I started 222 evening around 2130 UTC while calling CQ using Q65 off the moon,
I got a chat message on HB9Q from John, K1OR. He said he would listen for
me. After a few minutes of no copy, John realized I was on EME and he wasn't.
I still need NH on 222 and was excited about the chance to make the
connection, so I dropped the elevation and rotated the array around toward
FN42. I copied John on quite a few sequences over the next 30 minutes. His
signals were between -16 and -23 indicating a lot of QSB. Unfortunately, John
reported he had a very high noise level, and never copied my transmissions.
QSB was prevalent the remainder of the evening, and signals were down quite a
bit, with me only working 4 stations.
WA4NUF SSB
WZ1V FT8
K9MRI FT8
KO4YC SSB ( I also heard WZ1V SSB work KO4YC before QSB took him out.
There was also another SSB station not copied, right at the noise level).
As a full disclosure, I also was multi-tasking and not paying a lot of
attention to operating. I had the air fryer on my work bench and was
performing surgery to repair a self-inflicted casualty. The mounting screws
for the air fryer fan had come loose and the fan rattled and while attempting
to tighten it, I broke a wire from the motor winding. To make the repair, I
had to completely remove the motor and unwind one turn from the motor coil so
it would reach back to the connection point I had broken it from.
FYI -- I have been and will be for the remainder of this week listening on 222
EME around moon rise here on the east coast. I will be logged in on the HB9Q
222 page.
Dave
K3SK - FM07
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