[50mhz] [Magic Band EME] Re: 6m update from KH8 - 4th and 5th moonpasses

[Peter G8BCG]

Hi All,
Lance continues to do an amazing job from KH8 - all the EME community needs
to do is listen to his wise words on how to work him;-)
We all appreciate the value of ON4KST chats - Alain also does an amazing job
- day in day out. 
To all those using KST to help with working Lance (or for any other reason)
- please consider option 1 in the Chat Menu - Alain will never ask you - BUT
I WILL:-)

Peter G8BCG
IO70RK
50MHz 4 x 7ele LFA 1.6kW
6m DXCC # 398 Sep 2001
6m 200DXCC Oct 2011
6m 231DXCC as of KH8/W7GJ:-)
http://www.g8bcg.org.uk
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From: MagicEME at googlegroups.com [mailto:MagicEME at googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Lance Collister, W7GJ
Sent: 19 July 2014 04:22
To: Magic Band EME Group; FFMA at yahoogroups.com; 50mhz; WSJT Group; Moon-Net
Subject: [Magic Band EME] Re: 6m update from KH8 - 4th and 5th moonpasses

Sorry for the delay in updating things here - I have been kinda busy ;-)

Thursday July 17, 2014 - Fourth moon pass.  I was on from moonrise to
moonset.   
Again, the night time skies were clear enough for visual aiming practically
all the time.  Having no serious rain storms while I am at high elevations
REALLY helps, since I have to shut down if the lower elements are in contact
with the wet dacron 
guy ropes.   Stations worked this moon pass were:  On4GG, F6BKI, G4IGO,
CT1HZE, 
ZL3NW, N6RMJ, W6XU, K7RWT, K8WW, W7IUV, E51SL (Es), YT1AR, SM7FJE, IW5DHN
(who still 
decoded me when my moon was down to -2 degrees elevation!), and SM7AED.
That 
brought the total 6m EME stations in the log to 41.   Copied but NOT worked
were: 
G8VR, W4IMD, W4CSW, N9FTC, K5RK, K5AM, W7EW, OH6MIK, HA0DU, and YU7EF.

Friday, July 18, 2015 - Fifth moon pass.  I confess that I finally crashed
:-(   I 
slept 14 hours and missed the EU moonset and NA moonsets :-(   However,
during the EU 
moonrise, I worked OH6MIK, HA7TM, YU7EF and HA0DU, bringing the total 6m EME
worked 
to 45 so far.   Stations copied but NOT worked were:  S51DI, YO9HP, LZ2WO,
9A8A, 
OZ1DJJ, S57RR, SV8CS and UZ5DZ.

Just a reminder - PSE PSE only send me MSG #2 (calls and OOO reports) if you
are 
seeing my trace in the previous period.   I use that to determine who I can
work most 
quickly.  I will usually try 3 times to reply to such stations with calls
and OOO reports to them, but if they don't reply by then with RO, I will
move on to someone else and they are at the bottom of the list (because I
just assume they are sending the wrong message all the time anyway).

We are working quickly through the list of active 6m EME stations, and the
windows with EU are increasing, so there are still some good chances even
though the Degradation is on the increase.  Remember, I have a negative
horizon of 2 degrees on both moonrise and moonset - with ground gain lobes
there! - so PSE do not wait until 
my moon is over zero degrees to look for me!    Tomorrow I will take some
photos of 
my moonrise and moonset out over the ocean with NOTHING in the way ;-)

MANY of the stations I have worked have been single yagi stations. The
smallest was 
again N3CXV using his 6M5X yagi aimed at the horizon during his moonset.
If you are 
a serious 6m DXer, please give me a call on 50.190 JT65A mode during your
moonset.  
As long as you coordinate your calling frequency with others on the ON4KST
EME CHAT 
page, you will not be QRMing anyone else.   Just do NOT change your
frequency once 
you have started calling, because the DF of the callers is what I record and
that is how I track what stations are sending what ;-)  It is very unlikely
that we will copy each other best at exactly the same time, so it is nice if
I can at least get a jump on a contact with you by decoding you first - PSE
do NOT wait until you decode me to start warming up your XMTR!

A final HUGE THANK YOU to everyone for using the ON4KST EME CHAT page so
well to coordinate your calling frequencies!  I have not missed any contacts
due to QRM 
caused by stations on top of each other.   You have done an OUTSTANDING JOB
of 
spreading out!  I am sure that is one of the reasons so many stations have
made it 
into the log so far, despite the VERY short window with EU!   I have been
able to 
access that page from time to time while I am operating, but I only rarely
look at it, because I am busy enough decoding all the callers each sequence,
making notes, completing contacts and  aiming the antenna.  If you have any
questions about how to work me, please see the KH8 DXpedition page at my
website, or ask some of the helpful 6m EME stations on the ON4KST EME CHAT
page.

And also, thanks for the many well wishers.  My infected toe is getting much
better 
now that I have been on antibiotics for a few days.   I still have having
trouble 
following the instructions of the Russian doctor at the hospital Emergency
Room, though.  He said I needed to stay in bed for 5 days with my foot
elevated.  I thanked him for the appointment and prescription, but explained
that bedrest just was not in the published operating schedule on my website
;-)

I plan to be QRV from moonrise to moonset on Saturday and Sunday, and
PROBABLY also Monday.  I hope to CU on the moon for a  REAL long path
contact of half a million miles!

GL and VY 73, Lance

--
Lance Collister, W7GJ
(ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ, E6M, TX5K)
P.O. Box 73
Frenchtown, MT   59834-0073
USA
TEL: (406) 626-5728
QTH: DN27ub
URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj
Skype: lanceW7GJ
2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815

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