[ADXA] BE ALERT - E51EME

[w5znjoel at gmail.com]

Greetings ADXA Folks,

 

Be alert in the afternoons on 6 meters for E51EME on 50.313 FT8. Bob was
heard by several stations just to our south yesterday. This is South Cook
Island. Some of you have worked E51WL who is on North Cook, so E51EME would
be a new one for those who may have not worked Bob on 6 meters before.
Occasionally he gets on 10 meters in the afternoon as well so listen there
if you need that one on 10.

 

Bob is on South Cook for a couple of weeks "vacation" from his home in New
Zealand (ZL1RS). For this trip he brought a much improved 6 meter antenna
system, running two stacked 5 element Yagis. His TX power is 1KW so with
just a little enhancement you should hear him. His antennas look out over
the ocean and his RX is good.

 

The past two nights (around 3 AM) I've watched him on EME and his EME signal
has averaged between -20 to -25 (which is a VERY GOOD EME signal). He cannot
elevate the antennas so he is only on EME during his moonrise (MR) and
moonset (MS).

 

So, BE ALERT for the next few afternoons and point your antenna around 240
degrees azimuth. You can see his "blog" on his E51EME QRZ.com page.

 

73 Joel W5ZN

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