Subject: NET NOTES OCT 3 2004
From: K1RQG
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Joe, K1RQG
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pre-registration for the EME Conference 2006 is now possible online at:
http://www.eme2006.com .
We encourage everyone to pre-register as we need this info for further
preparation of the conference.
vy 73, Rainer
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Al, K2UYH, editor of the 432 & Above News Letter, reminds all that the
NL is available via e-mail and the internet. You can get the NL in .pdf
or .txt format from W2WD <[email protected]>
Current and back issues of the 432 & above News Letter by K2UYH
can be found at the PA0ZN web site. This is the direct link to
the site. Please copy and save to your favorites.
http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/em70cm.html
Latest skeds will always be on DL4EBY web page. You can find
links at the PA0ZN page through the 432 & Above EME NET NOTES.
This is a direct link to the latest skeds. Copy and save it to
your favorites.
http://www.dl4eby.de/ltskd.htm
This is a direct link to the latest EME directory 432 & up. Copy and save
it to your favorites.
http://www.dl4eby.de/eme_dir.htm
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Subj: SKEDS
Date: 9/26/04 8:45:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [email protected] (Donald Murden)
To: [email protected]
Hi Joe,
Just received the October 2004 432 and above EME NEWS and note that the ARRL
EME CONTEST first leg will be 9/10 OCT,I have moved my station to a farm on
which I now live and finally all systems are installed,tested and working
just fine.I am active on both 70cm and 23cm,my dish is 7m with 1KW at the
feed on 70cm and 800w at the feed on 23cm(good ssb echos!!).I was listening
on 14.345 today but band conditions were poor and I guess that you were not
beaming down to South America.I am now needing some skeds to show everyone
that PY5ZBU is back again!!! My grid has changed to GG54DK,my email address
has not but the telephone number has been changed and is 554130326245.
73-Don PY5ZBU ########
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Subj: 9H1ES on 10ghz
Date: 9/28/04 2:39:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [email protected] (Fortunato Bonnici)
To: [email protected]
Hi Joe, long time long hear. I have constructed 10ghz eme system which it
is possible to be on my roof with in one hour. This means that I can take
all the equip. from my wash room and install it on my roof and ready to go.
on the italian contest I heard two stations but as usually do not read CW
words. Please do not laught with me.
Please Joe find somebody to make qso with him, but between us he have
to be patient with me because as you know I am eager to make qso and
excited.
my rig is as follow.
2m parabolic solid dish
twt 20watts
preamp N.F 0.65db
selected v / h
azmuit / elev manual with program of F1EHN.
Very strong tripot with azimute / elv marks.
thanks 73,s FORTUNATO 9H1ES.
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Subj: 10.450GHz and 20 m net
Date: 9/29/04 1:48:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [email protected] (M. Watanabe)
To: [email protected]
Dear Joe and net members:
Now it is the 8th typhoon landing on JA this year, recording the worst
historical rainfalls, floods and landslides, specially in Western JA.
Here in the central part, fortunately, it is not very severe by now. But
you must know it really is the beginning of the usual typhoon season....
About microwave EME:
As in the reports, not a few stns are active on 3cm band EME these recent
years.
But I wonder how many stns can listen on our EME frequency, 10.450GHz.
Everyone who can listen or transmit on our frequency, please write me.
The international common frequency 10.368GHz is available for JA
amateurs also, but Telecom office do not give the license over 2 watts
output on this frequency. They will give 10.450GHz for EME, instead.
Anyhow, we have to try it on 10.450 first, and then ask the Telecom for
10.368 later. At least I know, there is no other way for the possible JA
EME activity on 3 cm bands at present.
This week I will approve for the license for the EME on 10.450GHz and
5.760GHz. There must be a high hurdle for 6 cm, too.
Actually, JA EMErs have to get the permission everytime they try it
on each frequency. It's very troublesome to draw the designing, submit
the calculations on the path loss and expectable signal strength, and
electro-
magnetic field strength around the station, and the written certificates
from the
neighbors that they are not suffering from TVI, etc., etc.....
It must be one apparent reason why so little JA amateurs are active in EME.
There should be not a few JAs actually interested in it, but they cannot
make it realized, even if good antennas, and high power amps are affordable.
Can you imagine how bulky the approval documents are for a few QSLs?
I hope I can get the license within a few months (or in a few years,
possibly) !!
About the activity for the on the air net:
The band conditions on 20m for the net from JA seems to be very poor.
The band around 14-15Z (locally 23-24 JST) is almost quiet.... Will try the
longpath ( beam to SW from JA, via the direction of VK6 and the
antarctica, the south of South Africa), that could possibly be usable
during autumn to winter season.
The low band net seems to be of no hope for the JA guys. It's in the
mid-day!
Sorry but only a few JA EMErs are active on HF bands. In another word, there
is no active JA EMErs presently, except a few, who can come on HF bands.
I believe my HF station is the best performer among JA EMErs. 6-el full
size
over 20 m high (to 32 m max) and 1KW+ output. But cannnot overcome the
band condx....
Will try to check in when I am in the remote shack. Let's keep it
cheering!!
Mike Watanabe, JH1KRC
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Subj: New mail
Date: 10/4/04 8:14:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [email protected] @@@@@@@@@@@
Mi nueva direccion de correo es... [email protected] (new mail)
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Subj: To: NET NOTES 3-Oct-2004
Date: 10/3/04 12:14:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [email protected] (Mike)
To: [email protected]
Hi Joe,
Could not hear the net again this morning. I think we had some aurora. I
finally am back, QRV on 70cm. Last pass I worked SM2CEW (559-559) and OH2DG
(559-559). My system is not "end-state". I just slapped it together but it
seems to be working very well.
I will be QRV today for Europe's moonrise. I also plan to work the ARRL
contest next weekend on 70cm.
73
Mike, KL6M BP51dc Webpage: http://www.qsl.net/kl6m
432 EME - FT-736; FT-767; 9.2 Meter Dish; RYT 0.16dB NF; 1500 WATTS
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Subj: RE: NET NOTES SEP 26, 2004
Date: 10/2/04 3:33:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [email protected] (Manfred Lugert)
Reply-to: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
File: DL0EF_Oct_2004_Englisch.doc (28672 bytes)
DL Time (26400 bps): < 1 minute
Joe,
DL0EF is back again for the up-coming EME contests. Please see attached
short report:
"DL0EF, Astropeiler Stockert well prepared for up-coming EME Contests on 10
GHz, initial 24 GHz tests"
On the weekend of the 25th and 26th of September the amateur radio team of
the Föderverein Astropeiler Stockert, DL0EF, met to re-activate after a 1
year break the 10m dish for the up-coming EME contests on 10 GHz.
The transverter system, which has been refurbished and up-graded was
re-installed and the 200 W TWT was re-activated.
Moon noise was observed with 4.5 dB with a cloudy and rainy sky and sun
noise was around 18-19 dB. Own echoes were great and readable even in FM. A
random QSO with DL0SB, the group in Bochum using a 20m dish with 200W
confirmed that everything works fine.
We are looking forward to contact on the ARRL EME weekends, starting with
the 9th of October as from around 8h00 until 14h20 and on Sunday the 10th as
from 7h00 UTC until around 14h00.
Further more, initial receive tests on 24 GHz have been done on the 10m dish
using a small circular horn inserted into the 10 GHz circular waveguide.
Results were encouraging with sun noise of 4 dB on a simple receiver with
around 5 dB noise figure. The antenna performs well and further activities
are now planned.
Details can be found on our webpage: www.astropeiler.de
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Subj: WA6PY on 70 cm
Date: 10/2/04 2:59:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [email protected] (Paul Chominski)
To: [email protected]
Hi Joe,
I added directors to my dual dipole feed forming single cross yagi. Tonite
worked easy K2UYH O/O in sked. I could detect my echoes. I will be in the
contest also on 432. I should be capable to work 8-yagi stations and good
4-yagi stations. I will operate also for JA and VK window. My window is
limited because this antenna is located between dish and 144 MHz yagis.
GL 73 Paul WA6PY
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Subj: EME Contest on 70cm
Date: 9/30/04 6:58:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [email protected] (Cowles Andrus III)
To: [email protected] (Joe)
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Hi Joe,
Sorry I have not been on net or the moon much this year, very busyfixing things
and working weekends. I am planning to be on during the ARRL International EME
contest nextweekend. I do not have my 20' dish up and running yet, so I will
only be on 432using the eight FO-33 and 1.5kW. I hope to work lot of 70cm
stations during the contest if all goes well. Richard Wilkins, KR4V will be
helping me out on October 9. If any 70cm station needs Virginia, NOW's your
chance! I am planning to be on both nights if everything works. Every time this
fall I have wanted to raise the array and get on themoon, the weather man calls
for another hurricane. I have had everything tied down and unhooked since late
July. I am planning to work on checking out everything this weekend so things
will be ready for the contest.
73's and good luck to all in the contest!
Cowles_K4EME
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My Home Page
http://home.rica.net/candrus/
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Subj: K9SLQ Operating Position Web-Cam
Date: 9/30/04 9:36:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [email protected] (K9SLQ Wayne 1296)
Reply-to: [email protected]
To: [email protected], [email protected] (K1RQG Joe)
ALL 1296 Operators:
Please email me so I have your address. I would like to send you
the url of my operating position web-cam and weather station.
Wayne K9SLQ
http://www.parlorcity.com/k9slq
[email protected]
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Subj: Saturday Net Notes for your info and distributionb
Date: 10/2/04 10:32:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [email protected] (k0yw)
Reply-to: [email protected]
To: [email protected] (Joe Demaso)
Hi Joey, Hope you had a good time at Horsetraders. I got on to do a little
chatting and decided to run the net as so many were around. The notes follow.
K0YW: On the Monn tonite. System is looking ok. Had a good time with
Gerald, K5GW, last weekend before Jimmy's bash. Tested my TH-327 in his
amp made 1500 plus output. We have some new things to try with the DL6EBU
amp to get it to work properly. Arne's DEM 1296/144 is repaired and on
the way back here for more evaluation. Beautiful Autmn Wx here in the Rockies.
New tower top sections ready to go with rotator and mast in place and tested.
Now to build the 40M beam. The crane is scheduled for 15 Oct.
AB5RY: John is in Espanola, NM. Near Santa Fe. He is recently retired
from Los Alamos Labs and is interested in 23CM EME. Acquiring hardware
to that end. Plans for a 16-20 ft dish and 400-500 watts.
N7KA: Arne, Building up mount hardware for his 13 ft dish. Has 2300V
power supply for GS-15B amp about complete. Is going with tuned choke input
filter with WD7S power supply board. Working on HF tower to fix rotator.
W2UHI: Frank sez he is QRV on 23CM. Will be on tonite at 0300Z for testing
with the gang.
K2DH/M: Dave is on way home from 2 weeks in the outer Carolina Banks.
Had a great time. Worked some good 10Ghz tropo to Martha's Vinyard...
about600 mi. Good going!
VE4MA: Barry working on 47 ghz stuff, making progress. Plans to be on10 Ghz
and 24GHz in contest as well as 23CM. Got new 60 watt DEM 23CM xvrtr.Hoped
to get rid of 7289 driver. So far has oscillator....looking at problem.
K5JL: Just got back from Tx trip. Had a good time at Jimmy's. Was on Moon
Fri Nite. No activity. Will be on tonite at 0300Z.
NA4N: Greg reports progress on all fronts. Got DEM xvrter back...drift
problem is fixed. Building Septum feeds from kits of sheet metal from NC.
VE6TA: Grant has installed additiona 144 mhz if converter for 2320 mhz to
allow qso's with EU's on that part of 13 Cm band. Will be on 432 and13 CM
in contest. Will also make it to 23 CM second weekend.
K9SLQ: Wayne is QRV on 23 CM. System holding up well, good echoes. Might
be on tonight.
W9IIX: Doug finally has things working well. DEM unit ciured of drift(Chirp)
and back on line. Working on new GI 7B driver for the GS23. Willbe on tonight
at 0300Z.
W4PU (relayed from Friday) Jim is tracking visually by using a camera.Has
listened for sig and has heard nothing. Unable to listen for sun noiseas has
no 28 mhz if port available for his 1236!
W5UN: Checking in for 2 meter net.
NET ENDS
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