[Moon-net] FB eme condx today/yesterday

[Chris Bartram]

G3LTF wrote:
>  I just worked VK4AFL on 1296.014 MHz with really excellent signals and
> echoes are really loud. I noticed the same thing yesterday evening on
> 432MHz and 2320 MHz as well. The excess loss is only ~0.5-0.8 dB but I
> think there is something else happening as well, the libration rate is slow
> and so there are long periods with little fading, especially  at
> moonrise/moonset. 

Much the same was true on 10GHz. Libration spreading was very noticeably 
smaller than usual, and despite the near 1dB excess loss over perigee, I was 
able to detect my SSB echoes. That's something I can usually only do at 
perigee with my little 2.4m dish/35W. 

Pity about the relatively low activity! I suspect that a lot of 10GHz regulars 
were on 5.6GHz.

For the record I worked: IQ4DF 539/519, F2TU o/o, OK1CA 559/559, W5LUA 
559/449, RW1AW 539/539 and HB9BHU 539/539. CWNR were HB9SV, and DF9QX. I 
heard F3VS when he was in QSO with IQ4DF and _ I think _ it was F5JTA who 
came back to a CQ, but I was only able to get a partial callsign before he 
disappeared. OK1CA and HB9BHU were new initials.

Vy 73

Chris
GW4DGU