M. Central Standard Time, guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de writes: Hi all, let suggest to keep focus on 13cm for Saturday, and the upper bands on Sunday. Here in Europe we have -> Moonrise in late evening -> Moonset during noon 73, G?nter (dl4mea) _______________________________________________ Moon mailing list Moon at moonbounce.info http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon Please enter/update your standings: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091102/fbb7763f/attachment.htm From guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de Tue Nov 3 09:47:52 2009 From: guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de (Guenter Koellner) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:47:52 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Moon] In Detail: 13cm / upper Band mixture in next weekend's contest In-Reply-To: <22964.217.10.60.85.1257144997.squirrel@intern.netexpress.de> References: <22964.217.10.60.85.1257144997.squirrel@intern.netexpress.de> Message-ID: <11517.217.10.60.85.1257238072.squirrel@intern.netexpress.de> Hi all, here in detail: I need about 30-45min until moon is high enough. Useable moontime starts Saturday 0000UT until Saturday 1130UT. Next pass is Saturday 2130UT until Sunday 1200UT 3rd pass is Sunday 2330UT until 00:00UT I will be QRV on 13cm: Saturday 0400UT - 1130UT for EU and NA on 13cm Saturday 2130UT - 2300UT for EU and NA on 13cm I will change to 9cm on Sunday morning: Sunday 0600UT - 1200UT for EU and NA on 9cm There was a suggestion to split the 9cm window into 9cm first, 6cm later for those who have the capability (I yet do not have) Currently I think I will not be QRV during the 3rd slot because it is short and I have to work the next day. CUL! And, PLEASE!!!, 2304-only stations: Listen to the few lonesome ones that are on 2320-only... 73, G?nter From ik0bzy at libero.it Tue Nov 3 15:22:17 2009 From: ik0bzy at libero.it (ik0bzy at libero.it) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:22:17 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Moon] FS: RTXs Message-ID: <31790326.53771257258137371.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost> Hello friends! Sorry for bandwidth......I have some items for sale: --- YAESU FT847 with 4m mod (by IK0SMG www.70mhz.org) in very good condx --- YAESU FT767 "SX" (QRP 10w version) + 6m 2m & 70cm modules+MD1 desk microphone --- SSPA HF 10-80m 250w pep SPOKEN 250 by Brainchild Ltd. Japan Please ask for pictures and quotation. Regards 73 de IK0BZY Enrico From john.peters at iae.nl Wed Nov 4 10:25:12 2009 From: john.peters at iae.nl (John Peters) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:25:12 +0100 Subject: [Moon] Info needed on how to build an elevation system with SAT actuactor Message-ID: Hi All, To become active on EME again with Full elevation (like I had in the past) I'm in need for some information and building hits and tips. I want to make an Elevation system using a Satellite actuator. I'm verry curious how others did this, specially concerning the rotating part, did you just use 2 pipes in each other ? Ball bearings ? Trust bearings ? Aluminun or steel pipes ? The frame I need to elevate contains 4x 2m yagis 2.2wl long vertical about 3m30 and horizontal about 3m20 In the past I used a KR-500 for my system but I found out that after 6 years of "abuse" the rotor is beyond repair or refurbishment. There is too much tolerance on the "so called ball bearings" Pictures are telling much more than words so i you can send me a picture of your rotating part of the system I would be very pleased. I will make a weblog of the construction of my EME system 73! De John PA5MS From g3ltf at btinternet.com Wed Nov 4 18:52:56 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:52:56 -0000 Subject: [Moon] K2UYH microwave activity Message-ID: <79A08D9E092B4816B572A37C2690460A@D7BX6Z0J> Al asked me to relay this message to the reflectors. Contact him at a.katz at ieee.org Peter G3LTF Hi Peter, I wanted to let you know are microwave contest plans. I will be operating under the K1JT call. We plan to be active on 13 cm for the whole first pass including the VK/JA windows. For the second Moon pass we will start on 3 cm and switch to 9 cm for the end of the Eur window. We are available for skeds. I am not sure what we will do for the JA/VK window. It will depend on interest. We could be on 9 cm for the Monday Moon pass at the start of our Eur window, if anyone is interested in working us then. 73, Al - K2UYH -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091104/fb1d327e/attachment.htm From pkb100 at btinternet.com Wed Nov 4 19:29:15 2009 From: pkb100 at btinternet.com (Peter Blair) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:29:15 -0000 Subject: [Moon] G3LTF plan for microwave activity Message-ID: My plan is to operate on 13cm on the first pass, 00.00 - 11.30 Saturday on 13cm. On the second pass I should get moon visibility at about 21.30 and I will be on 9cm for as long as there is activity from VK/EU and then return for the US window at about 0600 . In between I may well be on 13cm.....(or asleep!). Band changing 13-9cm takes about 40 minutes and is not easy in the dark. Wx looks pretty good. GL, 73 Peter G3LTF 6m dish, 250W on 13cm, 28W on 9cm. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091104/c2130d87/attachment.htm From vestergaard at os.dk Wed Nov 4 19:42:08 2009 From: vestergaard at os.dk (Vestergaard) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:42:08 +0100 Subject: [Moon] OZ4MM 13CM activity Message-ID: <001a01ca5d7e$83755e10$8a601a30$@dk> Hello all. It seems I will be quite alone this weekend on 13CM on Sunday, as I can see many ops are only on 13CM first moonpass. I am not able to be on first moonpass because QRL, but should be ready then the moon clear the tress late Saturday evening. Will try to be QRV as much I can Sunday, depending of the activity. Hope to work you. Stig, OZ4MM 10 meter dish + W2IMU feed 75W in feed G4DDK VLNA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091104/3d8b98f0/attachment.htm From eme_ww2r at g4fre.com Wed Nov 4 19:49:33 2009 From: eme_ww2r at g4fre.com (eme) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:49:33 -0600 Subject: [Moon] WW2R plan for microwave activity In-Reply-To: Message-ID: As the microwave part of the ARRL eme contest has been moved into November and now clashes with the martlesham microwave round table, WW2R will not be active on any band this weekend. If it had been a 1296 this weekend i could have remoted the station from England, but its too complicated to do that on the microwave bands Dave ww2r -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091104/81ef687c/attachment.htm From guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de Wed Nov 4 20:01:48 2009 From: guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de (Guenter Koellner) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:01:48 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Moon] OZ4MM 13CM activity In-Reply-To: <001a01ca5d7e$83755e10$8a601a30$@dk> References: <001a01ca5d7e$83755e10$8a601a30$@dk> Message-ID: <1318.89.55.144.212.1257361308.squirrel@intern.netexpress.de> Hello Stig, simply call CQ, you won't be alone. And your signal is strong, so you won't be overheard, even if one decides to give a short break-in on 13cm. Just worked OK1KIR on 9cm, never before I had such strong signals on 9cm, and probably he was a little bit surprised getting a answer from me than from his intended partner. 73, G?nter (dl4mea) > Hello all. > > > > It seems I will be quite alone this weekend on 13CM on Sunday, as I can > see > many ops are only on 13CM first moonpass. > > > > I am not able to be on first moonpass because QRL, but should be ready > then the moon clear the tress late Saturday evening. > > Will try to be QRV as much I can Sunday, depending of the activity. > > Hope to work you. > > > > Stig, OZ4MM > > > > > > 10 meter dish + W2IMU feed > > 75W in feed > > G4DDK VLNA > > > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Z1 SecureMail Gateway Info - http://www.zertificon.com | > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | - Die Nachricht war weder verschluesselt noch digital unterschrieben | > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > _______________________________________________ > 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 la9nea at online.no Wed Nov 4 20:55:39 2009 From: la9nea at online.no (Viggo Magnus LA9NEA) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:55:39 +0100 Subject: [Moon] LA9NEA 13 cm Message-ID: Hello All! If weather stay ok I plan to be qrv in the upcoming contest this weekend 7+8 nov.. Planned activity is one ''nite''from saturday to sunday.Split band operation is possible with my IC7000, so hopefully it will work for the USA band on 13 cm. My set up on 13 cm is IC 7000, Kuhne trv, Erisson SSPA (280 watt) and VE4MA feed, VLNA from G4DDK, 5.2 meter dish F/D 0.45 73 de Viggo LA9NEA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091104/1920ff9d/attachment.htm From sm2cew at telia.com Wed Nov 4 21:14:27 2009 From: sm2cew at telia.com (Peter Sundberg) Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:14:27 +0000 Subject: [Moon] Dubus 2m CW EME Event Message-ID: <20091104201434.427B72D2BE@smarthost.alltele.net> Fellow moonbouncers, Don't forget the last Dubus 2m CW EME Event for the year on Saturday: 7 November 0500-0800 GMT 7 November 2100-0000 GMT (http://www.sm2cew.com/dubus-aw.html) Hopefully conditions will be good, we are greeted with perigee and decent background temperatures. Good luck to all! 73 de Peter SM2CEW www.sm2cew.com PS. I will also try to be active on 13cm both Saturday and Sunday in the ARRL contest. I can only TX on 2320MHz but will monitor 2304 for crossband QSO's. From wd5ago at hotmail.com Wed Nov 4 22:11:28 2009 From: wd5ago at hotmail.com (Tommy Henderson) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:11:28 -0600 Subject: [Moon] Update uWave EME times Message-ID: For the uWave EME event this weekend I thought getting everyone a chance to be worked on Saturday (13cm) is a stretch due to work conflicts, so we will go back to original plan and stay on 13cm for the 1st 1 hour of moon window (0630 Z to 0715 Z) on the 8th then sw to 6cm for the remaining moon pass. Let us hope the switch will be kind at 2am! We will do a trial run of the switch this Friday to check sun noise on both systems. A little more power on both systems too. 7th, 0530 Z to 1515 Z on 13cm (200w, 3.1m dish, 13 dB sun noise) 8th, 0630 Z to 0715 Z on 13cm, 0730 Z to 1600 Z on 6cm (40W, 3.1m, 11 dB sn) GL, skeds welcome with new stations 73 Tommy _________________________________________________________________ Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091104/1e768906/attachment-0001.htm From guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de Wed Nov 4 22:42:08 2009 From: guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de (Guenter Koellner) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 22:42:08 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Moon] Oooops (aka Fully Random 9cm) Message-ID: <1626.89.55.144.212.1257370928.squirrel@intern.netexpress.de> Hello, while soldering for my 2nd 13cm amp, I had 9cm in the focus today and waterfall running for some fun listening to the wonderful echos (never before had such good ones). Asked Peter, G3LTF, if he has 9cm in the focus, too. Suddenly I noticed a line in the waterfall. Thought it is Peter who directly answers instead of replying on the mail, so called G3LTF but appeared as OK1KIR. => OK1KIR was worked 549/549 He must have been as surprised as I was because he actually had a sked with OH2DG, who appeard later => OH2DG was worked 549/549, probably 1st DL-OH on 9cm He seems to have some pointing problems, because there was a typical antenna pointing QSB on his signal. And while furtheron soldering the bias for the PA, another line appeared which pointed out to be Hans, OZ6OL. => OZ6OL worked 549/539 4.5m dish f/D=0.32, 50W, 1dB NF DJ9BV preamp, septum feed with chapparal rings. Means: Three fully random QSOs in one evening on 9cm. Somehow phantastic. Great. Exciting. Contest weekend will become real fun. 73, G?nter (dl4mea) PS: Maybe parts of the success comes from the repair that my son Florian and I recently did to my dish: All cable wraps were broken and we sewed the segments togther at the overlaps. Never use cable wraps to fix the grid! From jimmyv at hol.gr Thu Nov 5 07:34:32 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (Dimitris Vitorakis) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:34:32 +0200 Subject: [Moon] QRV 13cm ARRL EME Contest Message-ID: <6F914FED9BD94B48BFD9DE82D35F697B@mar.intralot.com> Coming weekend I will be QRV - depending on activity - on 13cm cw random. Pls note that in EU&US window I will RX where my echoes are. During VK & JA window I will also RX cross band and TX on 2320.xxx GL to all MW EME friends & 73 Jimmy SV1BTR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091105/941947ff/attachment.htm From zaprianov at orbinet.bg Thu Nov 5 13:10:09 2009 From: zaprianov at orbinet.bg (N Zaprianov) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:10:09 +0200 Subject: [Moon] 13cm LZ1DX Message-ID: <48DFE466245D4C559C1070A404D31BEC@zapzkqw0icnzne> Hello EME friends, I will also try to be active on 13cm both Saturday and Sunday in the ARRL contest. I can only TX on 2320MHz RX monitor 2304/2301.9/2304 for VK and USA crossband QSO's. 73!NED E-mail lz1dx at lz1dx.org LZ1DX Ned Zapryanov P.BOX 64 6000,Stara Zagora Bulgaria --------------------------------------------------------------- QRV 432,1296,2320.2304,3400,10368 5,4m dish 432 1kw,0.25db/34db 1296-400w.025db/39db 2320-400w,0.34db/28db 3400-120w,o.47db/22db 10368-22w,0.7db/25db -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091105/1a213b17/attachment.htm From eric.vanoffelen at skynet.be Thu Nov 5 14:23:16 2009 From: eric.vanoffelen at skynet.be (Eric Van Offelen) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:23:16 +0100 Subject: [Moon] ON5TA - 3 cm Message-ID: <637F7E1CC2EA456D8A6EA28AC51CCA91@erice5fea1e11a> Hello 3 cm moonbouncers, If weather permits, I will be active on 3 cm both days. Not shure yet if the 10.450 MHz receiving system will be ready on time. If it is, I will send a message to the list. Hope to contact many of you ! GL es 73's Eric ON5TA 2,3 m offset dish - +/- 30 W at feed -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091105/02a84582/attachment.htm From oaxaca at oregoncoast.com Thu Nov 5 16:06:14 2009 From: oaxaca at oregoncoast.com (TdM LABs) Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:06:14 +0000 Subject: [Moon] Please input uWave comments In-Reply-To: <6F914FED9BD94B48BFD9DE82D35F697B@mar.intralot.com> References: <6F914FED9BD94B48BFD9DE82D35F697B@mar.intralot.com> Message-ID: <4AF2E9E6.70805@oregoncoast.com> Aloha: After this weekend please share with me your comments on conditions and achievements of this weekends uWave segment of the 2009 ARRL Int. EME Comp. Please send: jeremy at w7eme dot org 73 es GL Jeremy www.w7eme.org From f2tu.philippe at orange.fr Thu Nov 5 21:07:54 2009 From: f2tu.philippe at orange.fr (F2TU Philippe) Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:07:54 +0100 Subject: [Moon] ARRL Contest Message-ID: <4AF3309A.5090809@orange.fr> Hello all, My schedule for the contest: 6cm 7 Nov 21:00 - 23:00 8 Nov 08:00 - 09:30 3cm 7 Nov 07:30 - 09:30 8 Nov 06:00 - 07:30 13cm 7 Nov 02:00 - 07:00 10:00 - 11:00 8 Nov 01:30 - 05:30 10:00 - 11:30 Contact me for more hours for 3 and 6cm Gl 73 -- Philippe PIERRAT - F2TU http://F2TU.perso.orange.fr From john.peters at iae.nl Thu Nov 5 23:25:05 2009 From: john.peters at iae.nl (John Peters) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:25:05 +0100 Subject: [Moon] Looking for a Lidl Digital Level and TNX for Elevation info !! Message-ID: Hi All, Anyone in PA country who has some Lidl digital levels in "stock" ?? As I'm buisy collecting stuff for building up my EME system again. In Dutch : Iemand nog een Lidl waterpas overcompleet ? Ik zoek er nog eentje kan ik weer verder knutselen.. Als ze zeer binnenkort weer bij de lidl in de aanbieding komen is het ook goed.. Heb hem niet morgen of volgende week al nodig. Weet niet wanneer ze voor het laatst in de aanbieding waren. 73! And TNX for bandwidth / SRI for QRM Also Thanks to all who replied on my elevation question. I was overwhelmed by answers and detailed building descriptions. Again Moonnet is an Excelent source for info. De John PA5MS From sv3aaf at yahoo.com Fri Nov 6 07:39:21 2009 From: sv3aaf at yahoo.com (SV3AAF Petros) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:39:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Moon] 6cm Operating Windows ?? Message-ID: <737435.85964.qm@web59106.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Hello, Is there any proposal as to what would be the preferred operating windows for 6cm this weekend?? On my side I will give preference on 6cm between 23:00-Saturday to 01:00-Sunday and 5:00 to 8:00 on Sunday. Remaining time (minus breaks) I will be mostly on 13cm depending on traffic. GL 73, Petros - SV3AAF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091105/80b90f1f/attachment.htm From k7xq at elite.net Fri Nov 6 12:35:48 2009 From: k7xq at elite.net (K7XQ) Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:35:48 -0800 Subject: [Moon] Need schematic and/or parts list for W4ZT GS35 bias board Message-ID: <002201ca5ed5$4ab5bdb0$6801a8c0@k7xq> Hello All, Does anyone have a schematic and/or parts list for W4ZT GS35 bias board ? Mine just had a failure and I need to replace the parts some of them damaged Beyond recognition. This is the circuit that uses a TIP147 and TL431. Thanks, 73 K7XQ Jeff From oz1hne at post8.tele.dk Fri Nov 6 17:32:12 2009 From: oz1hne at post8.tele.dk (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgen_Kristiansen?=) Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:32:12 +0100 Subject: [Moon] OZ1HNE QRV 144MHz DUBUS CW EME Event, Message-ID: <20091106163207.EZPM1144.fep48.mail.dk@pcjon> Hi EME'ers, I will be QRV tomorrow 7. November in both parts of the 144MHz DUBUS CW EME Event at 0500 - 0800 UTC. and 2100 - 2400 UTC. Good luck to all and I hope to hear a lot of signals on the band. If any stations would like to try a sked with me the comming days, please send me a mail. Best 73, OZ1HNE Jorgen. 8 x 8 elm. crossyagi's H / V and 8877. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091106/441cc944/attachment.htm From vallik at telia.com Sat Nov 7 00:25:23 2009 From: vallik at telia.com (Viljo Allik) Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:25:23 +0100 Subject: [Moon] ES5PC QRV on 13, 6 and 3cm in ARRL Microwave EME Contest Message-ID: Hi, I have just finished rebuilding my transverter system on 13cm. Now I can also TX on JA-band (2424 MHz). My echoes are somewhat weaker compared to 2304/2320 MHz, probably because of less power from Ericsson MCPA on 2424 MHz. Also built and installed a new preamp (G4DDK design) and it feels like it gives me some improvement for Rx, too. I will start on 13cm from 00 utc on Saturday and try to follow the scheduling for 6cm & 3cm later as proposed by others. The weather is not very good here at the moment, we got about 5cm of snow today, so I had to clean the dish, first time this autumn. I hope it will not be snowing too much during the contest. My setup in KO38hj: 13cm: 4.5m dish, max 500W SSPA, G4DDK preamp 0.4dB? NF, RX/TX on 2301, 2304, 2320, 2424 (reduced output), 6cm: 4.5 m dish, 15W SSPA, Rx NF about 0.6dB, 3cm: 4.5 m dish, 15-20W TWTA, Rx NF about 0.7dB. GL and CU in the contest, 73, Viljo ES5PC From ra3aq at vhfdx.ru Sat Nov 7 08:23:52 2009 From: ra3aq at vhfdx.ru (Dmitry Dmitriev) Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:23:52 +0300 Subject: [Moon] Feed for ofset dishes Message-ID: <1257578632.2352.16.camel@ra3aq-desktop> Hello, moon-net. I had put on web description of dual mode horn with round waveguide septum. http://www.vhfdx.ru/faylyi/view-details/shemyi-i-opisaniya/ra3aq-round-septum-with-dual-mode-flare-horn-pdf Feed was designed for TVRO ofset dishes. Output section design is bases on Skobelev's geometry, but is fully reoptimised as orginal Skobelev's paper cover aperture diameters from 2WL and up. Given sizes cover bands from 23 to 3cm. 73 de RA3AQ/Dmitry From frankddr at tele2.it Sat Nov 7 08:59:04 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Franco) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:59:04 +0100 Subject: [Moon] November 2009 Dubus cw eme activity event: 1st Moonpass results In-Reply-To: <469452.2717591253294411557.JavaMail.root@wmail8.libero.it> Message-ID: Hello all, although the Microwave ARRL eme Contest is unfortunately on the same time, i found this morning an extremely good activity on 2m cw eme. On 1st Moonpass. between 05:00 and 08:00, i worked the following good stations: OZ1HNE OK1MS YO2AMU DL2HWA SM2CEW K9MRI RU1AA IK1FJI IT9CJC F1FLA F0CXO DK3EE hrd:K9DX I wish to work some other station, maybe some JA or VK, over the europeans, tonight during the 2nd window (2100-0000 GMT). 73' de IK2DDR Francesco From dl5mae at yahoo.de Sat Nov 7 13:00:55 2009 From: dl5mae at yahoo.de (Wolfgang Schlaffer) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:00:55 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Moon] November 2009 Dubus cw eme activity event: 1st Moonpass results In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <48700.57438.qm@web23704.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Hi All, sorry I was not QRV for the DUBUS event. Today there will be also MArconi Memorial contest (2m CW) which makes EME impossible as the whole 2m CW part will be full of terrestrial stations. SO I plan to work a little bit in terrrestrial contest (marconi) which is a very nice contest. vy 73 de dl5mae Wolfgang --- Franco schrieb am Sa, 7.11.2009: Von: Franco Betreff: [Moon] November 2009 Dubus cw eme activity event: 1st Moonpass results An: moon at moonbounce.info CC: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net Datum: Samstag, 7. November 2009, 8:59 Hello all, although the Microwave ARRL eme Contest is unfortunately on the same time, i found this morning an extremely good activity on 2m cw eme. On 1st Moonpass. between 05:00 and 08:00, i worked the following good stations: OZ1HNE OK1MS YO2AMU DL2HWA SM2CEW K9MRI RU1AA IK1FJI IT9CJC F1FLA F0CXO DK3EE hrd:K9DX I wish to work some other station, maybe some JA or VK, over the europeans, tonight during the 2nd window (2100-0000 GMT). 73' de IK2DDR Francesco _______________________________________________ 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/20091107/e5ed6948/attachment.htm From la9nea at online.no Sat Nov 7 13:32:30 2009 From: la9nea at online.no (Viggo Magnus LA9NEA) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:32:30 +0100 Subject: [Moon] VK on 13 cm Message-ID: Hello ! Where are the VK stations located at 13 cm EME.?? , I have cross-band capability with my IC 7000, as far as I know they have two segment 2301.900 to 2302.000 and 2424 ?? If most of they are on 2301.900 to 2300.000 I can easy work them with my Icom 7000, Thanks in advance 73 Viggo LA9NEA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091107/d7679016/attachment.htm From g3ltf at btinternet.com Sat Nov 7 15:32:20 2009 From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (peter blair) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:32:20 -0000 Subject: [Moon] VK on 13 cm References: Message-ID: Viggo, From emails with VK3NX he says, "I will not be on 13cm. I wish to concentrate on 6cm on the first pass only and then on 9cm on the 2nd pass. I will do my best to stay around on 9cm for the 2nd pass but don't count on me being there." He later told me he will have to QRT at about 2300 on the second pass which is before my moon is visible. I havent heard from VK4AFL for a while and I dont think he is currently active. That leaves VK7MO and I have no idea if he is QRV on 13cm at present. You had a really great signal today, always a pleasure to hear your FB CW fist. 73 Peter G3LTF ----- Original Message ----- From: Viggo Magnus LA9NEA To: moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net Cc: Moon Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 12:32 PM Subject: [Moon] VK on 13 cm Hello ! Where are the VK stations located at 13 cm EME.?? , I have cross-band capability with my IC 7000, as far as I know they have two segment 2301.900 to 2302.000 and 2424 ?? If most of they are on 2301.900 to 2300.000 I can easy work them with my Icom 7000, Thanks in advance 73 Viggo LA9NEA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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/20091107/ec147d68/attachment.htm From ingolf.fhz at gmail.com Sat Nov 7 20:17:10 2009 From: ingolf.fhz at gmail.com (Ingolf, SM6FHZ) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:17:10 +0100 Subject: [Moon] SM6FHZ QRV on 70 cm EME November 8th Message-ID: Dear 70 cm moonbouncers, not being QRV on EME on the bands above 23 cm and being a prospect on 70 cm EME, I will try to get a few QSO's via the moon on 70 cm on November 8th. All to prepare for the ARRL contest December weekend where I plan to be on 70 cm. I plan to be on the moon from about 07Z until my moonset at about 10Z. I will hang around at the lower end of the band on CW, both CQ'ing ad looking for stations making noise on the band. My rig is a 5.5 m dish with a loop feed, GS23b amp and a ATF54143 pre-amp. Details on my rig can be found at my website linked below. I do hope to get a few QSO's tomorrow. 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/20091107/e8120074/attachment.htm From k7xq at elite.net Sat Nov 7 21:49:39 2009 From: k7xq at elite.net (K7XQ) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:49:39 -0800 Subject: [Moon] K7XQ QRV Tonight 432 and 13 cm Message-ID: <001f01ca5feb$d38fa440$6601a8c0@K7XQH> Hello All, I will be QRV tonight with a focus on 432 and 13 cm. I was on last night on 144 for activity night CWNR several stations and 432 but not much luck there and never made it to 13 cm. K7XQ Jeff Atwater,CA. http://www.elite.net/~k7xq/k7xq.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Jeff K7XQ -----Original Message----- From: Steve Sala [mailto:k7awb at msn.com] Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 7:38 PM To: K7XQ Subject: Re: [Magic Band EME] Need QSL Addresses Here is what my Buckmaster disk says: Tuomas Makela, OH6MIK Vanhapiha 62880 SAAKSVESI FINLAND Class: P Previous Call: Previous Class: Process Date: 03-15-2000 Web site lookup count: 85 as of 24 Mar 2009 Latitude: 63.217 N Longitude: 23.983 E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Kari Leino, OH2BC Bergstad 02400 KIRKKONUMMI 02740 FINLAND Class: Y Previous Call: Previous Class: Process Date: 11-04-2001 Web site lookup count: 372 as of 02 May 2009 E-Mail: oh2bc at sral.fi Latitude: 60.117 N Longitude: 24.433 E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Shukou Umezawa, 7M2PDT 7324-2 Seki Shirako-machi Chousei-gun, Chiba 299-4218 JAPAN Class: Previous Call: Previous Class: Process Date: 11-27-2006 Birth Date: 10-16-1959 Web site lookup count: 110 as of 06 Nov 2007 E-Mail: j_eme_7m2pdt at ybb.ne.jp Web Site: http://www1.odn.ne.jp/7m2pdt (Double-click the e-mail address or web site) (*You must enter your callsign in the Options Menu for Heading and Distance to work) Distance: Heading: Grid Square: QM05ek Time Zone: 9 County: Fax Number: 81-475-33-7979 ---------INTERESTS --------- [BANDS]: 430/440 MHz / 70cm [ACTIVITIES]: Moonbounce EME [OPERATING]: CW, SSB [ANTENNAS/PROPAGATION]: Beam antennas 73 Steve Sala K7AWB DN17es Nine Mile Falls, WA 6-meters rocks!! From: K7XQ Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 3:20 AM To: moon at moonbounce.info ; moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net ; Magic Band EME Group Subject: [Magic Band EME] Need QSL Addresses Does anyone know the QSL info for the following operators ? 7M2PDT OH2BC OH6MIK I getting around to getting more QSL cards out but couldn't find the above operators. If anyone is still waiting for a QSL card, please let me know. 73, K7XQ Jeff Atwater,CA. K7XQ logbook and webpage: http://www.elite.net/~k7xq/k7xq.html _____ _______________________________________________ Magic mailing list Magic at 6meme.com http://6meme.com/mailman/listinfo/magic_6meme.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Conditions fair to good.Too much qrm from terrestrial contest. 73 de Doru _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, right from Hotmail?. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_4:092009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091108/31cdec61/attachment.htm From w0pt at embarqmail.com Sun Nov 8 11:14:42 2009 From: w0pt at embarqmail.com (Bill VanKirk, W0PT) Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:14:42 -0600 Subject: [Moon] Antenna Relay Message-ID: <31.8F.08923.39896FA4@smtp01.embarq.synacor.com> Tonight my Tohtsu CX-600 failed after several years of service. Does anyone have a suggestion for a replacement to use on 144mhz? Running about 1.2k at the relay. 73 Bill W0PT W0PT EM28OD QRV 2M EME with 4X M2 19XXX (5.7wl) and 1.2kw S.W.O.T. 3015 Grid Bandit # 115 QRV 432 mhz QRV 160, 80 and 40 meter QRP cw Bill VanKirk Box 83 Mound City, KS 66056 From jimmyv at hol.gr Sun Nov 8 11:54:10 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (Dimitris Vitorakis) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:54:10 +0200 Subject: [Moon] 13cm qrv Sunday night for EU References: Message-ID: I plan to be qrv on 13cm Sunday night 2150-2359 utc at 2320.xxx Any activity from EU stations not worked yet is very welcome and look forward to new stations! Have missed 10hrs of contest time in first 2 moonpasses (as i lose 2+hrs hr in each rise & set and also went to sleep), but i hope to hear tonight all those from EU not yet worked. Been my 1st EME Contest leg ever on this fantastic band, I have had the most enjoyable weekend so far on 2.3GHz and a Big Thank you to All fine stations! Gladly last moment muprhy visits (azimuth rototator stopped turning and 13cm transverter no tx/rx), were troubleshooted and resolved the night hours before the 1st pass started. Vy 73 & GL Jimmy SV1BTR From dj3jj at gmx.net Sun Nov 8 12:03:06 2009 From: dj3jj at gmx.net (Andreas Haefner) Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:03:06 +0100 Subject: [Moon] rx performance table update Message-ID: <20091108110306.283670@gmx.net> I did update my list. Any station updates or new entries are welcome. http://www.do9bc.de/index.php?page=806688781&f=1&i=1179997641&s=806688781 Best 73s and gl in contest Andreas, DJ3JJ -- GRATIS f?r alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 From mail01 at df9cy.de Sun Nov 8 14:51:51 2009 From: mail01 at df9cy.de (Christoph Petermann) Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:51:51 +0100 Subject: [Moon] DL0SHF on 10 GHz Message-ID: <4AF6CCF7.90009@df9cy.de> Hi Al and all, as Carsten DL6LAU already mentioned, I went to DK7LJ/DL0SHF on Saturday (7 November) morning to try some 10 GHz moonbounce. 13cm was not possible TX wise. A lot of stations could be heard although. While Per DK7LJ tried to find the fault inside the 13cm rig, I actvited the 10 GHz equipment. When I first heard the echoes I thought, aha not bad, but not strong. After adding the QRO amp giving about +11 dB,echoes were more than fine :-). I found IQ4DF and worked him immediately. Things were complicated (for me) as the morse keyer was not working and I had to use the CwType software. Little later WA7CJO came back with a big signal on a CQ. Then I heard someone calling, but could not figure out the callsign. Until then we had been RXing and TXing horizontal. When we switched to vertical receiving things went better. Suddenly IQ4DF was a big signal and I could work W5LUA, F2TU, WA6PY, ON5TA and ES5PC in a row. Signals became weaker as the moon dropped below 20 degrees of elevation and I stopped with the moon being at about 15 degrees. Sorry for I could not go there on Sunday too, but I had to look after the kiddies here .. The 10 GHz dish is not working correctly, we estimate a performance similar to a 2 .. 2,5m diameter type in the moment. Nevertheless I was pleased to work so many old friends in that short time, and weak signals and especially weak EME signal still have a one-of-a-kind fascination to me. 73 de Christoph DF9CY The image (if you can not see it go here: http://www.df9cy.de/dl0shf/ ) shows the 10 GHz feed inside the dish. -- Christoph Petermann DF9CY || www.df9cy.de || www.cpetermann.de From mail01 at df9cy.de Sun Nov 8 15:06:02 2009 From: mail01 at df9cy.de (Christoph Petermann) Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:06:02 +0100 Subject: [Moon] 432 MHz PA - it is still available Message-ID: <4AF6D04A.3080700@df9cy.de> Hi all the very rugged 432 MHz amplifier with a YL1050 inside is still available. We have set a price, but that can certainly be negotiated within limits. More information and images are on my homepage. 73 de Christoph DF9CY -- Christoph Petermann DF9CY || www.df9cy.de || www.cpetermann.de From frankddr at tele2.it Sun Nov 8 15:12:36 2009 From: frankddr at tele2.it (Franco) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:12:36 +0100 Subject: [Moon] IK2DDR DUBUS NOVEMBER 2009 2m CW EME ACTIVITY EVENT RESULT Message-ID: Ciao Peter (SM2CEW) and all, thank you one more time for so nice job, proposing us the DUBUS 2m CW eme activity event. The last activity event of 2009 is gone and we are preparing for your new proposals. Yesterday i found an extremely good activity, calculating all the pro and contra (SHF ARRL EME CONTEST and MMC terrestrial contest), on 1st window, when i was active for full time without problems. On 2nd window, i was active for about 1 and 1 half an hour, due too tired to stay on and lot of difficulties due the local terrestrial MMC contest. There i worked the only station heard, over someone of those worked in the morning. Anyway is really a pleasure and pure fun. Many thanks to Joe K9MRI, always present from USA and active by many years, with the same spirit. He is one of my 1st contacts on 1991. I heard for a short period also K9DX. Looking the activity on the others CW contests, like the Marconi Memorial for 2 m or the others on HF, i can't really understand a so large absence of USA stations, when i know that there is a big number of capable stations and operators. I wish to hear some good news from someone from there that will try the maximum of the satisfaction using the way that permits us to maintain the operator, as the 1st important part in one station. 73' Francesco,IK2DDR My Call IK2DDR CATEGORY C Date Time Call Rprt S Rprt R QSO Pts Multiplier 07/11/2009 05.30 OZ1HNE RO O 10 OZ1 07/11/2009 05.37 OK1MS RO O 10 OK1 07/11/2009 05.48 YO2AMU RO O 10 YO2 07/11/2009 05.55 DL2HWA RO O 10 DL2 07/11/2009 06.07 SM2CEW RO O 10 SM2 07/11/2009 06.13 K9MRI RO O 10 K9 07/11/2009 06.22 RU1AA RO O 10 RU1 07/11/2009 06.28 IK1FJI RO O 10 IK1 07/11/2009 06.38 IT9CJC RO 569 10 IT9 07/11/2009 06.59 F1FLA RO O 10 F1 07/11/2009 07.29 F0CXO RO O 10 F0 07/11/2009 07.35 DK3EE O RO 10 DK3 07/11/2009 21.17 LA8YB RO O 10 LA8 Heard K9DX Score 13 QSO = 130 X 14 Multipl.=1690 points RIG HERE TXIC275H +8877 RX SM5BSZ WSE CONVERTERS+LINRAD + MGF1801+NORTON=36db ANT4X19 LOG LOOP YAGI (I3DLI) ONLY H POL. From eric.vanoffelen at skynet.be Sun Nov 8 16:19:29 2009 From: eric.vanoffelen at skynet.be (Eric Van Offelen) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:19:29 +0100 Subject: [Moon] ON5TA ARRL 3 cm Message-ID: <6CAA95BDD5234CB1998DB67EB11B20B0@erice5fea1e11a> Hello Many thanks to all the stations contacted this week-end on 3 cm. I was especially pleased when I heard RK3WWF calling CQ with a good signal. They have a 2 m dish, mine is only 2.3 m but we had an easy QSO ! The smallest station contacted so far, intial no.16 and new country for me... 73 Eric ON5TA 2.3 m - 35 W -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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LA8 23:24?? OZ1HNE????? RO???? O?????? OZ1 00:00?? DL2HWA?????RO???? O?????? ----?? DUPE--- 14X10 =? 140? X 14 = 1960?????????????????? HEARD? K9MRI? JE1???? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 73 Valter? IK1FJI 4x12 2,84WL?18.5 DBd ? tx ic275H to GU78b? near full power? RX? lna atf 34143 24db gain? 0.25 NF? T-paddle att 5DB to TS2000 to slow AMD 1.1 ghz?(!!!)?pc with Linrad 2.58? BF? Pioneer stereo amplifier? to phillips stereo headphone. From la9nea at online.no Sun Nov 8 22:12:57 2009 From: la9nea at online.no (Viggo Magnus LA9NEA) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:12:57 +0100 Subject: [Moon] LA9NEA 13 cm activity report 7 + 8 nov. 2009 Message-ID: <7A98F630DC994025969A9C2A7BCFF3F1@LA9NEA> Hello All ! Here is my 13 cm worked stations during my short operation time during the Microwave ARRL EME contest 7 and 8 nov. 2009 OK1CA 579/579, SV1BTR 559/549, SP6OPN 559/339, LZ1DX 549/559, DL4MEA 559/569, G3LTF 569/559, PI9CAM 579/559, HB9Q 579/559,F6KUG 549/539, OK1KIR RO/O, WD5AGO 549/339, K5GW 569/559, K1JT 569/569, PI9CAM SSB 55/52, OZ4MM 559/559,DL3EBJ 449/559, PY2BS 549/549, ES5PC 569/559,SM2CEW 569/569, RK3WWF 549/549, DF3RU 559/539, WA6PY 559/559, G4CCH 559/559., and F2TU 569/559, The condx seems up and down, maybe the bad wx here in LA with rain and fog degraded the signals a bit ?? Anyway , I have lot of fun during my first 13 cm ARRL contest and found lot of activity. In future an RX converter will be installed for the JA segment of the 13 cm, Hopefully my IC 7000 will cover the VK band, as far as I know no activity from the VK this time..... 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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091108/6510211a/attachment.htm From dj3jj at gmx.net Sun Nov 8 22:37:02 2009 From: dj3jj at gmx.net (Andreas Haefner) Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:37:02 +0100 Subject: [Moon] Nice support for rx performance table Message-ID: <20091108213702.283660@gmx.net> Many thanks specially to following stations for nice support : OZ4MM, CT1DMK, KL7UW, LA9NEA, WD5AGO and SM6FHZ http://www.do9bc.de/index.php?page=806688781&f=1&i=1179997641&s=806688781 73s and gl agn in contest tonight Andreas DJ3JJ -- GRATIS f?r alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 From jimmyv at hol.gr Mon Nov 9 00:30:13 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (Dimitris Vitorakis) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:30:13 +0200 Subject: [Moon] 13cm tonight References: Message-ID: Hi folks no new ones from EU/JA on 13cm tonight, even though no libration and signals were very clear and without much qsb. So i went qrt 40 mins earlier. Heard in cw were DL4MEA G3LTF ES5PC SD3F OK1CA all with superb signals. Too late for a station in JA band, he finished cq few seconds after i went to rx in that segment and did not appear again. Had a lot of fun & if time will report later this week. See u in December ARRL Contest leg 2m-70cm-23cm! 73 Jimmy SV1BTR From w7cs at theriver.com Mon Nov 9 00:33:53 2009 From: w7cs at theriver.com (Chuck Smallhouse) Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:33:53 -0700 Subject: [Moon] Moon Digest, Vol 37, Issue 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091108153353.B197394F@sj1-dm102.mta.everyone.net> Bill, W0PT, An intermen solution might be to use a large Dow Key type relay, like a DK-60. They have almost penny sized contacts, and will easily carry your power. An additional smaller relay, in the receive side, probably should be added for isolation. Their 28VDC and 115VAC coils are identical and can be used on either voltage. They can come with either UHF or N connectors, that are interchangeable. They are often now found in older HF'rs junk boxes. GL es 73, Chuck, W7CS At 04:00 AM 11/8/2009, you wrote: >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. 2m CW Event-YO2AMU (Doru Zaslo) > 2. Antenna Relay (Bill VanKirk, W0PT) > 3. 13cm qrv Sunday night for EU (Dimitris Vitorakis) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:58:51 +0200 >From: Doru Zaslo >Subject: [Moon] 2m CW Event-YO2AMU >To: , >Message-ID: >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > >YO2AMU November CW Activity Event-2m > >Time Call Sent Rcvd > >0520 OZ1HNE RO/559 O/559 >0527 OK1MS O RO >0535 IK1FJI O/539 RO >0540 F1FLA 529 RO >0547 IK2DDR O RO >0603 IT9CJC O RO >0612 F0CXO O RO >0628 RZ4HF O RO >0640 SM2CEW O RO >0702 DK3EE RO O >2107 LA8YB RO/539 O/539 > >Heard/called DL2HWA, K9DX > >I was active for about 4 hours. Conditions fair to good.Too much qrm >from terrestrial contest. > >73 de Doru >_________________________________________________________________ >Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, >right from Hotmail?. >http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_4:092009 >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091108/31cdec61/attachment.html > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:14:42 -0600 >From: "Bill VanKirk, W0PT" >Subject: [Moon] Antenna Relay >To: moon at moonbounce.info >Message-ID: <31.8F.08923.39896FA4 at smtp01.embarq.synacor.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >Tonight my Tohtsu CX-600 failed after several years of service. Does >anyone have a suggestion for a replacement to use on 144mhz? Running >about 1.2k at the relay. > >73 >Bill > >W0PT >W0PT EM28OD > >QRV 2M EME with 4X M2 19XXX (5.7wl) and 1.2kw >S.W.O.T. 3015 >Grid Bandit # 115 >QRV 432 mhz >QRV 160, 80 and 40 meter QRP cw > > > >Bill VanKirk >Box 83 >Mound City, KS 66056 > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:54:10 +0200 >From: "Dimitris Vitorakis" >Subject: [Moon] 13cm qrv Sunday night for EU >To: , >Message-ID: >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >I plan to be qrv on 13cm Sunday night 2150-2359 utc at 2320.xxx >Any activity from EU stations not worked yet is very welcome and look >forward to new stations! > >Have missed 10hrs of contest time in first 2 moonpasses (as i lose 2+hrs hr >in each rise & set and also went to sleep), but i hope to hear tonight all >those from EU not yet worked. > >Been my 1st EME Contest leg ever on this fantastic band, I have had the most >enjoyable weekend so far on 2.3GHz and a Big Thank you to All fine stations! >Gladly last moment muprhy visits (azimuth rototator stopped turning and 13cm >transverter no tx/rx), were troubleshooted and resolved the night hours >before the 1st pass started. > >Vy 73 & GL >Jimmy SV1BTR > > > > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Moon mailing list >Moon at moonbounce.info >http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon > > >End of Moon Digest, Vol 37, Issue 10 >************************************ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.55/2490 - Release Date: >11/08/09 19:39:00 From wd5ago at hotmail.com Mon Nov 9 02:17:53 2009 From: wd5ago at hotmail.com (Tommy Henderson) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:17:53 -0600 Subject: [Moon] uwave ARRL report Message-ID: Like when I was on 23cm EME in the 90s, 13cm proved to be as busy during the contest, forget finding a few stragglers on Sunday, almost as busy! Over 30 Qs heard 41 stations. And this with 4 hours spent helping out those on 6cm. Worked 5 and heard another 5 on 6cm. We will keep the 6cm system in for DEC to worked those missed. Our group will also be on 70cm for the 2nd ARRL contest leg. Station 13cm 3.1m dish, 0.3 n/f, (225W just this time - norm 180w), on 6cm 0.7 n/f and 40W 73 Tommy _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9690331&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen:112009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091108/8bbf0d1f/attachment.htm From ZS6AXT at telkomsa.net Mon Nov 9 13:41:34 2009 From: ZS6AXT at telkomsa.net (Ivo Chladek) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:41:34 +0200 Subject: [Moon] LIDL indicator Message-ID: <95BF789B6EA34E44990EBECB52D8130D@ZS6AXT> Hi, Help please. I am busy on the LIDL mods. I took the chip out and it works from diecast box, but the 555 timer does not help, it still switches off after 3 minutes ! And the ON/OFF switch does not work, can switch it now on with the HOLD pushbutton. I wonder what should be the output from the 555 timer, it is nowhere specified in the description. I hope that somebody can tell me what to do, thanks. My 3 cm dish is fully erected for a while now, I have two WGs to it from the shack, but am really scared to put some electronic equipment into it since we are having really heavy electrical storms with plenty of lightning up to few times a day ! So that everything is mostly switched off and disconnected, to prevent the losses like I had last year. Only after the rainy season ( abt March) I can install all the 3 cm equipment to the dish without danger to it. Thanks for help, Ivo, ZS6AXT _______________________ Ivo Chladek ZS6AXT at TELKOMSA.NET +27-11-664-7883 Skype - ZS6AXT loc. KG33VV.82 From ZS6AXT at telkomsa.net Mon Nov 9 16:05:49 2009 From: ZS6AXT at telkomsa.net (Ivo Chladek) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:05:49 +0200 Subject: [Moon] LIDL Message-ID: Hi, Funny, that after my complaint here, it started to work, hi. Originally I was running it from battery and it was probably too low. Now from power supply it works. And the 555 cct is giving short positive pulses about every minute. Could not come earlier, it was another heavy storm here. 73 to all, Ivo, ZS6AXT _______________________ Ivo Chladek ZS6AXT at TELKOMSA.NET +27-11-664-7883 loc. KG33VV.82 From sm2cew at telia.com Mon Nov 9 18:14:34 2009 From: sm2cew at telia.com (Peter Sundberg) Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:34 +0000 Subject: [Moon] Moon Digest, Vol 37, Issue 10 In-Reply-To: <20091108153353.B197394F@sj1-dm102.mta.everyone.net> References: Message-ID: <20091109171440.A3E811802F@smarthost.alltele.net> I second Chuck in his opinion, the Dow Key is a very rugged relay. The one I have been using for >25 years in my 2m EME system has SO-239 connectors on it and a 12 volt coil. Relay contacts are gold plated and can handle lots of power. I use a small BNC Dow Key relay to provide extra isolation for my preamp. On 432 I have been using the same type of relay but with N-type connectors. The cost of a surplus Dow Key relay is marginal. YMMV 73 de Peter SM2CEW www.sm2cew.com At 23:33 2009-11-08 , Chuck Smallhouse wrote: >Bill, W0PT, > >An intermen solution might be to use a large Dow Key type relay, like >a DK-60. They have almost penny sized contacts, and will easily >carry your power. An additional smaller relay, in the receive side, >probably should be added for isolation. Their 28VDC and 115VAC coils >are identical and can be used on either voltage. They can come with >either UHF or N connectors, that are interchangeable. They are often >now found in older HF'rs junk boxes. > >GL es 73, > >Chuck, W7CS > > >At 04:00 AM 11/8/2009, you wrote: --------------------- >> >>Message: 2 >>Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:14:42 -0600 >>From: "Bill VanKirk, W0PT" >>Subject: [Moon] Antenna Relay >>To: moon at moonbounce.info >>Message-ID: <31.8F.08923.39896FA4 at smtp01.embarq.synacor.com> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >> >>Tonight my Tohtsu CX-600 failed after several years of service. Does >>anyone have a suggestion for a replacement to use on 144mhz? Running >>about 1.2k at the relay. >> >>73 >>Bill >> >>W0PT >>W0PT EM28OD >> >>QRV 2M EME with 4X M2 19XXX (5.7wl) and 1.2kw >>S.W.O.T. 3015 >>Grid Bandit # 115 >>QRV 432 mhz >>QRV 160, 80 and 40 meter QRP cw >> >> >> >>Bill VanKirk >>Box 83 >>Mound City, KS 66056 >> >> From oz1hne at post8.tele.dk Mon Nov 9 23:13:03 2009 From: oz1hne at post8.tele.dk (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgen_Kristiansen?=) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:13:03 +0100 Subject: [Moon] OZ1HNE 144MHz DUBUS CW EME Event result, Message-ID: <20091109221303.HTCZ770.fep45.mail.dk@pcjon> Hi EME?ers I was QRV in this last DUBUS CW EME Event 2009 and found good activity on the band. First part I was QRV full time, but in the second part the Marconi Memorial contest was going on and difficult to find a clear spot, so good long coffee breaks was possible. I would like to thanks the crew arranging this DUBUS CW EME Event and I look very much forward to new Events in 2010. I worked the following 16 QSO?s on random: 7/11 2009: ---------------------------------------------------------------- 0510 K5QE O/RO K5 0519 YO2AMU O/RO (559/559) YO 0531 IK2DDR O/RO IK2 0541 K9DX O/RO (539/O) K9 0554 F1FLA O/RO (559/O) F1 0607 K9MRI O/RO (559/559) - 0613 UA3PTW O/RO (539/559) UA3 0626 SM2CEW O/RO SM2 0640 RZ4HF O/RO (559/O) RZ4 0649 IT9CJC O/RO (539/539) IT9 0658 OK1MS O/RO (559/O) OK1 2118 DL2HWA O/RO DL2 2157 F0CXO O/RO (559/559) F0 2233 LA8YB RO/O (569/569) LA8 2324 IK1FJI O/RO (559/529) IK1 2340 JH2COZ O/RO JH2 Thanks to all for the QSO's. Best 73, OZ1HNE Jorgen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <3621A6BFBC9C496C9914CFCD2DDE3ABD@D7BX6Z0J> I divided my time between 13 and 9cm , and a bit of sleep. Activity was higher than last year, especially on 9cm. All QSOs on CW On 13cm I worked 37 stations, LZ1DX, OK1CA, SV1BTR, HB9Q, OH2DG, SP6OPN, ES5PC, PA0BAT, SP6GWN, SV3AAF, OK1KIR, F5KUG #, PI9CAM #, K1JT, W5LUA, DL4MEA, F2TU, G3LQR, PY2BS, K8EB #, WA6PY, WA8RJF, NA4N, WD5AGO, LA9NEA, DL3EBJ, VE6TA, K5GW, IK2RTI, SD3F, G4CCH, RK3WWF, OZ4MM, IW2FZR, DF3RU, SM2CEW , W9IIX. CWNR OE9ERC, PA3DZL. All NA stations except VE6TA were crossband. On 3,4GHz I worked 12 stations, OZ6OL, PI9CAM #, DL4MEA, OK1KIR,OK1CA, W5LUA, K5GW, OH2DG, G3LQR, VE6TA, K1JT #. CWNR DF9QX. Thanks to all for a great weekend of EME and excellent QSOs , 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On 13 cm QSO'd: DL4MEA ES5PC F2TU G3LTF G4CCH HB9Q K1JT K5GW K7XQ LA9NEA NA4N OH2DG OK1CA OK1KIR OZ4MM PI9CAM PY2BS SD3F SM2CEW SP6OPN SV1BTR VE6TA W5LUA W9IIX WA8RJF WD5AGO On 3cm QSO'd: DL0SHF ES5PC F2TU F5JWF HB9BHU IQ4DF OK1KIR ON5TA RK3WWF WA7CJO Prior to the contest weekend I did not heard JA6CZD and JA4BLC on 3 cm. I have to double check performance of my RX system at 10.45 GHz. VY 73 Paul WA6PY -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091110/2a25b65c/attachment.htm From bruce at zirok.com Wed Nov 11 14:16:29 2009 From: bruce at zirok.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Bruce_Hal=E1sz?=) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:16:29 -0200 Subject: [Moon] Microwave contest report. Message-ID: Hi all Could work 29 stations in 13cm during the MW contest, all in CW, except where noted: SV1BTR, OK1CA, SP6OPN, HB9Q, OH2DG, DL4MEA, ES5PC, F2TU, OK1KIR, LZ1DX, PI9CAM (CW&SSB), W5LUA, G3LTF, K1JT, PA0BAT, WA6PY, VE6TA, OE9ERC, SD3F, DF3RU, K8EB, W7JM, OZ4MM, IW2FZR, LA9NEA, SM2CEW, PA3DZL (JT), G4CCH and WD5AGO. Thank you all for the fantastic eme weekend. Vy 73 de Bruce, PY2BS From jimmyv at hol.gr Thu Nov 12 09:30:45 2009 From: jimmyv at hol.gr (jimmyv at hol.gr) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:30:45 +0200 Subject: [Moon] SV1BTR microwave contest report Message-ID: <20091112103045.0e3x2be2o0g8ck4o@easymail-app.hol.gr> I had the most enjoyable and challenging time operating on 13cm for 1st time ever, during a microwave moonbounce contest leg. Unfortunately in SV we do not yet have the 9cm allocation and if we get it, I certainly will be qrv when / if this day comes. During the ARRL EME microwave section I was qrv 11 hrs less (moon clearance & sleep). I am glad to outscore by far in each leg my personal highest total ever and for this I am indebted to all friends. On 13cm worked 43 fine stations, cw random. OK1CA SP6OPN SV3AAF DF9QX OH2DG G3LTF LZ1DX PA0BAT ES5PC IK2RTI OK1KIR SD3F SP6GWN F5KUG PY2BS HB9Q OE9ERC DL4MEA K1JT F2TU K8EB W5LUA PI9CAM NA4N VE6TA WD5AGO W9IIX K5GW DL3EBJ LA9NEA G4CCH OZ4MM DF3RU RK3WWF IW2FZR JA8IAD JA8ERE PA3DZL SM2CEW W7JM WA6PY VE4MA K7XQ. CWNR & chased for hours was WA8RJF. I will decide if to add 6cm & 3cm (for the latter I already have 45w operational) in the future to the existing 4.9m dish. Since QRL abroad permitting, summer of 2010 I plan to put up 2 bigger dishes (work in progress). Thank you all for the great time & 73 Jimmy SV1BTR From f2tu.philippe at orange.fr Thu Nov 12 23:51:12 2009 From: f2tu.philippe at orange.fr (F2TU Philippe) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:51:12 +0100 Subject: [Moon] F2TU report Message-ID: <4AFC9160.7050105@orange.fr> Hi All, Working on 3 bands, I changed 12 times to feed on the dish, 10 to 15 minutes each time. I worked: 13cm: 43 calls, 10 initals SD3F, RK3WWF, SV3AAF, SV1BTR, SP6PON, W7JM, K8EB, PI9CAM, VK2JDS, PA3DZL#101. 6cm: 11 calls, 2 initials PI9CAM, SD3AAF#33 3cm: 13 calls, 1 initial RK3WWF#53 Best 73 -- Philippe PIERRAT - F2TU http://F2TU.perso.orange.fr From k6pf at sbcglobal.net Sun Nov 15 07:31:49 2009 From: k6pf at sbcglobal.net (Bob Kocisko) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:31:49 -0800 Subject: [Moon] For Sale: Bencher BY-1 Iambic Paddle Message-ID: <001501ca65bd$4fdedb70$6401a8c0@Office> I just purchased a BY-2 paddle so have for sale my Bencher BY-1 iambic paddle with black base. HRO sells then new for $109.97 & AES sell them for $119.99. Asking $55.00 OBO + shipping fm zip 92708. Vy good condx & works great. Includes cable with 1/4" plug. Thanks for reading, 73, Bob, K6PF From k6pf at sbcglobal.net Sun Nov 15 23:59:44 2009 From: k6pf at sbcglobal.net (Bob Kocisko) Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:59:44 -0800 Subject: [Moon] Bencher BY-1 Iambic Paddle - Sale Pending Message-ID: <010401ca6647$52f3c8e0$6401a8c0@Office> Waiting for a check from a potential buyer for this Paddle & another one in backup position. So, looks like it's sold. Tnx for all the interest. 73, Bob, K6PF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Kocisko" To: "Moon-net" ; "EME Bounce Net" ; Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 10:31 PM Subject: For Sale: Bencher BY-1 Iambic Paddle >I just purchased a BY-2 paddle so have for sale my Bencher BY-1 iambic >paddle with black base. HRO sells then new for $109.97 & AES sell them for >$119.99. Asking $55.00 OBO + shipping fm zip 92708. Vy good condx & works >great. Includes cable with 1/4" plug. > > Thanks for reading, > 73, > Bob, K6PF From k7xq at elite.net Mon Nov 16 09:55:31 2009 From: k7xq at elite.net (K7XQ) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:55:31 -0800 Subject: [Moon] K7XQ 13 cm EME Report Message-ID: <000401ca669a$8df48710$6601a8c0@K7XQH> Hello All, I was QRV on 11-08-09 only for about three hours and worked the following ( 7 ) stations: SV1BTR #, ES5PC, OZ4MM, PI9CAM# ( X-Band ), OK1CA, WA6PY#, F2TU. Hrd / called; WD5AGO, SP6OPN, PY2BS, W7JM Was nice to work a few new stations. I can leave the 2304 feed in if anyone wants to try in the following weeks. The 2304 EME station here is a 3 meter dish and 180 watts. Thanks for the fun on 2304 ! K7XQ Jeff Atwater,CA. K7XQ logbook and webpage: http://www.elite.net/~k7xq/k7xq.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091116/c7067bbe/attachment.htm From guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de Tue Nov 17 21:34:23 2009 From: guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de (Guenter Koellner) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:34:23 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Moon] Screen grid voltage of TH347 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1504.89.55.248.124.1258490063.squirrel@intern.netexpress.de> Hello, if I am right the screen grid (G2) voltage of a Tetrode like the TH347 is somehow responsible for the gain of the tube. Am I? My TH347 is running with Ug2=600V, which I think is quite high and so the gain is very low, just around 6dB or so. Does the gain raise if I lower the screen grid voltage? If so, which voltage do you suggest using on this tube? 73, G?nter (dl4mea) From gabercr at nc.rr.com Tue Nov 17 22:12:23 2009 From: gabercr at nc.rr.com (Gary Abercrombie) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:12:23 -0500 Subject: [Moon] Screen grid voltage of TH347 References: <1504.89.55.248.124.1258490063.squirrel@intern.netexpress.de> Message-ID: G?nter, Good series of questions being asked right now as I am finishing up my 8877 PA and just started building the control panel for the TH-327 PA last weekend. I was wondering what others were doing for the filament step-start for the 35A TH-327 filament and expected G1/G2 voltages and current ranges for the metering. I sorta guessed at +/- 10mA for G1 and 100mA full-scale for G2 from looking over ON7UN's fine articles and website. Attached is the link to my new web-site under-construction in case you want to see some of my projects. Warning: lots of photos on main page! http://www.rfdesignpatterns.com/ Gary, N8CQ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guenter Koellner" To: ; Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:34 PM Subject: [Moon] Screen grid voltage of TH347 Hello, if I am right the screen grid (G2) voltage of a Tetrode like the TH347 is somehow responsible for the gain of the tube. Am I? My TH347 is running with Ug2=600V, which I think is quite high and so the gain is very low, just around 6dB or so. Does the gain raise if I lower the screen grid voltage? If so, which voltage do you suggest using on this tube? 73, G?nter (dl4mea) _______________________________________________ Moon mailing list Moon at moonbounce.info http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon Please enter/update your standings: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list From storyavenue at hotmail.com Wed Nov 18 04:40:59 2009 From: storyavenue at hotmail.com (John Stevens) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:40:59 -0500 Subject: [Moon] Screen grid voltage of TH347 In-Reply-To: References: , <1504.89.55.248.124.1258490063.squirrel@intern.netexpress.de>, Message-ID: Hi Gary, There are more clever ways to ensure that the filament comes up slow, but I ramp my TH-347 432 amplifier up manually with a variac on the filament primary, and ramp down when shutting down the amp. I run the blower for a minute or so after ramp down. It is set so that I cannot exceed the nominal filament voltage with the variac all the way up. I have timers on the path that can energize the HV and G2 volts. The G1 meter is 100 mA FS (might be better if 50 mA) and the G2 meter is +/- 35 mA. Just used what I had. Running 550VDC on G2. So far so good. Nice looking amps on your website. John wb2byp > From: gabercr at nc.rr.com > To: guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de; moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net; moon at moonbounce.info > Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:12:23 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Moon] Screen grid voltage of TH347 > > G?nter, > > Good series of questions being asked right now as I am finishing up my 8877 > PA and just started building the control panel for the TH-327 PA last > weekend. I was wondering what others were doing for the filament step-start > for the 35A TH-327 filament and expected G1/G2 voltages and current ranges > for the metering. I sorta guessed at +/- 10mA for G1 and 100mA full-scale > for G2 from looking over ON7UN's fine articles and website. > > Attached is the link to my new web-site under-construction in case you want > to see some of my projects. > > Warning: lots of photos on main page! > > http://www.rfdesignpatterns.com/ > > Gary, N8CQ > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091117/346de5c2/attachment.htm From TexasRF at aol.com Wed Nov 18 05:21:58 2009 From: TexasRF at aol.com (TexasRF at aol.com) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:21:58 EST Subject: [Moon] Screen grid voltage of TH347 Message-ID: Gary, John and all, it is more important to limit the filament current at turn on than you might think. After loosing a couple of otherwise excellent tubes because of open filament I devised a circuit to limit the filament current even more than the data sheet suggested. The data sheet calls for current no more than twice normal during the first cycle. I was using a series surge limiter in the filament transformer primary to limit the turn on current and found this to be inadequate. After a little thought, it is obvious that the normal application for the 327/347 is to turn it on and leave it on for very long periods of time as in TV service. We don't use tubes that way; we turn it on, use it for a few to several hours then turn it off. We will turn a tube on and off many, many times compared to any commercial application. Because of this, I suggest we need to bring filament current up slowly over a two minute timeframe to minimize the mechanical stress as the filament comes up to final temperature. To accomplish this, I am now using a two stage timing and current limiting circuit. At turn on there is a 100 ohm resistor in series with two 200 ohm current limiters in the filament transformer primary. As the current limiters heat up, they reduce resistance to nearly zero ohms. The current slowly rises while this happens. After 60 seconds, a Dayton solid state timer connects 120vac to a relay that in turn connects another series connected pair of current limiters across the 100 ohm resistor. As these limiters heat up, the resistance drops and the 100 ohm resistor is nearly shorted out. After a second 60 second period, another Dayton solid state timer operates a second relay that places a short circuit around all of the current limiting elements. This applies full 120vac to filament transformer primary. There is a series connected rheostat in the filament transformer primary to allow fine adjustment of the filament voltage. I forget it's exact value but I think it is in the 10 ohm range and only a small portion is actually used for adjustment. When the second relay closes and shorts around all the current limiters, this allows them to cool down to be ready for the next on cycle. Only time will tell if this is adequate protection but so far it has operated just as expected. There is no part of the warm up period that filament current exceeds the 34A rating, in fact most of the time it is much lower than that. 73, Gerald K5GW In a message dated 11/17/2009 9:42:51 P.M. Central Standard Time, storyavenue at hotmail.com writes: Hi Gary, There are more clever ways to ensure that the filament comes up slow, but I ramp my TH-347 432 amplifier up manually with a variac on the filament primary, and ramp down when shutting down the amp. I run the blower for a minute or so after ramp down. It is set so that I cannot exceed the nominal filament voltage with the variac all the way up. I have timers on the path that can energize the HV and G2 volts. The G1 meter is 100 mA FS (might be better if 50 mA) and the G2 meter is +/- 35 mA. Just used what I had. Running 550VDC on G2. So far so good. Nice looking amps on your website. John wb2byp > From: gabercr at nc.rr.com > To: guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de; moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net; moon at moonbounce.info > Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:12:23 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Moon] Screen grid voltage of TH347 > > G?nter, > > Good series of questions being asked right now as I am finishing up my 8877 > PA and just started building the control panel for the TH-327 PA last > weekend. I was wondering what others were doing for the filament step-start > for the 35A TH-327 filament and expected G1/G2 voltages and current ranges > for the metering. I sorta guessed at +/- 10mA for G1 and 100mA full-scale > for G2 from looking over ON7UN's fine articles and website. > > Attached is the link to my new web-site under-construction in case you want > to see some of my projects. > > Warning: lots of photos on main page! > > http://www.rfdesignpatterns.com/ > > Gary, N8CQ > ____________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. _Sign up now._ (http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/) = _______________________________________________ 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/20091117/428455e4/attachment.htm From dfaessler at bluewin.ch Wed Nov 18 07:11:03 2009 From: dfaessler at bluewin.ch (dfaessler) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:11:03 +0100 Subject: [Moon] Screen grid voltage of TH347 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3CD847A4-4B10-4A40-BC08-498EE69A3812@bluewin.ch> I fully agree with you, Gerald. HB9BBD Dominique (from Ryadh, SA) .. Sent from my mobile Phone.. Am 18.11.2009 um 05:21 schrieb TexasRF at aol.com: > Gary, John and all, it is more important to limit the filament > current at turn on than you might think. After loosing a couple of > otherwise excellent tubes because of open filament I devised a > circuit to limit the filament current even more than the data sheet > suggested. > > The data sheet calls for current no more than twice normal during > the first cycle. I was using a series surge limiter in the filament > transformer primary to limit the turn on current and found this to > be inadequate. After a little thought, it is obvious that the normal > application for the 327/347 is to turn it on and leave it on for > very long periods of time as in TV service. We don't use tubes that > way; we turn it on, use it for a few to several hours then turn it > off. We will turn a tube on and off many, many times compared to any > commercial application. > > Because of this, I suggest we need to bring filament current up > slowly over a two minute timeframe to minimize the mechanical stress > as the filament comes up to final temperature. > > To accomplish this, I am now using a two stage timing and current > limiting circuit. At turn on there is a 100 ohm resistor in series > with two 200 ohm current limiters in the filament transformer > primary. As the current limiters heat up, they reduce resistance to > nearly zero ohms. The current slowly rises while this happens. After > 60 seconds, a Dayton solid state timer connects 120vac to a relay > that in turn connects another series connected pair of current > limiters across the 100 ohm resistor. As these limiters heat up, the > resistance drops and the 100 ohm resistor is nearly shorted out. > After a second 60 second period, another Dayton solid state timer > operates a second relay that places a short circuit around all of > the current limiting elements. This applies full 120vac to filament > transformer primary. > > There is a series connected rheostat in the filament transformer > primary to allow fine adjustment of the filament voltage. I forget > it's exact value but I think it is in the 10 ohm range and only a > small portion is actually used for adjustment. > > When the second relay closes and shorts around all the current > limiters, this allows them to cool down to be ready for the next on > cycle. > > Only time will tell if this is adequate protection but so far it has > operated just as expected. There is no part of the warm up period > that filament current exceeds the 34A rating, in fact most of the > time it is much lower than that. > > 73, > Gerald K5GW > > > > In a message dated 11/17/2009 9:42:51 P.M. Central Standard Time, storyavenue at hotmail.com > writes: > Hi Gary, > > There are more clever ways to ensure that the filament comes up > slow, but I ramp my TH-347 432 amplifier up manually with a variac > on the filament primary, and ramp down when shutting down the amp. > I run the blower for a minute or so after ramp down. It is set so > that I cannot exceed the nominal filament voltage with the variac > all the way up. I have timers on the path that can energize the HV > and G2 volts. The G1 meter is 100 mA FS (might be better if 50 mA) > and the G2 meter is +/- 35 mA. Just used what I had. Running > 550VDC on G2. So far so good. > > Nice looking amps on your website. > > John > wb2byp > > > > > From: gabercr at nc.rr.com > > To: guenter.koellner at mixed-mode.de; moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net; moon at moonbounce.info > > Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:12:23 -0500 > > Subject: Re: [Moon] Screen grid voltage of TH347 > > > > G?nter, > > > > Good series of questions being asked right now as I am finishing > up my 8877 > > PA and just started building the control panel for the TH-327 PA > last > > weekend. I was wondering what others were doing for the filament > step-start > > for the 35A TH-327 filament and expected G1/G2 voltages and > current ranges > > for the metering. I sorta guessed at +/- 10mA for G1 and 100mA > full-scale > > for G2 from looking over ON7UN's fine articles and website. > > > > Attached is the link to my new web-site under-construction in > case you want > > to see some of my projects. > > > > Warning: lots of photos on main page! > > > > http://www.rfdesignpatterns.com/ > > > > Gary, N8CQ > > > > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. 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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091118/4cbf7cb0/attachment.htm From jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp Thu Nov 19 12:27:14 2009 From: jh1krc at syd.odn.ne.jp (M. Watanabe) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:27:14 +0900 Subject: [Moon] Screen grid voltage of TH347 In-Reply-To: <1504.89.55.248.124.1258490063.squirrel@intern.netexpress.de> Message-ID: <20091119112714490.CVD.8219.wememta101.odn.ne.jp@mta101.odn.ne.jp> Hello Guenter, Yes, you are right; screen grid volgate will have a great role in the tetrode amplifiers in general. I think no one has answered your question propperly. I have no experience with TH347. But my 23cm HPA employs TH327, and the screen voltage is (almost) regulated around 600V with shunt resisters. 600V might be high enough, and it would not be safe to put higher voltage. Screen current flows only some 15mA or less, to produce 1kW at 3.4kV plate voltage. Power gain could be 7-8 times. The higher the screen voltage is put on, the more power gain you would have (unless your tube is blown out). I wonder in which band you operate TH347. Anyhow the power gain of 6dB seems to be very low (but it varies dependiing on how much you drive the tube). Do you operete this tube in class C? If it is in class AB1 or AB2, you can evaluate the working condx of your HPA by the screen current. I guess your TH347 does not have enough screen current, but too much plate current, do you? When you tune a tetrode amplifier, even wheter it is grid-driven or cathode driven, monitor the screen current. You can evaluate how your output coupling works by the screen current. Too heavy coupling makes the screen current less, too much plate current, and less power output. Vise versa. Each tetrode has its propper value of screen voltage/current to the working power level and class. GL & 73es, Mike JH1KRC ---- Guenter Koellner wrote: > Hello, > > if I am right the screen grid (G2) voltage of a Tetrode like the TH347 is > somehow responsible for the gain of the tube. Am I? > > My TH347 is running with Ug2=600V, which I think is quite high and so the > gain is very low, just around 6dB or so. Does the gain raise if I lower > the screen grid voltage? If so, which voltage do you suggest using on this > tube? > > 73, G?nter (dl4mea) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Moon mailing list > Moon at moonbounce.info > http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon > > Please enter/update your standings: > http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html > > When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list From ve1kg at eastlink.ca Thu Nov 19 14:00:27 2009 From: ve1kg at eastlink.ca (Serge Szpilfogel) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:27 +0000 Subject: [Moon] [Moon-net] Reminder XVI Italian EMEContest Log References: <4B047447.1080202@i5wbe.it> Message-ID: <36DBCC98584941C39597323D405CA7EA@LAPTOP> Enrico i sent my log !!!! Serge VE1KG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Enrico Baldacci" To: "moonbounce" ; "moon" Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 22:25 Subject: [Moon-net] Reminder XVI Italian EMEContest Log > Dear Friends, > > I inform you that 30th November is the last day to receive the log of XVI > Italian EME Contest (12-13th September 2009) , > I see that in the Contest there were many participants, but they haven't > sent their log, I invite all the stations that were ON AIR to send the > log. > > At present I have receive a low average of log: > > Bands 2mt. 70cm. 23cm. 13cm MW > Station on air 35 26 26 8 14 > Log received 20 11 11 3 4 > % 57 31 31 37,5 28,5 > > I hope to receive new entries. > > Vy 73' > de Enrico i5wbe > > > > _______________________________________________ > Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at > http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html > From sm4ive at telia.com Sat Nov 21 19:44:10 2009 From: sm4ive at telia.com (Lars Pettersson) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:44:10 +0100 Subject: [Moon] Sm4IVE home page uppdate Message-ID: <1CC6D8720E114431A35EAB56AE87E433@RADIO> Just a small update with some new photos :-)) Only so that santa will find the way. Was working whole day with centertube that will hold the feed, i thought that i would make it today, but heavy winds made all difficult, peaking 15 m/s it`s not so funny working on the dish. Maybe we will se some rain tomorow , if no wind i will continiue. 73 de Lars SM4IVE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091121/b1b2bd89/attachment.htm From sm2cew at telia.com Sat Nov 21 22:33:34 2009 From: sm2cew at telia.com (Peter Sundberg) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:33:34 +0000 Subject: [Moon] Tube maintenance Message-ID: <20091121213339.22C6715465@outgoing-smtp.alltele.net> Over the years there has been a lot of discussions regarding gassy transmitter tubes and ways to keep them fresh or to "heal" them. I found this interesting info on a well known manufacturers website: "Shelf Life Modern power tubes with metal and ceramic vacuum envelopes are not prone to gassing up while in storage. Experience indicates that these tube types can be stored indefinitely without deterioration. It is not necessary to periodically rotate them through an operating socket to degas the tube. Experience shows that you stand a greater chance of breaking the tube or socket fingerstock than any benefit gained by degassing. Older designs, using glass as an insulating medium, do tend to leak gas over time. It is not the glass that is porous to gas, but the Kovar alloy used to seal the glass to metal parts in the tube. Kovar is also subject to rusting when moisture is present. Such devices should be kept in a sealed plastic bag in storage and rotated through the equipment at least once every twelve months. Physically, the larger the tube, the more surface area of Kovar, and the greater the possibility of gassing up." To be honest, I thought that the ceramic tubes were more prone to being gassy than glass envelope tubes, but it is apparent that it is not so. The full PDF with a lot of interesting info can be found at http://www.cpii.com/docs/related/23/Tube%20Maintenance.pdf 73 de Peter SM2CEW www.sm2cew.com From i5wbe at i5wbe.it Mon Nov 23 15:39:01 2009 From: i5wbe at i5wbe.it (Enrico Baldacci) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:39:01 +0000 Subject: [Moon] Mr. Murphy 10 years after Message-ID: <4B0A9E85.8060600@i5wbe.it> Hello Dear Friends, After 10 Years Mr. Murphey this time he have decided to visit me at my home ! December 1999 - November 2009 You can see my new antennas arrays after his visit ! It's X pol. ? http://www.i5wbe.it/Mynewantennassystem/index.html Vy 73' and GL Enrico i5wbe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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November 2009, 15:39 Hello Dear Friends, After 10 Years Mr. Murphey this time he have decided to visit me at my home !? December 1999 - November 2009 You can see my new antennas arrays after his visit !??? It's? X pol. ? ? http://www.i5wbe.it/Mynewantennassystem/index.html Vy 73' and? GL Enrico i5wbe -----Integrierter Anhang folgt----- _______________________________________________ Moon mailing list Moon at moonbounce.info http://www.moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon Please enter/update your standings: http://www.vhf-dx.net/top.html When you decide to remain anonymous I may consider this unpolite and remove you from the list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verf?gt ?ber einen herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails. http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091123/c6a1f1f4/attachment.htm From pa3cwn at tele2.nl Wed Nov 25 13:09:31 2009 From: pa3cwn at tele2.nl (Oene) Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:09:31 +0100 Subject: [Moon] Yaesu items F.S. a.o.t. FEX-736-1.2 Message-ID: <4B0D1E7B.6000402@tele2.nl> Hello, I have several items for sale concerning the Yaesu FT-736R, FT-100, FT290R. FT-736R - FEX-736-1.2 module in good working condition (just dismantled and tested before) it comes with the installation paper and schematic just as the screws to install the module. - Keyer unit B electronic keyer unit with installation paper. - Voice Synthesizer FVS-1A (latest model with pins(male), so FT-736 needs female connector) plus paper. - SP-102 external speaker with Low Pass High Pass filters and possibility to connect 2 radio's. Good condition. - FTS-10 CTCSS module never used and is originally for another Yaesu, but can be modified. - Inrad 400 Hz CW filter 8 pole IF 455.7 kHz This is nr. 99 from Inrad and does not fit on the PCB Therefore it has 2 short coaxlines to install it elsewhere in the rig. FT-100 - XF-117CN 300 Hz CW filter - TXCO-8 Temperature Controlled Xtal oscillator. A must have for working JT65 with this rig FT-290R in good condition with some scratches on top and bottom case but with good looking front the telescopis antenna is straight and good working order. The rig comes with the FL-2010 10W amp. Multiband receiver NR-82F1 Marc double conversion in excellent shape, Not meant for serous work but nice to play with if moon is down :-) If interested in any of these items send me an email for further information. Selling this means not that I'm quitting hobby, simply time for a new rig. On the contrary; I asked permission at the local authorities to setup my Versatower, but no sign of them yet. I do not know how if setting up a tower in other countries is difficult concerning the (Local) Government, but at least in the EU Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights seems a good help to those who want to setup a tower. I hope mine is erected in spring 2010 !! Good luck to all 73 Oene PA3CWN From pa3cwn at tele2.nl Wed Nov 25 15:37:49 2009 From: pa3cwn at tele2.nl (Oene) Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:37:49 +0100 Subject: [Moon] FEX-736-1.2 Message-ID: <4B0D413D.8040203@tele2.nl> Hello All, Many requests already but the 23 cm module is sold. 73 Oene PA3CWN From oz1ff at mail.dk Wed Nov 25 19:23:24 2009 From: oz1ff at mail.dk (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Kjeld_B=FClow_Thomsen?=) Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:23:24 +0100 Subject: [Moon] QRV 10 GHz December 1. - 5. 2009 Message-ID: <000b01ca6dfc$6074bd50$215e37f0$@dk> Hello, If the weather at the North Sea allows it, I plan to be QRV from December 1. - 5. on 10 GHz from JO45bo. Equipment: 1,8m Prodelin offset dish, 0,8 dB NF LNA at feed, 17 W SSPA with 15 W at feed. Skeds are welcome. Vy 73 de OZ1FF - Kjeld Phone +45 7352 6050 SMS +45 4021 1119 Skype oz1ff-1 mailto:oz1ff at mail.dk http://www.oz1ff.dk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091126/3540c237/attachment.htm From rein0zn at ix.netcom.com Fri Nov 27 04:57:37 2009 From: rein0zn at ix.netcom.com (rein0zn at ix.netcom.com) Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:57:37 -0800 (GMT-08:00) Subject: [Moon] 432 and Above EME Newsletter for Dec 2009 Message-ID: <7976699.1259294258035.JavaMail.root@mswamui-thinleaf.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Hello All, The 432 MHz and Above EME Newsletter for December 2009 by K2UYH is at: http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/em70cm.html Results and happenings from Microwave EME Contest. A very interesting article by Al, K2UYH on the use of the SDR-IQ and Spectravue for accurate wide band noise measurements in Weak Signal and Radio Astronomy. Enjoy! 73 Rein, W6SZ From jjm_f1ehn at wanadoo.fr Fri Nov 27 11:06:39 2009 From: jjm_f1ehn at wanadoo.fr (jjm) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:06:39 +0100 Subject: [Moon] F1EHN EME System on W7 Message-ID: <861CCCBDF0A142058CE33FA3466B9C36@PCLoggia> Dear EMErs, Just a short info about EME System : I have tested the current version (V7) of EME System under Windows Seven (7). I don't find any problem. If you have more report, send me it, please. I will appreciate !! Best 73. JJ F1EHN http://www.f1ehn.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091127/4bfdd99f/attachment.htm From DL1YMK at aol.com Fri Nov 27 17:34:01 2009 From: DL1YMK at aol.com (DL1YMK at aol.com) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:34:01 EST Subject: [Moon] E-mail adress Message-ID: Hi all, can any1 provide me a valid email adress for Karl, DF3RU, pse? TNX! 73 de Michael -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091127/a9c82995/attachment.htm From mail01 at df9cy.de Fri Nov 27 21:27:14 2009 From: mail01 at df9cy.de (Christoph Petermann) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:27:14 +0100 Subject: [Moon] YL1050 amplifier for 432 MHz Message-ID: <4B103622.4080605@df9cy.de> Hello friends The amplifier is again for sale. The guy who wanted to buy it, simply did not show up here ... The right stuff for under the XMAS tree is here :-) :: http://www.df9cy.de/afusale.htm. The price shown there can be negotiated. 73 de Christoph DF9CY -- Christoph Petermann DF9CY || www.df9cy.de || www.cpetermann.de From la9nea at online.no Sat Nov 28 08:01:54 2009 From: la9nea at online.no (Viggo Magnus LA9NEA) Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:01:54 +0100 Subject: [Moon] LA9NEA qrv 28 nov. Message-ID: Hello ! I plan to do be qrv to day 28 nov from 1500z and for some hours.(My Moon -rise) To day I will try my new SSPA on air for the very first time. Cq call nr 1296015, and will also listen on JT65c mode. QRV on HB9Q logger LA9NEA 23 cm EME set up: Icom 756 pro II 500 w SSPA( 4 x 150w W6PQL) TR1296H trv Kuhne 5.2 meter dish, VE4MA Feed 1.stage preamp.Cavity NE32484 0.28 dB 2.stage Kuhne MGF 4953A 0.4 dB JO59dx Autotracking by W2DRZ, VK3UM tracking at screen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091128/953f7356/attachment.htm From oz1hne at post8.tele.dk Sun Nov 29 14:07:38 2009 From: oz1hne at post8.tele.dk (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rgen_Kristiansen?=) Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:07:38 +0100 Subject: [Moon] OZ1HNE QRV 144MHz CW EME this evening, Message-ID: <20091129130730.QCSE25285.fep46.mail.dk@pcjon> Hi EME'ers I will be QRV this evening calling CQ after 2030 UTC. and if any stations would like to try a sked, please drop me a mail. I am here using 8 x 8 elm. crossyagi's and 8877. Good luck and see you via the moon. Best 73, OZ1HNE Jorgen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091129/1f7923eb/attachment.htm From df2zc1 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 29 20:20:15 2009 From: df2zc1 at googlemail.com (DF2ZC) Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:20:15 +0100 Subject: [Moon] The 144 MHz EME Newsletter November Issue... Message-ID: <000601ca7128$fbb16d20$f3144760$@com> ...is now for download at http://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 2002 Kenwood TS 2000 2 x GU74b by LZ2US 4 x 2M18XXX 21 dBd full elevation From ok1dfc at seznam.cz Sun Nov 29 22:16:37 2009 From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (OK1DFC) Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:16:37 +0100 Subject: [Moon] G3LTF QRV at weekend In-Reply-To: <48B19FF11D2C48F498D2D1D7CECA93C2@D7BX6Z0J> Message-ID: Hi Peter, Hi EME gang, I want to apologize my long EME absence, but I am now working in new position in CommScope and traveling very much. I was looking very much to participate in second leg of ARRL and MW part. During MW part I was in W4 and visited "only" Marc N2UO, thanks for great hospitality Marc and Claudia. During Next weekend I am in Kazakhstan and than follow Albania. Looking forward for QSO with all of you in next future. Best regards and have a fun in contest. 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-bounces at moonbounce.info [mailto:moon-bounces at moonbounce.info]On Behalf Of peter blair Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 11:30 AM To: moonbounceboard; freetalk moonnet Subject: [Moon] G3LTF QRV at weekend Although we are having some pretty unsettled wx at present it looks as if the wind at the weekend will be low enough to operate, at least for some of the time. If anyone wants to sked with me for any band 70cm -9cm then please get in touch. 73 Peter G3LTF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091129/92942a72/attachment.htm From veld2785 at planet.nl Mon Nov 30 20:55:00 2009 From: veld2785 at planet.nl (Frank Veldhuijsen) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:55:00 +0100 Subject: [Moon] OE5JFL antennacontroller in trouble? Message-ID: <001d01ca71f7$006ffb00$014ff100$@nl> Hello all.. After some delay I finished the OE5JFL controller. It was one of the meanwhile famous batch of controllers that Alex, HB9DRI, made. I did some dry test on the board and the interface is running well. The controller board is equipped with an Atmel AT 89C51ED2 which is not programmed yet. The needed HEX-file is on OE5JFL homepage. I downloaded the needed Atmel Flip 3.3.4 software. The RS-232 interface of the controller is connected via a serial to USB adapter (HQCC-146). Although it looks like everything is working well, I'm not succeeding in getting in contact with the Atmel device. I spent a few hours to dig through the manual of the Flip-software and some I-net search on how to program such device. It looks like I'm missing something or..on I-net I found people having trouble programming devices through serial-USB adapters. Even the Flip-manual is giving attention to a certain device that is causing trouble. Any hints on this topic? Many thanks in advance. Please respond via the list. The subject might be interesting for others as well. 73's de Frank, PA4EME -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.moonbounce.info/pipermail/moon/attachments/20091130/09a1a84f/attachment.htm From dl6sh-eme at online.de Mon Nov 30 21:19:38 2009 From: dl6sh-eme at online.de (Slawek DL6SH) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:19:38 +0100 Subject: [Moon] DL6SH qrv 23cm next weekend Message-ID: <4B1428DA.8060702@online.de> Hi EME'ers, I will be qrv next weekend during the contest on 23cm in cw. My station is a 3.8m dish with 250Watt at the feed (Orbitron 3m extended with mesh wire), with fd 0.25. Rig is a ICOM 1275 and SSPA 300 Watts. I will check out ON4KST and HB9Q for skeds. best 73 es gd dx, Slawek DL6SH in JN48SW