[Moon-net] EME Results :-)

[LANCE COLLISTER]

It was definitely worth getting up at 4 am this morning!  I completed with JD1BMP on 
2m at 1141Z, and then completed with BY7PP on 6m at 1216Z.  Both were new DXCC for 
me, and the BY7PP contact was the first EME contact from BY, and a first for North 
America on 6m.

BY7PP was running a single Create 6 element yagi, horizontally polarized, aimed at 
the horizon on their moonrise, with 100w.  Their JT65A signal was only -31 dB here - 
obviously the absolute minimum signal possible for me - I had not really expected to 
copy anything from them until they get more power, so I was quite pleasantly 
surprised!  Degredation today was 2.9 dB and Kp index was 2.3.  They have plans for 
500w and possibly a second antenna. That extra 10 dB will certainly make a HUGE 
difference!  Many thanks to Terry BA7NQ and Wong VR2KW for putting the BY7PP club 
station on EME!

GL and VY 73, Lance
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Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8)
P.O. Box 73
Frenchtown, MT  59834  USA
QTH: DN27UB
TEL: (406) 626-5728
URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj
2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815