June 22, 2025
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| Civilization encroaches! That's a new road for a subdivision of 30 McMansons. |
39 degrees Fahrenheit (3.8C) before sunrise, a steady rain, but no wind. A perfect day to fire up the space heater in the barn, and play moonbounce on 23cm. The key piece of gear today was a white trash bag to keep the rain off the feed assembly. Don't leave home without it!
There was plenty of activity, I worked 14 stations including two new for a total of 220 initial on 23cm. Logged were OZ5TG, KG0D, RX3DR, N0CTR, N0LWF (new), W2HRO, OK1USW, SM5DGX, OK1VUM, N5TM, HB9Q, AG7CM, K6FOD, and K6DIS (new).
Alex, on his 3A2EME dxpedition, damaged his amp and was at least 3db down on transmit, even trying Q65-120D didn't conjure up a contact. The chase was fun anyhow. If EME was easy, guys with handie-talkies would do it! ;-)
HB9Q had an astounding -4 signal this morning. Take a listen.