Hello Charlie and Matthew
Gee I was not thinking about EME this evening, but the Moon is
positioned so that some contacts can be made across the US tonight. I
will be busy with local tropo stuff until about 02:30 or so, but then I
can turn the yagis skyward and look for stations via the lunar route. I
tried doing both a few times, and it sure got me confused. I would end
up transmitting on the horizon antenna while thinking I was aimed at the
Moon. I guess I am easily confused if I have to deal with several
buttons! I will monitor HB9Q as well and hope the activity stays past
02:30 or so. I can follow the Moon up to about 0400 Ut when it gets
above 60 degrees here. My upper limit is about 63 degrees so I have to
be careful and not snag elements on the guy wires!!
KC7OOY worked K5QE and me over the weekend and signals were pretty good
once Matt got the settings correct with WSJT-X. Once he did, he worked
us both in rapid order. I am sure he is raring to work some more from
the West coast.
73
Dave K1WHS
On 11/28/2023 12:33 PM, Charlie Betz wrote:
Hi All,
It's going to be plenty busy around here tonight, but I'll try to get
on EME after dinner here - probably around 0100.
Charlie, N0AKC
On 11/28/2023 09:30 AM, David Olean wrote:
Hello 222 denizens,
It is a good bet that most everyone is worn out from all the
excitement over the weekend. Between the CQWW CW and the EME Contest,
things got pretty hectic. If you also operated in the ICWC Medium
Speed Contest this weekend then you must have been maxed out for
sure. I tend to skip the ICWC Medium Speed Contest as I am more of a
slow speed or no speed kind of guy. But time marches on, and it is
Tuesday and time for the 222 Activity night, where you can sweep the
old french fries and gravy off your rig and spark it up in an effort
to maybe make a few contacts on the 222 MHz band. The plan is
simple. Just get on the band after dinner. On the East Coast the fun
starts around 00:00 UT or 7 PM. I will be on 222.100 about that time
looking for a QSO. A check with the Hepburn map shows absolutely
nothing anywhere except Florida. There will be no thousand mile
contacts tonight with your mag mount stuck sideways on a garbage
can. (That actually happened and was reported in the latest QST VHF
column.)
Most folks use the ON4KST Chat page for liaison and it is quite
useful to alert folks that you are QRV on 222 if you are a bit off
the beaten track. So try to get on even if for only a few minutes.
The more people that show up, the more fun is had by all. A bunch of
500 and 1500 watt amplifiers have been distributed around. I am
hoping that they start appearing in greater numbers soon. There is
nothing better than a rare station showing up with a pounding
signal!! KM0T has a big signal with his.
Speaking of pounding signals, I did a bit of listening and calling on
432 on my rising and setting Moon. There are some big stations to be
heard even if you have a single yagi. I had lots of equipment
problems that would divert my attention. My 432 amp was acting up. It
seems to be a HV issue or lack thereof. Low HV is causing my HV
protection circuit to start to drop out. My power output dropped way
down and the protection relay started to chatter. Power dropped under
1000 watts but that did bother anything. So now I have to get out the
HV probe and check a bunch of resistors. It's always sumthin! I
can't imagine that the HV supply is delivering much less volts.
Otherwise I would be seeing billowing plumes of smoke and ash! One
station worked on 432 was KD2LGX in New York. I did a double take and
saw that he was delayed about 2.6 seconds so his signal was coming
directly from the Moon. Talk about the long way around! Maybe I can
work KD2LGX on 222 this evening and compare signal strengths!
I'll be on 222 a bit before 00:00 UT. I hope to catch a lot of
activity this evening in between the snow flurries. CU on 222.
Dave K1WHS
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