30th December 2006

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1st December (AW)
1849 - 1854 OH3MCK O(-17)/R-17 on JT65c
1935 - 1943 ES5PC -10/R-7 on JT65c
1945 - 2010 Test with SM7GVF on JT65c did not complete... I saw 3 overs from Kjell -27dB best, but he never found me.

2013 W7BBM 55/55 on ssb, 2352 W7UPF 559/569

2nd December (AW)
0050 W5LUA 569/569, 1539 VK3UM 579/559 and 1603 G3LTF 569/569.

1620 - 1651 Test with UA3MBJ on JT65c did not complete... Nik has improved his power to 100W, but I saw no trace of him. He copied me -26dB
1657 - 1705 SM5LE -15/R-14 on JT65c

1729 IW2FZR 569/579, 1802 PA3DZL 559/539, 1818 SM5LE 559/559, 2046 IK3COJ 559/569, 2054 LA8LF 579/579 and 2138 LA9NEA 569/569.


4th December
1913 - 1919 SM5LE R-14/O on JT65c
2003 - 2015 PA3DZL R-14/O (-13) on JT65c
2027 - 2047 GM3SBC R-20/O (-21) on JT65c, for Initial DIG# 16... This was Ed's first 23cm EME QSO using 125W and a 1.8 m dish

  GM3SBC with his 1.8 m Dish   Patch feed and H/B LNA  
     

2147 - 2157 GM3SBC -18/RO on JT65c
2201 - 2208 PA3DZL -16/R-15 on JT65c

5th December
2327 - 2349 GM3SBC -18/RO(-22) on JT65c... 1.8 m dish and 125 watts.

6th December
2043 - 2051 PA3DZL -14/R-13 on JT65c
2052 - 2057 G4RGK -20/R-14 improved to -18dB on JT65c.
2101 - 2106 PA3FXB -10/RO(-14) on JT65c.
2115 - 2121 DL7YC -20/RO on JT65c.

8th December
0915 - 0923 PA3DZL -13/R-15 on JT65c.
2135 VK3UM 579/569 and 2150 VK3UM 55/53 on SSB.

9th December
0748 - 0802 VE7BBG -16/O on JT65c... Cor improved to -14dB during our QSO
0839 - 0847 RD3DA RO(-24)/O(-25) on JT65c... nice QSO with Yri again on his Moonset with his 2m dish and 30W

1013 - 1039 F6FHP O(-23)/RO(-25) on JT65c, for Initial DIG# 17... This was Joel's first 23cm EME QSO. He was using his tropo setup -  single 55 el yagi, no elevation, 500W and his LNA in the shack. 

     
   
     

2240 - 2252 G4RGK O(-21)/R-18 on JT65c
2309 - 2314 ES5PC -07/R-06 on JT65c

2350 VK4TL 559/549.

10th December
0008 G4RGK 549/559 and 0822 LA9NEA 569/559

0901 - 0907 RD3DA -24/RO(-21) on JT65c... 30W and 2m dish, no elevation.

24th December
1352 IW2FZR 569/569 and 1718 K9SLQ 589/589,

27th December
1543 - 1603 GM3SBC -21/O(-23) on JT65c... much weaker than prevously, turns out that this was due to a 6 deg error in azimuth readout.

2135 IW2FZR 569/579 and 2152 IK2MMB 569/569.

28th December
1733 - 1757 GM3SBC -17/O(-19) on JT65c
2118 - 2128 IK2MMB R-08/O(-08) on JT65c
2156 - 2205 PA3FXB R-11/O(-11) on JT65c

30th December
1240 - 1316 VK7MO -11/R-11 best on JT65c... best ever reports with Rex, 2.2m dish and 100W

1657 IK3COJ 559/559

1713 - 1721 PA3DZL R-13/-14 on JT65c

2150 K9SLQ 589/589, 2158 K5JL 589/579 and 2302 NA4N 559/559. Also called WB2BYP after his QSO with K2UYH, but no reply.

0147 Copied W4/DL3OCH in JT65c test/QSO with K2UYH... Bodo was -22dB while testing equipment for C6ARI expedition starting next week.

 

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