[Moon-net] 10 Ghz EME from Cincinnati, Ohio EM79sk

[mmurphy at triumph-eng.com]

Hi Everyone...

 Jim, N8ECI and I worked on the 10 Ghz EME station at WC8VOA Friday evening getting ready for some 
experiments later today and possibly tomorrow, the 15th.  Our weather forecast does not look good, 
as steady rain will be moving into our area over night.  Jim and I may still go over to the station 
around 11:24 UTC, as that is when we can see the moon.  We lose the moon at 18:44 UTC, so we may be 
around to listen for the Jamesburg operation if they transmit.

 The weather is not going to be that good on Sunday the 15th either, but we may get a shot between 
rain showers.  We do not have consistent internet access at the station, so we may not be able to 
post messages to Moon-Net regularly.

 I will try to post messages when possible letting everyone know if we are not going to try to get 
on the air.  It is probably not a good idea to arrange schedules right now as we have some 
experiments to run if we get consistent echos.  If you hear us and we don't answer, you can call my 
cell phone at 1 (937) 572-8217 as that will probably be the best way to get in touch.

 Our window on Sunday the 15th runs from 12:45 UTC to 19:05 UTC.  We can see the moon when it is 
between 120 and 240 degrees azimuth from EM79sk.  I'll try to post better coordinates later.

 Thanks!

Mike Murphy
KA8ABR

Particulars:  WC8VOA is station call. 24 ft (7.2 meter) dish, Cassegrain feed.  Linear 
polarization, fixed.  7.5 watts at waveguide switch.  22 db sun noise, 3 db moon noise.  Heard 
echos on 3/30/07 with moon near apogee.  Recording at www.wc8voa.org