[Moon] Microwave Activity weekends 2015

[Lars Pettersson]

  Hi all
13 cm are nice band, but many countrys dont have that as a regular 
Amateur band, as in Sweden   i suppose that are one of the reasons for 
low activity????+
73 Lars Sm4IVE
g4bao skrev den 2015-02-09 23:54:
> Hi Peter,
> Speaking as relative newbie to EME, who's QTH precludes me from ever 
> having a 10m dish and 1kW, these weekends should aim to generate NEW 
> activity, not the same old people coming on again and again and 
> working each other. That soon gets very boring for everyone very quickly.
>
> Therefore, I think its a no brainer to include 13cm as it should be 
> considered "next band up" by the many 23cm EMErs out there who are in 
> similar QTHs as me. I certainly will try to support that band unless 
> (as usually seems to happen) I'm on vacation that weekend. Can I 
> suggest  we also have some Winter activity weekends? Why none already 
> or am I missing something?
>
> Activity seems at the moment to be at an all time low on 13, I guess 
> that's because it's "old hat" to those who've been around for a long 
> time and "been there, done that" and there is much more activity on 
> 23. They will be getting bored soon so we need to point the way to the 
> next band. In fact, I see more activity on 3cm, but that is not a 
> "beginner" band whereas 13 can be.
>
> Hope these thoughts are helpful.
> Those who want to read more about what can be achieved with a "REALLY" 
> small dish (not a 3m one which seems to be considered small by some!) 
> look at.
>
> http://www.g4bao.com/Files/MRT2010.pdf
> http://www.g4bao.com/Files/G4BAO_MRT2013.pdf
>
> 73
> John
> www.g4bao.com <http://www.g4bao.com>
>
>
> On 8 February 2015 at 11:09, Peter Blair <g3ltf at btinternet.com 
> <mailto:g3ltf at btinternet.com>> wrote:
>
>     For newcomers: The idea of activity weekends is to encourage
>     activity on the less well used microwave bands outside contest
>     weekends, no restrictions... if you wish then use the logger,
>     telephone, HF....use any mode. It enables everyone to make QSOs,
>     test new equipment, feeds, preamps etc. Hopefully some of the big
>     guns get on and give signals for newcomers to look for.  In past
>     years I have suggested dates but last year I screwed up and left
>     it rather late so this year I’m trying to be a bit earlier. I’m
>     assuming that there is still support for the idea.
>     My thoughts for this year are as follows.
>     1) High Northern declination weekends give the highest number of
>     participants, otherwise SM, W6 and KL7 get a very short window.
>     The VKs have less of a horizon problem than us in the N, if
>     there’s a tree in the way they just cut it down. We cannot have,
>     at present, high N dec. and low loss, but remember the loss
>     variation is only +/- 1.2dB.
>     2) Should we  include 13cm this year? Activity has been dropping
>     recently but IMHO it is the best band for EME ( lowest sky noise,
>     plenty of SS power and low NFs and HB dishes easy to achieve)
>     3) Should we leave out 24 GHz this year and go for 13,9,6 and 3cm?
>     4) I can see four weekends that look reasonable .. date,
>     declination, loss.  (One of these dates I can’t make because of a
>     granddaughter’s wedding but I wont say which one.) Maybe you have
>     other weekends  to suggest?
>       June 20/21 12 deg  2.2dB
>     July 11/12  14 deg  1.25dB
>     July 18/19 10 deg  2.3dB
>     August 8/9 15deg  1.4dB
>     If you are active on these bands or planning to be active this
>     year then please give this some thought on bands and dates and
>     reply to the reflectors with them and we’ll try and get a schedule
>     together.
>     Note that the latest VK3UM planner software now makes looking for
>     suitable dates very simple. http://www.vk3um.com/eme%20planner.html
>     73 Peter G3LTF
>
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