[50mhz] [Moon-net] update 8Q7QQ

[Lance Collister]

Conditions for 6m EME are optimum this weekend, but the common moon window with 
North America is rapidly vaporizing as the moon's declination shifts south.  If 
you don't know if and when you have have some common moon left with 8Q7QQ, you can:

1. Check the DX station moon position in WSJT (on the JT65A screen, press the tab 
for VIEW/ASTRONOMICAL DATA)

2. Watch the red "TERMINATOR" line on the world map on the ON4KST EME chat page 
(the small red azimuth and elevation at the top of the map is YOUR moon position):

http://www.on4kst.info/chat/login.php?band=5

3. Download and run GJTRACKER for the common moon between your station and 8Q7QQ 
in MJ64je:

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

Below is the most recent information from the 8Q7QQ team.  Note that they are 
STILL operating 6m when their moon is below 20 degrees.  Especially note their 
comments about 6m!  I know they have worked other 6m stations not included in this 
list.  These folks have travelled halfway around the world to make this very rare 
DXCC available for you on 6m!  Remember, you do NOT need elevation the moon is in 
your ground gain lobes formed when your antenna is aimed at the horizon!

GL and VY 73, Lance

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On 3/26/2010 1:09 PM, DL3OCH wrote:
> Hello everybody.
>
> The EME conditions over here are really strange. For hours we do not copy
> anything from the moon. We have to switch all the time between H and V. I
> wonder if thats the same in the rest of the world or if thats just here.
> However, we could log quite some stations. Here the stations that we worked
> (some dupes, bold calls are first 8Q-xx):
>
> ****************************************************************************
> ***************
>
> 6m:
>
> K6MYC, OH2BC, OH6MIK, W1JJ, W7GJ
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 2m:
>
> 9A9T, DB0GSN, DD0VF, DD7KE, DF0BRB, DF2ZC, DG1VL, DH3YAK, DJ3VI, DJ4TC,
> DJ8MS, DJ9MG, DK0KK, DK0VH, DK2PH, DK3BU, DK3WG, DK4TG, DK5LA, DK5SO, DK5YA,
> DK7KF, DK7KF, DK8ZJ, DL0DBR, DL1DWI, DL1RNW, DL4WO, DL7APV, DL7FF, DL8EBW,
> DL8GP, DL8YHR, DL9MS, DM1CG, DP5G, EA2AGZ, EA6VQ, EI4DQ, ES3RF, ES5PC,
> ES6RQ, F1AFJ, F1DUZ, F1TE, F6APE, F6BKI, F6HVK, F8DGY, F8DO, G4CBW, G4EZP,
> G4FUF, G4ZFJ, G8VYK, GM6VXB, HA0DU, HA0HO, HA6NQ, HA6NQ, HA8CE, HB9Q, I1ANP,
> I2FAK, I2RV, I3EVK, I3LDP, I3MEK, I3YXQ, IK1FJI, IK1UWL, IK2DDR, IK2DDR,
> JE1TNL, JH0MHE, JH2COZ, JH5FOQ, JM1GSH, JM1WBB, JO1LVZ, JR3REX, JS3CTQ,
> K1JT, K2BLA, K5QE, K6MYC, KB8RQ, KD3UY, N5YA, N7SC, NT0V, OE6IWG, OH2PI,
> OH6ZZ, OH7HXH, OH8MGK, OK1CU, OK2UZL, OK7FA, OM3BC, ON7UC, OY4TN, OZ1LPR,
> PA0JMV, PA0ZH, PA1GYS, PA2CHR, PA3CEE, PA3CMC, PA3CSG, PA3DOL, PA3FPQ, PE1L,
> PE1LWT, PF7M, PI9CM, RA6AX, RA6DA, RK3FG, RN6BN, RU1AA, RU1AC, RV3IG, RV9UV,
> RX1AS, S52LM, S54T, SM2A, SM5CFS, SM5CFS, SM5CUI, SM5DIC, SM7GVF, SP2OFW,
> SV8CS, SV8CS, SW8KOU, SW8KOU, SW8NAC, UA3MBJ, UA3PTW, UA4AQL, UA9SL, UT5UAS,
> UT6UG, UT6UG, VE5UF, VK2KU, VK3AXH, W5UN, W5UN, W7GJ, W7GJ, WA2ODO, WA3BZT,
> WA3QPX, WA4NJP, YO3DDZ, YO9FRJ, YT3I, YU7AA, YU7XL, ZL2DX, ZL3TY, ZS6OB
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
>
> 70cm:
>
> None
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
>
> 23cm:
>
> DJ9YW, ES5PC, G4CCH, HB9Q, OH2DG, OK1DFC, OK1KIR, PA3CSG, PY2BS, RW3BP
>
> ****************************************************************************
> *********************************************************************
>
> Our further schedule looks like this:
>
>
>
> Friday, 26.March 2010
>
> 1800-2200UTC on 432.093 JT65B TX first
>
> Today the only window to NA.
>
>
>
> Saturday, 27.March 2010
>
> 1900-2100UTC on 432.093 JT65B TX first
>
>
>
> Sunday, 28.March 2010
>
> 2100-2330UTC on 1296.090 JT65C TX first (I do RX on my own echo frequency.
> Otherwise its too difficult to search the band. I TX always on the 090.)
>
> Chance again for East Coast USA.
>
>
>
> We will be on 6m for the moonset and moonrise with elevation up to 20deg. We
> received quite some stations but they did not copy us. Please remember that
> "OOO" means that you copied both calls. "RO" mean that you copied both calls
> and the report. Press "F5" in WSJT if you want to learn more about what
> message to send. We hope to get some more stations in the log.
>
>
>
> At 2m we now have some additional limitation with elevation. We will not
> operate anymore if our elevation is higher than about 70deg. We are able to
> RX and TX both, H or V.
>
>
>
>
>
> Vy 73 de Bodo, 8Q7QX for the 8Q7QQ team
>


-- 
Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX)
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