[WSWSS] Fw: [Moon-net] Spitzbergen (JW) QRV on 432 EME during ARRL contest

Wed, 6 Aug 2003 12:43:17 -0700

I'm forwarding this message to WSWSS for the attention of all
terrestrial weak signal 432MHz operators.

73,
Bob, K6PF

----- Original Message -----
From: "ugw" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:37 PM
Subject: [Moon-net] Spitzbergen (JW) QRV on 432 EME during ARRL contest

Good news - the JW/SM2BYA 432 MHz EME operation is going to go ahead:

About a month ago we filed a scheduling request for the EISCAT Svalbard
Radar
32-meter antenna for the weekend October 18-19, 2003, ie the first ARRL
EME
contest weekend. It now appears there is about a 95 % likelihood for us
to get
the full contiguous 48-hour time slot from Oct. 18 00 UT to Oct. 19 24
UT ! This
is much better than we ever dared hope for...

This operation will be predominantly CW and some SSB. Sorry, no JT44 and
no
skeds. Since Oct. 18/19 is one of the busiest contest weekends of the
year,
we have decided to pick a transmitting frequency and a listening band
high
up in the CW segment, to minimise the risk of mutual interference
between
our operation and the regular contest traffic. The plan is for JW/SM2BYA
to
use 432.073 MHz for transmitting and .075 - .080 for receiving.

No SSB frequencies have been selected yet. To comply with the Region I
band-plan, any SSB operation should be above 432.150. We are aware of
the
problems that may result because of the non-alignment of the band-plans
in
Regions II and III and are still thinking about how to handle the issue.

Due to the high latitude (78 N) the moon will be continuously above the
horizon
for the whole 48-hour contest period, so everybody should have a fair
chance at
a contact.

The ESR antenna has about 41 dBi gain at 432, so two long yagis and 50
watts
should be enough for a CW QSO with JW/SM2BYA. Please spread the word to
terrestrial 432 operators !

Questions to [email protected]

73

Gudmund SM2BYA

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