EME on 6m

[gm0rlz]

Lance w7gj is looking to work me over the Christmas holidays on 6m eme from GM6NX anyone interested in coming down over christmas holidays?

Patiently waiting on a new tube coming for my amplifier so will depend on good old Post office getting their act together!

Neil fancy testing your amp now its fixed hi hi!

col

[gm0hzi]

as i cant get my antenna up til Feb i will bring it along as a spare

but shouldent we try a qrp moonbounce contact???

[gm0rlz]

Anyone welcome to come along and see jt65a in action

Or if you download jt65a there is a good chance you will hear Lance on a modest antenna on 50.190 Mhz from 21.30UTC onwards

I propose a sked with you from 2130-2300Z, Jan
15, 50.190mhz, JT65A, I XMIT first sequence:

JAN 15,2005 56 ° 6 ' 15" N MOON POSITION FOR GM6NX RANGE: 377,293 KM
SATURDAY 3 ° 52' 30" W (PRINTED BY W7GJ) P+ 5 DAYS 15.84'SD
JD: 2453385.5 (QTH:IO86BC) STN NOTES:
DX: 6,848.0 KM MOON FOR W7GJ APPROX 50 MHZ DB
UTC NOTES W AZIMUTH ELEV DEC AZIMUTH ELEV POL SKY °K DEGRADATION
==== ======== ========= ====== ===== ======= ==== === ====== ===========
2130 E· 250.1 14.4 2.1 124.6 29.6 -66 3343 2.4
2145 E· 253.3 12.6 2.2 128.1 31.6 -65 3343 2.4
2200 E· 256.5 10.7 2.2 131.8 33.6 -63 3343 2.4
2215 E· 259.6 8.7 2.3 135.6 35.5 -62 3356 2.4
2230 N· 262.7 6.8 2.4 139.6 37.2 -60 3356 2.4
2245 N· 265.8 4.8 2.4 143.8 38.8 -58 3356 2.5
2300 N· 268.9 2.8 2.5 148.2 40.3 -55 3368 2.5

I will also be on the JT65EME chat page during the sked:

http://www.chris.org/cgi-bin/jt65eme

Colin

[gm0rlz]

Just a note to say that GM6NX completed a 6m eme contact last night with Lance W7GJ on JT65A. We now have a few stations wanting to make EME JT65A contacts with the Club, KB7V/1 is one of them.
I will post more info sreen grabs, wav files etc when I get them sorted..

Colin,Stu & Chris

[GM0CLN]

Many congrats on the 6m EME QSO guys! :D Please keep us all posted on developments - you never know - I may come along for other skeds!

Also, what was the equipment used?

Hope to see you all again soon.

Regards
Colin

[MM0BSM]

icom 756 pro11
6 ele 6m beam {or is it 5 cant mind} @20ft
400w at a push from duff valve {Colin RLZwill explain more}
2 laptops one for gprs and one for using the software
WSJT software
Rigblaster pro interface
loads of sweat and running about checking antenna which was 60deg out at the start

[GM0CLN]

Cheers Stu!