[NLRS] Improving Your Best 2 M DX (Stns wked on 144 EME )

[Paul Beckmann]

Wow, Ron!

Congratulations!

Digital rules in these marginal links. We may want to look at it for our
terrestrial MW contacts...

73
--Paul, wa0rse

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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Ronald Bergantzel <ka0ryt1 at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
>
> Hello !! I wanted to share with the group that 2 meter EME can be
> accomplished with just a single 12 element / 19.5 ft yagi !! I took the
> opportunity to participate this weekend in the ARRL 2013 EME Contest and
> had a real blast !! On Friday evening on moonrise (aprox 12:30am local time
> ) , I was able to complete 2 QSOs - I2FAK (JN45) and got  a partial QSO
> with UA3PTW (JO44) -not completed, then I worked OZ1LPR (JO44)  .... next
>  on Saturday afternoon  moonset , I did easily work KB8RQ (EM79 ) with a
> CWNR -called with no reply -on K7MAC (DN13)...... On Saturday evening at my
> moonrise , I managed to complete with the following stations - LZ1DP (KN22)
> , RX1AS (KO59) , RW3AC (KO86) , RK3FG (KO86) , UR3EE (KN88) , RU1AA (KO48)
> , UA4AQL (LO22) , and OH7PI (KP32) with another incomplete QSO - SK6EI
> (JO68) ....... I did not go back out to the farm QTH for moonset on
> Saturday afternoon .     I did beat my old 144 mhz Best DX by completing
> with the UA4AQL in LO22
>  , at 5338 miles ..... This all was using JT65a , aprox. half of the
> stations worked were audible enough for a CW QSO , but I found that almost
> all activity was digital . While the 'EME Gods' were favoring me and I was
> working stations one right after the other , I saved screen shots - I can
> see clearly that there were over 12 stations were on my freq (a pile - up
> ??? - I found that US activity was down  comparing to EU stns ) .....
>  Beating my old DX Best was a chore , but there are many of you could do
> the same !!! 73 !! Ron KA0RYT ( EN35ct)
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