[Moon] [Moon-Net] QRV on 13cm later this evening

[g4bao]

Thanks for the update on your 13cm allocation James.

No one was QRV last night and my echoes were pretty poor due to high
losses. It's time to put the 23cm system back in I think!

I understand your problems with 2320 over there,  the whole 13cm band is a
bit of a mish-mash of allocations. The UK has special 5-year duration
400Watt permits for 2300-2302MHz, but the uptake has been really slow.

Everyone is seemingly waiting until "they know for sure which part of the
band we will retain"

Sadly if we are paralysed by the uncertainty we might end up retaining
nothing.

The plan is for UK to operate in the top 100kHz of that allocation
requiring you guys just to tune your IF to 141.900- 142.000 to receive us
which should be better all round I think.

I think Dave G4FRE (WW2R) has activated the new band on the moon. My
terrestrial system works in the new band but it's not suitable for use on
EME due to the remote location of the dish I'm working on a new drive
transverter idea so I'll announce on the reflectors when I get QRV on the
new allocation

73
John

On 21 February 2016 at 21:24, James Malone <wa3lbi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> I was hoping to be QRV on 13 cm this weekend but due to a faulty
> Kuhne transverter on 3 and 13 cm ( both are now back in Germany) I am not
> operational😕
> I see the challenges to 13 cm , in the USA I see the Sirius XM SDARS radio
> satellite signals around 2335 to 2345 MHz . And of course the JA band is up
> against the 2.45 Band full of WIFI and other unlicensed operation . Oddly
> the 2304 segment is relatively clean .
>
> I am working the filter arrangement so to minimize the effects of these
> signals on my EME plans .
>
> Hopefully in April I can be QRV ..
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Sunday, February 21, 2016, g4bao <john at g4bao.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks. I plan to be QRV on 13cm EME later this evening JT/CW from
>> around 2200. 2320.100 ish.
>>
>> If anyone wants a sked, email me or turn up on the HB9Q chat or just
>> answer my CQs on 2320.
>> I can listen 2304 on request and will call "CQ X" on both modes if I am.
>> I can only listen on one band at a time!
>>
>> If there is little or no 13cm activity, I plan to put the 23cm system
>> back in the dish early next week.
>>
>> 73
>> John
>> 190W to 1.9, PF dish/Septum / DDK VLNA13
>>
>