29th December 2007
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Quick Update
16th December
1250 CW SV1BTR 569/549
for # Initial, thanks Jimmy and welcome to 23cm EME... 3.6m dish, Septum Feed
with Choke, TH327 PA currently 350W at the feed, more details
later.
18th December
2148 CW K1RQG 589/589, 2153 CW K9SLQ 599/589, 2201 CW K5SO 599/589, 2215 CW
SM5LE 549/549 and 2248 JT65c SM5LE -11/O(-10)... 2.2m dish and 250W.
19th December
1821 CW LA5ZK 559/559 for # Initial... Helge is using a 3.7m dish and 150W, 1931
JT65c LA5ZK O/RO, 2993 RD3DA -10/RO(-06) and 2308 CW
K2EY 559/559 ... thought Dick was
an Initial, but found out later that was working from W2DRZ.
21st December
2245 CW K5JL 589/589, 2302 CW PA0BAT 559/559 and 2336 CW VE6TA 579/589.
23rd December
2123 JT65c PA3FXB -11/R-09, 2145 JT65c SM4LE -14/R-11... improved to -11/R-10,
2154 CW F1PYR O/RO and 449/539... Andre has a new 3.5m dish and 100W, 2242 CW
SM5LE 559/559, 2253 SSB G3LTF 56/56... nice chat!
| F1PYR - New 3.5m dish and Round Septum Feed... Beautiful! | ||
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24th December
0041 CW K5JL 589/599, 0055 CW N0OY 569/579, 0103 CW VE4SA 559/44 and 0115 CW
VE3KRP 539/569.
26th December
1947 JT65c VK7MO R-15/-13 and RD3DA JT65c -09/R-05... Yuri was -07 best.
27th December
0708 JT65c OA4BHY O/RO for Initial, DXCC and Grid... Bodo DL3OCH's expedition to
Peru, with only approx 50W (low ac voltage) to 5m long 59 element yagi.
2047 JT65c VK7MO -25/R-21... only 3 deg elevation at my end, 2103 JT65c RD3DA R-10/-08 and 2158 PA3FXB R-13/O(-13).
29th December
2312 JT65c VK7MO -29/R-24... started at 2.5 deg elevation at my end, and 50% of
the dish blocked by his house at Rex's end. Rex continued sending CQ until 0010,
at which point I lost him... his signal peaked at -19 with me as the Moon was
rising, unfortunately no takers.
| VK7MO - Rex's shot at the Moon during our QSO. The Moon is setting to the left. | G4CCH - My shot at AZ 101 EL 8.5 deg, about 40 minutes after our QSO. The Moon is rising from the left, and in the clear above the houses and street lights | |||
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