[Moon-net] [Moon] K7XQ QRV tonight for contest

[w2drz]

Hi Jeff,

Fired up 1296 gear and conditions are good.
Just looked on the moon, 1296.007 up to 1296.040 there are over 25
different stations
running now on the moon, nice signals.

Not be on, as not up to it today, maybe next run.

have fun

tom W2DRZ

> K7XQ wrote:
> 
>  Will be on starting in about one hour on my moonrise primarily 144
> and 1296. I did not have anytime to
> 
> get anything up for 432. Outstanding conditions last night on 1296
> with K9SLQ on 1296 at 599 all night long.
> 
> IK3MAC was 579 on 144. Concentrating mostly random CW on both bands.
> Found very little activity on 144 CW
> 
> last night ( only three to four stations ) but @ 0700 UTC , so spent
> most time on 1296. Huge disadvantage here
> 
> since I miss about three hours of EU moon window compared to east
> coast.
> 
> 
> 
> Finding a huge decrease in activity on 144 and 1296 after EU moon
> window disappears so I assume most U.S. operators
> 
> are going to sleep rather than enduring the contest throughout the
> night ( have to admit it isn’t easy staying up all
> 
> night! ). Not sure if I will stay up myself tonight depending on
> activity this time.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> K7XQ Jeff
> 
> Atwater, CA.
> 
> Grid: CM97qi
> 
> EME, Satellites, Meteor Scatter
> 
> CW and JT-65 ( WSJT )
> 
> 
> 
> 50 MHz: 2 X M2 6M7 1000 watts 2 X 3-500
> 
> 144 MHz: 4 X XPOL M2 2MPX28 1500 Watts Single GS35b
> 
> 222 MHz: 1 X M2 5 W.L. 350 watts   Single 8930
> 
> 432 MHz: 4 X M2 9 W.L. ( modify in progress for XPOL ) 1200 Watts single GS35b
> 
> 1296 MHz: 3.0 meter dish VE4MA circular feed 350 Watts single GS15 water-cooled
> 
> 2304 MHz/2320 MHz/2424 MHz: 3.0 meter dish VE4MA circular feed 200 watts Spectrian SSPA
> 
> 10 GHz: early 2008
> 
> 
> 
> K7XQ Webpage:  http://www.elite.net/~k7xq/k7xq.html
> 
> 
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