[50mhz] Fwd: [Magic Band EME] S79GJ 6M DXpedition Update - Please Distribute Widely

[Lance Collister, W7GJ]

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Subject: 	[Magic Band EME] S79GJ 6M DXpedition Update - Please Distribute Widely
Date: 	Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:06:15 +0000
From: 	Lance Collister, W7GJ <w7gj at q.com>
Reply-To: 	w7gj at q.com
To: 	Magic Band EME Group <MagicEME at googlegroups.com>



Hello 6m DX'ers!

This is just a reminder that in***ONLY FOUR WEEKS***from today, I will leave on my 
next 6m EME DXpedition - this time to La Dique Island in the distant Seychelles 
Islands. All the details are on my web page here:

http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Seychelles%202019.htm

Yesterday, I purchased the ferry tickets to and from La Dique Island, finishing all 
the transportation arrangements. The planned operating schedule is shown on the 
revised links on the above web page. I hope to be QRV on 6m EME by my moonrise at 
2045Z on Saturday September 21. I plan to install the antenna just shy of 24' above 
the ground, which allows me to elevate to 65 degrees. Please note that my moon gores 
higher than 65 degrees after September 25, so I probably will not be QRV on EME 
during those periods. Hopefully I will have worked the Region 1 and Region 3 stations 
before then anyway ;-) Of course, Region 2 stations will only have a common moon 
window near my moonset (except for KL7 and KH6, which I hope to work during my 
moonrise when the moon finally rises above the mountain to my northeast).

Today I finished refitting all the 6M8GJ element mounting clamps for #10 stainless 
steel hardware and engraved them all with identifying codes and the colors of the 
elements that go into them:

http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Engravings.jpg

Further details about these modifications can be found at the bottom of this page:

http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/6M8GJassembly.htm

In the coming days, I will be hooking up all the equipment, testing it, and then 
moving it directly into the suitcases for transit with me to S79. I urge you to 
carefully read the S79GJ DXpedition webpage and the referenced links for information 
on how to contact me. Please note that, because of the very limited common moon 
windows, I will be giving priority to North American stations as soon as their moon 
rises. Further updates will be made to the above web page, as well as posted to the 
Magic Band EME email list.

I hope to give many of you an ATNO on 6m! GL and VY 73, Lance

-- Lance Collister, W7GJ(ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 
5W0GJ, E6M, TX5K, KH8/W7GJ, V6M, T8GJ, VK9CGJ, VK9XGJ, C21GJ, CP1GJ, S79GJ)
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 Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the Magic 
Band EME
email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web
page (above)!

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