[50mhz] 6m update from KH8 - 7th moon pass

[Lance Collister, W7GJ]

The following is the update for Saturday July 19 from my webpage.  Several people 
brought to my attention that I omitted a summary for July 16, and I have added that 
to the web page at:

http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/AmericanSamoa2014.htm

Saturday, July 19, 2015 - 7th moon pass.  On again from moonrise to moonset.  Weather 
was again good, but the most windy period so far.   Stations worked were S57RR, 
EA8DBM, G3WOS, ON4AOI, G5WQ, KD3UY, W3UUM, UT7QF, 9A8A and OZ1DJJ, bringing the total 
contacts so far on 6m EME to 55.  Stations copied but not worked were PA3HP, LA8AJA, 
EA3AKY, GM4WJA, G8VR, K6EME, JR1LZK, K4PI, KF8MY, N5DG, W9GA, K7MAC,UR5LAK, OH2BC, 
OH7TE, YO9HP, UZ5DZ, LA8AJA and PA3HP.  Conditions were were worse than yesterday due 
to the increasing Degradation (now up over 4 dB) but that still does not explain the 
difficulty we had with QSB and other total blanking out of signals.   I am wondering 
if the KH8 moonset is being disrupted now by tropo ducting effects, now that it is 
taking place during heated daylight hours.  We could see what looked like fog over 
the distant ocean horizon today, which suggests the possibility of signal entrapment 
when the antennas are aimed at the horizon.   I have experienced this before when 
running with stations experiencing such weather conditions; their EME signals 
basically disappeared when the moon dropped below 10 degrees elevation.   We are 
hoping to make up for it by contacting more new stations tomorrow, and will be on 
again from moonrise to moonset.

Hope to CU off the moon soon!  VY 73, Lance

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Lance Collister, W7GJ
(ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ, E6M, TX5K)
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