September 18th 2013 |
The first QSO with FP on 13 cm at all |
| We made the first ever QSO on 13 cm with FP/DL2NUD. It was JT65C QSO. |
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September 17th 2013 |
QSO with FP on 70 cm. |
| Tonda made JT65B QSO with FP expedition on 70 cm |
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September 16th 2013 |
Results and awars from EME DUBUS contest 2013. & the first QSO with FP on 23 cm. |
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Tonda got envelope with results and awards from European EME contest 2013. It will be soon on our web. FP/DL2NUD expedition started again after PA recovery and Tonda made QSO on 23 cm. It is the first FP-OK QSO on 23 cm. |
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September 15th 2013 |
Expedition 5B/OK5EME on 70 cm. |
| Tonda made QSO with Zdenek 5B/OK5EME on 70 cm. Zdenek uses single 29 elements yagi and 75 W output power. It is the first 5B-OK QSO on 70 cm. |
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August 26th 2013 |
EA3XU on 3 cm |
| We worked Benjamin EA3XU as the first EA-OK QSO on 3 cm. Benjamin uses 1.5 m dish with horizontal polarization and azimuth - elevation control via camera. He uses 17 W SSPA. |
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August 25th 2013 |
EME expedition J45EME |
| We worked with J45EME expedition on 144, 432 and 1296 MHz during weekend. Guys, thanks for nice expedition. |
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August 3rd 2013 |
Alaska on 9 cm and 6 cm Activity Weekend |
| The first KL7-OK QSO on 9cm with Mike KL6M. Mike used 9m dish and 50 W. 11 QSOs were done during 6 cm Activity weekend. |
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July 14th 2013 |
CW and JT QSO with G3WDG on 24 GHz. |
| Today we succeeded work with G3WDG on 24 GHz, both CW and JT4F. Charlie uses 3m dish and 5.7 W SSPA. |
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July 3rd 2013 |
Expedition 9X on 2m |
| We completed expedition to 9X on the fourth band, on 2m this morning. They use 9X0HP callsign today. |
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July 1st 2013 |
Expedition 9X0EME on 13 cm. |
| Tonda succeeded with expedition 9X0EME also on 13 cm as the first 9X-OK 13 cm QSO. We use for the first time new rotatable linear feed. |
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June 30th 2013 |
Expedition 9X0EME on 23 cm. The second orbit of 9 cm EU EME contest |
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Tonda succeeded to operate expedition 9X0EME on 23 cm as well. Four new initials were done during the second orbit on 9 cm. The contest result on 9 cm is 25 QSOs and 23 multipliers, the total EU EME contest standings are 195 QSOs on six bands and 180 multipliers, all together 5 724 000 points. |
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June 29th 2013 |
9 cm part of EU EME contest |
| Tonda made 19 QSO on 9 cm in the first orbit. |
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June 28th 2013 |
Expedition 9X0EME on 70 cm. |
| Herman 9X0EME took as on the first call after our Moon rise just above our horizon. We call with vertical polarization and the best receive signal was on +30 deg. It is new DXCC and KI field for us. |
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May 16th 2013 |
New US state on 70 cm |
| We made QSO with Bob KD7YZ on 70 cm JT65 as 45th US state and four other initials. |
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May 1st 2013 |
April activites |
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End of April brought world EME record success at OK1KIR. 432 MHz: Through already typical strong interference in our QTH we were able to work in JT65B on Sunday,Apr21 at 22:14 9G5EME -27/O # 73 as new DXCC and IJ field. During waiting for expedition 5H1DX on Monday, Apr22 made QSOs: 16:11 YL2GD -18/-18 #74; 16:54 ES3RF -21/-19 # 75 and 16:58 YO8RHI -21/-24 # 76. Tuesday, Apr23 after the return from 24GHz back to 70cm just at the beginning of planned schedule of 5H1DX expedition we unfortunately early recognized, that Bodo is closing short operation and goes QRT to pack all and leave for another QTH. 1296 MHz: Friday, Apr19 at 14:56 9G5EME -22/-19 # 137 and the 1st 9G-OK 23 cm QSO. Saturday, Apr20 while waiting for 5H1DX/3 we worked at 19:30 IK5EHI -20/-7 #138; 20:02 PE1LWT -13/-11 #139; 21:50 RA3LE -21/-14 #140; 22:13 PA3FXB -14/-10 and 23:15 VE3KRP -12/-12 #141. On Sunday, Apr21 at 17:06 YO2LEL -10/O; 17:14 IK5VLS -13/-13; 17:18 IK3COJ -12/-9 and 20:04 5H1DX/3 -20/O #142 as new DXCC and KI field. On Friday, Apr26 worked Bodo, 5H1DX from KI94 -22/O first at 00:20 (NC?) and for sure repeated at 00:40UT. 24048 MHz: After several unsuccessful JT4F tests with Rex, VK7MO (Rex every time decoded us, but just single tone and no decode on our side) we finally on Sunday, Apr21 decoded him -19, but sudden failure of TX prevented us to complete QSO. After TX part repair, in the next JT4F trial on Tuesday, Apr23 we finally succeeded and made at v 16:52 VK7MO -17/-18, #2(JT) as the new world distance record 16383 km (JT4) and QE field. The QSO was repeated in at 17:02 with reports -17/-14. Rex VK7MO used the larger solid prime focus dish 1.14m instead of previous only 77cm dish, the same DB6NT WG LNA and single SSPA delivering power about 8,5W at the feed. OK1KIR used prime focus dish 4.5m, DB6NT WG LNA and power ≈20W at the feed. This success confirmed the possibility of portable EME on 24GHz with a solid dish larger than 1m and with power at feed of about 20W (>10 W). However, when comparing it to 10GHz, it requires the Moon elevation at least about 15deg, very low mutual spread (under 100 Hz) a clear sky without clouds on both sides or resp., low water vapor content along the whole radio EME path (back and forth). It is really exciting ham-radio EME challenge. |
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April 23rd 2013 |
New WR on 24 GHz - digital modulation |
| We made JT4F QSO on 24 GHz with Rex VK7MO today at 16:58 UTC at our Moon rise. Reports were -17/-18 and latter -17/-14 when the QSO was repeated at 17:00 UTC. Distance of 16 385 km is new distance World Record on 24 GHz. Rex uses his new 1.15 central fed dish and 10 W SSPA. He is using DB6NT LNA and he measured Moon noise 0.5 dB. We have Moon noise 2.45 dB, Sun noise 14.4 dB and ground noise 3.1 dB. Frequency of both station were locked to GPS, Rex used automatic correction of Doppler shift. |
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April 21st 2013 |
5H1DX/3 on 23 cm and 9G5EME on 70 cm are in log |
| We succeeded with Bodo 5H1DX/3 on 23 cm and with Atletico team pod 9G5EME on 70 cm. Both QSO were JT65B. We were able only decode Rex VK7MO on 24 GHz because of TRX failure on our side. It is realy pitty as the conditions were very good on both sides. |
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April 20th 2013 |
Planed expedition 5H1DX on 23 cm had problem and is postponed for tomorrow |
| Planed expedition 5H1DX on 23 cm had problem and is postponed for tomorrow. Tonda worked four new initial during "waiting for Bodo". |
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April 19th 2013 |
Ghana expedition on 23 cm |
| Tonda worked JT65C Ghana expedition 9G5EME on 23 cm as th first 9G-OK. |
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April 15th 2013 |
European EME contest on 10 and 24 GHz |
| Moon was close to apogeum during 10/24 GHz part of European EME contest. This cause bad readability of weak signals. In spite of this there were a lot of stations. Tonda made 27 QSO on 10 GHz and 2 QSOs on 24 GHz. |
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