[50mhz] C21GJ 6m EME Operation - PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY!

[Lance Collister, W7GJ]

Hello 6m DXers!

Early next week, I leave Montana and hope to be QRV on 6m from Nauru by the end of 
this month. I hope to work many of the larger stations before the first weekend in 
October, when the Degradation is lowest and 6m EME CNDX are optimum, giving smaller 
stations their best chance. The link to my planned operating schedule is on my 
DXpedition web page:

http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Nauru%202018.htm

If you are interested in a contact, please read the above web page and the links to 
my EME DXpedition procedures and proper setup of JT65A before the end of the month!

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

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

Please note that I am planning to use the same frequency I use for my 6m EME skeds 
when I am at home, 50.190. I will always be transmitting JT65A during the first 
sequence. I expect to have an antenna site overlooking the ocean to the east, so my 
moonrise will coincide with moonset in western EU. I will try my best to site the 
antenna so I can operate low enough to catch the rest of Region 1 during their 
moonrise. If you are in Region 2 and have elevation, please wait until after the 
Region 1 moonset to call, since their window is so limited. Because I will have 
elevation, I should also be able to work horizon-only stations in Region 2 during 
their moonset, at least on days when my elevation is manageable (below 60 degrees).

I expect to have periodic access to the internet, so I can post log updates and 
status reports on my web page as well as on the ON4KST EME CHAT page:

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

One last plea - PLEASE coordinate your calling frequencies using the ON4KST EME CHAT 
page! Do NOT just set your transmitter on 50.190 and blindly start calling. Contacts 
are much easier if you all spread out every 200 Hz. I will be using JT65A in WSJT10, 
so I will be able to find callers down 1000 and up 800 Hz from 1270 Hz. (If you are 
calling during your moonset, and your signal is doppler shifted down 100 Hz, make 
sure you don't transmit below 900 Hz!) So, if you are using WSJT-X instead of WSJT10, 
remember that all the spacings will be in reference to 1270 Hz (+400 is a WSJT-X 
"offset" of 1670 Hz, -200 is 1070 Hz, etc). And once you start calling on a 
frequency, STAY THERE! I will be watching that frequency for you to see when you are 
copying me ;-)

If I can find room to set it up, I hope to be able to operate FT8 (WSJT-X Version 
1.9.1 r8747) with a dipole on 20m and 100w when the moon is not up. The HF activity 
is most likely to be toward the end of the DXpedition, but I expect C21GJ will pop up 
on PSKReporter when I can get on.

I am excited about providing a new DXCC for so many people ;-) And thanks so much to 
all the supporters who already have so generously contributed toward the expenses of 
this DXpedition - your help is GREATLY appreciated! It is costing as much to get my 
equipment over there as it is to transport me - no wonder C2 has never been on EME 
before!

GL to all and TNX again for all your help! VY 73, Lance


-- Lance Collister, W7GJ(ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ, E6M, TX5K, KH8/W7GJ, V6M, T8GJ, VK9CGJ, VK9XGJ)
P.O. Box 73
Frenchtown, MT  59834-0073
USA
TEL: (406) 626-5728
QTH: DN27ub
URL:http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj
Skype: lanceW7GJ
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