[Wswss] [PNWVHFS] Re: [Moon-net] update 8Q7QQ

[TdM LABs]

DUBUS activity is expected to be Heavy to Very active. Be nice to see if 
this team can do 2m CW this weekend.

My hopes!

Jeremy
www.w7eme.org


Lance Collister wrote:
> Conditions for 6m EME are optimum this weekend, but the common moon 
> window with North America is rapidly vaporizing as the moon's 
> declination shifts south.  If you don't know if and when you have have 
> some common moon left with 8Q7QQ, you can:
>
> 1. Check the DX station moon position in WSJT (on the JT65A screen, 
> press the tab for VIEW/ASTRONOMICAL DATA)
>
> 2. Watch the red "TERMINATOR" line on the world map on the ON4KST EME 
> chat page (the small red azimuth and elevation at the top of the map 
> is YOUR moon position):
>
> http://www.on4kst.info/chat/login.php?band=5
>
> 3. Download and run GJTRACKER for the common moon between your station 
> and 8Q7QQ in MJ64je:
>
> http://bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/GJTRACKER.zip
>
> Below is the most recent information from the 8Q7QQ team.  Note that 
> they are STILL operating 6m when their moon is below 20 degrees.  
> Especially note their comments about 6m!  I know they have worked 
> other 6m stations not included in this list.  These folks have 
> travelled halfway around the world to make this very rare DXCC 
> available for you on 6m!  Remember, you do NOT need elevation the moon 
> is in your ground gain lobes formed when your antenna is aimed at the 
> horizon!
>
> GL and VY 73, Lance
>
> ******************************************************************************* 
>
>
> On 3/26/2010 1:09 PM, DL3OCH wrote:
>> Hello everybody.
>>
>> The EME conditions over here are really strange. For hours we do not 
>> copy
>> anything from the moon. We have to switch all the time between H and 
>> V. I
>> wonder if thats the same in the rest of the world or if thats just here.
>> However, we could log quite some stations. Here the stations that we 
>> worked
>> (some dupes, bold calls are first 8Q-xx):
>>
>> **************************************************************************** 
>>
>> ***************
>>
>> 6m:
>>
>> K6MYC, OH2BC, OH6MIK, W1JJ, W7GJ
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> 2m:
>>
>> 9A9T, DB0GSN, DD0VF, DD7KE, DF0BRB, DF2ZC, DG1VL, DH3YAK, DJ3VI, DJ4TC,
>> DJ8MS, DJ9MG, DK0KK, DK0VH, DK2PH, DK3BU, DK3WG, DK4TG, DK5LA, DK5SO, 
>> DK5YA,
>> DK7KF, DK7KF, DK8ZJ, DL0DBR, DL1DWI, DL1RNW, DL4WO, DL7APV, DL7FF, 
>> DL8EBW,
>> DL8GP, DL8YHR, DL9MS, DM1CG, DP5G, EA2AGZ, EA6VQ, EI4DQ, ES3RF, ES5PC,
>> ES6RQ, F1AFJ, F1DUZ, F1TE, F6APE, F6BKI, F6HVK, F8DGY, F8DO, G4CBW, 
>> G4EZP,
>> G4FUF, G4ZFJ, G8VYK, GM6VXB, HA0DU, HA0HO, HA6NQ, HA6NQ, HA8CE, HB9Q, 
>> I1ANP,
>> I2FAK, I2RV, I3EVK, I3LDP, I3MEK, I3YXQ, IK1FJI, IK1UWL, IK2DDR, IK2DDR,
>> JE1TNL, JH0MHE, JH2COZ, JH5FOQ, JM1GSH, JM1WBB, JO1LVZ, JR3REX, JS3CTQ,
>> K1JT, K2BLA, K5QE, K6MYC, KB8RQ, KD3UY, N5YA, N7SC, NT0V, OE6IWG, OH2PI,
>> OH6ZZ, OH7HXH, OH8MGK, OK1CU, OK2UZL, OK7FA, OM3BC, ON7UC, OY4TN, 
>> OZ1LPR,
>> PA0JMV, PA0ZH, PA1GYS, PA2CHR, PA3CEE, PA3CMC, PA3CSG, PA3DOL, 
>> PA3FPQ, PE1L,
>> PE1LWT, PF7M, PI9CM, RA6AX, RA6DA, RK3FG, RN6BN, RU1AA, RU1AC, RV3IG, 
>> RV9UV,
>> RX1AS, S52LM, S54T, SM2A, SM5CFS, SM5CFS, SM5CUI, SM5DIC, SM7GVF, 
>> SP2OFW,
>> SV8CS, SV8CS, SW8KOU, SW8KOU, SW8NAC, UA3MBJ, UA3PTW, UA4AQL, UA9SL, 
>> UT5UAS,
>> UT6UG, UT6UG, VE5UF, VK2KU, VK3AXH, W5UN, W5UN, W7GJ, W7GJ, WA2ODO, 
>> WA3BZT,
>> WA3QPX, WA4NJP, YO3DDZ, YO9FRJ, YT3I, YU7AA, YU7XL, ZL2DX, ZL3TY, ZS6OB
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>
>> --------------
>>
>> 70cm:
>>
>> None
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>
>> --------------
>>
>> 23cm:
>>
>> DJ9YW, ES5PC, G4CCH, HB9Q, OH2DG, OK1DFC, OK1KIR, PA3CSG, PY2BS, RW3BP
>>
>> **************************************************************************** 
>>
>> *********************************************************************
>>
>> Our further schedule looks like this:
>>
>>
>>
>> Friday, 26.March 2010
>>
>> 1800-2200UTC on 432.093 JT65B TX first
>>
>> Today the only window to NA.
>>
>>
>>
>> Saturday, 27.March 2010
>>
>> 1900-2100UTC on 432.093 JT65B TX first
>>
>>
>>
>> Sunday, 28.March 2010
>>
>> 2100-2330UTC on 1296.090 JT65C TX first (I do RX on my own echo 
>> frequency.
>> Otherwise its too difficult to search the band. I TX always on the 090.)
>>
>> Chance again for East Coast USA.
>>
>>
>>
>> We will be on 6m for the moonset and moonrise with elevation up to 
>> 20deg. We
>> received quite some stations but they did not copy us. Please 
>> remember that
>> "OOO" means that you copied both calls. "RO" mean that you copied 
>> both calls
>> and the report. Press "F5" in WSJT if you want to learn more about what
>> message to send. We hope to get some more stations in the log.
>>
>>
>>
>> At 2m we now have some additional limitation with elevation. We will not
>> operate anymore if our elevation is higher than about 70deg. We are 
>> able to
>> RX and TX both, H or V.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Vy 73 de Bodo, 8Q7QX for the 8Q7QQ team
>>
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