[MAMS] Arecibo EME announcement from 2010?

[Steve Clark]

That was the announcement for the 2010 event, right?

I recall my "small hand-held" Yagi sure didn't do the trick!

-----Original Message-----
From: mams-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mams-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
Of Gerd
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 7:30 PM
To: mams at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [MAMS] Arecibo EME

Do you have the EME Aecibo

Below:

Hi all,

        ** Arecibo on 432 MHz Moon Bounce **

The Arecibo Observatory Amateur Radio Club will be putting the 1000-foot
radio telescope on the air for 432 MHz EME from April 16-18.


The scheduled times of operation are:

April 16: 1645 - 1930 UTC
April 17: 1740 - 2020 UTC
April 18: 1840 - 2125 UTC

Callsign: KP4AO

Tx Frequency: 432.045 MHz
Rx Frequency: 432.050 to 432.060+
Tx power: 400 W

Antenna gain: 60 dBi
System noise temp: 120 K (cold sky)
System noise temp: 330 K (when pointed at moon)

KP4AO can be heard with a small hand-held yagi pointed at the moon and a
good receiver. A 15 dBi linearly polarized antenna and 100 W will be enough
to work us on CW.   KP4AO will be circularly polarized, so polarization
lockout will not be a problem.

Operators at KP4AO will do their best to work as many stations as possible.
Each session will start with a brief announcement and CQ in SSB. SSB QSOs
may continue for 30 minutes to an hour, if the QSO rate remains high.   The
mode will be shifted to CW as soon as it is judged that higher QSO rates
would result.

Will listen for calls at frequencies 5-15 kHz higher than our own, and even
higher if QRM warrants. Callers who s-p-r-e-a-d o-u-t are more likely to be
copied.

If you've already worked us in any mode, please do not call again -- give
others a chance.

If we call "CQ QRP", we will listen for stations running 100 W or less to a
single yagi. Please do not answer such a CQ if you are running more power or
have a larger antenna.

On April 18, if we reach a condition where most calling stations have been
worked, and we judge that operating in the digital mode JT65B would produce
a higher QSO rate, we will switch to JT65B.

Note that any of these planned operating strategies may be changed as
circumstances dictate.

(From SDR News)

Regards,

José //

-- 
Gerd&  Traudl Schrick
4741 Harlou Dr
Dayton Ohio
45432-1618
USA
Schrick at copper.net
WB8IFM

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