[50mhz] 5W0GJ on 6m EME - Please distribute widely!

[Lance Collister, W7GJ]

Now that the summer Es season is winding down, it is time to remind you again that it 
is time for some half million mile 6m DXing to begin again!  In case any of you 
serious 6m operators with digital mode capability still need Samoa (5W), this is a 
reminder that I am going there in only FOUR WEEKS!  All you need is some decent 
ground gain for your 6m yagi, an amplifier and JT65A mode.  For North and South 
American stations, I will be elevating on MY end, so you can just keep your antenna 
aimed at the horizon during your moonset during the last days of August.  With ground 
gain and optimum EME cndx, amazing things are possible - I worked N3CXV with his 
single 6M5X yagi on both my previous DXpeditions to 3D2 and E51.

For European stations, our best chance is during the week of August 22 during my 
moonrise.  Although cndx are not as good then as on the last weekend of August, it is 
also your moonset, so we have a good chance of ground gain on both ends, which should 
make up for the difference in Degradation.

If you are one of the numerous 6m stations who have recently added elevation, please 
try to catch up with me during my moonrise out over the water. I expect that to be my 
best direction.  I was surprised to find W7CE with his single 6M9KHW pointed up in 
the air was one of the first stations I worked during my first moonrise from 3D2 last 
fall!

Full information is on my website below and also will be updated there and on the MMM 
on VHF DXpedition website:

http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Samoa2011.htm

Please read the information on my website about my schedule and also familiarize 
yourself with the procedure I use for my 6m EME DXpeditions:

http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/DXpedition%20Procedure.pdf

I am excited about handing out a new DXCC to many deserving 6m operators who take the 
time to get on and look for me on JT65A mode. Please spread out and only work me 
once, to allow others an opportunity for a contact during these limited days!  I hope 
to be able to update a list of stations worked from time to time as I can find a 
place with internet access.

I hope you also will be able to add a 5W0GJ QSL card on your wall ;-)  GL and VY 73, 
Lance


-- 
Lance Collister, W7GJ
(ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ)
P.O. Box 73
Frenchtown, MT   59834-0073
USA
TEL: (406) 626-5728
QTH: DN27ub
URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj
Windows Messenger: W7GJ at hotmail.com
Skype: lanceW7GJ
2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815

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email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web
page (above)!