[NLRS] Low Band EME

[jcplatt1 at mmm.com]

OK, its not VHF, but it is EME.   Interesting cut & paste from the ARRL
website .... see below.   These times are UTC, so the first test would be
tonight from 11:00 pm to midnight Mpls local time of the first freq, then
from midnight to 1:00 am on the second freq.   Same thing on Saturday night
with the times shifted 30 minutes.

73, Jon
W0ZQ
                                                                            
 Lunar Echo Experiment looking for Amateur Radio Participants (Jan 17,      
 2008) -- The HF Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) in Alaska and the  
 Long Wavelength Array (LWA) in New Mexico are planning an additional lunar 
 echo experiment for January 18-19. Interested radio amateurs are invited   
 to participate in this experiment by listening for the lunar echoes and    
 submitting reports. On January 19, listen on 6.7925 MHz from 0500-0600     
 UTC, and on 7.4075 MHz from 0600-0700 UTC. On January 20, listen on 6.7925 
 MHz from 0630-0730 UTC, and on 7.4075 MHz from 0730-0830 UTC (depending on 
 frequency occupancy at the time of operation, it may be necessary to       
 adjust the frequency slightly). Based on previous experiments,             
 investigators believe it should be possible to hear the lunar echoes with  
 a standard communications receiver and a simple 40 meter dipole antenna.   
 The format for the transmissions will follow a five second cycle beginning 
 on the hour and repeating continuously. The HAARP transmitter will         
 transmit for the first two seconds. The next three seconds will be quiet   
 to listen for the lunar echo. Then HAARP will transmit again for two       
 seconds, repeating the cycle for one hour. In the second hour, this five   
 second repetitive cycle will be repeated at a different frequency. All     
 transmissions from HAARP will be CW (no modulation). Depending on          
 ionospheric conditions, it may or may not be possible to hear the HAARP    
 transmission directly via skywave propagation. Since HAARP will not be     
 using any modulation, set your receiver on to CW mode to hear HAARP and    
 the lunar echo. Investigators are interested in receiving signal reports   
 from radio amateurs who may be able to detect -- or not detect-- the lunar 
 echo or the transmitted skywave pulse from HAARP. Submit reports via       
 e-mail, and list your call sign and the type and location of your          
 receiving equipment and antennas.                                          
                                                                            
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