[50mhz] 6m DXpedition to Kyrgystan week of August 16th, 2009

[Lance Collister]

By now hopefully you have heard of this fantastic opportunity to work a very rare 
DXCC!  Especially for hams in North America, this is a special opportunity because 
you will not need any elevation - you can contact them while your antenna is 
pointed at the horizon.  If you are in the eastern half NA, you will want to 
contact them during their moonset (your moonrise).  If you are in western NA, you 
will be contacting them during their moonrise (your moonset).  The week that they 
are there also includes the best days of the month for optimum EME conditions.

So how big a station is needed to contact them?  Anybody JT65A mode station with a 
kw and a good 7 element yagi and clear terrain in front of the antenna (for 
optimum ground gain) should be able to complete.  When you consider the fact that 
I completed with a single 6M5X yagi while I was at E51SIX - while I was elevated 
with no ground gain - it would not surprise me at all if they worked even smaller 
stations (since there will be ground gain at both ends of the path).

There now is a dedicated website that will be updated with additional information:

http://6meme.ex7mw.com/

Please watch the above site and the NEWS section of Make More Miles on VHF for 
updates:

http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php

Still have questions about how to get set up on JT65A?

http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/JT65.txt

Have questions on when you and the EX team will both be able to see the moon:

http://bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/GJTRACKER.zip

Because of their very favorable location beaming out over the lake during moonrise 
and moonset, they should develop excellent ground gain from their very quiet 
location.  This, combined with their excellent 6m station and their operation at 
the optimum time of month for EME, should provide very impressive results!  I 
suspect this will raise the bar for future 6m EME DXpeditions!  I hope everyone 
who is interested in contacting EX on 6m is successful in taking advantage of this 
great opportunity.

GL and VY 73, Lance

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Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX)
P.O. Box 73
Frenchtown, MT  59834  USA
QTH: DN27UB
TEL: (406) 626-5728   URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj
2m DXCC #11, 6m DXCC #815