[MAMS] Arecibo EME announcement from 2010?

[Zack Widup]

Our local ham club annual auction was that weekend last year, so I
took my 15 element portable 432 beam on a 12 foot boom and set it up
in the parking lot where the auction was. Quite a few people gathered
to see if we could hear it. Only heard one partial blip of CW.

They were having amp problems last year, though. I think they were
down to 50 watts when I tried to hear them. Hopefully this year they
will be at full power.

73, Zack W9SZ


On 3/8/11, Steve Clark <SL_Clark at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 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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