[Moon-net] N8S update

[Lance Collister]

TNX for the info Dave.  I sent another inquiry to Lee Wical, one of the 
pilot stations for the operation, asking again for a clarification on 
the frequencies they will be using.  His reply was simply "as 
published".  If by some quirk they really HAVE been on the air sitting 
up on the insane frequencies that appear on their web page (144.375 and 
50.375), that would certainly explain why they are hearing nobody and 
why nobody is hearing them!

I tend to put more stock in the believe the information you received 
directly from K3LP about their CORRECT 2m frequency.  I only wish we 
could get some sort of reliable response from them as to when and where 
they are planning to get on 6m EME!  So far, we have heard third hand 
that they are planning to operate on 50.205, but we don't know when or 
whether they can operate 2m and 6m at the same time.  I will get on 
tomorrow morning on for their next moonrise and call them again on 
50.205 as I did last week and hope they show up.  I will also make a 
point of trying to watch for activity on their "published" frequency of 
50.375 in case the operator is not the one who agreed to operate on 
50.205.  I am afraid they don't have any idea how essential it is to get 
the word out regarding the correct frequency they are going to be 
operating on when it comes to EME :-(  I am sure on the HF bands they 
make a big splash and everybody can find them by tuning the band, but on 
EME it is MUCH more difficult when their signal is NOT going to be 
continually S9 - in fact it will probably never be audible for anyone.

Good luck to all - I wish there were more definite information to 
announce :-(  VY 73, Lance

Dave Blaschke wrote:
> I just spoke to K3LP, the team leader at N8S today on 17 meters. He 
> told me they were on 144.112 this morning (Tuesday) at their moonrise 
> and heard nothing! They are checking things out to find the 
> problem,  and will definitely be on again at 1205 tomorrow, 144.112 
> mHz, TXing first, using JT65B. K3LP told me that making EME QSO's was 
> very important and necessary goal for the DXpedition group, and that 
> he would be there personally, to assure the antenna was pointed at the moon.
>
> Good luck and lets hope things go according to plan.
>
>
> Dave, W5UN
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Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8)
P.O. Box 73
Frenchtown, MT  59834  USA
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