[Elecraft] K-3 or XV50 transverter for 6m EME

[LANCE COLLISTER]

Wim van der Zwan PA2AM wrote:
> hello,
> 
> I will starting with 6m EME, whats better for EME?
> 
> The XV50 transverter with a typically noise figure from 0.8 db or the 
> normale K-3 on 6m ( noise ?? )
> 
> Wim PA2AM
> K-3  576
> K-2  4769
> K-2  4008
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Hello Wim,

I look forward to seeing you on 6m EME!  I try to get on JT65A and call CQ during the 
EU moonset on days when 6m EME are good (low degredation) and the moonset is also at 
a convenient local time in EU.  I usually announce my activity on

http://www.on4kst.info/chat/login.php?band=7

It will definitely help if you have a preamplifier attached to the rear of your K3, 
but I have completed with K3 users who did not have a preamplifer yet.  If you have 
less than a dB of feedline loss, there is nothing to be gained by mounting a preamp 
up on the tower.  Most 6m EME stations just keep the feedline loss low and use a good 
preamp in the shack in front of the receiver.

There is a very handy EME CALCULATOR that was included in old outdated WSJT Version 
4.9.8, and that is reason enough to keep that version around (plus it includes the 
EME ECHO mode, which is useful for checking out your system on moonrise/moonset by 
yourself).  For actual contacts on JT65A mode, however, WSJT Version 5.9.7 is the 
current accepted ("non-beta") version.

GL and VY 73, Lance
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