[Moon-net] VR2KW ACTIVE ON 2M EME

[Lance Collister]

Mike Staal wrote:
> HI ALL! I JUST WORKED VR2KW ON HONG KONG ON 2M EME.  HIS NAME IS WONG 
> AND HE HAS 2 X 9 ELEMENT VERTICAL AND 200W I COPIED HIM AT -24. HE HAS 
> SOME NOISE AS HE IS DOWNTOWN HONG KONG.. HE ALSO HAS 17 DEGREES OF 
> BUILDING BLOCKAGE ON HIS MOON RISE SO HE CANNOT SEE THE USA AT LOW 
> MOON DECLINATIONS.  I TOLD HIM TO BE ON NEXT WEEKEND AS DEC WILL BE 
> HIGH AND HE SHOULD HAVE GOOD WINDOW TO ALL THE USA.  HIS GRID IS 
> OL72dk. I WAS HIS FIRST USA CONTACT.  CAUGHT HIM TOTALLY BY ACCIDENT 
> AS I WAS ONE NEAR MY MOONSET JUST GOOFING AROUND WITH LYNN, WB7UNU AND 
> MATT, VK2DAG.  HE WAS CALLING CQ ON 144.120 1ST AND ANNOUNCING ON THE 
> NOUK CHAT.  GOOD LUCK ALL. LETS GIVE HIM SOMETHING TO REMEMBER!
> 73, MIKE
Congratulations, Mike, and also to Wong! I sure will be anxious to 
connect with him :-)

I got on 2m EME yesterday for about an hour on my moonrise (the same as 
EU moonset) for the first time in many months.  Although my old TS830S 
(that I use for my EME receiver) seems to have died yesterday, I was 
able to use my IC706 as a spare receiver and made the following JT65B 
contacts:

K1JT   -13 dB
K9DX   -10 dB
N6CW   -23 dB
K4SV   -12 dB
G5WQ   -22 dB
W5UN   -21 dB (60w from Dave!)
CT1HZE   -26 dB

I will try to get on 2m at least some of next weekend during the EME 
contest, but it seems like I have been spending a lot more time looking 
for new DXCC on 6m EME when EME cndx are good ;-)  GL and 73 to all!  Lance


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