tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31858108867682078532024-03-10T18:05:52.869-06:00KB7Q VHF/UHF DXpeditionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-69228343742896316902024-03-10T17:54:00.005-06:002024-03-10T18:05:18.471-06:00902 MHz EME Challenge Part II<p>March 10, 2024</p><p>After two sessions trying to get the NXP LDMOS pallet to play nice, I replaced it with a W6PQL pallet. It took some fiddling to re-jigger the 12 vdc bias circuit, re-do the 50 vdc VDD lines, and solder the RF input and output coax in place. Slipping two layers of index card stock between the circuit board and the heat-spreader works really well - otherwise the copper heat-spreader draws the heat off too fast to get a good, clean solder joint. I could even solder the conformable coax in place with a 45 watts HAKKO soldering station cranked all the way up. </p><p>Today was the smoke test. 3 watts of drive = 400 watts. That's 21 db gain which is very nice! I have some level setting to do with the transverter's 144 MHz drive level, even at 0% power indicated, my IC-9700 hits the transverter a bit too hard. A 3db 10W attenuator is on the way. </p><p>I've also discovered my usual operating spot in the barn just south of town is not a good location for 902 EME reception. There are just too many 902 - 905 devices chirping away across the band. For the next test I'll retreat to the mountain cabin just north of Yellowstone Park as soon as snow comes off the access road.<br /></p><p>In the meantime I've been streamlining the station's cables and generally getting things ship-shape for some summer travels with 902 and 1296 gear.<br /></p><p>Onward!</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgug8gVay_j_iyooU75ypQrn4BzoAQN5V-IHbBTMRlhQ5J7GKcF4YzJZ_PRBfboZrAeeaNsNqzKrBYvGhMJE0MToLpR6-rkJV9Cb73w72aoLM4i5X0lOD_S66lPoyE5lY4Ro6jX59jfM3CJLZroqJQiz5geBVM7k_qvgGFy7mfFM_jnrZHPKmdITpnyI8Pa/s4032/soldering%20success.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgug8gVay_j_iyooU75ypQrn4BzoAQN5V-IHbBTMRlhQ5J7GKcF4YzJZ_PRBfboZrAeeaNsNqzKrBYvGhMJE0MToLpR6-rkJV9Cb73w72aoLM4i5X0lOD_S66lPoyE5lY4Ro6jX59jfM3CJLZroqJQiz5geBVM7k_qvgGFy7mfFM_jnrZHPKmdITpnyI8Pa/w563-h423/soldering%20success.jpg" width="563" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished soldering the .250" conformable output coax in place. Note the card stock to be removed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-49720421794523541522024-02-10T17:22:00.012-07:002024-02-11T08:33:53.433-07:00The 902 MHz Moonbounce challenge<p> February 10, 2024</p><p>There seems to be a sudden surge of interest in achieving Worked All States on 902 MHz. W5LUA has just nailed down <a href="https://www.arrl.org/news/the-first-worked-all-states-certificate-awarded-for-the-33-centimeter-band">WAS #1</a> and N1AV has 48 States in hand. I was asked if I could active Montana and other western States via the moon to help the cause. Sure! </p><p>KA6U has been out and about including 902 EME on his epic road trips, so folks have been upping their W.A.S. totals already thanks to his Herculean efforts. <a href="https://ka6u.blogspot.com/2023/11/update-nov-13-2023-1900utc-902-eme.html">Here's a taste of his activity.</a> <br /></p><p>Many hands make a 902 moonbounce station - Ian, W6TCP sent me a NXP Semiconductor 915 Mhz test pallet to work up into a fully functioning amplifier. I managed to stick things together in two four hour work sessions to create one of my "KISS" amps, but but initial testing was a bust. After some expert help from W6PQL, we can now say, "It's alive". I should have 350 watts to play with given the drive from the transverter. The nice thing about the NXP pallet is that the bias voltage is generated directly from the 48 VDC VDD supply.<br /></p><p>N1AV plyed me with a loaner 144 MHz to 902 MHz transverter he had picked up along the way. W2HRO sent west a patch dish feed for my 2.4M dish. I've have two superb <a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/wd5ago">WD5AGO</a> pre-amps in hand, so I'm close to first RF on my sixth EME band! Later this month after a long-planned trip south to bask in the warmth of Mexico we'll see what can be done.</p><p>I understand Jim, W6PQL is now offering <a href="https://www.w6pql.com/600w+_33cm_amplifier.htm">902 amp pallets</a>. So QRO power on the 33cm band is no longer hard to generate.<br /></p><p>So this is a group effort to get some western States on the air - have camper will travel*. </p><p>* Once I won't freeze my butt off - we've seen -40 degrees Fahrenheit (-40 C) here in Bozeman this winter!</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfBinh85BUYDdhs7YgUHxQeboLm_1nZireP44PGOs31ugCJkEW61FnkXvQ6SCVVZ45vmBA0FOiezKsoLzJvfPbFcoOgD8PvvRlvYAoHcMwhx4rq4fefKThFuMnpNhcgeKRbIZ7fjJ3DSoOYiNylEnrh-_3-ok_LWIzDOb_b3IyATHVdo3k6UMyXw4pzjO/s3653/902amp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3653" data-original-width="2388" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfBinh85BUYDdhs7YgUHxQeboLm_1nZireP44PGOs31ugCJkEW61FnkXvQ6SCVVZ45vmBA0FOiezKsoLzJvfPbFcoOgD8PvvRlvYAoHcMwhx4rq4fefKThFuMnpNhcgeKRbIZ7fjJ3DSoOYiNylEnrh-_3-ok_LWIzDOb_b3IyATHVdo3k6UMyXw4pzjO/w418-h640/902amp.jpg" width="418" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NXP QRO pallet with bare-bones support circuitry. KISS!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFzc4ZAgkMkUP7500SxQa5RmCeY4ozCZpZhkOcbcCEmfw38Z5tLG-6D1Qfa5IO8vIOjDscSL6-_DhQUePw0FwczSC6J4eybFOzVS_VvrXmJtJD2DCwTiNSz-h7EDmtHd45QVDSoPnI-DvnJg6L7xMxA3tKRmL_xXxL9bEqsUOaSIigGbWHbX1pWbSnUS7/s3024/902feed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2694" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFzc4ZAgkMkUP7500SxQa5RmCeY4ozCZpZhkOcbcCEmfw38Z5tLG-6D1Qfa5IO8vIOjDscSL6-_DhQUePw0FwczSC6J4eybFOzVS_VvrXmJtJD2DCwTiNSz-h7EDmtHd45QVDSoPnI-DvnJg6L7xMxA3tKRmL_xXxL9bEqsUOaSIigGbWHbX1pWbSnUS7/w390-h438/902feed.jpg" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The W2HRO feed is a big boy! The hybrid label was applied upside down.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-25975858785722227912023-10-08T08:16:00.007-06:002023-10-08T08:46:43.981-06:00When the 6 Meter gods smile!<p> <b>October 8, 2023</b></p><p>Click on the screen shot to enlarge.<b><br /></b></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXteo_H0sHKwUERQgvFbXuQP1QAiAYFZXlbmxWTKuqKtzttpWjJlMlIwELFePr9r466ouBqy_k_uDaGOlovtYwLrBRHKP4GxVmYnacTvwl3Izmj7znWv4ZVXP57tBpOKzaCtcVtLDVKEXaU8wufPc22k5P856pRwj3-qekvEIQLpe4LHQLc7x4CzzHZQTh/s1915/Capture.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1915" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXteo_H0sHKwUERQgvFbXuQP1QAiAYFZXlbmxWTKuqKtzttpWjJlMlIwELFePr9r466ouBqy_k_uDaGOlovtYwLrBRHKP4GxVmYnacTvwl3Izmj7znWv4ZVXP57tBpOKzaCtcVtLDVKEXaU8wufPc22k5P856pRwj3-qekvEIQLpe4LHQLc7x4CzzHZQTh/w582-h313/Capture.JPG" width="582" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With 100 watts and a 40M inverted V wire antenna - Laissez le bon temps rouler!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-64844249960755792482023-09-05T20:27:00.009-06:002023-09-05T21:06:04.770-06:00My Annual Trek to 6M EME Mecca<p><b>September 5, 2023</b></p><p>It's not everyday that somebody gives you the keys to their ne-plus-ultra 6M EME station and says, "Have fun!". As Paul Harvey would say, "Here's the rest of the story".</p><p>Once a year Lance, W7GJ goes off to a rare place, usually an exotic island, to do 6M moonbounce with a single long Yagi and a KW. This week he's on <a href="http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Rodrigues%202023.htm">Rodrigues Island</a> out in the Indian Ocean as 3B9GJ. Somebody has to go to his Stateside QTH and put the W7GJ home station on. Teacher, teacher pick me!</p><p> You need to understand <a href="http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/6mEME.htm">Lance's home setup</a> is a monster 4x 50 foot (15.25M) Yagis array and 1.5 KW - about as good as a 6M EME system gets. So each year Lance goes half way around the world and I go 3.5 hours west on the Interstate to Frenchtown. Thankfully, Lance gives me a 20 page check list so I can get the station up and running correctly. <br /></p><p>This year was extra spicy as our mutual moon window to make the contact was exactly 55 minutes. Faraday rotation be damned! At least we both had ground gain - DXpedition Lance was enjoying a a moonrise over salt water, while his home station was racing moonset. We nailed it! I started seeing his signal when his moon was +0.5 degrees. Lance's portable station was a solid -20 during the four minutes the contact took using Q65-A and pile-up mode.<br /></p><p>I've been doing this annual pilgrimage for about 10 years and I'm proud to say that I've been able to maintain a perfect batting average ... so far.<b><br /></b></p><p><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmKVa9YILIOTSj4jP4JFijgdX2sSHXFn-JL2U4r4166UMcWeVHxssmLnAbOzOp6FZQhAk8B4zhRK5HqrALhfL-JO9Hll-aToxgBGgc0EcdVFtzMqPi5LRdjBWNpooy6d17ferRf-poC18s-eFJ6Ybglf86Z4VAeX8x4baGfk0YBhLbu6pIAhjd9vj94xi/s4032/W7GJ.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmKVa9YILIOTSj4jP4JFijgdX2sSHXFn-JL2U4r4166UMcWeVHxssmLnAbOzOp6FZQhAk8B4zhRK5HqrALhfL-JO9Hll-aToxgBGgc0EcdVFtzMqPi5LRdjBWNpooy6d17ferRf-poC18s-eFJ6Ybglf86Z4VAeX8x4baGfk0YBhLbu6pIAhjd9vj94xi/w583-h438/W7GJ.JPG" width="583" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">W7GJ 2m EME array in the foreground, 6M array in the rear. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRu-4K4ZAdfF9uXVg69AGJ0eWV0Gd9yIrXwZBKyZSZBT1z1Q6VSRyt6LHbvbb3B1wkszw8xGl0cagU-z2sYtH5cAOqhKTDTOs_T0jesnaZ1aV-7slmV8yrgjZNR1h1ap_BO3eSfGpPePujTYWiyL90TfCmHtjp0F4TvvcmqFGbuoYo4MLtx2sfFjvA8oSX/s2784/3B9GJ.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="2185" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRu-4K4ZAdfF9uXVg69AGJ0eWV0Gd9yIrXwZBKyZSZBT1z1Q6VSRyt6LHbvbb3B1wkszw8xGl0cagU-z2sYtH5cAOqhKTDTOs_T0jesnaZ1aV-7slmV8yrgjZNR1h1ap_BO3eSfGpPePujTYWiyL90TfCmHtjp0F4TvvcmqFGbuoYo4MLtx2sfFjvA8oSX/w396-h504/3B9GJ.jpg" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3B9GJ - Lance's Yagi looking at his first moonrise of the DXpedition. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-20355024277527267452023-08-13T15:03:00.021-06:002023-08-18T10:10:05.868-06:006 Meter Perseid Meteor Shower Outing DN54/DN64, Wyoming<p> August 11/13 2023</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3O-nRNsl_TbMcJicKmOQHEF-Ui30WUNd36a5cGypUyZxBp_9QjdzlbKaSbYhwyMuM4RpbslinOrgHqvnE2J7Vx3BE1qlEnnhvPYukUwqQP-viSIZy8WipCfU0toBnwPd9qq-j1MbjZdfgijJT3ip_YAuuAwGx9E2MBzdJxgL63FDaos0MH4ZA5kO2-IyU/s4032/sunrise.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3O-nRNsl_TbMcJicKmOQHEF-Ui30WUNd36a5cGypUyZxBp_9QjdzlbKaSbYhwyMuM4RpbslinOrgHqvnE2J7Vx3BE1qlEnnhvPYukUwqQP-viSIZy8WipCfU0toBnwPd9qq-j1MbjZdfgijJT3ip_YAuuAwGx9E2MBzdJxgL63FDaos0MH4ZA5kO2-IyU/w494-h371/sunrise.jpg" width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise DN64bu @ 9,350 feet. Duncum Peak to the north.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b>GEAR:</b> IC-7300, 600W LDMOS amp, 4el. LFA 6M Yagi, WSJT-X. 2.2KW Honda generator<br /></p><p><b>August 11/12 from DN54</b> - Joyce and I squeezed into Horseshoe Bend Campground above Big Horn Lake. Not the best horizon, plenty of 6 meter QRN from RV charge converters, and a bit before the Perseid peak, but 30 folks logged, and a few 1200 mile contacts made. All meteors, no Es to be found.<br /></p><p><b>August 12/13 from DN64</b> - We explored the top of the Big Horn Range and using the truck's 4x4 took the Sheep Mountain Road to a fantastic site well above tree line. The Perseid peak was the best I've ever experienced! Despite a frontal passage in the middle of the night that saw some 40 mph wind gusts, I logged an amazing 90 meteor scatter contacts. WA5TKU nudged his FFMA count to 480 grids and K5ND now has 483. Best contact was with WB8ART in Ohio at 1251 miles because we worked so hard for it. <br /></p><p>LoTW upload done.<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-5388276988439714882023-06-10T16:31:00.012-06:002023-07-06T09:43:33.785-06:00Western Dakotas 6 Meter Ramble<p><b>Dates:<br /></b>June 13/14, 2023 - DN87 North Dakota<br />June 15 - DN86 North Dakota<br />June 16/17 - DN85 South Dakota</p><p><b>Gear:<br /></b>IC7300, KW amp, 4 element LFA Yagi.</p><p><b>Modes:<br /></b>FT8/MSK144/Q65</p><p><b>Internet:<br /></b>DN87/DN86 for sure, DN85 maybe. <br />Slack VHF Chat - rover-rare grid area.<br /></p><p>This was a camping trip with the pickup camper to the great American prairie to activate a few grids before it got too hot.</p><p>The trip was a success despite conditions not being the best - double-hop Es was quite limited. However, N3SL and W0JW completed FFMA with their contact to DN87 (Grassy Butte, ND). That made the whole trip well worth the trek east! </p><p>In total 500 folks were worked via a combination of FT8/Q65/MSK144 modes. </p><p>My rebuilt 6M KW amp refused to fire off so it was 100 watts only. I had inadvertently over-driven the amp during last summer's outing, and replaced the MRF1K50N device. However, I never got around to bench testing the amp. Murphy heard about my laziness and promptly showed up. It turns out the amp was fine! The 48 VDC power supply was the same one I used hard for the 23cm EME DXpedition to Curacao, and the tips of the blade fuses had burned off in the cheap Chinese fuse holder opening the 48 vdc line to the amp. All this was sorted out after the trip of course. A great lesson learned about getting too casual about these outings!<br /></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Plz7vY39HAa6sumrPzMEFr1eyZXc9WW95wlBmKN2BZH7e0NkD9l7aeypONAPicoERTxBYd34VOM7Mfy08wR2vI-d4GSkkCfys9rJ_Eh_q011s0r4mTly2npqEvurgEimkSqEYX1Vv7_wW8u-HA6sHUbzSrJtsuYRggkMz8OlCLVoNMDFR6m-OQr0S9EO/s997/fuses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="997" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Plz7vY39HAa6sumrPzMEFr1eyZXc9WW95wlBmKN2BZH7e0NkD9l7aeypONAPicoERTxBYd34VOM7Mfy08wR2vI-d4GSkkCfys9rJ_Eh_q011s0r4mTly2npqEvurgEimkSqEYX1Vv7_wW8u-HA6sHUbzSrJtsuYRggkMz8OlCLVoNMDFR6m-OQr0S9EO/s320/fuses.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Murphy says, "Gotcha!"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVOlql5ovyq6TtiFfAWY1PctF8KcBuip4IPqWDdAMkpVFHBIGwImqcFSyL8zf8KnuOeer62MankBhHmVgjz_Y-6v1fL7xT9IJtJ1RJz-F0yZ5B6vQIguoteHwIvg3Ko2GKpr-wDTj0sYxseIY3y5pWq16Mh0aF7aJOoSu9mQYgM3TGY3XQbhzhmOgUKzi/s4030/DN85%20View.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2714" data-original-width="4030" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVOlql5ovyq6TtiFfAWY1PctF8KcBuip4IPqWDdAMkpVFHBIGwImqcFSyL8zf8KnuOeer62MankBhHmVgjz_Y-6v1fL7xT9IJtJ1RJz-F0yZ5B6vQIguoteHwIvg3Ko2GKpr-wDTj0sYxseIY3y5pWq16Mh0aF7aJOoSu9mQYgM3TGY3XQbhzhmOgUKzi/w441-h298/DN85%20View.jpg" width="441" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from North Cave Hills (DN85), South Dakota - a sky island. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ITQIgUkLaB8U5L5nCjCj-beIdmrrwFNhoLQolmBp5DkhIICjI_wONUJz1xO69tB0QJVG6deL_gDKBe8NbtF2Ang3azsV3dWeoujNIYCYvg5cQfU11XCHU7LVYRjQK3sVs4wzwNJL5Kk0zaiI6CVst-QDImUIVFxu9y0cdTvp9A5AQZe7a8za0tvQNw/s1000/Survival_Lead_Theodore-Roosevelt-on-horse.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ITQIgUkLaB8U5L5nCjCj-beIdmrrwFNhoLQolmBp5DkhIICjI_wONUJz1xO69tB0QJVG6deL_gDKBe8NbtF2Ang3azsV3dWeoujNIYCYvg5cQfU11XCHU7LVYRjQK3sVs4wzwNJL5Kk0zaiI6CVst-QDImUIVFxu9y0cdTvp9A5AQZe7a8za0tvQNw/w480-h288/Survival_Lead_Theodore-Roosevelt-on-horse.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teddy Roosevelt wandered DN87 for several years. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-57826804229479109272022-11-25T07:20:00.033-07:002023-03-11T06:45:40.051-07:00Curacao 23cm EME Dxpedition (PJ2T)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dates: </b>February 8 - 13, 2023<br /><b>Call: </b>PJ2T - always 1st sequence<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Location: </b>Curacao (FK52)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Frequency:</b> 1296.090 Mhz<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Modes: </b>Q65-60C CFOM preferred, can do CW after I work digital stations</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Gear: </b>W2HRO folding 1.8M dish, WD5AGO pre-amp, 350 watts @ feed<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Internet: </b>Yes, will be on HB9Q Logger. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>QSL Info: </b>LoTW update after each session. W3HNK is the paper QSL manager for PJ2T</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Donors that helped with luggage costs: JA6AHB, PA3FXB</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A custom photo QSL card was sent to each station worked to commemorate the first 23cm EME ops from Curacao. </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>February 8, 2023</b> - Even with tight flight connections along the way we arrived in Curacao and the checked luggage with the amp was there waiting for us. It took awhile to cobble together a tripod and mount that would be up to the wind. It was clear at first RF that the station was not right. I thought the high wind was deflecting the dish enough to drop the gain - but my TX was down at least 10 db, so that was a clue to look elsewhere.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Never-the-less we pressed on. It was the middle of a week night in Europe so activity was down some. Fourteen stations were logged over four hours, most for a new DXCC. Logged: OK1KIR (-15), UA3PTW (-20), OK1DFC (-18), G4CCH (-20), ON4AOI (-24), RA4HL (-19), PA9RX (-22), RD4D (-19), W2HRO (-28), PA3FXB (-25), KD5FZX (-14), OH2DG (-15), PA3DZL (-20), YO2LAM (-22). Heard quite well - IQ2DB, K2UYH, W5AFY, W7JW.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Brett, PJ2BR was my co-pilot this first evening, he picked up several operating tips. His home 23cm station is about 80% complete.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>February 9, 2023 </b>Clearly things here are still not right, but I now have 21 stations logged. Tonight's catch SM6CKU (-19), ES3RF (-21), SM5DGX (-15), OK2DL (-18), HB9Q (-12), DF3RU (-20), K2UYH (-19).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Heard: NC1I, OK1IL, IK3COJ, PA0BAT, KB2SA, W7JW.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Great News! </b><i>Your knuckle-headed dxpeditioner assembled the hybrid to the patch feed upside down and reversed the circularity. Kudos to Paul, W2HRO for looking at the picture I send and seeing the issue in 15 seconds. I had disassembled the feed for transport to Curacao and I did not realize how it needs to all go back together on re-assembly. The plastic mount for the hybrid is on the lower half of the patch feed if the patch feed shell is orientated correctly- it matters. We party at my moon rise tonight!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>February 10, 2023 </b>It was a great moon pass with a fully functioning station. I worked every station that I saw with a two hour nap in the middle when the moon went above my ability to elevate. A quick tropical rain shower found me working stations while tucked under a tarp trying to keep the gear dry. After a sleep period I got back on for the setting moon and added three folks - VK2JDS went into the log at 0.5 degrees elevation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span> </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Twenty-two folks worked in this session for a total of 43 stations. High winds are forecast for the next few days with rain showers so it might be a while before I can try more EME. I've disassembled the station for now to protect the gear.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Worked were: OK1IL (-23), SP5GDM (-25), DG5CST (-16), IK3COJ (-23), PA0BAT (-21), IQ2DB (-22), YO2LAM (-23), ZS6JON (-25), SP7EXY (-26), DK3WG (-25), W5AFY (-24), DL8FBD (-26), PA0PLY (-28), ZS4TX (-23), N1AV (-23), KB2SA (-24), VE6TA (-23), W7JW (-24), N5BF (-25), JA6AHB (-25), K5DOG (-23), VK2JDS (-25).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>February 13, 2023 </b>- It was well worth it to set up for one last session. Between rain showers I worked G4CCH (-23) and stronger later on CW (419), DL7UDA (-26), YO2LAM (-24), DG0FE (-23), NC1I (-16), IK2DDR (-22), W5GLD (-26), and K7EME (-27). That brought the total of stations worked to 51. I'm well pleased with the result.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kudos to W2HRO - not only have I used three versions of his folding dishes (1.6M, 1.8M, 2.4M) now, but his product support has been first class the whole way. His dishes make these portable forays a treat!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also a big thank you to Brett, PJ2BR for letting me commandeer his 1.8m dish for this operation. Also a tip of the cap to K8ND for keeping my log updated to LoTW. W3HNK will handle paper QSL card requests.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOVxYAsPltuOAeTUsCHBYrwklo0c-CN-OBesJ44-fLdo5SzMydpIy7wzZIAhDD3sKSDja-ia4wmmFoBw0kDJL3rBV5vU4ZnYDcK09rmM8zPg4h647w_G2JoOiMV0EPi9DgG9ioPzkLFXfvziaJ4BH0_oQTDazRAv43aL89bzWiHj44f_rYndyPQIsrA/s3133/Dish%20Feed.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3133" data-original-width="2741" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOVxYAsPltuOAeTUsCHBYrwklo0c-CN-OBesJ44-fLdo5SzMydpIy7wzZIAhDD3sKSDja-ia4wmmFoBw0kDJL3rBV5vU4ZnYDcK09rmM8zPg4h647w_G2JoOiMV0EPi9DgG9ioPzkLFXfvziaJ4BH0_oQTDazRAv43aL89bzWiHj44f_rYndyPQIsrA/w427-h488/Dish%20Feed.jpg" width="427" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Behold the correct orientation of the hybrid device. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqL0p7lPFWVlulkSuNKJqRVhdzHhUjNVWDM4DNkNRd_ccCzZWJKPSwABHJ1CXjMXh2uy8RAcnFDuUPch9D3eP_2LeLql1l6F4ET5Nk5FDWgiL2cS3z1hkhpsCtetZJyelDAOI7YQwOQq6M-MyctfBFaHQ8wodQLMtnpq5anBXsINeu6z2kI8R1a7B5eQ/s4032/PJ2T.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqL0p7lPFWVlulkSuNKJqRVhdzHhUjNVWDM4DNkNRd_ccCzZWJKPSwABHJ1CXjMXh2uy8RAcnFDuUPch9D3eP_2LeLql1l6F4ET5Nk5FDWgiL2cS3z1hkhpsCtetZJyelDAOI7YQwOQq6M-MyctfBFaHQ8wodQLMtnpq5anBXsINeu6z2kI8R1a7B5eQ/w475-h356/PJ2T.jpg" width="475" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the moon to clear the ridge on the ?sun? deck.<br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjomxN2rDUe6ThaebyMKuJ9Kze7lRL1j1BjDMiOirTaUoyjZd25dVyfL2h-PaS2CtPWmzlpCDgeYZL3W0Rs1MJb4zZjljyU1IUspEqc7u5EzgQBNr7bKKHf2B_lTG7rOZlCIWKEcOWuub_IqnZxK9y6JIPMl4nLvqSvoBCzCzrQbUpxQekUMxogBhKpQ/s2048/SignalPoint_PJ2T_0549.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjomxN2rDUe6ThaebyMKuJ9Kze7lRL1j1BjDMiOirTaUoyjZd25dVyfL2h-PaS2CtPWmzlpCDgeYZL3W0Rs1MJb4zZjljyU1IUspEqc7u5EzgQBNr7bKKHf2B_lTG7rOZlCIWKEcOWuub_IqnZxK9y6JIPMl4nLvqSvoBCzCzrQbUpxQekUMxogBhKpQ/w497-h280/SignalPoint_PJ2T_0549.JPG" width="497" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PJ2T HF contest station - I'm also here as part of the ARRL DX CW team.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-51807825078886735712022-10-05T09:08:00.010-06:002022-10-16T11:30:44.241-06:00Moon Tracking Automation Project<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Iv6d0ZmsQDwpgh_jvhDF3VQdALoQFgUe2CzOzLdbK2XQQp5tBBte194U3dlSx-tPulLuCg0NIHQ6YuWfQLnuEPJ0_BAvuBvjE3sEzkIzhvfzj9GiamQP8qyJcVBUjuTGdL3-l5cosPMOjUUabYmn9W4vQzcSEB1IwF57FckbzZDoZNK0tVcldAmgsg/s3736/Tracking.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3736" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Iv6d0ZmsQDwpgh_jvhDF3VQdALoQFgUe2CzOzLdbK2XQQp5tBBte194U3dlSx-tPulLuCg0NIHQ6YuWfQLnuEPJ0_BAvuBvjE3sEzkIzhvfzj9GiamQP8qyJcVBUjuTGdL3-l5cosPMOjUUabYmn9W4vQzcSEB1IwF57FckbzZDoZNK0tVcldAmgsg/w585-h473/Tracking.jpg" width="585" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's alive! Test bench setup with the Sub-Lunar SL-1 unit tracking the rising sun using PSTrotator software.</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><span> </span>For the last few years and eight State 23cm EME activations I've been keeping the 2.4M dish on the moon manually. This works pretty well if I remember to run out every 10 minutes to re-aim, and I have a visual moon. It certainly is simple, but a 2.4M dish's beamwidth is pushing the limit of manual aiming on 23cm. <p></p><p><span> </span>With the ARRL EME contest in a few weeks and a Montana winter coming on it is finally time to embrace auto-tracking. A slew drive system was a bit beyond my budget, but Paul, W2HRO has just developed a tracking unit that I could afford. The Sub-Lunar SL-1 looks to be just the ticket to cut my workload down and keep my toes toasty warm while operating from the barn this winter. </p><p><span> </span>My solution was to start with PSTRotator software running on my laptop to calculate the moon or sun position, and then talk to the Green Heron RT-21azel controller through two USB ports, the Green Heron RT-21azel runs the motors on the SL-1 rotor system, counts the pulses from both the azimuth and elevation encoders to calculate the dish's position, and reports back to the program where the dish is pointing. As you can tell basically the challenge was to integrate and debug three separate systems. <br /></p><p><span> </span>The Blue Heron Engineering RT-21azel controller is adaptable to so many different types of rotors it took a while to figure out how to teach it the specifics of both axis of the SL-1 rotor unit. The biggest key to success was telling Green Heron Engineering to configure the unit as a SPID rotor before shipping, then I could make a few modifications to the settings from there using the RT-21 Utility software to properly fine tune the SL-1 rotor unit. This ensured the unit came with the jumpers properly placed inside the tightly packed chassis.</p><p><span> </span>I really like that you can reduce the size of the PSTRotator's screen once you're comfortable that everything is working well. Nice to save some laptop screen space. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUXBZWMmtNMon4Qxu3VHh2bZ5h-xWBqNu8OSFG2-tsAALBy07Ax-eJ0Bwkbspcioys3XkIPuyRxXvIrj9a9OSc4m0g-4n_sc7W22N1z8lnmGRemOiTTcqIhNlfrvzH4EnuooZfWGMSFexKIPuHdWEUfRV76ubxmmNBMjX4bY8x82WiJP8sFuNDJf0oA/s262/PSTRotator_mini.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUXBZWMmtNMon4Qxu3VHh2bZ5h-xWBqNu8OSFG2-tsAALBy07Ax-eJ0Bwkbspcioys3XkIPuyRxXvIrj9a9OSc4m0g-4n_sc7W22N1z8lnmGRemOiTTcqIhNlfrvzH4EnuooZfWGMSFexKIPuHdWEUfRV76ubxmmNBMjX4bY8x82WiJP8sFuNDJf0oA/s16000/PSTRotator_mini.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The all important "STOP" button is still there.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span> </span>Long story short - after about eight hours of set up, some step-by-step debugging, and then cable building all the units play together nicely. When the moon gets a bit more declination I'll move things out to the barn and try a few contacts.</p><p>Hands on test: I spend about 12 hours on the moon during the ARRL EME contest the weekend of October 15/16 and the automatic tracking allowed me to work 56 stations on 23cm. A very good result for a 2.4M dish, around 300 watts at the feed, and near apogee. What a pleasure to just be on the moon come clouds or open skies!</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBE0w4cX39m9CJfpB1AH8cc5oJGhF433ZemajDCzL8qa92ceLWuFd9gj95IfEd04ElHoKNM4x7wOebfyVTao9ddMxlQiVLkIqPDPJntYHmfe-M-OTPedQeNSaMr2wD0HwoE1Up_klteOOB082i6PdoubBcNF7T0BqSc-zliAfDu_POFJViv_8BtD4CQ/s3377/SL1%20in%20action.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3377" data-original-width="2831" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBE0w4cX39m9CJfpB1AH8cc5oJGhF433ZemajDCzL8qa92ceLWuFd9gj95IfEd04ElHoKNM4x7wOebfyVTao9ddMxlQiVLkIqPDPJntYHmfe-M-OTPedQeNSaMr2wD0HwoE1Up_klteOOB082i6PdoubBcNF7T0BqSc-zliAfDu_POFJViv_8BtD4CQ/w335-h400/SL1%20in%20action.jpg" width="335" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The SL-1 kept me on the moon the whole weekend. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-88329527420980120282022-06-07T10:23:00.057-06:002022-07-04T15:26:23.218-06:006 Meter Wyoming Trip June 16 - 30, 2022<p><b>GRIDS:</b> DN43, DN52, DN42, DN51, DN63, DN73<br /><b>MODES: </b>FT8, MSK144, Q65<br /><b>CALL: </b>KB7Q<br /><b>GEAR: </b>4 element LFA Yagi, 500W, IC-7300, WSJT-X<br /><b>LoTW: </b>Yes<b><br />INTERNET: </b>At times</p><p><b> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Thank you Donors<br />K7BG, K1TO, W9XX, K8SIX, N5OMG, K5ND, W4AS, N5DG, KP4AJ, W8TN, N3XX, K4PI, W4IMD, N8BX, W3CP, N4WW, W3IP</span><br /></b></p><p><b> RESULTS<br /><span>1452 contacts from six Wyoming grids were made at the height of Es Season. LoTW upload done.<br /> </span><br />DN44 </b>- June 16 Yellowstone Park was closed due to flooding so our visit was not going to happen.</p><p><b>DN43</b> - June 17/18 Kelly, WY This grid turned out to be a dry hole! The band never did crack open. I worked N7NW and seven Arizona stations on FT8 'tis all. </p><p><b>DN52</b> - June 19/20/21 Fremont Lake, WY. I operated from this grid in three different places looking for the best open terrain to the south and east. No double-hop occurred while here, but 265 contacts were made. A decent result. Working N5OMG left him with nine grids to go for FFMA. </p><p><b>DN42</b> - June 22/23 We'll arrive mid-day and get set up on Fontenelle Reservoir. So far 121 contacts on a nice combination of Es double-hop, meteor scatter, and even Q65 scatter out to 800 miles. Very happy to work K4PI for his FFMA #486. More double-hop on the 23rd to bring the total worked to 300 contacts, and get K8SIX to FFMA #480, Al picked up three grids during this opening.</p><p><b>DN51 </b>- June 24. Breaking camp this morning and heading south to some BLM dispersed camping just above Green River, WY - the land of wild horses. This will be a one day stop. There was double hop to Florida as soon as I turned the rig on. I can tell DN51 is not in demand as much as DN42. Lots of double hops all afternoon and evening SE and single hop to the west coast at times. 158 contacts so far.</p><p><b>DN73 - </b>June 27/28 We're 25 miles north of Bill, WY. Two great days of double hop, single hop both east and west, and some scatter out to 770 miles using Q65. 325 stations logged, best DX was EA8DBM!. This spot is the highest perch for 20 miles in any direction. Having cell service was an unexpected bonus. Rapid and sustained QSB meant it took a while, but W9XX was logged for his FFMA #484. N5DG popped in for his FFMA #480. It was quite hot here, and given that I worked a bunch, we bugged-out after some meteor scatter late morning of the 28th and used the heat of the day to travel to DN63 with the a/c on full tilt<br /></p><p><b>DN63 - </b>June 28/29/30 We set up west of Kaycee, WY now at 6,000 feet in the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains. We arrived late afternoon, stuck up the Yagi and proceeded to work 125 station to well after sunset. More double-hop up and down the east coast and single hop throughout the Midwest. Some deep QSB to make it a challenge but on peaks we completed with W3CP to nudge him to #479 FFMA and best of all logged N3XX leaving him to work only two more grids to complete his FFMA award. Can one hope for more tomorrow? June 29 - Several nice Q65-30A contacts this morning out to 1100 miles. Then double hop east, single hop west, and in the evening lots of Texas stations in to push the total to 300+ contacts from DN63. Some ops in the morning, then pack it up and bounce back down the road. June 30 morning brought double hop to New England and I passed 400 contacts from this grid - a personal best. Also worked EA8DBM from this grid, the second time on this trip. XE2AT and I completed a 1500 mile Q65 contact over about 30 minutes. What a way to finish out our Wyoming grid ramble.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvI3oRjuEf0XWBIfaBZg2cV6Jebs5HJtGZeuBZya6AAw8rrZfMEBYoq2NS0sHA-Zmp6LijFWraQqoJF5kPHXzJ7v9ZwcA9VoSDKB5R48vEhTCyzYQp7CbTx-BN-FkRaYKbmDwblMw9NO-RsqKB2Hl4-pRITdipaP5bo_EliUwIxa-I3JwMo4c63cb_g/s4032/DN63.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvI3oRjuEf0XWBIfaBZg2cV6Jebs5HJtGZeuBZya6AAw8rrZfMEBYoq2NS0sHA-Zmp6LijFWraQqoJF5kPHXzJ7v9ZwcA9VoSDKB5R48vEhTCyzYQp7CbTx-BN-FkRaYKbmDwblMw9NO-RsqKB2Hl4-pRITdipaP5bo_EliUwIxa-I3JwMo4c63cb_g/w459-h344/DN63.jpg" width="459" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking northeast from our DN63 campsite at sunset.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigY8IMObK0hMQtlfXdLx-fnwQLxBJz0YTUGggpP-2IWOgbx8yZYbXBHyXWAr2YJzxOEHXUmZCdScNcawpPoBkgdYJBO-BnZJYGbKyW9J6ziY4ux6RY_LDLuyZp4KMvk_3wsx2n72UXRqgX_QSDbD54oTJ4Z01VeleaVofTJVj5hIta4zZiw32KRe7Yfg/s4030/antelope.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2354" data-original-width="4030" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigY8IMObK0hMQtlfXdLx-fnwQLxBJz0YTUGggpP-2IWOgbx8yZYbXBHyXWAr2YJzxOEHXUmZCdScNcawpPoBkgdYJBO-BnZJYGbKyW9J6ziY4ux6RY_LDLuyZp4KMvk_3wsx2n72UXRqgX_QSDbD54oTJ4Z01VeleaVofTJVj5hIta4zZiw32KRe7Yfg/w488-h285/antelope.jpg" width="488" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A superb high ground location complete with antelope in DN73.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGl9iiBhHRRoahYZMl5JZUUMNkszDq-8W87s2dgjGp9aoLLiEml-i4YkijC8YLyL4A_A3J-BsxKFpOrttHPUcqbdHLITle-oKTMoalXVb3WSHE51L7eCe6oraLuWnPqT9qOtM9Gb_d4oBTLxhDZ21OEyKb9cchN3M3Eq5PKJkCS-Z21UThrX_n08e8tw/s4032/sky.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGl9iiBhHRRoahYZMl5JZUUMNkszDq-8W87s2dgjGp9aoLLiEml-i4YkijC8YLyL4A_A3J-BsxKFpOrttHPUcqbdHLITle-oKTMoalXVb3WSHE51L7eCe6oraLuWnPqT9qOtM9Gb_d4oBTLxhDZ21OEyKb9cchN3M3Eq5PKJkCS-Z21UThrX_n08e8tw/w442-h332/sky.jpg" width="442" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DN51 near the Oregon Trail - all sky and sage brush.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMR51dp2u2gpf4Q9tsl8ny8FxIowydXoi7X6NAxERhwcXZNC_B3VvgIpZ7sldxJ3JYTxy9Rxhj1_nThVBkuvFeRSdSz-ZuYmdCeH4suWXaUFuE7eZTiBGVSBAppuexxduBsDJwgqTS7mf25F2ItMCs1vrgO1oI49KlEULMk_ElOWgoec-DT0HV4KnbSQ/s4030/DN42%20Fontenelle%20Res.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2612" data-original-width="4030" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMR51dp2u2gpf4Q9tsl8ny8FxIowydXoi7X6NAxERhwcXZNC_B3VvgIpZ7sldxJ3JYTxy9Rxhj1_nThVBkuvFeRSdSz-ZuYmdCeH4suWXaUFuE7eZTiBGVSBAppuexxduBsDJwgqTS7mf25F2ItMCs1vrgO1oI49KlEULMk_ElOWgoec-DT0HV4KnbSQ/w481-h311/DN42%20Fontenelle%20Res.jpg" width="481" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DN42 - Sage Brush and Fontenelle Reservoir late evening.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcjLpAawXA7sVh0CWuVe6yhFExn-p-OPWUsMHilWjz0tUzENqw3_ngQbhGPOdt3D4RrKkWg_F4oye2J3YiXDsTtSiKL9NYyw10Jha_kMtbx_I1Gu7uqXLC9EjgwKlKc1uuWzlWPHvtgIGwQX5d2eoxjRHQmW18vZjNcfum4wQz9aeAKgLtvXPVrtzSw/s2782/IMG_E0352.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2782" data-original-width="1880" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcjLpAawXA7sVh0CWuVe6yhFExn-p-OPWUsMHilWjz0tUzENqw3_ngQbhGPOdt3D4RrKkWg_F4oye2J3YiXDsTtSiKL9NYyw10Jha_kMtbx_I1Gu7uqXLC9EjgwKlKc1uuWzlWPHvtgIGwQX5d2eoxjRHQmW18vZjNcfum4wQz9aeAKgLtvXPVrtzSw/s320/IMG_E0352.JPG" width="216" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corona y fajita celebrating 300 contacts from DN42.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-7581704974685953652022-05-09T07:02:00.006-06:002022-05-09T11:06:36.167-06:0070CM EME Montana (DN45)<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHgFVGptsWQVpL9D3meRRCRlWLVleSv8Xp4Pdzie_AD13NOrGtxCVOsdQhMlWqqqVZY_ZntwZKs0KGylNKB2Q4PeBtw1U4xOaU7qMb7lQhkF-j35PjpVGyHk2EA9d7dKLnNpF48P3oqfLJHGFNcfgERiZaEg3RAFRRZk5usadBt5_k_qammUHX_7OiQ/s3468/springtime%2070cm%20Yagi.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="2470" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHgFVGptsWQVpL9D3meRRCRlWLVleSv8Xp4Pdzie_AD13NOrGtxCVOsdQhMlWqqqVZY_ZntwZKs0KGylNKB2Q4PeBtw1U4xOaU7qMb7lQhkF-j35PjpVGyHk2EA9d7dKLnNpF48P3oqfLJHGFNcfgERiZaEg3RAFRRZk5usadBt5_k_qammUHX_7OiQ/w328-h460/springtime%2070cm%20Yagi.jpg" width="328" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spring time in the Rocky Mountains. 9wl 70cm Yagi.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Over the weekend of May 6-8, 2022 I decided to put 70cm on EME as several folks needed Montana for their Worked All States award quest. The station was a single 9wl Yagi, 500 watts from a LDMOS SSPA, a very fine WD5AGO pre-amp, and an IC-9700 with GPS injection - a pretty small station for moonbounce. The weather started out with severe clear, but then the winds came followed by heavy wet snow. No matter, 25 stations were worked including one on CW. I hope this operation demonstrates that even a small station can be quite successful using Q65-60B mode on 70cm EME. Yes - I did tip the Yagi over and clear the snow off before operating!<br /></p><p>Logged: OK1KIR (-17), DK4RC (-19), DL1VPL (-23), OT7K (-20), DL7APV (-12), PA2CHR (-23), HB9Q (-11), OH6UW (-24), UA3PTW (-16), W2HRO (-23), PA2V (-19), PA3HDG (-21), DL6SH (-13), DL8FBD (-24), W7JW (-24), W5LUA (-22), ES3RF (-18), AA5C (-27), K5DOG (-22), DK3WG (-16), SM7THS (-21), PA2V (-18), G4FUF (-22), PA5Y (-16). DL9KR (CW 539/549). LoTW updated.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9gGL05eZDXcb9sWcXhGwETB89Sb5rcnRTg4RDg4W1tqHO31wxoowaHtrsue4-C2uKMgoun6mqUwkH5KTsRgrsIPuOwPkb4vDe00EQUs7Alz_jvtogQ80P_DGWSPl3Ss0XXCenOy0DBOIOXhrvCmFNSIP8Es8KIDoXmOzMpVrycV4ZjEWW_sSwdCYsQ/s1156/DL1VPL.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1156" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9gGL05eZDXcb9sWcXhGwETB89Sb5rcnRTg4RDg4W1tqHO31wxoowaHtrsue4-C2uKMgoun6mqUwkH5KTsRgrsIPuOwPkb4vDe00EQUs7Alz_jvtogQ80P_DGWSPl3Ss0XXCenOy0DBOIOXhrvCmFNSIP8Es8KIDoXmOzMpVrycV4ZjEWW_sSwdCYsQ/w521-h332/DL1VPL.JPG" width="521" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clear view of waterfall and spectrum during DL1VPL contact.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-35272206413821137432022-01-12T09:09:00.081-07:002022-05-04T13:25:25.019-06:00UTAH and COLORADO 23/70cm EME Outing<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dates: </b>Utah April 6, 8 - 10 Colorado - April 13/15<br /><b>Call: </b>KB7Q - always 1st sequence<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Location: </b>Southeast Utah & Southwest Colorado - see below<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Operating Schedule:<br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b><i>Utah</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">April 6 - 1800z start (due to travel) 70cm 432.090 Mhz DM58 near Green River, Utah<br />April 8 - MR 1800z 23cm 1296.090 MHz DM57 Valley of the Gods, Utah<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">April 9 - wind cancelled<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">April 10 - MR 2000 70cm 432.090 MHz DM57 Goosenecks State Park, Utah<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b><i>Colorado</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">April 13 - MR 2300z 23cm 1296.090 Mhz DM57 Canyon of the Ancients National Monument, Colorado</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">April 15 - MR 0015Z 70cm 432.090 MHz DM57 Canyon of the Ancients National Monument, Colorado <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Modes: </b>70cm Q65-60B, 23cm Q65-60C CFOM preferred, can do CW after I work digital stations</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Gear: </b>70cm - 1x 9wl Yagi 500 watts 23cm - 2.4M dish, 400 watts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Internet: </b>At times </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Thank you donors - <span style="color: black;">NC1I, DL9KR, PA3FXB, DL7APV, OK1IL, DL1VPL</span></b></span> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> April 15, 2022</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHdBWJRA6BvyxShiUwgxd4G6Ur9F7nUVDDn6s4lf16sD0bX9o-JXaUs8FuB1Ngl9VO6RsVcuSHOH_0clZSlslHTnDpa4V7XcLUvbVYokD9u86TdXHYMWMazugZSOjxOFs4l_C7vWr0VUI_dqIPA_Z_NtD78S53nHioVLfKKdxiif1cqFbbVpID8OaSA/s3590/cockpit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2507" data-original-width="3590" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHdBWJRA6BvyxShiUwgxd4G6Ur9F7nUVDDn6s4lf16sD0bX9o-JXaUs8FuB1Ngl9VO6RsVcuSHOH_0clZSlslHTnDpa4V7XcLUvbVYokD9u86TdXHYMWMazugZSOjxOFs4l_C7vWr0VUI_dqIPA_Z_NtD78S53nHioVLfKKdxiif1cqFbbVpID8OaSA/w400-h279/cockpit.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small RV makes for tight quarters, but everything has a place. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> </b>The relay repair held up fine with the first 500 watt smoke test, and I had a very nice evening session on 70cm from here in Colorado (DM57oj) to finish up this trip's EME operating. I very much appreciate the folks in Europe crawling out of a warm bed in the middle of the night to give me a contact. The trip was a great success, and several folks added a State or two to their Worked All States quest. LoTW is up to date. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Worked: DG5CST (-13), PA5Y (-15), DK3WG (-15), ES3RF (-22), UA3PTW (-12), DL7APV (-5), NC1I (-11), OK1VUM (-17), ZS4TX (-22), OT7K (-18), OK1KIR (-15), SM7THS (-15), W2HRO (-22), K5DOG (-23), W5LUA (-15), DL1VPL (-19), W7MEM (-16), W7JW (-25). On CW I managed DL9KR (549), OK1KIR (419), DG5CST (429). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>April 14, 2022</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last time I took the 70CM station apart I managed to twist the N
connector loose form the body of the power relay in the pre-amp
switching box and in the process bend the wiper arm. This morning with a
full cup of coffee I managed to get things right and re-assemble the
relay. We'll give 70CM EME a go from this lovely camping spot. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> <br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjssdcqJoNXJQI5q4iDp5qu0UHMurd8ucoAyNupWec9iZ6WVzc_RfuhP4DvWcsdgTBfo1zx2f-yTU8VqjOiDi-o5pL3b__sSqYzhsIXwMpVOXNiCUTtYpi1OD75BpGHBfHR4F5xoaDlExIpB2JhjVP25f0igm7IVkT9aA-0UX5qGsQF5qWykJ7GIcjoQ/s3212/broken%20relay.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3212" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjssdcqJoNXJQI5q4iDp5qu0UHMurd8ucoAyNupWec9iZ6WVzc_RfuhP4DvWcsdgTBfo1zx2f-yTU8VqjOiDi-o5pL3b__sSqYzhsIXwMpVOXNiCUTtYpi1OD75BpGHBfHR4F5xoaDlExIpB2JhjVP25f0igm7IVkT9aA-0UX5qGsQF5qWykJ7GIcjoQ/s320/broken%20relay.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some creative bending of the actuator arm needed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJxVfhu2NvZHM3nQ9gmpr42R_I0T6MkzC3K0t3neWuipyvEiF849QydlxCamgmDU6GRlsgGjXgwdTsu_q1E6fkpPqocJDL6byCJnQhCw--a_O9XUySYJYO2kz9j53u5G8ED2MkHLYRxcsFLCBIH1UuCYzyw2Xcv99F23AyXFkb6LNWT7KHo994wiYXA/s3670/relay%20box.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3670" data-original-width="2280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJxVfhu2NvZHM3nQ9gmpr42R_I0T6MkzC3K0t3neWuipyvEiF849QydlxCamgmDU6GRlsgGjXgwdTsu_q1E6fkpPqocJDL6byCJnQhCw--a_O9XUySYJYO2kz9j53u5G8ED2MkHLYRxcsFLCBIH1UuCYzyw2Xcv99F23AyXFkb6LNWT7KHo994wiYXA/w249-h400/relay%20box.jpg" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Relay repaired and back in its rightful place.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></b><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGVdm-BEA7CYbOHxMJuKOpZ5XbUlDF26HvPauA7IPcMJWNdt-_zlfhx4hAgfLKyDpAB-K2TsDRp1D1v1rXgXaQIL17OnuGCLvPCB4la-IYsHiVflt5t54Vl_YJcmI74_i1UDtVX50F25nxZ_i-bxdMnuybe0byv5-5qtsP43rHfjHs9iFBEYMWuw8gw/s3852/aerial%20view.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="3852" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGVdm-BEA7CYbOHxMJuKOpZ5XbUlDF26HvPauA7IPcMJWNdt-_zlfhx4hAgfLKyDpAB-K2TsDRp1D1v1rXgXaQIL17OnuGCLvPCB4la-IYsHiVflt5t54Vl_YJcmI74_i1UDtVX50F25nxZ_i-bxdMnuybe0byv5-5qtsP43rHfjHs9iFBEYMWuw8gw/w541-h317/aerial%20view.jpg" width="541" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Easy to like this campsite. I flew the drone this morning as my reward for being Mr. Fixit.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>April 13, 2022<br /></b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPW4CTeBPFhFPZ6EZ2tp-ZlewE9uD9Da2SsvW-KYn8e8-PUTvS0waZz7LcRc8bpMkEil0fBlCvSwHoawckNFto4KoLz133yw7fnVIM8b4Cr1Rm_HErfG39K58kxGex4zyUywOeUmXks4UFANfqdLo9BiBrBU_jA3swFVxrNtA4cdiMfWCLUnKGXE8WPw/s4030/Ute%20Mountain.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2069" data-original-width="4030" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPW4CTeBPFhFPZ6EZ2tp-ZlewE9uD9Da2SsvW-KYn8e8-PUTvS0waZz7LcRc8bpMkEil0fBlCvSwHoawckNFto4KoLz133yw7fnVIM8b4Cr1Rm_HErfG39K58kxGex4zyUywOeUmXks4UFANfqdLo9BiBrBU_jA3swFVxrNtA4cdiMfWCLUnKGXE8WPw/w558-h285/Ute%20Mountain.jpg" width="558" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ute Mountain from the cliff top site. The ropes are extra wind anchoring insurance.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We'll gave 23cm EME a try today from Colorado. We found a great site at DM57oj on a cliff edge with Ute Mountain out there on the southern horizon. Setting up for a 2300z moonrise was easy, and the Internet connection was solid. Talk about having it all.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The site had no soil, it was all sandstone, so I laid my tent stakes horizontally, looped the tie-down strap around them, and put about 200 pounds of rocks on top. I also ran 2 lines upwind to make sure the gusts wouldn't topple the dish. Toward sunset the wind totally died as expected. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A great session - plenty of folks worked on Q65-60C. NC1I (-18), OK1KIR (-16), G4CCH (-18), IQ2DB (-20), IK1FJI (-16), SM5DGX (-14), OT7K (-23), PA3DZL (-17), DK3WG (-24), N1AV (-23), K5DOG (-22), WA3RGQ (-24), OK1IL (-22), UA3PTW (-14), W5LUA (-19), AA4MD (-24), K6VHF (-28), FG8OJ (-33), XE1XA (-21), W5AFY (-23), G4YTL (-27), W2HRO (-23), KB2SA (-24), CX2SC (-25), KA1GT (-22), N0CTR (-20), W5LUA (-14), N5BF (-24)<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bonus - We stopped and hiked the trail at <a href="https://www.gjhikes.com/2012/08/sand-canyon-pueblo.html" target="_blank">Sand Canyon Pueblo</a> a few miles back down the Forest Service Road. Interesting to see the ruins of a site that was inhabited around 1250 A.D. by several hundred folks.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>April 12, 2022</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6MquCCoqNWWYryBqkEUnYEje71FoE2mHulBsAfWYQ6meDAPoALH6fZBu7zioB_OJ3J_eSp8a5lPy4ByeY3I8q-VwMlqx89pPYi6DCSDxbVyAL-t4389xoOiSmG8aSOn3Jumx7ko1lrOptSQQfn75emFjBLLwCWiJbiDJEgBl-u-sSsUcWjqD-455Tw/s4032/IMG_0090.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6MquCCoqNWWYryBqkEUnYEje71FoE2mHulBsAfWYQ6meDAPoALH6fZBu7zioB_OJ3J_eSp8a5lPy4ByeY3I8q-VwMlqx89pPYi6DCSDxbVyAL-t4389xoOiSmG8aSOn3Jumx7ko1lrOptSQQfn75emFjBLLwCWiJbiDJEgBl-u-sSsUcWjqD-455Tw/w400-h300/IMG_0090.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">April snow SW Colorado. Given extreme drought this is a very good thing.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </b>The gate on the road to the Forest Service site I was going to use for the 23cm EME ops was closed and locked. How rude! We booked into an RV park down the road to re-group and wait out the storm. And a fine storm it is! It looks like April 16 or 17th before we can try another Colorado spot.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>April 10, 2022</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDpixxmMmNhBq4mpi0wkpORcooivWDbAplEgORUd9l-OP_0yNZsRotkEOMfL9a4hrun0B-jJ2nBL2Ux9EfGlOs18a67F0qELhFcDMZn7peRaazpvO1a_VgolcJSM9o2o5WGtH9utfSwGMws8DEa3OP5lbmxrFY7WGeSAUPrctpVXWdS8MSy3Ukd5-4g/s4030/gooseneck.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2841" data-original-width="4030" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDpixxmMmNhBq4mpi0wkpORcooivWDbAplEgORUd9l-OP_0yNZsRotkEOMfL9a4hrun0B-jJ2nBL2Ux9EfGlOs18a67F0qELhFcDMZn7peRaazpvO1a_VgolcJSM9o2o5WGtH9utfSwGMws8DEa3OP5lbmxrFY7WGeSAUPrctpVXWdS8MSy3Ukd5-4g/w435-h308/gooseneck.jpg" width="435" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DM57ae - Utah. Looking way down at the San Juan River.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Joyce and I decided to give Goosenecks State Park a visit, so we headed south for about 30 minutes, arrived, and set up the 70cm station easily. Even though it clouded over just before moonrise I was able to complete with 14 stations. We had to walk a whole 100 feet (30M) over to the edge to see the San Juan River meander 1,000 feet (320M) below us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Worked using Q65-60B: DL7APV ( -5), DL1VPL (-23), DG5CST (-15), OK1DFC (-22), PA5Y (-19), UA3PTW (-19), OK1KIR (-19), PA2V (-19), PA2CHR (-27), OK1VUM (-19), DL8FBD (-25), DK4RC (-19), OT7K (-21). DL9KR sure knows where to place his CW signal to get my attention - we completed effortlessly 539/559.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A nasty storm is going to hit the whole western part of the USA - we'll see how we fare in Colorado on 23cm tomorrow.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>April 8, 2022</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8T0K4cD_qsiBJTIkvolbJ7yMovbkTsliAYxoc32kj4dvFXlW2LPoP0f7Oi6zpYwe7rAhvB13IMuOttX3iVK6zC4J4-eVpClNplWF6wlfThUUfGOm8c-aYryJyD42bV-UZHAvfLyhXqIsY8huR2H2eTI7CIkDul3cEwaahSm4-Y4OA6-S1RTRsoxExQ/s3483/DM57%20aero%20view.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2249" data-original-width="3483" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8T0K4cD_qsiBJTIkvolbJ7yMovbkTsliAYxoc32kj4dvFXlW2LPoP0f7Oi6zpYwe7rAhvB13IMuOttX3iVK6zC4J4-eVpClNplWF6wlfThUUfGOm8c-aYryJyD42bV-UZHAvfLyhXqIsY8huR2H2eTI7CIkDul3cEwaahSm4-Y4OA6-S1RTRsoxExQ/w447-h290/DM57%20aero%20view.jpg" width="447" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DM57cg, Valley of the Gods, Utah 2.4M dish ready to go.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> It was a perfect day for 23cm EME. We found a dandy spot well off the road in the Valley of the Gods and set up easily. No wind, visible moon, and Murphy was missing in action. I worked all I heard! 24 stations were logged, all with good signals. Things really died off in three hours, so after another hour of CQ'ing to a quiet band I stopped and went for a hike. Later I got the drone out and shot this <a href="https://youtu.be/czcOfZ9JyRI " target="_blank">video</a>.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the log via Q65-60C: NC1I (-12), DG5CST (-8), UA3PTW (-11), DL4DTU (-16), OK1DFC (-19), IQ2DB (-22), HB9Q (-9), DK3WG (-25), N1AV (-27), OK1CA (-11), PA3FXB (-23), ES3RF (-17), DL8FBD (-22), G4CCH (-16), IK1FJI (-16), DK4RC (-12), OK1IL (-23), VE4MA (-21), DL7UDA (-20), W5AFY (-20), ON4AOI (-23), DG0FE (-22), W2HRO (-22), RA4HL (-15).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next morning before the big winds arrived I shot a sunrise video to show you more of the <a href="https://youtu.be/qjXm0PrPuXU " target="_blank">Valley Of The Gods</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT51SU4Ss10" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT51SU4Ss10">here</a> also.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>April 6, 2022</b><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9l--1yixlIF7OOpgDwtinKo7Fh_1UOeogTxGvQwKV6fR-IR0IdEVgclWo7UZRmCPTFFlgE6mZLyTf_NRO5A2zDSHW6mT9eno9Fg8SPqUPx3O0BhxcWWTtIlR2akCdHVr8kmZrAm9vDNea-9GDyrWHHvrtoLAb4tGFz2GEqRL1E3TMEmMESVLqif7sw/s4030/KB7Q%20Late%20afternoon.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2019" data-original-width="4030" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9l--1yixlIF7OOpgDwtinKo7Fh_1UOeogTxGvQwKV6fR-IR0IdEVgclWo7UZRmCPTFFlgE6mZLyTf_NRO5A2zDSHW6mT9eno9Fg8SPqUPx3O0BhxcWWTtIlR2akCdHVr8kmZrAm9vDNea-9GDyrWHHvrtoLAb4tGFz2GEqRL1E3TMEmMESVLqif7sw/w471-h236/KB7Q%20Late%20afternoon.jpg" width="471" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DM58cv Near Green River, Utah on BLM land</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> A challenging, but fun day. We drove the 150 miles down from Provo and was QRV only 5 minutes late at 1805z. On 70cm Q65-60B EME I worked OK1KIR (-18), NC1I (-10), DL1VPL (-23), ES3RF (-24), UA3PTW (-12), DL7APV (-11), SM7THS (-20), HB9Q (-11), ON4AOI (-22), W2HRO (-22), DL5FN (-19), PA2V (-17), W5LUA (-17), and G4YTL (-20). On CW it was a pleasure to work DL9KR with 559 exchanged both ways - we hit it just right!. LoTW upload done.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> </span>Murphy tried his best today. The amp suddenly died - when I opened it up the little piece of Teflon coax that serves as a capacitor in the output section was rattling around in the bottom of the amp. The heat had melted the solder! My bad - I usually do put a small fan inside the amp, but I didn't add it to the 70cm unit. I will. Long story short - I soldered the coax back in place and got back on the air.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSORgTjFPrrRLLHUSA3M7jQhOV-lTSVFFoif2kAEbihRNH5THzdL02xQ161b-h7iKzcDWYtgqln4uObp5QRasKE5IJxLJ6Lfv67TuvrlOa9Wh84F6-IVI0Q8JL9M1H2xsBmmzqbVaU4XYyFwVKeF4Crf8tYtZAB7xx1Z68lIsnRbqDlEDVZnMYB2-Gg/s500/coaxcap.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSORgTjFPrrRLLHUSA3M7jQhOV-lTSVFFoif2kAEbihRNH5THzdL02xQ161b-h7iKzcDWYtgqln4uObp5QRasKE5IJxLJ6Lfv67TuvrlOa9Wh84F6-IVI0Q8JL9M1H2xsBmmzqbVaU4XYyFwVKeF4Crf8tYtZAB7xx1Z68lIsnRbqDlEDVZnMYB2-Gg/s320/coaxcap.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back in place you go!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-90189985261299184582021-11-10T18:47:00.007-07:002021-11-24T07:02:00.303-07:00Singular purpose 222 MHz EME Outing<p> <b>November 10, 2021<br /></b>I rolled the 75 miles down to Yellowstone Park, Wyoming (DN44lw) and gave Dave, K1WHS his State #47 on 1.25M band. It all went according to plan, except for 20 minutes when the amp quit working - it turned out to be a dirty BNC connector. K1OR was also worked. Here are a few shots to suggest just how much fun it was, and what a lovely day I had for mid-November. <i>Post Script: The following week K1WHS easily worked Kansas and Colorado to push him to 49 States. It turns out Dave still needs Oklahoma to complete his W.A.S. quest.</i><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bPUmXu9998o/YYx0dsts7NI/AAAAAAAAnyM/2V_qj3t2SHQkZjLJMXZxE-2p6Ss5SZ-zQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/backseat.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1701" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bPUmXu9998o/YYx0dsts7NI/AAAAAAAAnyM/2V_qj3t2SHQkZjLJMXZxE-2p6Ss5SZ-zQCLcBGAsYHQ/w333-h400/backseat.jpeg" width="333" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back seat station - note to self: Don't slam on the brakes.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2coJRH0_3zk/YYx0wH_IN7I/AAAAAAAAnyU/fy2nFtKQfeMnzGXNHJA7K9H2g5U1aHAlACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/hatch.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2coJRH0_3zk/YYx0wH_IN7I/AAAAAAAAnyU/fy2nFtKQfeMnzGXNHJA7K9H2g5U1aHAlACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/hatch.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty organized, antenna on the top rack.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4szzz_9V4gQ/YYx1rP9FI1I/AAAAAAAAnyk/XdSXx_5Ar_MSEjuUg4UfYJWcPve9EAJMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/YNP.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="2048" height="280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4szzz_9V4gQ/YYx1rP9FI1I/AAAAAAAAnyk/XdSXx_5Ar_MSEjuUg4UfYJWcPve9EAJMwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h280/YNP.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tourist free!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VipbZWj7rhw/YYx15uAUqLI/AAAAAAAAnyo/Ky9ThLegJUMtV8xsH5Fvv5tJDP-Otki5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/yagi.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VipbZWj7rhw/YYx15uAUqLI/AAAAAAAAnyo/Ky9ThLegJUMtV8xsH5Fvv5tJDP-Otki5gCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/yagi.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The moon is there if you squint, and so was K1WHS. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-53007871249802563322021-10-31T07:12:00.010-06:002021-11-03T03:14:37.795-06:00Rural 23cm EME<p> October 31, 2021</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VgI3YIgMitc/YYAs9FXZLEI/AAAAAAAAnwg/e5aMc6fkmcsMVmxu7ABsvY2cjAR2BdAOACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/barn.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="2048" height="263" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VgI3YIgMitc/YYAs9FXZLEI/AAAAAAAAnwg/e5aMc6fkmcsMVmxu7ABsvY2cjAR2BdAOACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h263/barn.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My DN45 low noise location with mains power.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Snf2B4PhJjg/YX6UNtvPqSI/AAAAAAAAnwM/qMGHJ-KKiw8iC_sK7JZ04wXsdlkEkhREQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/rustic%2BEME.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2048" height="321" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Snf2B4PhJjg/YX6UNtvPqSI/AAAAAAAAnwM/qMGHJ-KKiw8iC_sK7JZ04wXsdlkEkhREQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h321/rustic%2BEME.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heat, coffee, a spare pre-amp, and 23cm EME.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span> Late October was very good for working new stations. Seven new folks were added to the log bringing my home total to #81 on 23cm EME in almost a year of activity. New stations worked via Q65-60C: YO2LAM (-20), DK5AI (-24), IQ2DB (-18), DJ2DY (-21), IK7EZN (-24), DL1SUZ (-24), and W2LPL (-29).</span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-90962433265406149412021-09-04T13:00:00.036-06:002021-10-08T07:43:19.810-06:00Wyoming & Nebraska 70cm and 23cm EME <p> <b><b>Dates: </b></b>September 30 to October 2, 2021<b><br />
<b>Call: </b></b>KB7Q<b> </b>(always first sequence)<b><br />
<b>QTH: </b></b>Wyoming (DN74oi), Nebraska, (DN82gp)<b> <br /><br />Wyoming<br /></b>September 30 - DN74oi Wyoming 23cm 1296.090 Mhz Q65-60C MR 0700z<b><br />Nebraska<br /></b>October 1 - 70cm 432.090 MHz 1st MR clear of trees 0800z CW first, then JT65b<br />October 2 - 23cm 1296.090 MHz 1st MR clear of trees 0900z Q65-60C<br /><br /><b>Gear: </b>70cm 9wl Yagi 500 watts, 23cm 2.4M dish, 350 watts, IC9700, WD5AGO preamps<br /><b>Internet: </b>Yes, will come up on the HB9Q Logger.<br /></p><p><span> </span>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!</p><p>The September 30 <b>Wyoming</b> 23cm EME stop was a great success. <br />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.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GYcI2NYDzdA/YVjQFCS-aKI/AAAAAAAAns8/Hnae_Qeo1MoXzDiLltcitx85H_jvzZ2lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Night%2BTime%2BEME.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1677" data-original-width="2048" height="382" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GYcI2NYDzdA/YVjQFCS-aKI/AAAAAAAAns8/Hnae_Qeo1MoXzDiLltcitx85H_jvzZ2lwCLcBGAsYHQ/w466-h382/Night%2BTime%2BEME.jpg" width="466" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wyoming (DN74) - Night Patrol @ O'Dark 30.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />October 1st - On to <b>Nebraska</b> (DN82) and some <b>70cm EME</b> operations.<br />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. <br /> <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ntoY4Y0pDAA/YVcqmUh70ZI/AAAAAAAAnsY/Z0f4gGZ73zIWLvt-L1Oj24Umx1G40urTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Fort%2BRobinson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ntoY4Y0pDAA/YVcqmUh70ZI/AAAAAAAAnsY/Z0f4gGZ73zIWLvt-L1Oj24Umx1G40urTgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/Fort%2BRobinson.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nebraska (DN82) at historic Fort Robinson. 70cm station ready.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>October 2 - <b>23cm EME</b> from DN82 <b>Nebraska</b>. <br />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.</p><p>Click below to listen to DG5CST and OK1KIR calling on 23cm on my Nebraska moonrise.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dytZ8gG9kwz03AMJzIJJVMwi1Hb9ZGiIEoCdBHOMTU5ksdfzklZZWt7Ku824ImbjnAfYxCTs_7lHiL8jMeAoQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YkyFTC9iMzg/YVg_OftoOWI/AAAAAAAAnso/6RAHnNTtQVQPb1rRp0V3XIUHqhmH4UQ8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/DG5CST%2BView.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YkyFTC9iMzg/YVg_OftoOWI/AAAAAAAAnso/6RAHnNTtQVQPb1rRp0V3XIUHqhmH4UQ8gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/DG5CST%2BView.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DG5CST view of my 23cm pile-up on his 10M dish.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-75530050149653652242021-07-30T11:25:00.019-06:002021-08-12T07:25:56.014-06:00222 MHz EME/MS OUTING - Wyoming (DN54fw)<p> <b><b>Dates: </b></b>August 10 - 11, 2021<b><br />
<b>Call: </b></b>KB7Q<b><br />
<b>QTH: </b></b>Beartooth Plateau (DN54fw ), Wyoming<b><br />
<b>Frequency/Mode<i>: </i></b></b><br />EME (JT65b) 222.086 MHz KB7Q first sequence<br />MS (MSK144) 222.080 MHz<b> </b><i>shorthand enabled,</i><b> </b>30 second sequences<b><br /><b>Gear: </b></b>IC-7300, Q5 Transverter, 800W LDMOS amp, WD5AGO preamp, 5wl Yagi w/polarity<b> </b>adjust<br /><b>
<b>Note: </b></b>No Internet<br /></p><p><b>Schedule:<br /></b>August 10 <br />Meteor Scatter 1100z to 1400z<br />EME Moonrise 1430z</p><p>August 11<br />Meteor Scatter 1130z to 1430z<br />EME Moonrise 1540z </p><p><span> </span>Another fun trip to the Beartooth Plateau. We had high winds the whole time, and we bugged out a day early because the 9,700' altitude started getting to us - just another side effect of breathing forest fire smoke all summer. No matter - I worked most all I heard. Two highlights: W5ZN and I made it without stress for a 1150 mile meteor scatter contact for Joel's State #45, and WA4NJP was an easy EME contact for his State #48. <br /></p><p><span> 222 MHz Meteor scatter contacts<br />W0VTT, W5ZN, N0LWF, W5AFY, KB7ME, AA5C, W9RM, and K7ND.</span></p><p><span>222 MHz EME contacts:<br />WA4NJP, N9HF (State #42) , N0AKC, and K1OR. W5ZN was heard well (best -18) for 45 minutes.</span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q66vHPzIU7w/YRROGmVpteI/AAAAAAAAnn8/qhBP2nysOAgGM7o5bkFazXzqj-sM6KpbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1017/N0LWF.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="1017" height="359" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q66vHPzIU7w/YRROGmVpteI/AAAAAAAAnn8/qhBP2nysOAgGM7o5bkFazXzqj-sM6KpbwCLcBGAsYHQ/w478-h359/N0LWF.JPG" width="478" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now that is a 222 MHz Perseids ping!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xu24uf8y-aE/YRROmd_pFhI/AAAAAAAAnoE/l6cG1GZAMxEi0z8EDIjrKHK9EKO_iIwyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/DN54fw.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="358" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xu24uf8y-aE/YRROmd_pFhI/AAAAAAAAnoE/l6cG1GZAMxEi0z8EDIjrKHK9EKO_iIwyQCLcBGAsYHQ/w477-h358/DN54fw.jpg" width="477" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-sunrise looking southeast while working AA5C on meteor scatter.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />,<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4AxeNAMsaPM/YRR4dNsu5DI/AAAAAAAAnoM/r-sTnrQmXXQrzh08QI7MImLdbLauq2JkACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/BT.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="2048" height="294" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4AxeNAMsaPM/YRR4dNsu5DI/AAAAAAAAnoM/r-sTnrQmXXQrzh08QI7MImLdbLauq2JkACLcBGAsYHQ/w462-h294/BT.jpg" width="462" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking north into the heart of the Beartooth Range.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-83279763796412561052021-05-19T20:34:00.011-06:002021-05-21T10:00:27.423-06:00Wyoming 70CM EME Afternoon (DN44lw)<p> <b>May 19, 2021</b></p><p><span> </span>Word on the street was that Peter, G3LTF needed Wyoming on 70cm CW EME for State #49. Who doesn't like a challenge? I threw the gear into the truck, headed south, and spent a lovely spring afternoon working all I could hear on "Charlie Whiskey" from my favorite Yellowstone Park spot. Logged: G3LTF (419), DL7APV (529), DL9KR (529), OH2DG (429), SM2CEW (419), DG5CST (529), UA3PTW (419), KL6M (419).<span></span></p><p><span><span> </span>KL6M made a neat recording of my CW signal with his 30 foot (9.2M) dish. Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yOb5Llw8xuwoIyvht-5I4ojxOYjvyY9r/view?usp=sharing">here</a>.</span></p><p><span><span> </span></span>Switching to JT656b added ON4AOI (-18), W2HRO (-20), DL8FBD (-22). Not a bad outing for a single 9wl Yagi and 500 watts.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_Bekny_Uq4/YKXL3gekWcI/AAAAAAAAna8/cTiYJZqniMUUU_h7hT40ziZVNkDhi8RtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/DN44lw.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_Bekny_Uq4/YKXL3gekWcI/AAAAAAAAna8/cTiYJZqniMUUU_h7hT40ziZVNkDhi8RtgCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/DN44lw.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spring time in the Rockies. 9wl Yagi and 500 watts<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t2L5Xed0ndA/YKXMK72I0MI/AAAAAAAAnbE/220Tgx2t62I4MRVaWqtvGYeAP9duCp3sACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/flower.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="2048" height="244" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t2L5Xed0ndA/YKXMK72I0MI/AAAAAAAAnbE/220Tgx2t62I4MRVaWqtvGYeAP9duCp3sACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h244/flower.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down has its rewards too.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-28408966537756146312021-03-05T07:50:00.110-07:002021-08-04T20:41:09.749-06:00Six State 23cm EME Activation<p><b><b>Dates: </b></b>March 19 - April 24, 2021<b><br />
<b>Call: </b></b>KB7Q<b><br />
<b>QTH: </b></b>Arizona, New Mexico, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama<b>, </b>Kentucky<b><br />
<b>Frequency<i>: </i></b></b>1296.090 MHz, KB7Q always 1st<br /><b>Modes:</b> JT65c preferred, listening on my echo. CW upon request<b>. <br />
<b>Gear: </b></b>2.4M folding dish, 300 watts at patch feed, IC-9700, Leo Bodnar GPSDO,<b> </b>WD5AGO preamp<b><br />
<b>Note: </b></b>I expect to have Internet, and I'll come up on the HB9Q Logger</p><p><b>Trip Summary<u><br />State</u><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><u>Stations Worked<span><span></span></span></u><span><span> <span> </span><u>CW</u></span></span><br /></b>Ari<span>zona </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span><span></span></span>11<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>0<br />New Mexico<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>34<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>3<br />Arkansas<span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span>51<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> 7</span><br />Mississippi<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>54<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>7<br />Alabama<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span>53<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>7<br />Kentucky<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span>45</span></span></span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> 5</span><br /><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><span> </span><b><br />Thank You Donors! <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br />WD5AGO, VE4MA, ES3RF, OK1KIR, OK1IL, N1AV, G4YTL, G4CCH, NC1I, VE3KRP, OK1DFC, PA3DZL, DL8FBD, SM6CKU, KN0WS, K4QF, HB9Q, PA3FXB, ON4AOI <br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> <span style="color: black;">May 4, 2021</span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zQk4jnh97LU/YJPfHjdnijI/AAAAAAAAnZE/lXcHExE7NxEO-b_m7C7wNgzEJP6op5kcACLcBGAsYHQ/s2667/big%2Bsky%2Bcountry.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="2667" height="176" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zQk4jnh97LU/YJPfHjdnijI/AAAAAAAAnZE/lXcHExE7NxEO-b_m7C7wNgzEJP6op5kcACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h176/big%2Bsky%2Bcountry.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home ground! After 54 days on the road it is good to be back in Big Sky Country.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"><span></span></span></span></b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></b><p></p><p><b>April 23, 2021 - EM77el - Mount Sherman, Kentucky<br /><span> </span></b><span>The six State 23cm EME activation is done. We drove up to Craig, N8DJB's place in light rain. The skies cleared a bit for set-up, and even went blue with a visual moon for most of the actual operating session. The Q65-30B experiment was a great success, in 1.5 hours I worked 27 stations. Logged were SM5GGC (-23), IK1FJI (-17), HB9Q (-3), OK1KIR (-11), PA0BAT (-18), G4CCH (-19), OK2DL (-9), DG5CST (-10), OK1DFC (-20), PA3DZL (-15), DK3WG (-23), DF4RC (-11), ES3RF (-21), SM6CKU (-11), DL8FBD (-21), OK1IL(-20), G4YTL (-22), UA9FAD (-24), IK7EZN (-22), SM5DGX (-13), PE1LWT (-20), OM4XA (-20), PA3FXB (-19), DL7UDA (-16), KA1GT (-21), DG0FE (-19), K2UYH (-17). </span></p><p><span>JT65c produced as well - contact was made with NC1I (-9), ON4AOI (-12), IK1FJI (-13), K2UYH (-11), VE4MA (-18), VE3KRP (-19), DF2GB (-19), GM0PJD (-25), K5DOG (-17), CX2SC (-25), KN0WS (-20), N1AV (-19), PE1CHQ (-18), PA3FXB (-18), N5BF (-25), DL3EBJ (-12), W2HRO (-20).</span></p><p><span>There was time for CW also, conditions were excellent and I worked HB9Q (539), OK1KIR (529), G4CCH (519), IK1FJI (419), K2UYH (419). Altogether 45 individual stations were worked. LoTW up to date, including all Q65 contacts.<br /></span></p><p><span><b><i>Donations greatly appreciated </i></b>PayPal: geneshea@gmail.com<br /></span></p><p><span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4PrIXhS_bCA/YIOE4hN0rbI/AAAAAAAAnE8/wqNfJgQy11M_sugPjwl7Lvo4gjvbbeC7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/dishes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1686" data-original-width="2048" height="329" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4PrIXhS_bCA/YIOE4hN0rbI/AAAAAAAAnE8/wqNfJgQy11M_sugPjwl7Lvo4gjvbbeC7wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h329/dishes.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">N8DJB/4 big dish, and the KB7Q little dish in Kentucky EM77el.<br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-haIlp1TFHvM/YIOFOfdd-VI/AAAAAAAAnFE/kXQOPc8DMPcwhomrA5qdOWo-T-g_6zL8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1359/Capture.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="1359" height="214" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-haIlp1TFHvM/YIOFOfdd-VI/AAAAAAAAnFE/kXQOPc8DMPcwhomrA5qdOWo-T-g_6zL8gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h214/Capture.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Q65-30B action using the multi-decode function<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><span></span><span> </span><br /><p></p><p><b>April 22, 2021 - EM64kq Wheeler Lake, Alabama<br /></b>A perfect day to finish up the Alabama stay - a near full moon, no wind, and 70 degrees. I worked several additional folks to bump the total of stations worked to 53. On JT65C I worked UA3PTW (-20), ON4QQ (-21), DL3EBJ (-17), IK3COJ (-23), PE1LWT (-24), LA3EQ (-28), OK2DL (-8), DG5CST (-9), SM4GGC (-24), I5YDI (-25), VE3KRP (-23), IK7EZN (-27), DK3WG (-28), LA1TN (-23). CW signals were quite good today, worked were K4QF (419 on scatter), DK3WG (329), DG5CST (529), HB9Q (529), OK1KIR (419), G4CCH (519), and IK1FJI (329).<br /><span> </span>On to Kentucky tomorrow before the rain arrives, and then to drop all this gear off at a pawn shop - Ok, maybe not. :-)<br /></p><p><b>April 21, 2021 - EM64kq Wheeler Lake, Alabama<span><br /><span> </span></span></b><span><span>A very pleasant 200 mile ride up into Alabama on back roads this morning. Set-up went well and the moon was just clearing the only tree at our campsite when I started calling CQ. It was another flawless afternoon of operating 23cm EME with 39 stations logged. <br /><span> </span>The big news was completing an easy contact with K2UYH for his State #50. He is just the third person to earn Worked All States on 23cm behind W5LUA, and K5JL. Congratulations Al!</span></span></p><p><span><span><span></span><span> </span>Ben, K4QF stopped by for a visit and he seemed to enjoy the show!<span> <br /> </span><br /><span> </span>In the log: DL7UDA (-18), PE1CHQ (-17), HB9Q (-5), DF3RU (-15), SM6CKU (-17), OK1KIR (-12), OK1IL (-21), ON5GS (-21), G4CCH (-16), OK1DFC (-22), DG0FE (-21), PA3DZL (-18), DL8FBD (-25), ON4AOI (-23), K2UYH (-17), IK1FJI (-20), UA9FAD (-26), NC1I (-12), ES3RF (-24), K5DOG (-18), PA0BAT (-20), PA3FXB (-24), DF2GB (-18), G4DDK (-25), OM4XA (-21), W2HRO (-20), G4YTL (-23), N5BF (-24), VE4MA (-21), KA1GT (-21), W5LUA (-11), SM5DGX (-10), DF2VJ (-26), RN6MA (-26), KB2SA (-24), N1AV (-19), AA6I (-19), KD5FZX (-10).<br /></span></span></p><p><span><span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iw3dB1a5QLM/YIDG2-7d0XI/AAAAAAAAnEU/DaVmeITf_VQv11VzmY5BoxcVsfoUzhWBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Wheeler%2BLake.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1537" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iw3dB1a5QLM/YIDG2-7d0XI/AAAAAAAAnEU/DaVmeITf_VQv11VzmY5BoxcVsfoUzhWBwCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/Wheeler%2BLake.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Al fresco operating on the shores of Wheeler Lake, Alabama<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qbMotH45GoI/YIGBW3OI2UI/AAAAAAAAnEg/4q63ovJtkHk96decHJjaenP7vBC_mMo_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/swamp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1917" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qbMotH45GoI/YIGBW3OI2UI/AAAAAAAAnEg/4q63ovJtkHk96decHJjaenP7vBC_mMo_wCLcBGAsYHQ/w375-h400/swamp.jpg" width="375" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Alabama postcard picture from our campsite.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><b> April 20, 2021 - EM53cu Grenada Lake, Mississippi<span><br /><span> </span></span></b><span><span>Today I got on at moonrise for three hours, and worked a final few folks. DG5CST was an easy CW contact at RST 519. On JT65c worked were PA3DZL (-16), DG0FE (-18), I7FNW (-18), RN6MA (-25), PE1CHQ (-16), UA9FEM (-24), and G4DDK (-25).<br /><span> This made 51 unique stations worked, many on more than one mode, for the Mississippi stop. How nice is that!? All the gear is packed and in the morning it's another 200 mile jaunt up to Alabama. </span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dDp3_59QyWE/YH9LSrxsI-I/AAAAAAAAnEA/g6ksa3bdnocQDXLhDb8FC8709siFNj2SgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/tub.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dDp3_59QyWE/YH9LSrxsI-I/AAAAAAAAnEA/g6ksa3bdnocQDXLhDb8FC8709siFNj2SgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/tub.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rub-a-dub-dub, an amplifier in a tub.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span><span><span><br /> </span></span></span><br /><p></p><p><b>April 19, 2021 - EM53cu Grenada Lake, Mississippi<br /></b><span> </span>I moved the dish to a better spot this morning, and swapped out the 12 year old LMR-600 feed line. The changes seemed to restore my signal nicely. Let's report those worked today by mode. On CW it was OK1KIR (529), G4CCH (529), SM6CKU (419), HB9Q (549), IK1FJI (429). <br /><span> </span>On Q65-30B I worked 14 stations in 55 minutes as well as several others. Logged with the new mode were OK1CA (-16), OK1KIR (-16), PE1LWT (-26), IK3COJ (-21), ES3RF (-22), AA4MD (-20), DK3WG (-26), G4YTL (-23), DL7UDA (-20), PA0BAT (-17), DG0FE (-25), UA9FA (-23), KA1GT (-22), IK1FJI (-18), G4DDK (-28).<br /><span> </span>JT65c produced also with the following folks logged: UA3PTW (-13), IK1FJI (-15), UA9FAD (-30), I5YDI (-21), PE1CHQ (-18), VE3KRP (-26), DF2GB (-20), ES3RF (-22), IK2MMB (-18), OM4XA (-22), RX6AIA (-26), DF2VJ (-25), KD5FZX (-9), ON4AOI (-28).<br /><span> </span>I ran out of folks to work with plenty of moon left. 47 different stations have been worked from EM53 so far. I'll do a brief session tomorrow, then packing for Alabama.<br /></p><p><b>April 18, 2021 - EM53cu Grenada Lake, Mississippi<br /><span> </span></b><span>A smooth 200 mile ride to MS, so I decided to throw the station together, and see who wanted to play 23cm EME. K2UYH nailed down State #49 on both CW and JT65c, and 19 others were worked - a great start to the Mississippi operation. We have a great camp site, and the weather looks to be perfect for the next few days. <br /></span></p><p><span>In the log: DF3RU (-15), G4CCH (-14), SM6CKU (-22), DG5CST (-14), PA3FXB (-22), K2UYH (-16), N1AV (-21), SM4GGC (-23), W2HRO (-27), DL8FBD (-25), OK1IL (-21), HB9Q (-5), K5DOG (-22), DK4RC (-12), W5LUA (-23), OK1DFC (-23 Q65-60C), KD5FZX (-17 Q65-60C), VE4MA (-21 Q65 60C), K2UYH (CW), NC1I (-19), and KA1GT (-22 Q65-30B). LoTW up to date.<br /></span></p><p><span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NMnpBIl3LCw/YHz89P5_t3I/AAAAAAAAnDY/FPD1TuRbjkk10dLUfI-SKbaYZD1QQVh-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/site21.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2048" height="280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NMnpBIl3LCw/YHz89P5_t3I/AAAAAAAAnDY/FPD1TuRbjkk10dLUfI-SKbaYZD1QQVh-wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h280/site21.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A perfect camping spot on Grenada Lake, Mississippi EM53cu<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jRUwcsqLE1o/YH2L1vf3csI/AAAAAAAAnDw/huV8Jq0G450bkZEkNwxhPJ3dGWOd5UgSACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/sunrise%2Bbetter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="2048" height="208" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jRUwcsqLE1o/YH2L1vf3csI/AAAAAAAAnDw/huV8Jq0G450bkZEkNwxhPJ3dGWOd5UgSACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h208/sunrise%2Bbetter.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mississippi Sunrise<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>April 17, 2021 - EM45dh, Arkansas<br /><span> </span></b><span>Today was a CW special. The following guys were logged on "Charlie Whiskey": DG5CST, G4CCH, OK2DL, IK1FJI, DF3RU, and HB9Q. HB9Q was Q5 on SSB, but I didn't have enough signal for us to complete. SP5GDM (-27), and PE1CHQ (-15) were added on JT65c to bring the grand total to 62 contacts with 54 different stations. On to Mississippi!</span><br /></p><p><b>April 16, 2021 - EM45dh, Arkansas<br /><span> </span></b><span>A big, big day of 23cm EME - Arkansas must be rare! I completed 52 contacts with 50 stations made under cloudy skies, and a few rain drops. K2UYH was worked for his 48th State. My aiming technique was up to the challenge today. <br /><br />Logged: HB9Q (-16 thru trees), DG5CST (-15), OK1KIR (-16), UA3PTW (-18), NC1I (-17), OK2DL (-11), OK1CA (-8), OZ4MM (-13), DL7UDA (-16), DK4RC (-8), IK1FJI (-18), PA3DZL (-16), ES3RF (-24), DF3RU (-17), DL8FBD (-23), G4CCH (-14), PA3FXB (-21), UA9FAD (-25), DG0FE (-18), OK1IL (-18), UA9FA (-23), ON4QQ (-19), DK3WG (-26), N1AV (-18), W2HRO (-18), G4YTL (-25), OK1DFC (-21), CX2SC (-27), PA0BAT (-25), OM4XA (-25), SM4GGC (-18), ON4AOI (-17), RA4HL (-19), IK3COJ (-18), DF2VJ (-26), K2UYH (-11), OK1KIR (CW 429), W5LUA (-9), IK7EZN (-21), SM6CKU (-9), I5YDI (-23), AA4MD (-22), KD5FZX (-9), SM5DGX (-8), VE4MA (-20), G4DDK (-30), N5BF (-24), VE3KRP (-29), PA2DW (-23), GM0PJD (-29), K2UYH (CW 419), K5DOG (-20). LoTW upload done.<br /></span></p><p><span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7G-Y8B4hTLk/YHoIWckcPhI/AAAAAAAAnCA/KFgFETGDW-IsLpDP5S8TmiuOzr28KjDggCLcBGAsYHQ/s1357/Capture2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="1357" height="217" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7G-Y8B4hTLk/YHoIWckcPhI/AAAAAAAAnCA/KFgFETGDW-IsLpDP5S8TmiuOzr28KjDggCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h217/Capture2.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pile-up fun!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UJqEFobpRN0/YHoJUACWZSI/AAAAAAAAnCM/_ZYd1ao5yeUNFxBJVnpNKvOjpZtGOyRFgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/The%2Bstation%2Bsetup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1504" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UJqEFobpRN0/YHoJUACWZSI/AAAAAAAAnCM/_ZYd1ao5yeUNFxBJVnpNKvOjpZtGOyRFgCLcBGAsYHQ/w294-h400/The%2Bstation%2Bsetup.jpg" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out of the wind and rain, and plenty of folks to work. Perfect!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><span></span> <br /><p></p><p><b>April 15, 2021 - Arrived EM45dh, 23cm EME set up<br /></b><span> </span>Joyce and I arrived early at W5ZN's place. Set up was error free, so I was QRV much sooner then expected. I put the time to good use working KA1GT (-27), and KB2SA (-27). It took a while to get my azimuth ring aligned, but things finally came together.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9lTdByZ2BrI/YHmhSlIszXI/AAAAAAAAnB0/Ccew3nuW8IwWsJOiyylFmJBuavyFzEuEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/dish%2Band%2Bmore2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9lTdByZ2BrI/YHmhSlIszXI/AAAAAAAAnB0/Ccew3nuW8IwWsJOiyylFmJBuavyFzEuEgCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/dish%2Band%2Bmore2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fitting in at the W5ZN antenna farm. EM45dh<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><b>April 6/7, 2021 - Bonus - 6M ops from DM73aq, Carrizozo, NM<br /><span> </span></b><span>We stopped at Valley of Fires BLM campground to hike the lava trail. I stuck up the 6M Yagi and over two days worked 34 station on a combination of meteor scatter, and ionospheric scatter. It was a pleasure to knock off another FFMA grid for several folks. Best DX was a midday shot to W0VVT 1,110 miles north using Q65-30A. The new mode continues to impress!</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uX5GB24vpWs/YHIpDYGUA1I/AAAAAAAAnAs/6RSdm1soNPEF1E7PeWATpNNFNfTMFtQqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/KB7Q.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="2048" height="254" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uX5GB24vpWs/YHIpDYGUA1I/AAAAAAAAnAs/6RSdm1soNPEF1E7PeWATpNNFNfTMFtQqgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h254/KB7Q.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DM73aq - A horizon any VHF operator would love to have at home.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span><br /></span><p></p><span></span><p></p><p><b>March 29, 2021 SW of Silver City, NM (DM52sn)<br /><span> </span></b>A perfect EME evening with a full moon, perigee, no wind, and a cloudless sky. A special thanks to the EU folks who got out of bed to work me - much appreciated. Worked: OK1DFC (-23), VE3KRP (-24), PA3DZL (-14), DF3RU (-10), CX2SC (-19), OM4XA (-24), SP5GDM (-23). KB2SA (-25), and W2HRO (-22). That makes 34 contacts total for the New Mexico stop.<b> <br /></b></p><p><b>March 28, 2021 SW of Silver City, NM (DM52sn)</b><br /><span> </span>We drove the camper about 145 miles east into New Mexico, and found a great spot up on the Continental Divide at 6,400 feet. Setting up went well, and when the moon cleared a few low trees we were off to the races. It was an excellent session with 25 stations worked on a combination of JT65C, Q65-30B, and CW. No JA/VK/ZL activity however. :-(<br /></p><p>Logged: K5LA on ground wave 115 miles, DG5CST (-9), UA3PTW (-12), HB9Q (-1), OK1KIR (-5), ON4AOI (-17), N1AV (-17), ES3RF (-21), DL8FBD (-19), SM6CKU (-11), DK4RC (-7), OK1IL (-15), OM3XA (-21), PA3FXB (-17), SM5DGX (-16), VA6EME (-17), DK5YA (-22), DG5CST (CW 429), OK1KIR (CW 419), W2HRO (-27), K2UYH (-11), DF2VJ (-25), KA1GT (Q65-30B -19), PA0BAT (-21), K4EME (-25).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YC8VuJRLXTI/YGFQiCu-S8I/AAAAAAAAm-k/-2Q1fhAUuoMwpyv46TOQ-CPcEPpKvkhWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/low%2Bmoon.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1747" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YC8VuJRLXTI/YGFQiCu-S8I/AAAAAAAAm-k/-2Q1fhAUuoMwpyv46TOQ-CPcEPpKvkhWwCLcBGAsYHQ/w341-h400/low%2Bmoon.jpg" width="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing like a full moon at perigee. Coyotes were howling!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_vl2o4dOLBs/YGALUQA_jjI/AAAAAAAAm9c/wK3CO6MGb1gJ4hfOsbHd9RN-vSAAabe4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/dishandcamper.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="2048" height="276" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_vl2o4dOLBs/YGALUQA_jjI/AAAAAAAAm9c/wK3CO6MGb1gJ4hfOsbHd9RN-vSAAabe4gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h276/dishandcamper.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moonbounce does have a certain aura about it. :-)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0sqKMVSXhf0/YGCfxpw2PQI/AAAAAAAAm-M/jkdQg2wyrUshH8thV0bC911swEqZFwOHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/shack.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0sqKMVSXhf0/YGCfxpw2PQI/AAAAAAAAm-M/jkdQg2wyrUshH8thV0bC911swEqZFwOHQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/shack.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tight quarters, but it works if I get all the cables correct!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>March 19 - DM23vs Quartzsite, Arizona</b><br />Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you! Today was one of those days where the bear almost won. The 2.4M dish by nature of its size and stiff fiberglass ribs is sometimes difficult to open. Pointing straight up for a gravity assist helps, but imagine my surprise when I couldn't budge it past a certain point. Finally, I pulled the fabric off four rib-tips and was able to get going. After a pleasant afternoon of working folks on 23cm in both JT65c and Q65 30C/60C modes I sprayed the fabric on the dish with water and it stretched enough to get me back to normal opening and closing ability. As a ?bonus? I did blow my best pre-amp up by tripping on the PTT cable and disconnecting it. Who knew Murphy is a desert dweller! I must say Q65 is an impressive mode. Even with faster 30 second sequences I was working stations easily. All in all not a bad session for the moon being at apogee. The next day we had serious winds so no EME.<br /></p><p> Worked: OK1KIR (-10), DF3RU (-13), ES3RF (-24), OK1IL (-15), HB9Q (-3), N1AV (-24), KA1GT (-25), SM6CKU (-9), N1AV Q65 (-20), KA1GT Q65 (-25), and KB2SA Q65 (-26).<br /></p><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MgzCSYq-ZF0/YFVBSM2YKEI/AAAAAAAAm8M/Xfoq2pPeVO8c9-tAznyz86aF2fyEkXW_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/KB7Q_desert_rat.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1830" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MgzCSYq-ZF0/YFVBSM2YKEI/AAAAAAAAm8M/Xfoq2pPeVO8c9-tAznyz86aF2fyEkXW_wCLcBGAsYHQ/w358-h400/KB7Q_desert_rat.jpg" width="358" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A long day knocking trouble back, but rewarding. Open air shack.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-73277533566798763692021-02-10T08:38:00.036-07:002021-03-06T09:55:02.109-07:00Another KISS Amplifier - 6 Meter KW<p> February 10, 2021</p><p>Es season cometh! Time to build a 6M amplifier for my grid square outings based on a <a href="http://www.w6pql.com/parts_i_can_provide.htm#6m">W6PQL pallet</a>. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Z6xbh9nZOA/YCP9pjbYhrI/AAAAAAAAm24/xSVRzgCl8qES_rPiuXZlJZ-Qxy37gW-9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s683/6M%2Bbeast.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="683" height="279" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Z6xbh9nZOA/YCP9pjbYhrI/AAAAAAAAm24/xSVRzgCl8qES_rPiuXZlJZ-Qxy37gW-9gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h279/6M%2Bbeast.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">W6PQL pallets are usually available in kit form or assembled. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tA4jd7mh_l4/YCVwwJ7BQbI/AAAAAAAAm3M/pawCeAAM2L0n8Co6qtzYaXug5bIuhy1GgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/amp_schematic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="2048" height="336" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tA4jd7mh_l4/YCVwwJ7BQbI/AAAAAAAAm3M/pawCeAAM2L0n8Co6qtzYaXug5bIuhy1GgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h336/amp_schematic.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I'm a big fan of KISS when building amps, that is "keep it simple stupid". I'm able to build these amps into a 12x8x3 inch chassis (Bud AC-424 chassis, BPA-1519 cover plate) with basic hand tools and a drill. I've not had much success using a power FET to switch the 50 vdc VDD line, so I use an old school mechanical relay. Ker-chunk! However, I do use the W6PQL FET module both to switch the low level 13.8 vdc with the PTT line from the radio to pull the VDD relay in, and to send 13.8 vdc to the bias input on the amp pallet going into transmit.</p><p>I do mount a small fan inside the chassis to move some air across the output bits, and a bigger fan runs atop the heatsink - both fans run continuously. The 6 Meter amp will be the seventh one I've built. Of course one can certainly add protective measures like over drive, over temperature, and high SWR lockouts, but then we've moved beyond KISS! Lest Murphy hear me I'll just whisper this, " I have yet to blow up one of these amps". </p><p>I use a check list 100% of the time to make sure I'm connected to an antenna, SWR is good, drive level set, and the PTT line activates before operating. </p><p>Over driving, or excessive heating will be what kills an LDMOS amp. Typically a shorted or open output line will blow up capacitors or vaporize the PCB traces and the device will survive. </p><p>Step 1 - laying the chassis<br />Take a perfectly good, factory fresh chassis and immediately hack a large hole in the top side for the RF pallet's heat-spreader to just fit. Layout and drill holes, lots of holes. I used blue painter's tape (since removed) to layout most of the holes. The pallet hasn't arrived so a few holes have to wait unit I see how the VDD feed and low pass filter will fall. The pallet's copper heat-spreader will be secured to the heatsink and then heatsink will bolt to the chassis. But that all waits for the support circuitry to be installed along the internal side walls first. </p><p>You can click on any of these pictures to expand to a larger size.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E5gq16anaLs/YCqU_hA5EBI/AAAAAAAAm3s/PoUCbQhYepYL6NxyDA9RtMEaQyUACoJPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/chassis.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E5gq16anaLs/YCqU_hA5EBI/AAAAAAAAm3s/PoUCbQhYepYL6NxyDA9RtMEaQyUACoJPgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/chassis.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of metal butchering on the 12x8x3 inch chassis.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Step 2 - Mount supporting electronics<br />In the picture below you can see that on the back chassis wall near the input end wall I've mounted the 13.8 vdc input socket, and the switched 13.8 vdc logic board for relays and bias. On the input side wall I've mounted the RF input RX/TX relay. The RCA socket for the PTT, and BNC socket for the RF input are yet to be installed, but the pilot holes are there. </p><p>This is a 6 Meter amplifier, so antenna switching relays are internal unlike my 2M/70cm/23cm amps for EME that have a pre-amp, and the TX/RX relays out at the array feed point. You can see shoe-horning all the bits into the chassis takes some thought. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tSRjpT86sAc/YCqYeDYNyrI/AAAAAAAAm34/-2ADpIsdyD4vzJ5RgaDk7ICK5MN22lj2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/internal1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="2048" height="221" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tSRjpT86sAc/YCqYeDYNyrI/AAAAAAAAm34/-2ADpIsdyD4vzJ5RgaDk7ICK5MN22lj2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h221/internal1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The leads haven't been dressed yet with tie wraps. Excuse my mess. :-)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>A long view showing the output RF relay, and the 50 volt VDD relay, I'm now waiting on a few parts before finishing off the support electronic wiring. The <a href="https://www.allelectronics.com/item/rly-1241/12vdc-25a-dpst-n.o.-power-relay/1.html">power relay</a> is a $5.95 item from All Electronic with the contacts wired in parallel. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W4lkwx4kyac/YCrDzV02fGI/AAAAAAAAm4U/nk-axix0W1QfkzzyCXaJL5s0ocCqFI7_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/chasis2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W4lkwx4kyac/YCrDzV02fGI/AAAAAAAAm4U/nk-axix0W1QfkzzyCXaJL5s0ocCqFI7_QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h268/chasis2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Five hours in, half way along. An RG-316 jumper installs between the RF relays. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Steps 3 - Therapeutic drilling and tapping<br />Time to lay out the holes to attach the heatsink to the chassis, then punch, drill and carefully tap for #8 screws. The aluminum alloy of the heatsink is pretty hard, so some lubricant, lots of reversing the tap to clear debris, and even taking the tap completely out a few times to clear the debris completely is the way to go. You don't want to snap a tap off - ask me how I know. The pallet with its copper heat-spreader will also be fitted to the heatsink when it arrives. Here's a <a href="https://www.heatsinkusa.com/10-080/">link</a> to the heatsink I use. A 6 inch long section of the 10.080 inch billet is good for a 1KW amp. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NNb-uEETnb4/YC7e85qq5BI/AAAAAAAAm5E/UJ9VjutGcQgEDLK5c4VmGy6iqy4KG8wxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/heatsink%2Bprep.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1639" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NNb-uEETnb4/YC7e85qq5BI/AAAAAAAAm5E/UJ9VjutGcQgEDLK5c4VmGy6iqy4KG8wxwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h320/heatsink%2Bprep.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slowly work the tap. The tapped holes fall between fins.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Step 4 - Parts arrived, now the project can be completed<br />I'm 95% done. I laid out the 12 holes for the heat spreader to mate with the heatsink, drilled and tapped, spread a light coating of thermal paste on the heatspreader, and mounted the pallet. The 6db attenuator for the input was also mounted. So whats left? Basically a few pieces of coax to prepare for both the input and output relays to the pallet connections, the bias and VDD wiring to complete, and then a good, careful look at my work before applying power and checking the VDD idle current. I'm still deciding if the low pass filter will be internal or external. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YeF406CviPQ/YDbbFHP7-EI/AAAAAAAAm58/uGrzNgBRzYsE3XXK3QmaYD1krogM_LdJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/95done.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YeF406CviPQ/YDbbFHP7-EI/AAAAAAAAm58/uGrzNgBRzYsE3XXK3QmaYD1krogM_LdJgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/95done.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close to complete! Time to slow down and check my work.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> Step 5 - Initial testing with an ohm meter showed a short on the VDD line, W6PQL sent a new pallet immediately, and once installed everything worked as expected i.e. 4 watts of drive at the LDMOS device gives 950 watts output. I'm using a 6db attenuator pad on the input so it's actually 15 watts of drive from the rig. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8t23YPLn6-0/YEOzBFdIRZI/AAAAAAAAm60/a_o-bSRbq2cy-i_i8tUMnS2Ov5ZtA2_KgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/smoke_test.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="2048" height="203" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8t23YPLn6-0/YEOzBFdIRZI/AAAAAAAAm60/a_o-bSRbq2cy-i_i8tUMnS2Ov5ZtA2_KgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h203/smoke_test.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bird 1KW slug almost pinned. Note the compact 50 vdc Meanwell power supply <br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-27335331847105537722021-01-03T08:48:00.011-07:002021-01-03T14:59:32.870-07:0023CM EME - MORE FUN<p> January 3, 2021</p><p>The 1296 Mhz EME fun continues - a fantastic pandemic distraction. It has been an open winter so far, so going out to the barn and operating has been pretty easy to do. The dish gets mounted on the tripod, unfurled, and cables connected in about 10 minutes. <br /></p><p>I finished out December adding W1PV (-20), and GM0PJD (-29) to the log. So far the new year has been fruitful with plenty of first time contacts. The last two evenings I've completed with CX2SC (-27), RD4D (-14), OH2DG (-10), OM4XA (-24), DJ3JJ (-25), LA3EQ (-30), UA9FA (-22), G4YTL (-26), PA2DW (-29), and N5BF (-21). That brings me to 57 initials. <br /></p><p>Some baseline figures: I'm hearing the <a href="http://users.skynet.be/on0eme/ON0EME/Welcome.html">ON0EME beacon</a> on 1296.000 MHz right at a steady -18db. The efficiency of my amp has dropped off, but I can still easily generate 350 watts that ends up being 275 watts at the feed - a comfortable level for the hybrid device that generates the circular polarity into the patch feed. So we press on. </p><p>I've traded the 1.6 meter dish back to Paul, W2HRO, and have purchased a 2.4 meter version of the folding dish from him. Who can resist almost 4db better on both TX and RX - it was the best use for my stimulus check I could think of! :-) </p><p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CIQHTNJ-g34/X_I9U--w4lI/AAAAAAAAmss/VpaC9y0cu8I_HsrZqLahT3A10l_Vou8xQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/2.4M_latest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1392" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CIQHTNJ-g34/X_I9U--w4lI/AAAAAAAAmss/VpaC9y0cu8I_HsrZqLahT3A10l_Vou8xQCLcBGAsYHQ/w273-h400/2.4M_latest.jpg" width="273" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2.4 meter folding dish on the test stand.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-85969555656147363002020-12-11T11:31:00.014-07:002021-01-04T15:03:46.377-07:0023CM EME Goal Set, Goal Met<p> December 11, 2020</p><p>When I started the 23cm EME project a few months back I hoped to be able work down to the level of a twin to my meager station. I'm a 1.6M dish, with 275 watts at the feed. Today I completed a JT65c contact with W2HRO and his 200w, 1.8M dish station. Both of us were using folding, metalized fabric dishes with patch feeds, all of his design, which made it even more fun. </p><p>I also completed easily this morning with AA4MD (-22) to make it 45 unique stations worked on 1296 MHz in just over a month. Three CW contacts have been logged so far. I hope this suggests to others what can be achieved on 23cm EME with a modest station.<br /></p><p> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AWTXvmDXDUI/X9O6bTDReuI/AAAAAAAAmo8/eKY09j9A2bU4rL3_gmLTIySU7mLSHopmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1247/w2hro.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1247" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AWTXvmDXDUI/X9O6bTDReuI/AAAAAAAAmo8/eKY09j9A2bU4rL3_gmLTIySU7mLSHopmgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h235/w2hro.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1.6M to 1.8M folding dish contact. Click on image to enlarge.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-83524735567081037272020-11-29T09:29:00.006-07:002020-11-29T17:49:24.479-07:00ARRL EME Contest Nov 28 - 29, 2020<p> <span> </span>I went out to the barn both evenings, fired up the 23cm station, the propane heater, and had an absolute blast. For a small 1.6M dish, 250 watts at the feed, and being at apogee I still managed a great result with 29 contacts. I felt like the little engine that could! After European moonset the second evening I ran out of "dance partners" and called it good. I discovered when aiming elevated and south I got some pre-amp overload/hash from a cell tower 1/2 mile away. WSJT-X 2.3 rc2 was flawless. All in all a fun weekend and very rewarding to have the station working so well.<br /></p><p>Stations worked: DL3EBJ, SP5GDM, OK1DFC, KN0WS (2x), KA1GT, RA3AUB, PA3FXB, OK1IL, PA0PLY, DL7YC, W6YX, VA7MM, K7CA, WA3RGQ, N5BF, KD5FZX, K2UYH, WA3GFZ, OK1KIR, ON5GS, DL7UDA, UA4AAV, K5DN, SM5DGX, OK2DL, IK5VLS, DF3RU, NC1I, IK2MMB. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R-U8UfHk5rE/X8PMA_D7_II/AAAAAAAAmnQ/8SA_SsbRhcEHdspcRS4TB5AY8cEXam0zgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/sun_on_dish.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R-U8UfHk5rE/X8PMA_D7_II/AAAAAAAAmnQ/8SA_SsbRhcEHdspcRS4TB5AY8cEXam0zgCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/sun_on_dish.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for moonrise - a good look at the patch feed.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-70774792105722255122020-11-21T18:29:00.006-07:002020-11-24T08:19:06.471-07:00More 23cm EME Action<p>November 21, 2020 </p><p>I set the station up out at the barn south of town in anticipation of the ARRL EME Contest next weekend and even with low declination I worked three stations while noodling around adjusting my audio levels and getting the space heater aimed just right on my toes! I must say the WD5AGO 0.2db NF pre-amp really hears well!<br /></p><p>I completed easily with KD5FZX (-12), K5DOG (-17), and N5BF (-20). W3HMS was heard several times as strong as -25, but he didn't hear me. The next evening I added KA1GT (-26) to make it 19 unique stations worked so far on 23cm EME.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oMmQmK_KAa8/X7m-DlO0m8I/AAAAAAAAmmA/hDGFDnIKXCEINlRE907mti4WHxpHKdPrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/with_moon.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1190" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oMmQmK_KAa8/X7m-DlO0m8I/AAAAAAAAmmA/hDGFDnIKXCEINlRE907mti4WHxpHKdPrgCLcBGAsYHQ/w373-h640/with_moon.jpg" width="373" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 1.6M dish looks small out there in the countryside.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W5OCaMcack8/X7m-bzVOdhI/AAAAAAAAmmI/01_3Km9dREsyKugQBiw4LZdU7yHEVkg2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s961/KB7Q_DOG.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="902" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W5OCaMcack8/X7m-bzVOdhI/AAAAAAAAmmI/01_3Km9dREsyKugQBiw4LZdU7yHEVkg2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w375-h400/KB7Q_DOG.JPG" width="375" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My signal as received by K5DOG and his 4.4M dish.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-47618107364022384762020-11-07T11:13:00.006-07:002020-11-19T11:23:50.736-07:00It's Alive (23cm EME)<p> November 7, 2020</p><p>The Tohtsu CZX3500 isolation relay finally showed up - it got waylaid in the election mail-in ballot onslaught up in the Great Falls distribution center. 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(-19), PA3DZL (-17), DL0SHF (-7), NC1I (-18), SP5GDM (-27), K2UYH (-17), DK3WG (-30),
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(-30). On CW I worked G3LTF (419) easily. I’m very happy to try CW anytime folks think we can make it work.<br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I had about 250 watts at the feed, and
this was my fifth EME band to put on the air from Montana. I’m hoping to be
23cm active for both nights of the ARRL contest later in the month (weather
permitting) and hand out the Montana multiplier. Improvements to be made going forward - I have a superb preamp from WD5AGO to try out, and a few coax adapters to eliminate in the receive path. <br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">W2HRO's dish design is extremely well thought out, it takes longer to assemble and secure the tripod than to mount and unfurl the dish. This is going to be a fun portable set up to take to Wyoming.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nWBnHekWf-U/X6bjLYnWRhI/AAAAAAAAmjc/KxMkajn2ipwMC2sjHHLunhxiSAV_aUMTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/KB7Q_23cm_EME.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2048" height="325" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nWBnHekWf-U/X6bjLYnWRhI/AAAAAAAAmjc/KxMkajn2ipwMC2sjHHLunhxiSAV_aUMTwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h325/KB7Q_23cm_EME.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A stealth, folding 1.6M dish, a perfect match for condo living. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dYPE8aTxqvQ/X6gmdmQxWoI/AAAAAAAAmj0/Pt48MgaO4ygcoqI4yA-1BUdsthC9wPKHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s516/HB9Q.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="516" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dYPE8aTxqvQ/X6gmdmQxWoI/AAAAAAAAmj0/Pt48MgaO4ygcoqI4yA-1BUdsthC9wPKHQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h250/HB9Q.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first 23cm contact. HB9Q was in the speaker. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10w-D7jQ3mBQntZ3qLf5ESaVaFfiz6diw/view?usp=sharing">Listen.</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p>
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<![endif]--></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-20108194792677735582020-10-21T12:56:00.015-06:002020-10-30T15:35:34.684-06:001296 EME Project<p> October 30, 2020</p><p>I'm piecing together a small (1.6M) 23cm EME station for home and portable operations. It will be good to get Montana going on 23cm EME. The project is 90% complete. I already own an Icom IC-9700 with GPSDO so the exciter was not an issue. The key part of the project - the small W2HRO folding dish antenna with patch feed has shipped. Paul's design work and implementation is amazing, my bet is that it will allow many more folks to play 23cm EME going forward.<br /></p><p>This morning I completed the amp, based on a <a href="http://www.w6pql.com/parts_i_can_provide.htm#23cm" target="_blank">W6PQL 600w pallet</a>, set the idle 50 VDC VDD to 1.7 amps and gave it the smoke test. Given the power limitations of the Hybrid combiner used with the patch feed to generate circular polarity I'd call 2.7 watts drive for 300 watts out optimal. </p><p><u>Bench test results @ 1296.70Mhz</u><br />Drive<span> </span><span></span>Output<br />1W<span> </span><span> </span>110W<br />2W<span> </span><span> </span>205W<br />3W<span> </span><span> </span>350W<br />4W<span> </span><span> </span>450W</p><p>A pre-amp, and the isolation relay should be here in the next few days. Then I'm ready to try my fifth EME band!<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O1Pn5BTf7Gk/X5CEANPdM6I/AAAAAAAAme8/TeDOAXwHNYAhsKq_aFrEWI1fJGuoMgkDACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/23cm%2Bamp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O1Pn5BTf7Gk/X5CEANPdM6I/AAAAAAAAme8/TeDOAXwHNYAhsKq_aFrEWI1fJGuoMgkDACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/23cm%2Bamp.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pandemic moves ham radio projects along nicely. 500w amp.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ydInlIW5sbE/X5wmAsqZpZI/AAAAAAAAmg8/jLHJj_1cA3Ep-MINerZTqiQe1w-jvxBrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/23cm%2Bamp%2Bstatic%2Btest.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ydInlIW5sbE/X5wmAsqZpZI/AAAAAAAAmg8/jLHJj_1cA3Ep-MINerZTqiQe1w-jvxBrgCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/23cm%2Bamp%2Bstatic%2Btest.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Setting the VDD idle current on the 23cm amp.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4uQDgfm1A7c/X5wm9KEbjiI/AAAAAAAAmhQ/Mke0k5RTC-4cgQpr3X2pnm6h52RtHnQcACLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/5.5dish-001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="826" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4uQDgfm1A7c/X5wm9KEbjiI/AAAAAAAAmhQ/Mke0k5RTC-4cgQpr3X2pnm6h52RtHnQcACLcBGAsYHQ/w323-h400/5.5dish-001.jpg" width="323" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">W2HRO dish being tested, now headed this way.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Yh-EhGbgZQ/X5yGa2gTcBI/AAAAAAAAmho/T2_P4s-IlckJW79x-gGW9Es0RuOBpzM7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/cable_routing-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Yh-EhGbgZQ/X5yGa2gTcBI/AAAAAAAAmho/T2_P4s-IlckJW79x-gGW9Es0RuOBpzM7wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/cable_routing-001.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A good look at W2HRO's craftsmanship.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185810886768207853.post-21588297033664862792020-09-21T12:47:00.022-06:002020-10-15T14:25:44.165-06:00222 MHz Nevada Trip<p><b>Dates: </b>October 13/14, 2020<br />
<b>Call: </b>KB7Q<br />
<b>QTH: </b>DN21qx, Jackpot, Nevada<br />
<b>Frequency<i>: </i></b>222.080 MHz MHz KB7Q always first, EME JT65b/Meteor Scatter FSK441<br />
<b>Gear: </b>IC-7300->Q5 transverter->800 watt SSPA -> WD5AGO pre-amp -> Long Yagi, <br />Full elevation and polarity adjustment. <br /><b>Note:</b> Internet should be available - HB9Q Logger for EME, PingJockey for meteor scatter. </p><p>EME start times (MR plus az/el to avoid casino noise):<br />October 12 - Evening Meteor scatter/tropo<br />October 13 - 1200z EME<br />October 14 - 1230z EME<br />October 15 - 1200z Meteor Scatter<span> </span></p><p><span> </span>Thanks to N9HF's donation I've added a fiberglass top section to my mast so I can twist the Yagi's boom to vertical to combat Faraday rotation as needed.<span> </span><br /></p><p><span> </span>We had extreme winds on the ride down from Bozeman, so we had to throttle back to 55 mph to stay on the road. There was less wind, and a lovely sunny day upon our arrival for setting up.</p><p>The trip was a great success, several folks added to their W.A.S. count. WA4NJP (-20), N9HF (-25), K5QE (-21), K1OR (-25), W4ZST (-21) and W5ZN (-25) all logged on a moonrise session. Later in the afternoon KL6M (-25) changed the feed for his dish and we worked in five minutes, then it took almost an hour but K7EME (-27) and I completed. K7ULS, and NJ7A were worked on tropo, and W9RM added on meteor scatter. Conditions were quite good and being able to twist my Yagi to change polarity really helped at times.</p><p>More big winds on the trip back to Bozeman, MT, but we took our time, and camped our last night of the RV season an hour from home. LoTW fed.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OKLNtuj1kXk/X4ivYnH-JjI/AAAAAAAAmd0/dsC0-vJ99lMz_fcZV8taSTw-rFfF_YN5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/IMG_1117%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="826" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OKLNtuj1kXk/X4ivYnH-JjI/AAAAAAAAmd0/dsC0-vJ99lMz_fcZV8taSTw-rFfF_YN5ACLcBGAsYHQ/w323-h400/IMG_1117%255B1%255D.JPG" width="323" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fall colors are where you find them. 15 el. M2 Yagi.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_is7ADoVWNo/X4XEzh9h4pI/AAAAAAAAmdQ/u0prKk3Z3zgStZk6XT4DRQolNCJ8iSO4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/KB7Q_DN21qx.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2029" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_is7ADoVWNo/X4XEzh9h4pI/AAAAAAAAmdQ/u0prKk3Z3zgStZk6XT4DRQolNCJ8iSO4gCLcBGAsYHQ/w396-h400/KB7Q_DN21qx.jpg" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The location turned out to be very quiet to the east out over the airport.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com