[Moon-net] EME on 33 Watts & Single Yagi

[Eric B. Norris]

Dear Gang:

 

This was the best EME contest for me so far with 26 stations worked on 2M
and another 10 heard but not worked.

 

HOWEVER, the most fun was jury-rigging an antenna on 432 and working HB9Q on
a single 18-element yagi (M2 of course!) and 33 watts with no preamp!  I
calculated the 50w from my TS-2000 was down to 33watts at the antenna.  The
biggest surprise was HB9Q being -16db and loud on WSJT, copied easily every
period.  Wow.  I called perhaps for eight or nine periods before being
heard.

 

I'm attaching pics of the antenna setup.  

 

Eric WD6DBM