[Wswss] FW: [Moon-net] Weekend 6m EME results

[Jeff]

Some 6 meter interest. 

6 meter EME activity with small stations has been really picking up
lately.

Jeff K7XQ



-----Original Message-----
From: moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net
[mailto:moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net] On Behalf Of Lance
Collister, W7GJ (DN27ub)
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 9:01 PM
To: 'moon-net'
Subject: [Moon-net] Weekend 6m EME results


Last weekend I worked several single yagi stations (G4IGO, G4PCI and
G8BCG/P) on the 
UK moonset.  However, the big surprise was completing on Sunday evening
with VA6SZ! 
Andy was only running 75w output to an M2 6M2.5WLC yagi at 60'.  This
was my first 6m 
EME contact with a "barefoot" single yagi station.  Although Andy copied
me when his 
moon was quite high, I only received anything from him when the moon got
down into 
his second ground gain lobe around 12 degrees.

The success was due to:

1) Andy's extreme patience
2) The great ground gain at the VA6SZ QTH - flat wheat fields.
3) The sensitivity of the JT65A mode
4) Luck that the Faraday rotation happened to peak for me at the same
time as the 
moon was in his ground gain lobe.

Although my decodes were very close to the limit - around -29 dB -  I
actually think 
I could complete with a slightly smaller station under better
conditions....the 
degredation was over 4 dB, so there is another 2 dB to be gained under
ideal cndx. 
Also, I feel confident that I could do better when I am not aiming into
the guy wires 
and my other 6m tower right in front of the EME array as I was last
night.

So, I am looking forward to trying with a 100w station running a good 7
element yagi 
looking out over salt water ;-)  GL and VY 73, Lance
-- 
Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A,
ZF2OC/ZF8) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT  59834  USA
QTH: DN27UB
TEL: (406) 626-5728
URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj
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