Dates: September 30 to October 2, 2021
Call: KB7Q (always first sequence)
QTH: Wyoming (DN74oi), Nebraska, (DN82gp)
Wyoming
September 30 - DN74oi Wyoming 23cm 1296.090 Mhz Q65-60C MR 0700z
Nebraska
October 1 - 70cm 432.090 MHz 1st MR clear of trees 0800z CW first, then JT65b
October 2 - 23cm 1296.090 MHz 1st MR clear of trees 0900z Q65-60C
Gear: 70cm 9wl Yagi 500 watts, 23cm 2.4M dish, 350 watts, IC9700, WD5AGO preamps
Internet: Yes, will come up on the HB9Q Logger.
This is primarily a trip to get G3LTF his State #49 on 70cm CW EME before the weather goes downhill, but of course I'll put 23cm EME on too. Our first night on the road we'll be stopping in Wyoming (DN74) at Keyhole State Park. We have a camp site reserved with mains power!
The September 30 Wyoming 23cm EME stop was a great success.
Worked on Q65-60C were HB9Q (-18) who remoted in from SV5, OK1KIR (-13), SM6CKU (-13), OH2DG (-13), G4CCH (-15), UA3PTW (-11), UA9FAD (-22), DK3WG (-20), ES3RF (-16), DL8FBD (-21), F1RJ (-23), IK2DDR (-18), DF2VJ (-24), LA3EQ (-24), W2HRO (-22), DJ2DY (-23), ON4AOI (-22), NC1I (-13), PA0BAT (-20), N6NU (-26), SP5GDM (-21), KB2SA (-21), K5DOG (-17) and OK1DFC (-23). On the legacy JT65c mode logged were IK1FJI (-15), SM5DGX (-12) and GM0PJD (-30). CW was hard work tonight, but rewarding with OK1KIR (319), G4CCH (329), SM6CKU (319), G3LTF (429), and SM2CEW (419) all logged. 32 contacts made for a great evening's operation.
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| Wyoming (DN74) - Night Patrol @ O'Dark 30. |
October 1st - On to Nebraska (DN82) and some 70cm EME operations.
On CW DL9KR (429) and DL7APV (539) were easily worked as the moon cleared a low line of trees. Switching to JT65b netted NC1I (-21), PA5Y (-24), DK3WG (-14), UA3PTW (-9), ON4AOI (-20), OH2DG (-19), OK1KIR (-28), G4FUF (-26), G4EZP (-26), DF3RU (-15). G3LTF had rain and very high winds that keep buffeting his dish around as he attempted to track the moon, as much as we tried over several hours we did not complete.
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| Nebraska (DN82) at historic Fort Robinson. 70cm station ready. |
October 2 - 23cm EME from DN82 Nebraska.
A fantastic session with 40 contacts, four being CW. A very nice visible moon and no wind again tonight made for perfect conditions. I very much appreciate the activity. Logged on Q65-60c: DG5CST (-9), OK1KIR (-10), PA3FXB (-23), ES3RF (-18), IK2DDR (-21), DL8FBD (-22), DG0FE (-23), UA3PTW (-12), OK1IL (-18), DK3WG (-18), G4CCH (-15), I1NDP (-10), UA9FAD (-23), DL7UDA (-18), N1AV (-19), PA3CSG (-17), ON4AOI (-20), PE1CHQ (-16), DJ2DY (-23), DF2VJ (-23), RX6AIA (-26), PA0BAT (-16), K5DOG (-16), SM5DGX (-9), SM6CKU (-16), IK1FJI (-19), W2HRO (-20), LZ4OC (-27), W3CJK (-21), PA3DZL (-18), KB2SA (-21), F1RJ (-22), DF3RU (-14), I7FNW (-22), W1PV (-23), N5BF (-22). On CW OK1KIR (429), G4CCH (419), SM5DGX (419), DG5CST (539!) were worked without drama.
Click below to listen to DG5CST and OK1KIR calling on 23cm on my Nebraska moonrise.
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| DG5CST view of my 23cm pile-up on his 10M dish. |