November 4th 2012 |
November part of ARRL EME contest |
| Our main aim in this part of ARRL EME contest was to made QSO with TI2AEB and some new initials. We only heard TI2AEB -13 dB, the QSO was not completed as he has RX problem. We made 2 new CW initials and 5 JT initials on 23 cm. |
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October 29th 2012 |
Another test with Rex VK7MO on 3 cm |
| Today we made so far the last test with Rex on 3 cm with common spread ~ 130 Hz with reports -29/-27. Reports are about 10 dB worse comparing with the first test on 13.10. when common spread was only 20 Hz. Martin GM6VXB was able to decode both station, he uses 3.8 m dish and it was Martin's first EME 3 cm signals. |
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October 22nd 2012 |
Another 3 cm EME QRP QSO |
| Rex VK7MO went to visit Joe VK7JG at QE38KN and took his 3 cm rig with him. We made two QSOs with him and one QSO with Joe VK7JG. It was Joe's first 3cm EME QSO. Then we made CW and JT QSO on 13 cm as sked with Toly UA4HTS. |
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October 13th 2012 |
the second JT QSO on 3 cm |
| We made JT65C QSO with Rex VK7MO -18/-19 dB on 3 cm at the time of minimal spread. Rex uses 0.77 m dish and DB6NT 45 W SSPA to feed. The distance is 16 385 km and it is new 3cm EME ODX. |
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October 8th 2012 |
New linear feeders |
| We tested new linear feeders (OM6AA design) for f/D 0.31. 70cm feeder was not tested as 70 cm PA is still out of order. We measured noises - Sun 19.4 dB (SF 103), G/CS 7.8 dB and Moon 0.55 dB before we made JT QSO with MU/DL2NUD expedition. |
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October 7th 2012 |
MW part of ARRL EME contest |
| The original plan to focus on 24 GHz was change because of the weather, there were no stations. So we preferred 6 cm. We made 17 station including two initial. In addition we made 3 initials on 13 cm and one initial on 9 cm. We expected interference from station participating in parallel IARU UHF/MW contest but almost no problem when elevation was above 25°. |
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October 2nd 2012 |
Two new DXCC on 23 cm |
| We made both EME expedition on the band in about half an hour. Bodo SV9/DF8DX as his first QSO from Creta and Hermann MJ/DL2NUD heard us but we were second after HB9Q. Linear feed were used for both QSOs, it was nice evening. |
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September 10th 2012 |
3 cm Activity weekend |
| We worked 14 different station including 4 new initials during 3 cm activity weekend. We also QSOed YO2BCT in sked on 13 cm as initial and new DXCC. |
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September 1st 2012 |
First EME QSO on 6 m |
| We completed our very first EME QSO on 6 m with Rod ZL3NW few minutes after Moon rise. It was JT65A QSO and by this were are now active on EME on nine frequency bands. |
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August 20th 2012 |
15th EME conference |
| We bring back about 35 QSL cards and 4 awards for our participation in EU EME contest 2012. |
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August 19th 2012 |
EME WAC on the 5th band |
| By completing 2 m JT65B QSO s PY2GG we fulfill Worked All Continents award condition on EME on the fifth band. All QSOs for WAC were made with 4x 11 element yagi and about 300 W. |
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July 15th 2012 |
9 cm EME activity weekend |
| Tonda worked 15 station during 9 cm activity weekend; this includes G4CCH #44 and SP6GWN as #45 and new DXCC No 25 on 9 cm. |
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July 12th 2012 |
G4DDK on 6 cm |
| Tonda worked G4DDK as #60 non 6 cm. He set up proper the position of feed and choke for extended dish. G/CS 5.1 dB; Moon 1.4 dB and Sun 18.1 dB (SF 165) was measured on SDR-14. |
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July 9th 2012 |
TM8PB on 6 cm |
| We worked TM6PB on 6 cm as # 58 and later then K2UYH as # 59 |
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June 29th 2012 |
Dish extension photo gallery |
| Finally we finish creation of new photo gallery with photos taken during dish extension earlier this month. |
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June 27th 2012 |
Measurement of noises on 23 cm with extended dish |
| The best position of choke for f/D 0.31 on feeder for 23 cm were found after lunch. At 60 mm position we measured CS/G 7.8 dB, Sun noise 19.6 @ SF 106, beamwidth 2.6°/-3 dB. Moon was low above horizon and his noise was masked by Ground noise - still about 1 dB. We expected Moon noise about 0.3 dB. All measured by SDR-14. |
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June 26th 2012 |
Short visit and QRV on 3 and 9 cm |
| Tonda and Vlada made QSO with G3WDG and G4KGC on 9 cm and PA0BAT on 3 cm during their short visit at our QTH. |
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June 24th 2012 |
6cm part of European EME contest |
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We were QRV in 6 cm part of European EME contest after we extend our dish to 6.1 m. We made 25 QSOs and 25 multipliers and hear 3 more stations. We worked in sked SM3BYA on 13 cm as initial # 117. |
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May 30th 2012 |
TK/DL1YMK expedition on 70 cm |
| We were able to made Michael on 70 cm even when GS35 PA was broken, just with 150 W SSPA driver. |
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May 28th 2012 |
TK/DL1YMK on 3 cm |
| Michael was QRV on 3 cm, we made QSO with him O/O. It is the first TK-OK QSO. We found new strong local interference on 3 cm, it is more than 10 MHZ wide (TS790 as IF cannot tune more). We were able to make EME QSO only above 10 deg. elevation. |
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