From g0ruz at g0ruz.com  Mon Mar  1 10:05:32 2021
From: g0ruz at g0ruz.com (Conrad PA5Y)
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 09:05:32 +0000
Subject: [Moon] WTB: Male 7/16 load
Message-ID: <AM7P189MB1010C442D0E00DAD33F4264EB59A9@AM7P189MB1010.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hello all.

I am looking for a low power male 7/16 50-ohm load for trouble shooting on my EME array, I have a VSWR problem and need to determine where exactly the problem is. I have a nice Anritsu OSL with male connectors, but I would like something smaller and more convenient.

Anyone on the European mainland got anything in their collection that they don't need? I hesitate to buy from the UK as postage is not particularly smooth now. Ideally, I would like it for the coming weekend.

73

Conrad PA5Y


From g0ruz at g0ruz.com  Mon Mar  1 15:23:29 2021
From: g0ruz at g0ruz.com (Conrad PA5Y)
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 14:23:29 +0000
Subject: [Moon] WTB: Male 7/16 load
In-Reply-To: <AM7P189MB1010C442D0E00DAD33F4264EB59A9@AM7P189MB1010.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
References: <AM7P189MB1010C442D0E00DAD33F4264EB59A9@AM7P189MB1010.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
Message-ID: <AM7P189MB1010D3017A35800179AEE39BB59A9@AM7P189MB1010.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

Hello all.

I have found a suitable load many thanks for the offers. I was offered a lot of high-power loads, of course I already have these 🙂

The 8th and 9th words of my email were 'low power' I should have made these capitals, hi.

Conrad

________________________________
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Sent: 01 March 2021 10:05
To: moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com <moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com>
Cc: moonbounce_info <moon at moonbounce.info>
Subject: [Moon-Net] WTB: Male 7/16 load

Hello all.

I am looking for a low power male 7/16 50-ohm load for trouble shooting on my EME array, I have a VSWR problem and need to determine where exactly the problem is. I have a nice Anritsu OSL with male connectors, but I would like something smaller and more convenient.

Anyone on the European mainland got anything in their collection that they don't need? I hesitate to buy from the UK as postage is not particularly smooth now. Ideally, I would like it for the coming weekend.

73

Conrad PA5Y


From ejespers at telenet.be  Wed Mar  3 14:17:19 2021
From: ejespers at telenet.be (Eddy Jespers)
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 14:17:19 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Fund Raising for the Free Talk Moon reflector
Message-ID: <A98ECF84-7ABE-467B-824D-3BDE188CDF16@telenet.be>

Hi All,

On August 2018 we have send a request for funding the Free Talk Moon Reflector. The reflector is being hosted by a company in Germany ( IP Projects ) and the bill for the service is being send to Dominique HB9BBD, to avoid the 19% German VAT . 
Rainer DF6NA is doing all the maintenance. 
The cost to run this service is around 400 Euro / year.

Our last Fund Raising campaign has been answered very generously, we got 33 donations from you for a total of around 760 Euro, this gave us a budget for 2 Years.
The list of the 2018 contributors is here : http://moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon <http://moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon>

A new bill came in this week for payment of 393,40 Euro. ( copy available on request )
If you want to contribute to the financing of this FREE TALK MOON REFLECTOR you are invited to send your contribution via Paypal to ejespers at telenet.be <http://moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon> <mailto:ejespers at telenet.be <http://moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon>> ( please indicate your call sign )

A list of contributors will be published on the reflector.Thank you for your much appreciated support!

Vy 73’s
THE FREE TALK MOON REFLECTOR


From ve1kg at eastlink.ca  Wed Mar  3 19:52:15 2021
From: ve1kg at eastlink.ca (Serge Szpilfogel)
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 18:52:15 -0000
Subject: [Moon] [Moon-Net] Recommended high power relays for 432 MHz
In-Reply-To: <CAOsf+NSgD_kpTJ-xAc-0OLGn9OhYP5bJR605HNNHqzFg=jSbew@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAOsf+NSgD_kpTJ-xAc-0OLGn9OhYP5bJR605HNNHqzFg=jSbew@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000701d7105e$53e425b0$fbac7110$@eastlink.ca>

Paul Check out YU1CF website. I replaced my 2 cx 600 with one of his relays for 144Mhz. I run here 1200Watts & they are good for 1500 watts according to Goran the owner
Serge VE1KG

-----Original Message-----
From: Moon-net <moon-net-bounces at mailman.pe1itr.com> On Behalf Of Paul Andrews via Moon-net
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2021 17:19
To: Moon-Net <moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com>
Subject: [Moon-Net] Recommended high power relays for 432 MHz

Hello EME'ers

I need to identify a QRO (1500w) relay for 432 MHz.  I have been using CZX-3500 relays but they are spec'd at just 800w PEP.   They have been ok at 800w JT65 but I think I would be pushing my luck going to 1500w JT65.

What do you suggest?

73 - Paul - W2HRO





From ejespers at telenet.be  Thu Mar  4 17:44:14 2021
From: ejespers at telenet.be (Eddy Jespers)
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 17:44:14 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Moon Reflector
Message-ID: <1035C9F3-06DC-4065-A1E2-6F149E28034E@telenet.be>

Hi All,

So far we have 19 contributors to the funding of the free talk moon reflector. ( http://moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon <http://moonbounce.info/mailman/listinfo/moon> + DL1YMK which just came in now )
I understood from Rainer that several IP providers ( Wanado , orange …. ) are rejecting the distribution of my previous mail and mark it as spam. Probably because of the “ subject “
I also got a message that the message arrived in the spam box. 

So if you want to help to keep the Free Talk Moonreflector alive, you can send your contribution by PayPal to ejespers (at) telenet ( dot ) be 
Vy 73’s
THE FREE TALK MOON REFLECTOR


From ve1kg at eastlink.ca  Fri Mar  5 19:18:09 2021
From: ve1kg at eastlink.ca (Serge Szpilfogel)
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 18:18:09 -0000
Subject: [Moon] QSL SENT
Message-ID: <000001d711eb$e56bc130$b0434390$@eastlink.ca>

Today I sent QSL to  S52OT, OE7TMJ, G4FTC. If you do not receive my QSL
please call the police or let me know!!!

Thank you

Serge VE1KG


From on4khg at voo.be  Fri Mar  5 20:09:30 2021
From: on4khg at voo.be (ON4KHG)
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 20:09:30 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Moon tracking with Raspberry Pi - Help
Message-ID: <002701d711f3$120d36e0$3627a4a0$@voo.be>

Dears,

 

 

 

I’m running WSJT-X on a Raspberry Pi (4B), which is working fine. I have
also the Hamlib rotor controller “rotctld” installed on the same Raspberry
to drive my antenna rotators.

To keep my system as simple as possible, I’m willing to write a script on my
Raspberry Pi so that :

 

- the moon coordinates are extracted from the azel.dat file in the directory
/home/pi/.local/share/WSJT-X on the Raspberry where WSJT-X is installed

- that azel.dat file looks like :

 

18:54:44, 37.5,-57.5,Moon

18:54:44,277.9,-13.8,Sun

18:54:44,  0.0,  0.0,Source

144,    56.0,    0.95,    56.0,    0.98,Doppler, R

 

So, I want to extract the moon az, which is 37.5 on the 1st line and the
elevation -57.5 also on the 1st line.

 

- once extracted, I want to inject these az & el data in the hamlib rotor
controller daemon (rotctld) using the command echo “\set_pos 37.5 -57.5” |
nc -w 1 localhost 4533

Of course, the -57.5 is just an example
 I don’t want to track negative moon
elevations ;o-)

 

- and I want to loop the same operation every few minutes to track the moon.

 

Manually, all this works fine but I’m looking forward to write a script to
automate it. I have tried to extract the az & el data (commands sed, awk,
cut with a moderate success).

I’m a newbie in Linux & Raspberry and I’m very far from an expert at
programming, even though my requirement above may seem somehow trivial at
first sight.

 

Could somebody help me in writing my script ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

73,

 

Gaëtan, ON4KHG

http://on4khg.be

 


From pa3dzl at icloud.com  Sun Mar  7 16:13:04 2021
From: pa3dzl at icloud.com (JdB PA3DZL de Bruijn)
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 16:13:04 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Need info on adding HH12/MAP25 to Alpha Spid AZ rotator
Message-ID: <2B3E293B-D81A-4E27-9F8D-0A7D2DBB2D8E@icloud.com>

Hello EME friends, 

I want to modify my Alpha Spid AZ rotator by adding a HH12/MAP25 rotary sensor.

In my tower I am using the Alpha Spid base-adaptor which is mounted on a base plate in the top-section of my tower. There is not much space!! 

Are there pictures on how to do it available?
All suggestions are welcome, THANKS..

Regards, 
Jac, PA3DZL 

Sent via my iPhone

From john at g4bao.com  Sun Mar  7 18:47:17 2021
From: john at g4bao.com (g4bao)
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 17:47:17 +0000
Subject: [Moon] Need info on adding HH12/MAP25 to Alpha Spid AZ rotator
In-Reply-To: <2B3E293B-D81A-4E27-9F8D-0A7D2DBB2D8E@icloud.com>
References: <2B3E293B-D81A-4E27-9F8D-0A7D2DBB2D8E@icloud.com>
Message-ID: <CAPtvDLXHtwz0Eafzs9ASZws_uLTZOUfu0p=H3Hn12Mn4Nnmvpg@mail.gmail.com>

Jac I published details last year in Dubus describing what I did with the
spid ras az el, but I guess you saw that?

Can't remember which issue!

73 John

On Sun, 7 Mar 2021, 15:14 JdB PA3DZL de Bruijn via Moon, <
moon at moonbounce.info> wrote:

> Hello EME friends,
>
> I want to modify my Alpha Spid AZ rotator by adding a HH12/MAP25 rotary
> sensor.
>
> In my tower I am using the Alpha Spid base-adaptor which is mounted on a
> base plate in the top-section of my tower. There is not much space!!
>
> Are there pictures on how to do it available?
> All suggestions are welcome, THANKS..
>
> Regards,
> Jac, PA3DZL
>
> Sent via my iPhone
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From g3ltf at btinternet.com  Tue Mar  9 09:56:19 2021
From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (Peter Blair)
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 08:56:19 -0000
Subject: [Moon] 432 and above EME Newsletter
Message-ID: <379C04D023CB4549B71C4AD296FF4D20@PeterKBlairPC5>

Al, K2UYH, and Matej, OK1TEH, are working on the 432 and above EME Newsletter this week. Send all your news, especially about your activity in the 432MHz CW contest and the 10 / 24 GHz Activity weekends, together with any technical items, to alkatz at tcnj.edu 

Previous NL can be found at http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/em70cm.html
73 and keep on keeping safe.
Peter, G3LTF 

From ejespers at telenet.be  Fri Mar 12 12:02:54 2021
From: ejespers at telenet.be (Eddy Jespers)
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 12:02:54 +0100
Subject: [Moon] ON0EME 23 cm beacon DOWN
Message-ID: <A36BBB81-BF72-4FE1-8697-C5AD6B80E3C6@telenet.be>

Yesterday we had a wind storm passing and we noticed that the antenna was not pointing correctly.
After checking we found out that the AZ gearbox is still OK but the drive axis came off the fix part of the mount.
This is the most difficult part of the mount to reach. Most likely the antenne needs to be lifted with a crane to carry out repairs.
We might look into another solution to turn the AZ . 

So the beacon will be down for some time.

73’s Eddy ON7UN


From g3ltf at btinternet.com  Sun Mar 14 16:21:47 2021
From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (Peter Blair)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 15:21:47 -0000
Subject: [Moon] SM3AKW  SK
Message-ID: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@PeterKBlairPC5>

Dear Friends,
I’m very sorry to tell you that Carl, SM3AKW died on Thursday. He had been unwell for some time. I have been asked by his SM friends to pass the sad news to our community.

Carl was a pioneer of MS in Europe in the 60s and then very early into EME on 70cm, 2m and then 23 and 13. He was a really first class CW operator and many of you will have enjoyed those QSOs with him through the years. He was a regular at the earlier EME conferences and always great fun to be with.

Our sympathies go to his family. We will all miss him, RIP my old friend.

73 Peter G3LTF 

From dfaessler at bluewin.ch  Sun Mar 14 16:45:46 2021
From: dfaessler at bluewin.ch (dfaessler)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 16:45:46 +0100
Subject: [Moon] SM3AKW sk
Message-ID: <mailman.0.1615738032.21657.moon@moonbounce.info>

I learn by Walter, ON4BCB that our friend SM3AKW is sk.Vy sad news. His eloquent CW skills and his strong sig on 1296 MHz are unforgettable.R.I.P. dr Carl!HB9BBD, DominiqueVon meinem/meiner Galaxy gesendet

From ok1dfc at seznam.cz  Sun Mar 14 16:54:38 2021
From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (Zdenek SAMEK-OK1DFC)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 16:54:38 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [Moon] [Moon-Net] SM3AKW  SK
References: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@PeterKBlairPC5>
Message-ID: <5rQ.3wcJ.1r5eNXfrRa2.1WJZ6{@seznam.cz>


Hi Peter,

this is again the very sad news. Carl be my big friend. We met in person at 
many EME meetings and also several times at UHF - SHF meetings Weinheim, 
where he took the train from Sweden. Carl was an excellent CW operator, we 
worked EME together from 70cm to 13cm. Also, the HSCW QSO by Meteor scater 
in the 432 MHz band is a memorable experience with him. From the last link, 
I still have a recording of his brilliant CW operation. http://www.ok1dfc.
com/eme/mp3files/sm3akw.mp3 This is a great loss for us and me personally. A
deep condolence to the family and his loved ones.

R.I.P. Carl


-- 
Zdenek - OK1DFC
www.ok1dfc.com
QRV EME 144 MHz - 24 GHz
WAC 70-23-13-6-3cm
WAZ #9 - WAS 432 #29
DXCC 432 - 1296 MHz


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Datum: 14. 3. 2021 16:30:32
Předmět: [Moon-Net] SM3AKW SK 
" 


Dear Friends,

I’m very sorry to tell you that Carl, SM3AKW died on Thursday. He had been 
unwell for some time. I have been asked by his SM friends to pass the sad 
news to our community.

 
 
Carl was a pioneer of MS in Europe in the 60s and then very early into EME 
on 70cm, 2m and then 23 and 13. He was a really first class CW operator and 
many of you will have enjoyed those QSOs with him through the years. He was 
a regular at the earlier EME conferences and always great fun to be with.

 
 
Our sympathies go to his family. We will all miss him, RIP my old friend.

 
 
73 Peter G3LTF 


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From i5wbe at i5wbe.it  Sun Mar 14 17:35:24 2021
From: i5wbe at i5wbe.it (Enrico Baldacci)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:35:24 +0100
Subject: [Moon] SM3AKW SK
In-Reply-To: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@PeterKBlairPC5>
References: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@PeterKBlairPC5>
Message-ID: <0b597135-ef39-ebb2-d5b5-9ce700dd7d77@i5wbe.it>

Vy SRI to rcv another sad news

Carl R.I.P.  Condoliance to his Family

73' Enrico i5wbe




Il 14/03/2021 16:21, Peter Blair via Moon ha scritto:
> Dear Friends,
> I’m very sorry to tell you that Carl, SM3AKW died on Thursday. He had been unwell for some time. I have been asked by his SM friends to pass the sad news to our community.
>
> Carl was a pioneer of MS in Europe in the 60s and then very early into EME on 70cm, 2m and then 23 and 13. He was a really first class CW operator and many of you will have enjoyed those QSOs with him through the years. He was a regular at the earlier EME conferences and always great fun to be with.
>
> Our sympathies go to his family. We will all miss him, RIP my old friend.
>
> 73 Peter G3LTF
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From bruinier at t-online.de  Sun Mar 14 17:45:30 2021
From: bruinier at t-online.de (Johann Bruinier)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:45:30 +0100
Subject: [Moon] SM3AKW SK
Message-ID: <4d0cf1dd-1176-297d-3125-7d1388249660@t-online.de>

Sad news and no end!

Our first 70cm QSO in Oct 1978 began at high speed and many subsequent 
QSOs were in his special fist. Extremely enjoyable indeed.

A wonderful and unforgettable gentleman has left our fraternity.

My condolences to his family and his friends.

RIP dear Carl!

Jan DL9KR.


From qtc at kpnmail.nl  Sun Mar 14 17:54:52 2021
From: qtc at kpnmail.nl (qtc at kpnmail.nl)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:54:52 +0100
Subject: [Moon] [Moon-Net] SM3AKW  SK
In-Reply-To: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@PeterKBlairPC5>
References: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@PeterKBlairPC5>
Message-ID: <002a01d718f2$c103e850$430bb8f0$@kpnmail.nl>

How sad to loose yet another friend
.. 

 

I remember long ragchew highspeed CW QSO’s on 2m, when I was sailing in the
Botnic Gulf in my merchant marine years (1980-1983) with an IC202 and a
dipole in the radarmast
 Karl was the director of Härnösand coastal station
that time, so we had a close relation also professionally.

And when we met on EME, we always went into “warpspeed 10” as we called our
QRQ fun QSO’s. I will never forget him!

Surely Marten PA3EKM also remembers Karl, when he operated PI9CAM one day
and he got an answer from Karl in warpspeed
 Karl thought I was at the key
hi!

 

Please pass my condolences to his family:

Med hjärlig kondoleanser över min goda vän Karl’s död!

 

Dick PA2DW

 

Van: Moon-net <moon-net-bounces at mailman.pe1itr.com> Namens Peter Blair via
Moon-net
Verzonden: zondag 14 maart 2021 16:22
Aan: freetalk moonnet <moon at moonbounce.info>; Moon-Net
<moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com>
Onderwerp: [Moon-Net] SM3AKW SK

 

Dear Friends,

I’m very sorry to tell you that Carl, SM3AKW died on Thursday. He had been
unwell for some time. I have been asked by his SM friends to pass the sad
news to our community.

 

Carl was a pioneer of MS in Europe in the 60s and then very early into EME
on 70cm, 2m and then 23 and 13. He was a really first class CW operator and
many of you will have enjoyed those QSOs with him through the years. He was
a regular at the earlier EME conferences and always great fun to be with.

 

Our sympathies go to his family. We will all miss him, RIP my old friend.

 

73 Peter G3LTF 


From valter_dls at yahoo.it  Sun Mar 14 18:13:50 2021
From: valter_dls at yahoo.it (valter dolso)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:13:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Moon] SM3AKW  SK
In-Reply-To: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@PeterKBlairPC5>
References: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@PeterKBlairPC5>
Message-ID: <637380879.1148282.1615742030171@mail.yahoo.com>

 Another bad news, working him many times in CW, very good operator..R.I.P Carl
Valter IK1FJI
    Il domenica 14 marzo 2021, 16:23:06 CET, Peter Blair via Moon <moon at moonbounce.info> ha scritto:  
 
 Dear Friends,
I’m very sorry to tell you that Carl, SM3AKW died on Thursday. He had been unwell for some time. I have been asked by his SM friends to pass the sad news to our community.

Carl was a pioneer of MS in Europe in the 60s and then very early into EME on 70cm, 2m and then 23 and 13. He was a really first class CW operator and many of you will have enjoyed those QSOs with him through the years. He was a regular at the earlier EME conferences and always great fun to be with.

Our sympathies go to his family. We will all miss him, RIP my old friend.

73 Peter G3LTF 
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From dfaessler at bluewin.ch  Sun Mar 14 20:14:44 2021
From: dfaessler at bluewin.ch (dfaessler)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:14:44 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Test only
Message-ID: <mailman.1.1615750570.21657.moon@moonbounce.info>

Von meinem/meiner Galaxy gesendet

From matti.lukkarinen at gmail.com  Sun Mar 14 17:52:39 2021
From: matti.lukkarinen at gmail.com (Matti Lukkarinen)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:52:39 +0200
Subject: [Moon] [Moon-Net] SM3AKW SK
In-Reply-To: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@PeterKBlairPC5>
References: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@PeterKBlairPC5>
Message-ID: <CAO3U_amQMUN3OKBryrgV46mr4W6o08XC_oK72E6YsQYcC_8kpQ@mail.gmail.com>

Carl R.I.P.  Condolence to his Family!

My first qso with Karl was 12.9.1995 in the 70cm band ssb.

I miss you old QSO friend!

73, Matti oh1db

On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 at 17:24, Peter Blair via Moon-net <
moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com> wrote:

> Dear Friends,
> I’m very sorry to tell you that Carl, SM3AKW died on Thursday. He had been
> unwell for some time. I have been asked by his SM friends to pass the sad
> news to our community.
>
> Carl was a pioneer of MS in Europe in the 60s and then very early into EME
> on 70cm, 2m and then 23 and 13. He was a really first class CW operator and
> many of you will have enjoyed those QSOs with him through the years. He was
> a regular at the earlier EME conferences and always great fun to be with.
>
> Our sympathies go to his family. We will all miss him, RIP my old friend.
>
> 73 Peter G3LTF
> _______________________________________________
> Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at
> http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html
>
>

From vlada.masek at volny.cz  Sun Mar 14 19:30:11 2021
From: vlada.masek at volny.cz (vlada)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:30:11 +0100
Subject: [Moon] =?utf-8?q?SM3AKW__SK?=
In-Reply-To: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@peterkblairpc5>
References: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@peterkblairpc5>
Message-ID: <20210314193011.8D16E993@volny.cz>

A bit depressing to see older OMs leaving, one by one. 
We, OK1KIR, made with Carl a lot of nice EME CW QSOs from 70cm up to 13cm during years 1982 up to 2015. Remember him also as a great friend of Ivo ZS6AXT(ex. OK2VCG/OK2WCG), also already SK.
RIP Carl,
Tonda&Vlada / OK1KIR EME
 
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> Datum: 14.03.2021 16:23
> Předmět: [Moon] SM3AKW SK
>
Dear Friends,
 I’m very sorry to tell you that Carl, SM3AKW died on Thursday. He had been unwell for some time. I have been asked by his SM friends to pass the sad news to our community.
 
 Carl was a pioneer of MS in Europe in the 60s and then very early into EME on 70cm, 2m and then 23 and 13. He was a really first class CW operator and many of you will have enjoyed those QSOs with him through the years. He was a regular at the earlier EME conferences and always great fun to be with.
 
 Our sympathies go to his family. We will all miss him, RIP my old friend.
 
 73 Peter G3LTF 
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From ok1teh at seznam.cz  Sun Mar 14 19:53:27 2021
From: ok1teh at seznam.cz (Matej Petrzilka)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:53:27 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [Moon] SM3AKW SK
Message-ID: <6rn.rr3p.C4vAuHL6QI.1WJbkd@seznam.cz>


Hi all,
I'm very sad to hear about Carl passing. He was true pioneer of
2m DX since 50's and very well known station from 70cm EME.




At the time around year 1960 Carl did many 2m MS tests / Eu MS records 


especially with Ivo ZS6AXT (OK2WCG). It was time around IGY event

when were established first Eu contacts on 2m via Aurora, E-sporadic, 


long 2m tropo contacts up to1500km, first EME tests, Meteor Scatter

and first contacts on lower GHz bands. At that time the TOP Eu stations

were callsigns like: OH1NL, UA1DZ,  UR2BU,  DL3YBA, G3HBW, 


OK1VR, OK1KW, ON4TQ, EA4AO, SM7AED, HB9RG,  F8DO, F9FT and of 


course G3LTF to name a few and SM3AKW was one of the most famous.



Some Czech articles about history of first Meteor Scatter,

Auroral and other DX contacts in Eu can be seen at (via translator) >>
http://www.ok2kkw.com/vcg1959/ms1960.htm

http://www.ok2kkw.com/vr1957/au1957.htm

http://www.ok2kkw.com/ms1986.htm

http://www.ok2kkw.com/next/jested1961.htm

http://www.ok2kkw.com/next/13cm1959.htm



During last few years I had several discussion with Karl about ideas
and UHF Meteor Scatter & Auroral propagation. Despite of his high
age he was very active on EME up to last moment and always
willing to help. After PA0SSB it's an another big loss...






RIP dear Carl & my condolences to his family & friends

Matej, OK1TEH

From ve4ma at shaw.ca  Sun Mar 14 22:53:09 2021
From: ve4ma at shaw.ca (Barry Malowanchuk)
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 15:53:09 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [Moon] SM3AKW SK
Message-ID: <22992445.27446375.1615758789488.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca>

I am so sorry to hear this news.Yet another old friend gone :-( 

i have such vivid recollections of Karl from the EME conferences and may QSOs on many bands. Karl was one of the few stations to have reported an Aurora QSO on 1296 MHz ( if I remember correctly). 

He was a great CW operator and will be missed. My condolences to his family and friends 

Barry VE4MA 

From pchomins at san.rr.com  Mon Mar 15 15:58:11 2021
From: pchomins at san.rr.com (Paul)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:58:11 -0700
Subject: [Moon] [Moon-Net] SM3AKW  SK
In-Reply-To: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@PeterKBlairPC5>
References: <156EF6A32134436FAD686078C7CEE38C@PeterKBlairPC5>
Message-ID: <C5D941D91BAC4C5A9169F813BA08D1C8@PaulChPC>

This is very sad news. Carl was l our very good friend for years. I will
miss Carl and his signals off the Moon.

 

Our condolences to his family

RIP Carl

 

73 Marta and Paul WA6PY

 


From cx2sc.base at gmail.com  Mon Mar 15 21:25:58 2021
From: cx2sc.base at gmail.com (cx2sc.base at gmail.com)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:25:58 -0300
Subject: [Moon] QRV 10GHz
Message-ID: <034101d719d9$6a258380$3e708a80$@gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

I think I have finished the 10GHz system on a 180cm offset dish and upgraded
my system to WG (before SMA), this work was hard and I must especially thank
2 people, Paul W1GHZ and Greg K6QPV.

Greg dedicated a lot of time and enthusiasm to resolve my position of focus
on the parabolic, with which we finally also built a friendship ...

Now, once my RX chain is adjusted I achieve a little more than 10db of solar
noise and 1db on the moon.

I still do not hear my echoes, maybe bad moon and little power!

But I am sure to be operational, I will be QRV 19, 20 and 21 during my moon.

And the following week from the 26/3 to the 5/4 I will be waiting for a QSO
with you!

73!

Ric CX2SC


From on4khg at voo.be  Wed Mar 17 09:25:41 2021
From: on4khg at voo.be (on4khg)
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:25:41 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Moon tracking with Raspberry Pi
Message-ID: <36372521a95fcf7fe931e4d35d3b8671@voo.be>

Dears,



Recently, I replaced the noisy (RF-wise, due to USB hubs) shack computer 
by a Raspberry Pi 4. This makes less noise on the band (2m) and doesn't 
take much place. I operate it "headless" (no screen nor keyboard) and I 
access it as from a laptop from anywhere in the house via my home LAN 
and VNC. I can access it also from anywhere in the world using remote.it 
(no port forwarding needed on my home router).

For EME operations, one issue was the fact that as far as I know there 
is no moon tracking software available on a Raspberry Pi OS (GPredict 
doesn't allow moon or sun tracking).
However, one interesting feature of WSJT-X is that it provides an 
azel.dat file including the coordinates of the moon.

What is also available is the daemon "Rotctld" part of Hamlib. It is an 
antenna rotator controller that supports several rotator protocols.
What was missing was the way to issue commands towards Rotctld to allow 
the antenna rotators (azimuth & elevation) to track the moon.

My Raspberry Pi is connected to my antenna rotator controller (ERC-3D by 
DF9GR) via an USB (Raspberry side) to RS232 (ERC-3D side) serial 
connection.

Having all this in hands, with the great help (I'm a very newbie in 
Python programming) of my friend Didier (ON4KDV), I wrote a small script 
in Python that :

- extracts the moon azimuth and elevation out of the azel.dat file 
provided by WSJT-X
- formats commands to drive Rotctld
- refreshes every 4 minutes
- for negative moon elevations, the antennas are parked

So, the system can track the moon without the need for a specific 3rd 
party software (which is anyway not available for Raspberry).
Additionally, I have added an option in the script that allows to 
manually enter an azimuth and rotates the antennas accordingly.
The script is an executable, as an icon my Raspberry desktop.

This allows to operate (digi) EME or terrestrial as from anywhere.

If there is some interest, I'll describe it and will provide the code on 
my website.

73,

Gaëtan, ON4KHG
http://on4khg.be

From g3ltf at btinternet.com  Wed Mar 17 15:52:33 2021
From: g3ltf at btinternet.com (Peter Blair)
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:52:33 -0000
Subject: [Moon] Dubus / REF  9cm CW / ssb Contest this weekend
Message-ID: <9BF17DC031F84E49A0A8C960F6521FF6@PeterKBlairPC5>

A reminder that the next leg, 9cm, of the Dubus / REF CW / ssb contest is on 20 /21st March. Rules are here http://www.marsport.org.uk/dubus/EMEContest2021.pdf
I’m afraid I still am unable to access the dish so I cant be QRV but GL to all participating. 
73 Peter G3LTF

From rick1ds at hotmail.com  Wed Mar 17 21:15:54 2021
From: rick1ds at hotmail.com (Rick R)
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 20:15:54 +0000
Subject: [Moon] ARRL EME results published on-line
Message-ID: <BN8PR03MB474092D28DC3A0B30D083249FA6A9@BN8PR03MB4740.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>

Microsoft Word - 2020 EME Contest - Final Results - Version .99 (arrl.org)<https://contests.arrl.org/ContestResults/2020/EME-2020-FinalFullResults.pdf>
control +click to link
Rick K1DS

From dl6sh-eme at online.de  Thu Mar 18 08:50:34 2021
From: dl6sh-eme at online.de (Slawek DL6SH)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:50:34 +0100
Subject: [Moon] ARRL EME results published on-line but not complete ?
In-Reply-To: <BN8PR03MB474092D28DC3A0B30D083249FA6A9@BN8PR03MB4740.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
References: <BN8PR03MB474092D28DC3A0B30D083249FA6A9@BN8PR03MB4740.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <61493e9d-3e3e-7729-c8e8-d1913f44c259@online.de>

Thank you for the Results.

But I wonder where my 23cm CW Results are, I am not in the list in spite 
of receiving acknowledge from ARRL.

73, Slawek DL6SH

Congratulations! You've successfully uploaded your ARRL EME Contest log. Your confirmation number is 21tfk9en.arrl-eme.

If you'd like to add soapbox comments associated with your entry, please use the following link:http://contests.arrl.org/contestsoapbox.php?call=DL6SH&id=21tfk9en.arrl-eme

Thank you for entering the contest and submitting your log via the ARRL's web form. Please review the information listed below and, if necessary, resubmit your log to make any corrections. If you have any questions about your log, please contact the Contest section atcontests at arrl.org.

Analysis of your uploaded log:
           Contest: ARRL-EME
         Call Sign: DL6SH
       Operator(s): DL6SH
Operator Category: Single Op - From selected category
     Mode Category: CW/Phone - From selected category
     Band Category: 1.2G - From selected category
All Eqpt Amateur Owned: Yes
            E-mail:dl6sh at online.de
       QSOs in Log: 86
         Raw Score: 290,500

Scoring Summary:
Band  CW/Ph QSOs  Dig QSOs  US States  VE Provinces  DXCC Entities
    50
   144
   222
   432
   902
  1.2G     83          0         11           2            22
  2.3G
  3.4G
  5.7G
   10G
   24G
   47G
   75G
  123G
  134G
  241G
LIGHT
Total     83          0         11           2            22

Log received at: 2020-12-01 18:34:51 UTC



Am 17.03.2021 um 21:15 schrieb Rick R via Moon:
> Microsoft Word - 2020 EME Contest - Final Results - Version .99 (arrl.org)<https://contests.arrl.org/ContestResults/2020/EME-2020-FinalFullResults.pdf>
> control +click to link
> Rick K1DS
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From sm4ive at telia.com  Thu Mar 18 09:31:49 2021
From: sm4ive at telia.com (Lars Pettersson)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:31:49 +0100
Subject: [Moon] ARRL EME results published on-line but not complete ?
In-Reply-To: <61493e9d-3e3e-7729-c8e8-d1913f44c259@online.de>
References: <BN8PR03MB474092D28DC3A0B30D083249FA6A9@BN8PR03MB4740.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
 <61493e9d-3e3e-7729-c8e8-d1913f44c259@online.de>
Message-ID: <c21d06e0-c175-0844-2fa5-1e119a48a1d5@telia.com>

Thats not the first time

It happend to me also some years back

Lars SM4IVE

Den 2021-03-18 kl. 08:50, skrev Slawek DL6SH via Moon:

> Thank you for the Results.
>
> But I wonder where my 23cm CW Results are, I am not in the list in 
> spite of receiving acknowledge from ARRL.
>
> 73, Slawek DL6SH
>
> Congratulations! You've successfully uploaded your ARRL EME Contest 
> log. Your confirmation number is 21tfk9en.arrl-eme.
>
> If you'd like to add soapbox comments associated with your entry, 
> please use the following 
> link:http://contests.arrl.org/contestsoapbox.php?call=DL6SH&id=21tfk9en.arrl-eme
>
> Thank you for entering the contest and submitting your log via the 
> ARRL's web form. Please review the information listed below and, if 
> necessary, resubmit your log to make any corrections. If you have any 
> questions about your log, please contact the Contest section 
> atcontests at arrl.org.
>
> Analysis of your uploaded log:
>           Contest: ARRL-EME
>         Call Sign: DL6SH
>       Operator(s): DL6SH
> Operator Category: Single Op - From selected category
>     Mode Category: CW/Phone - From selected category
>     Band Category: 1.2G - From selected category
> All Eqpt Amateur Owned: Yes
>            E-mail:dl6sh at online.de
>       QSOs in Log: 86
>         Raw Score: 290,500
>
> Scoring Summary:
> Band  CW/Ph QSOs  Dig QSOs  US States  VE Provinces  DXCC Entities
>    50
>   144
>   222
>   432
>   902
>  1.2G     83          0         11           2            22
>  2.3G
>  3.4G
>  5.7G
>   10G
>   24G
>   47G
>   75G
>  123G
>  134G
>  241G
> LIGHT
> Total     83          0         11           2            22
>
> Log received at: 2020-12-01 18:34:51 UTC
>
>
>
> Am 17.03.2021 um 21:15 schrieb Rick R via Moon:
>> Microsoft Word - 2020 EME Contest - Final Results - Version .99 
>> (arrl.org)<https://contests.arrl.org/ContestResults/2020/EME-2020-FinalFullResults.pdf>
>> control +click to link
>> Rick K1DS
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From ingolf.fhz at gmail.com  Thu Mar 18 10:34:37 2021
From: ingolf.fhz at gmail.com (Ingolf, SM6FHZ)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:34:37 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Getting your own posts
Message-ID: <CAM0g6Nf417OiGY-Z0BUuNKFbe-_TakDuR=p-D4__jkEau5988g@mail.gmail.com>

I am NOT getting my own posts from the reflector in spite of the "Yes"-box
being checked.
Any clue how to get that to work?

73 / Ingolf, SM6FHZ


-- 
Ingolf, SM6FHZ
http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm

From on4khg at voo.be  Thu Mar 18 16:16:15 2021
From: on4khg at voo.be (ON4KHG)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:16:15 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Moon tracking with Raspberry Pi === End
Message-ID: <00a901d71c09$a39a22b0$eace6810$@voo.be>

Dears,


Thanks for the feed-back I received on the subject.
Given the interest, I'll describe on my website in the coming days or weeks (time permitting) the very simple but yet effective system/script I have set up.

Thanks too for having brought to light RazTrack of Gary (N8CQ). Despite somehow deep searches on the Internet, I wasn't aware if it beforehand.

73,

Gaëtan, ON4KHG


-----Original Message-----
From: Moon-net <moon-net-bounces at mailman.pe1itr.com> On Behalf Of on4khg via Moon-net
Sent: mercredi 17 mars 2021 16:50
To: moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com
Subject: [Moon-Net] Moon tracking with Raspberry Pi

Dears,



Recently, I replaced the noisy (RF-wise, due to USB hubs) shack computer by a Raspberry Pi 4. This makes less noise on the band (2m) and doesn't take much place. I operate it "headless" (no screen nor keyboard) and I access it as from a laptop from anywhere in the house via my home LAN and VNC. I can access it also from anywhere in the world using remote.it (no port forwarding needed on my home router).

For EME operations, one issue was the fact that as far as I know there is no moon tracking software available on a Raspberry Pi OS (GPredict doesn't allow moon or sun tracking).
However, one interesting feature of WSJT-X is that it provides an azel.dat file including the coordinates of the moon.

What is also available is the daemon "Rotctld" part of Hamlib. It is an antenna rotator controller that supports several rotator protocols.
What was missing was the way to issue commands towards Rotctld to allow the antenna rotators (azimuth & elevation) to track the moon.

My Raspberry Pi is connected to my antenna rotator controller (ERC-3D by
DF9GR) via an USB (Raspberry side) to RS232 (ERC-3D side) serial connection.

Having all this in hands, with the great help (I'm a very newbie in Python programming) of my friend Didier (ON4KDV), I wrote a small script in Python that :

- extracts the moon azimuth and elevation out of the azel.dat file provided by WSJT-X
- formats commands to drive Rotctld
- refreshes every 4 minutes
- for negative moon elevations, the antennas are parked

So, the system can track the moon without the need for a specific 3rd party software (which is anyway not available for Raspberry).
Additionally, I have added an option in the script that allows to manually enter an azimuth and rotates the antennas accordingly.
The script is an executable, as an icon my Raspberry desktop.

This allows to operate (digi) EME or terrestrial as from anywhere.

If there is some interest, I'll describe it and will provide the code on my website.

73,

Gaëtan, ON4KHG
http://on4khg.be
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From pa3dzl at icloud.com  Fri Mar 19 18:21:59 2021
From: pa3dzl at icloud.com (Jac de Bruijn)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:21:59 -0000
Subject: [Moon] PA3DZL QRV DUBUS/REF  9CM CW/SSB CONTEST
Message-ID: <9750e648-d242-40ab-ab0d-b7f8e4040dbc@me.com>

Hello EME friends,


PA3DZL will be QRV this weekend during the DUBUS/REF CW/SSB contest on 9cm.
Rig: 3.7m solid Andrew dish, RA3AQ feed CP, 150W @ feed and 0.5dB NF.


Hope there will be some good activity. The weather overhere is nice, no wind and no rain.
Tested my rig this afternoon and have nice echoes.


Good luck to all and see you off the moon.


73s de Jac, PA3DZL
Grid: JO21ls


From w5lua at sbcglobal.net  Sat Mar 20 03:20:05 2021
From: w5lua at sbcglobal.net (w5lua at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:20:05 -0500
Subject: [Moon] [Moon-Net] 3.4GHz DUBUS EME   VK3NX QRV
In-Reply-To: <010f01d71d0c$881a7f90$984f7eb0$@vk3nx.com>
References: <010f01d71d0c$881a7f90$984f7eb0$.ref@vk3nx.com>
 <010f01d71d0c$881a7f90$984f7eb0$@vk3nx.com>
Message-ID: <005801d71d2f$8c6f93f0$a54ebbd0$@sbcglobal.net>

Charlie 

Please provide GMT times and dates since you are upside down from us up
north of you.

Over

Al W5LUA

 

From: Moon-net <moon-net-bounces at mailman.pe1itr.com> On Behalf Of Charlie
via Moon-net
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 5:09 PM
To: moon at moonbounce.info; 'Moon-Net' <moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com>
Subject: [Moon-Net] 3.4GHz DUBUS EME VK3NX QRV

 

Hello all,

 

I plan to be QRV during this weekends DUBUS 3.4GHz EME weekend.

 

 

Tx   3398.1 MHz  +/-   

Rx   3398.1 MHz  +/-   &  3400.1  MHz +/-

 

Looking forward to good Condx and some QSO's!

 

GL es 73

VK3NX

QF21CT

100 W 3.7m dish


From ingolf.fhz at gmail.com  Sat Mar 20 11:36:52 2021
From: ingolf.fhz at gmail.com (Ingolf, SM6FHZ)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:36:52 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Test again
Message-ID: <CAM0g6Nc3fjPN7SMi4o_Eh2f_A=+q_kXYkv4xDRZU298WTtjQow@mail.gmail.com>

of receiving my own posts....
Sri for any inconvenience.


-- 
Ingolf, SM6FHZ
http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm

From ingolf.fhz at gmail.com  Sat Mar 20 11:41:29 2021
From: ingolf.fhz at gmail.com (Ingolf, SM6FHZ)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:41:29 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Test again
In-Reply-To: <CAM0g6Nc3fjPN7SMi4o_Eh2f_A=+q_kXYkv4xDRZU298WTtjQow@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAM0g6Nc3fjPN7SMi4o_Eh2f_A=+q_kXYkv4xDRZU298WTtjQow@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAM0g6NdOuubBWhvwXUL4Tg0gqqrcf0qxVsXamAXS8anqM6ok2Q@mail.gmail.com>

Still no return of my posts :-(
Sri for bothering you all with this.


Den lör 20 mars 2021 kl 11:36 skrev Ingolf, SM6FHZ <ingolf.fhz at gmail.com>:

> of receiving my own posts....
> Sri for any inconvenience.
>
>
> --
> Ingolf, SM6FHZ
> http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm
>


-- 
Ingolf, SM6FHZ
http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm

From df6na at df6na.de  Sat Mar 20 16:54:12 2021
From: df6na at df6na.de (Rainer)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 16:54:12 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Test again
In-Reply-To: <CAM0g6NdOuubBWhvwXUL4Tg0gqqrcf0qxVsXamAXS8anqM6ok2Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAM0g6Nc3fjPN7SMi4o_Eh2f_A=+q_kXYkv4xDRZU298WTtjQow@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAM0g6NdOuubBWhvwXUL4Tg0gqqrcf0qxVsXamAXS8anqM6ok2Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5d80ef61-8696-d2ee-a8d3-8c73c313faf4@df6na.de>


Do you receive this ???

Am 20.03.2021 um 11:41 schrieb Ingolf, SM6FHZ via Moon:
> Still no return of my posts :-(
> Sri for bothering you all with this.
>
>
> Den lör 20 mars 2021 kl 11:36 skrev Ingolf, SM6FHZ <ingolf.fhz at gmail.com>:
>
>> of receiving my own posts....
>> Sri for any inconvenience.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ingolf, SM6FHZ
>> http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm
>>
>


From jack.f6ajw at gmail.com  Sat Mar 20 17:08:45 2021
From: jack.f6ajw at gmail.com (Jack F6AJW)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 17:08:45 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Test again
In-Reply-To: <5d80ef61-8696-d2ee-a8d3-8c73c313faf4@df6na.de>
References: <CAM0g6Nc3fjPN7SMi4o_Eh2f_A=+q_kXYkv4xDRZU298WTtjQow@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAM0g6NdOuubBWhvwXUL4Tg0gqqrcf0qxVsXamAXS8anqM6ok2Q@mail.gmail.com>
 <5d80ef61-8696-d2ee-a8d3-8c73c313faf4@df6na.de>
Message-ID: <CADQxVREwOrV8Ze0Zd4dQQj+TB6ocajC+NENh56FSVK7pizrRSA@mail.gmail.com>

Yes !

73’s,

Jacques F6AJW / IN93EK

Le sam. 20 mars 2021 à 17:02, Rainer via Moon <moon at moonbounce.info> a
écrit :

>
> Do you receive this ???
>
> Am 20.03.2021 um 11:41 schrieb Ingolf, SM6FHZ via Moon:
> > Still no return of my posts :-(
> > Sri for bothering you all with this.
> >
> >
> > Den lör 20 mars 2021 kl 11:36 skrev Ingolf, SM6FHZ <ingolf.fhz at gmail.com
> >:
> >
> >> of receiving my own posts....
> >> Sri for any inconvenience.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ingolf, SM6FHZ
> >> http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm
> >>
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
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From ok1dfc at seznam.cz  Sat Mar 20 23:41:40 2021
From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (Zdenek SAMEK-OK1DFC)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 23:41:40 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [Moon] 3400 MHz QRV
Message-ID: <661.3whE.7IzAsLPBNSC.1WLdea@seznam.cz>


Hi EME gang, I have finish today new feed for my new 260cm offset dish. 
Expecting to be QRV during Sunday window.

http://www.ok1dfc.com/eme/3400/podklady/9cm_w2imu_flare2.jpg




GL and 73!


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From ok1dfc at seznam.cz  Mon Mar 22 17:54:25 2021
From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (Zdenek SAMEK-OK1DFC)
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:54:25 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [Moon] 3,4 GHz QRV and MW weekend
Message-ID: <7mZ.3wqe.5hC5{1UV}Q6.1WMCl1@seznam.cz>


Hi EME gang, I have still my setup for 3,4 GHz QRV. If anybody interesting 
try, I can to be on HB9Q during the evening.

Expecting to be QRV during MW atctivity weekend 26 - 28th of March as 
follows:

Friday - Saturday window - 24 GHz - CW - Q65-60D


Saturday - Sunday window - 10 GHz - CW - Q65-60D


Looking forward for tests.

GL and 73!

-- 
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QRV EME 144 MHz - 24 GHz
WAC 70-23-13-6-3cm
WAZ #9 - WAS 432 #29
DXCC 432 - 1296 MHz

From jewell at btinternet.com  Mon Mar 22 18:32:35 2021
From: jewell at btinternet.com (Sam Jewell)
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:32:35 +0000
Subject: [Moon] 9cm EME
Message-ID: <5801CCD9-00D7-41EA-8359-4D245A887AB4@btinternet.com>

My thanks to those who persevered with my 9cm EME attempts over the weekend. I had struggled to get my revised system together in time. Once the transmit side was hooked up I found that there was a problem getting power to the feed horn (RA3AQ).
It turned out to be the  length of Ultraflex 13 between the main LDF5-50 from shack to dish mount and the feed horn. Using the NanoVNA i found the cable loss increased sharply above about 2.5GHz. I replaced it with Heliax. Even so I only had 18W available, so I could not detect echoes. Whilst the stations I heard were no problem to copy, my reports confirmed the low power of my transmissions.
I have decided that trying to keep and operate the PA in the shack is not a good idea!
Just three JT65C QSOs, but quite happy with that for now.
73 de Sam, G4DDK



Sent from my iPad

From juergen.friedrich at dj8fr.de  Tue Mar 23 14:52:12 2021
From: juergen.friedrich at dj8fr.de (=?UTF-8?Q?J=c3=bcrgen=2eFriedrich?=)
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:52:12 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Searching for G4HUP Manual
Message-ID: <b1268087-70fb-d724-7d26-f8fbb134e690@dj8fr.de>

Does anyone happen to still have the manual for the Distribution 
Amplifier V1.0 Jan 2009 from Dave G4HUP?

I still have two kits but lost the manual, necessary for building the unit.
The archive link is empty.

http://g4hup.com/DA/DA1-4%20Manual%20V1_01.pdf

From ik4nmf at gmail.com  Tue Mar 23 15:14:33 2021
From: ik4nmf at gmail.com (ik4nmf)
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:14:33 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Searching for G4HUP Manual
In-Reply-To: <b1268087-70fb-d724-7d26-f8fbb134e690@dj8fr.de>
References: <b1268087-70fb-d724-7d26-f8fbb134e690@dj8fr.de>
Message-ID: <3F67ED749E1F4B2B80E2849017E8F1A3@FaustoPC>

You can look here:

http://huprf.com/huprf/

73, Fausto IK4NMF

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From: Jürgen.Friedrichvia Moon
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 2:52 PM
To: moon at moonbounce.info
Subject: [Moon] Searching for G4HUP Manual

Does anyone happen to still have the manual for the Distribution
Amplifier V1.0 Jan 2009 from Dave G4HUP?

I still have two kits but lost the manual, necessary for building the unit.
The archive link is empty.

http://g4hup.com/DA/DA1-4%20Manual%20V1_01.pdf
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From juergen.friedrich at dj8fr.de  Tue Mar 23 20:19:19 2021
From: juergen.friedrich at dj8fr.de (=?UTF-8?Q?J=c3=bcrgen=2eFriedrich?=)
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:19:19 +0100
Subject: [Moon] Searching for G4HUP manual
Message-ID: <312adcba-b4b1-1dd8-ecbe-2394a9f2c0a7@dj8fr.de>

Thank you for all who answered!

Now I have the right manual and will build the unit.
73 de Juergen DJ8FR

From brian at brcg4nns.org  Wed Mar 24 12:07:42 2021
From: brian at brcg4nns.org (Brian Coleman)
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 11:07:42 +0000
Subject: [Moon] Report of activity on 3.4GHz over the weekend from G4NNS.
Message-ID: <69059767-e102-5bd7-2ddf-bcad8098615b@brcg4nns.org>

I had 16 CW QSOs during the contest including 2 initials and even had  
another 3 QSOs after the contest on Monday with another 2 initials 
making my total to date 39.

I think this is the most activity I have experienced on the band so 
thanks to all who came on.  My receive performance wasn't great with 
rather poor and variable moon noise if 0.5 to 0.9dB so that will need to 
be investigated but altogether an enjoyable 3.4GHz CW EME session. I 
plan to be on 10GHz and / or 24GHz next week end. It will be only 10GHz 
if the WX is wet as the TWT won't like rain.

73 Brian G4NNS


From rick1ds at hotmail.com  Wed Mar 24 16:28:56 2021
From: rick1ds at hotmail.com (Rick R)
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:28:56 +0000
Subject: [Moon] Proposed dates for 2022 ARRL EME Contest
Message-ID: <BN8PR03MB474082B761EA27B87A680B4FFA639@BN8PR03MB4740.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>

Please note these are PROPOSED DATES FOR 2022. The 2021 dates are already set.
I surveyed EME stations in both the US and Europe/UK and these represent the highest declinations
with the least conflict with other terrestrial VHF events. If you have any feedback before they are finalized, please let me know.
Thanks, Rick K1DS
2.3GHz & up  Sept 17-18, 2022



50-1296MHz  Oct 15-16, 2022



50-1296MHz  Nov 12-13, 2022




From ur5lx at ukr.net  Wed Mar 24 17:53:20 2021
From: ur5lx at ukr.net (Sergey Lysenko)
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:53:20 +0200
Subject: [Moon] Proposed dates for 2022 ARRL EME Contest
In-Reply-To: <BN8PR03MB474082B761EA27B87A680B4FFA639@BN8PR03MB4740.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
References: <BN8PR03MB474082B761EA27B87A680B4FFA639@BN8PR03MB4740.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <1616604645.476680000.4hwr4255@frv52.fwdcdn.com>

Hi Rick!
Beter  
2,3 & up  sept  17-18, 2022
2,3 & up  oct     15-16, 2022
73!Sergey.UR5LX

24 марта 2021, 17:31:46, от "Rick R via Moon" <moon at moonbounce.info>:

Please note these are PROPOSED DATES FOR 2022. The 2021 dates are already set.
I surveyed EME stations in both the US and Europe/UK and these represent the highest declinations
with the least conflict with other terrestrial VHF events. If you have any feedback before they are finalized, please let me know.
Thanks, Rick K1DS
2.3GHz & up  Sept 17-18, 2022



50-1296MHz  Oct 15-16, 2022



50-1296MHz  Nov 12-13, 2022



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From sa6bun at gmail.com  Wed Mar 24 21:18:00 2021
From: sa6bun at gmail.com (Michael Kohla)
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:18:00 +0100
Subject: [Moon] SMA fixed attenuator
Message-ID: <CAGL03igMe-oa=JbpnQwHx3nKK1FNCrcEcazgzCxAOGZg-p6GvQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

for a measurement set-up I am in need of a 2 dB / 2W / 18GHz SMA m/f fixed
attenuator. Anyone out there, who would be willing to help?

73, Michael DL1YMK

From john at g4bao.com  Thu Mar 25 00:27:18 2021
From: john at g4bao.com (g4bao)
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 23:27:18 +0000
Subject: [Moon] SMA fixed attenuator
In-Reply-To: <CAGL03igMe-oa=JbpnQwHx3nKK1FNCrcEcazgzCxAOGZg-p6GvQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAGL03igMe-oa=JbpnQwHx3nKK1FNCrcEcazgzCxAOGZg-p6GvQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPtvDLXPEAgaLtcY8k5b26YbOaZHEZ2sge7S_bnOMjVE2Lw0JQ@mail.gmail.com>

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1PC-2W-2dB-DC-18GHz-SMA-RF-coaxial-attenuator/254569587060?hash=item3b4587a174:g:WhMAAOSwJVJelmiL

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 at 20:19, Michael Kohla via Moon <moon at moonbounce.info>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> for a measurement set-up I am in need of a 2 dB / 2W / 18GHz SMA m/f fixed
> attenuator. Anyone out there, who would be willing to help?
>
> 73, Michael DL1YMK
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From pa3dzl at icloud.com  Thu Mar 25 09:49:23 2021
From: pa3dzl at icloud.com (Jac de Bruijn)
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:49:23 -0000
Subject: [Moon] PA3DZL 3.4GHz/9cm Dubus/REF contest results
Message-ID: <19f73e02-6780-476c-8b4c-38a35bc476d6@me.com>

Hello EME friends,


Last weekend during the 9cm Dubus/REF CW/SSB contest i made 21 QSOs (last year 17)
1 initial DL4DTU #69 very nice signals 559 from Norbert during his first show on 9cm.


Strongest signals from OK1CA, OH2DG, W5LUA and K2UYH very stong on Sunday !!
Nice to QSO VK3NX using X-band :-)) 


Conditions Saturday were not as good as on Sunday.
I could measure 0.3dB moonnoise on Saturday and 0.35dB on Sunday.
Less than usual >0.4dB.


Outside the contest a 2nd initial VE6BGT #70, outstandig CW signal peaking 579 !!
Made also 3 Digi-mode QSOs


Will be looking forward to the 10GHz part in April.


73s de Jac, PA3DZL


From dj3jj at gmx.net  Thu Mar 25 18:21:42 2021
From: dj3jj at gmx.net (dj3jj at gmx.net)
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:21:42 +0100
Subject: [Moon] New 9cm SG Lab Transverter  3 w out
Message-ID: <trinity-c2d5ae22-583f-4c2f-ab89-f3430f26dd14-1616692902361@msvc-mesg-gmx021>

For those interested in becoming qrv on 3.4 GHz SG Lab has a new Transverter available
Which is not on the web side

More infos here

https://3fs.net.au/sg-lab-3400-mhz-transverter/

I am using the 13cm version of it and i am very happy with it

It is possible to gps lock the Transverter

Price in the moment seems to be 250 Euro

As i looks like DL can keep 3400 to 3410
And VK 3398 to 3399.9 i hope more stations
Invest into this band

As Transverter has 70 cm IF there is no problem to work cross qrg as you have 10 MHz IF BW

Looks like you have to email SG Lab for
An offer

Andreas DJ3JJ

PS i am not getting any money for sharing this info ;0)

Gesendet mit der GMX Mail App

From pa3dzl at icloud.com  Thu Mar 25 19:22:41 2021
From: pa3dzl at icloud.com (JdB PA3DZL de Bruijn)
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:22:41 +0100
Subject: [Moon] SSPA 9cm Ionica Re:  New 9cm SG Lab Transverter  3 w out
In-Reply-To: <trinity-c2d5ae22-583f-4c2f-ab89-f3430f26dd14-1616692902361@msvc-mesg-gmx021>
References: <trinity-c2d5ae22-583f-4c2f-ab89-f3430f26dd14-1616692902361@msvc-mesg-gmx021>
Message-ID: <6D9EB260-B1FC-4185-9671-19906C1E9453@icloud.com>

Great EME BAND 9cm !! 

For who is interested I have 2 Ionica 9cm SSPAs. Bought the PAs several years ago for €50,- each.
Output is 15W. After mod between 18 and 20W.

EME is possible with 15 to 20W @ feed and 1.8M dish .... bigger is better :-)) 

More info on:
http://dc2light.co.uk/9cmpamods.htm

Ask each €50,- + shipping 
Contact me off list if you are interested 

Regards, 
Jac, PA3DZL 

Sent via my iPhone

> Op 25 mrt. 2021 om 18:31 heeft Andreas, DJ3JJ via Moon <moon at moonbounce.info> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> For those interested in becoming qrv on 3.4 GHz SG Lab has a new Transverter available
> Which is not on the web side
> 
> More infos here
> 
> https://3fs.net.au/sg-lab-3400-mhz-transverter/
> 
> I am using the 13cm version of it and i am very happy with it
> 
> It is possible to gps lock the Transverter
> 
> Price in the moment seems to be 250 Euro
> 
> As i looks like DL can keep 3400 to 3410
> And VK 3398 to 3399.9 i hope more stations
> Invest into this band
> 
> As Transverter has 70 cm IF there is no problem to work cross qrg as you have 10 MHz IF BW
> 
> Looks like you have to email SG Lab for
> An offer
> 
> Andreas DJ3JJ
> 
> PS i am not getting any money for sharing this info ;0)
> 
> Gesendet mit der GMX Mail App
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From pa3dzl at icloud.com  Thu Mar 25 19:40:25 2021
From: pa3dzl at icloud.com (JdB PA3DZL de Bruijn)
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:40:25 +0100
Subject: [Moon] [Moon-Net] SSPA 9cm Ionica Re: New 9cm SG Lab
 Transverter 3 w out
In-Reply-To: <6D9EB260-B1FC-4185-9671-19906C1E9453@icloud.com>
References: <6D9EB260-B1FC-4185-9671-19906C1E9453@icloud.com>
Message-ID: <05ECC3DB-D1B2-49E7-8B78-A3DFFADC12A7@icloud.com>

Both SSPA’s are SOLD 

Regards, 
Jac, PA3DZL 

Sent via my iPhone

> Op 25 mrt. 2021 om 19:32 heeft JdB PA3DZL de Bruijn via Moon-net <moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Great EME BAND 9cm !! 
> 
> For who is interested I have 2 Ionica 9cm SSPAs. Bought the PAs several years ago for €50,- each.
> Output is 15W. After mod between 18 and 20W.
> 
> EME is possible with 15 to 20W @ feed and 1.8M dish .... bigger is better :-)) 
> 
> More info on:
> http://dc2light.co.uk/9cmpamods.htm
> 
> Ask each €50,- + shipping 
> Contact me off list if you are interested 
> 
> Regards, 
> Jac, PA3DZL 
> 
> Sent via my iPhone
> 
>>> Op 25 mrt. 2021 om 18:31 heeft Andreas, DJ3JJ via Moon <moon at moonbounce.info> het volgende geschreven:
>>> 
>> For those interested in becoming qrv on 3.4 GHz SG Lab has a new Transverter available
>> Which is not on the web side
>> 
>> More infos here
>> 
>> https://3fs.net.au/sg-lab-3400-mhz-transverter/
>> 
>> I am using the 13cm version of it and i am very happy with it
>> 
>> It is possible to gps lock the Transverter
>> 
>> Price in the moment seems to be 250 Euro
>> 
>> As i looks like DL can keep 3400 to 3410
>> And VK 3398 to 3399.9 i hope more stations
>> Invest into this band
>> 
>> As Transverter has 70 cm IF there is no problem to work cross qrg as you have 10 MHz IF BW
>> 
>> Looks like you have to email SG Lab for
>> An offer
>> 
>> Andreas DJ3JJ
>> 
>> PS i am not getting any money for sharing this info ;0)
>> 
>> Gesendet mit der GMX Mail App
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From it9blb at infcom.it  Thu Mar 25 21:23:14 2021
From: it9blb at infcom.it (it9blb at infcom.it)
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:23:14 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [Moon] SMA fixed attenuator
Message-ID: <1379586681.2919117.1616703794953.JavaMail.zimbra@infcom.it>

Bought and received a couple here: [ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MaCom-2082-6040-02-Omni-Spectra-2-Watt-DC-18-GHz-2-dB-SMA-M-F-Attenuatore-NEW/324114806556 | https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MaCom-2082-6040-02-Omni-Spectra-2-Watt-DC-18-GHz-2-dB-SMA-M-F-Attenuatore-NEW/324114806556 ] 

73, 
Joe, IT9BLB 

From ur5lx at ukr.net  Fri Mar 26 07:55:01 2021
From: ur5lx at ukr.net (Sergey Lysenko)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 08:55:01 +0200
Subject: [Moon] LNA 24 gg WR42
Message-ID: <1616741506.973083000.zbgw87hd@frv52.fwdcdn.com>

Hi EME frends!
Still looking LNA for stsrt 24GG EME for in  WR42.
Any one get for sale?
73!Sergey.UR5LX

From pa3dzl at icloud.com  Fri Mar 26 08:58:11 2021
From: pa3dzl at icloud.com (Jac de Bruijn)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:58:11 -0000
Subject: [Moon] =?utf-8?b?wqBbTW9vbi1OZXRdIE5ldmVyIHRvbyBsYXRlIC4uLg==?=
Message-ID: <c4d88337-d34b-4b41-9ea8-a73dcb895df5@me.com>

Good old times Herve !!


I made a QSO with TM8EME on 23cm >> running a single 23el. F9FT Yagi and 150W @ ant from a 2x2C39 watercooled PA, MGF1302 preamp. The 23el Yagi 174cm long boom was fixed on a table in my garden.


Very Very Very QRP on my side but a Very nice CW QSO with 529/529 reports and 100% RANDOM .... :-))


I still remember this beatiful EME QSO ... thanks ... date 3-5-1998


73s and thanks again for that great activity from the Nancay RT.


Jac, PA3DZL

Op 26 maart 2021 om 8:47 uur schreef F5HRY via Moon-net <moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com>:


Hello,

Shuffling some old EME papers, I found that some of the TM8EME QSLs
(23cm activity  from Nancay RT, prior to the Paris 1998 EME conferenece)
have never been sent ...

Shame on me, the same I would feel if I turned digital (ok, maybe a bit
less ...) !

Thus, I have QSLs for : WD5AGO, IK1MTZ, IK1YWB, OH2AXH and SM2CEW.

Please send me your addresses, I will send the QSL directly.

73,

Hervé F5HRY

“Sooner or later, everything old is new again”
Stephen King (thinking about analog radio modes ...)



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From f5hry at wanadoo.fr  Fri Mar 26 09:05:46 2021
From: f5hry at wanadoo.fr (F5HRY)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:05:46 +0100
Subject: [Moon] =?utf-8?b?wqBbTW9vbi1OZXRdIE5ldmVyIHRvbyBsYXRlIC4uLg==?=
In-Reply-To: <c4d88337-d34b-4b41-9ea8-a73dcb895df5@me.com>
References: <c4d88337-d34b-4b41-9ea8-a73dcb895df5@me.com>
Message-ID: <710271d8-91ec-f4c8-d7d3-4f2be4cb4617@wanadoo.fr>

Hello Jac,

Yes, good old times. I have some recordings on audio tapes, I just need 
time to convert them to modern formats, and post
it on YT or whatever ...

However, some years later this RT has been totally renewed and 
modernized, and I am afraid no ham radio activity will be
scheduled any more. After the loss of Arecibo, those 2 big ones are off 
the air.

73,

Hervé F5HRY

“Sooner or later, everything old is new again”
Stephen King (thinking about analog radio modes ...)


Le 26/03/2021 à 08:58, Jac de Bruijn a écrit :
> Good old times Herve !!
>
> I made a QSO with TM8EME on 23cm >> running a single 23el. F9FT Yagi 
> and 150W @ ant from a 2x2C39 watercooled PA, MGF1302 preamp. The 23el 
> Yagi 174cm long boom was fixed on a table in my garden.
>
> Very Very Very QRP on my side but a Very nice CW QSO with 529/529 
> reports and 100% RANDOM .... :-))
>
> I still remember this beatiful EME QSO ... thanks ... date 3-5-1998
>
> 73s and thanks again for that great activity from the Nancay RT.
>
> Jac, PA3DZL
>
> Op 26 maart 2021 om 8:47 uur schreef F5HRY via Moon-net 
> <moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com>:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Shuffling some old EME papers, I found that some of the TM8EME QSLs
>> (23cm activity  from Nancay RT, prior to the Paris 1998 EME conferenece)
>> have never been sent ...
>>
>> Shame on me, the same I would feel if I turned digital (ok, maybe a bit
>> less ...) !
>>
>> Thus, I have QSLs for : WD5AGO, IK1MTZ, IK1YWB, OH2AXH and SM2CEW.
>>
>> Please send me your addresses, I will send the QSL directly.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Hervé F5HRY
>>
>> “Sooner or later, everything old is new again”
>> Stephen King (thinking about analog radio modes ...)
>>
>>
>>
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From ok1dfc at seznam.cz  Fri Mar 26 11:03:25 2021
From: ok1dfc at seznam.cz (Zdenek SAMEK-OK1DFC)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:03:25 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [Moon] MW activity weekend
Message-ID: <1}s.3wot.4Neb4rmBgYL.1WNR5j@seznam.cz>

Hi EME gang, anybody plan to be QRV 24 GHz Friday - Saturday? We have on 
Saturday bad WX forecast, but I will do my best be on. I will monitor HB9Q 
24 GHz and 10 Ghz chat room. GL and looking forward to make a tests.

-- 
Zdenek - OK1DFC
www.ok1dfc.com
QRV EME 144 MHz - 24 GHz
WAC 70-23-13-6-3cm
WAZ #9 - WAS 432 #29
DXCC 432 - 1296 MHz

From pa7jb at ziggo.nl  Fri Mar 26 12:00:02 2021
From: pa7jb at ziggo.nl (John Lambo)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:00:02 +0100
Subject: [Moon] PA7JB qrv on 24ghz this saturday
In-Reply-To: <05ECC3DB-D1B2-49E7-8B78-A3DFFADC12A7@icloud.com>
References: <6D9EB260-B1FC-4185-9671-19906C1E9453@icloud.com>
 <05ECC3DB-D1B2-49E7-8B78-A3DFFADC12A7@icloud.com>
Message-ID: <32b77047-3c9e-ad7c-10de-79aef2e242b6@ziggo.nl>

Hello Lunatics,

I have not be qrv for almost 2 years from the moon.

But this saturday i will be qrv on 24ghz.

Did see  24watt and  see 1.3db moonnooise.

I will be on HB9Q chat to see if i can work some old frinds from the 
moon in Q65 or CW.


GL  John  PA7JB



From pa7jb at ziggo.nl  Fri Mar 26 12:03:01 2021
From: pa7jb at ziggo.nl (John Lambo)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:03:01 +0100
Subject: [Moon] PA7JB qrv on 24ghz this saturday
Message-ID: <dd321395-fb52-c8ab-4344-379ba9e04863@ziggo.nl>

Hello Lunatics,

I have not be qrv for almost 2 years from the moon.

But this saturday i will be qrv on 24ghz.

Did see  24watt and  see 1.3db moonnooise.

I will be on HB9Q chat to see if i can work some old frinds from the 
moon in Q65 or CW.


GL  John  PA7JB


From cx2sc.base at gmail.com  Fri Mar 26 16:24:18 2021
From: cx2sc.base at gmail.com (cx2sc)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:24:18 -0300
Subject: [Moon] 10GHz from CX (another try)
Message-ID: <CAMfvXgabKQ02z8hvqCmaE8WMVLZ8BYFo3mFb6a6XnGZK14R5sQ@mail.gmail.com>

  Hi All, from the moon today after 22 degrees, I will be available with a
new 10GHz transverter and blocked by GPS.
I'll be QRV all next week to test 10GHz and get new DXCC !!
73!
Ric CX2SC

From pchomins at san.rr.com  Fri Mar 26 19:49:11 2021
From: pchomins at san.rr.com (Paul)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:49:11 -0700
Subject: [Moon] [Moon-Net] MW activity weekend
In-Reply-To: <1}s.3wot.4Neb4rmBgYL.1WNR5j@seznam.cz>
References: <1}s.3wot.4Neb4rmBgYL.1WNR5j@seznam.cz>
Message-ID: <784C960C413E4A618C84534DD5CDCE44@PaulChPC>

Hi Zdenek,

I was hoping to be QRV on 24 GHz this year, but due to the long recovery
time after the shoulder surgery I will be unable to do any EME activity for
at least next 12 weeks.

Have a fun.

VY 73 Paul WA6PY

 

  _____  

From: Moon-net [mailto:moon-net-bounces at mailman.pe1itr.com] On Behalf Of
Zdenek SAMEK-OK1DFC via Moon-net
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2021 03:03
To: Moon-Net; moon at moonbounce.info
Subject: [Moon-Net] MW activity weekend

 

Hi EME gang, anybody plan to be QRV 24 GHz Friday - Saturday? We have on
Saturday bad WX forecast, but I will do my best be on. I will monitor HB9Q
24 GHz and 10 Ghz chat room. GL and looking forward to make a tests.

-- 
Zdenek - OK1DFC
www.ok1dfc.com
QRV EME 144 MHz - 24 GHz
WAC 70-23-13-6-3cm
WAZ #9 - WAS 432 #29
DXCC 432 - 1296 MHz


From pa7jb at ziggo.nl  Sun Mar 28 12:27:24 2021
From: pa7jb at ziggo.nl (John Lambo)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 12:27:24 +0200
Subject: [Moon] My first qso,s on 24ghz
In-Reply-To: <dd321395-fb52-c8ab-4344-379ba9e04863@ziggo.nl>
References: <dd321395-fb52-c8ab-4344-379ba9e04863@ziggo.nl>
Message-ID: <3c1d74fc-0350-3a47-1260-9ac4ab71d2f2@ziggo.nl>


> Hello Lunatics,

Yesterday i made my 1 qso on 24ghz with Gerard PA0BAT in Q65 mode.

After this qso i made it with Peter OZ1LPR also in Q65.

I am happy with this all after a lott off work and stress.

I like to thank first Manfred DL7YC fot the nice TWT ( now output 24watt)

And a big thank to Hans PE1CKK for all the help and advice whitout him i 
did not make it on time for the AW on 24ghz !!!!

Also a big thank to Jac PA3DZL with helping me with computers ( this is 
not my thing) but at the end it works ;-)

And also to Gerard PA0BAT for support !!

I hope to work some other stations soon and also in CW.

Did see 12db sunnoise and 1.6db moonnoise.

Take care and stay safe...


73  John  PA7JB


From pa7jb at ziggo.nl  Sun Mar 28 12:28:22 2021
From: pa7jb at ziggo.nl (John Lambo)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 12:28:22 +0200
Subject: [Moon] My first qso,s on 24ghz
In-Reply-To: <32b77047-3c9e-ad7c-10de-79aef2e242b6@ziggo.nl>
References: <6D9EB260-B1FC-4185-9671-19906C1E9453@icloud.com>
 <05ECC3DB-D1B2-49E7-8B78-A3DFFADC12A7@icloud.com>
 <32b77047-3c9e-ad7c-10de-79aef2e242b6@ziggo.nl>
Message-ID: <911466d8-2ee7-dd45-dcef-f571f6074274@ziggo.nl>


> Hello Lunatics,

Yesterday i made my 1 qso on 24ghz with Gerard PA0BAT in Q65 mode.

After this qso i made it with Peter OZ1LPR also in Q65.

I am happy with this all after a lott off work and stress.

I like to thank first Manfred DL7YC fot the nice TWT ( now output 24watt)

And a big thank to Hans PE1CKK for all the help and advice whitout him i 
did not make it on time for the AW on 24ghz !!!!

Also a big thank to Jac PA3DZL with helping me with computers ( this is 
not my thing) but at the end it works

And also to Gerard PA0BAT for support !!

I hope to work some other stations soon and also in CW.

Did see 12db sunnoise and 1.6db moonnoise.

Take care and stay safe...


73  John  PA7JB

From howard at g4cch.com  Sun Mar 28 12:54:33 2021
From: howard at g4cch.com (Howard Ling)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 11:54:33 +0100
Subject: [Moon] G4CCH Activity in Dubus/REF 9cm EME Contest
Message-ID: <000001d723c0$bc9c93b0$35d5bb10$@g4cch.com>

I was QRV during the 9cm contest and made 21 CW QSO's in total:

 

OK1KKD, PA3DZL, OH1LRY, G4NNS, DL4DTU #57, OK1CA, OK1KIR, ES5PC, W5LUA,
DF3RU, PA0BAT,

SP3XBO, WA9FWD, VE6TA, VK3NX cross band, OK1DFC, OK1CS, OH2DG, K2UYH, LX1DB,
VE4MA & VE6BGT.

 

I missed VK4AFL - mistake with cross band frequency settings at my end.

Also found that the  BPF in my transverter rolls off fast below 3399 MHz, so
will need tweaking to get down to 3398.xxx



Signals seemed to be weaker than last time I was on 9cm, I was seeing 1.1dB
Moon noise.

Looks like some investigation to do later.

 

Best 73 

Howard - G4CCH

 

5.4m dish, scaled N2UO septum feed, 100W at the feed and hb G4DDK vlna 0.3dB
NF

 

 


From ve1kg at eastlink.ca  Sun Mar 28 17:57:25 2021
From: ve1kg at eastlink.ca (Serge Szpilfogel)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 15:57:25 -0000
Subject: [Moon] [Moon-Net] Map65 vs WSJT on 2 meter EME.
In-Reply-To: <CABipsT1DU-DUkJTn7A-YALBKpHqqO=hqj32XhN5zeuxSQ4ET-A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABipsT1DU-DUkJTn7A-YALBKpHqqO=hqj32XhN5zeuxSQ4ET-A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000001d723eb$0bb8dbf0$232a93d0$@eastlink.ca>

Earl
Here I run MAP65 & WSJTX & WSJT7 at the same time. I have no noise to deal with only on low moon declination when beaming towards my home. At time WSJT7 out decode Map65 & Wsjtx other time Map65 out decodes WSJT7 & WSJTX & other times WSJTX out decodes Map65 & WSJT7 so you need to run all three software for JT65B.  Q65A is my favorite software when I can find someone to test with which is not easy for some reason it decodes smaller stations in my case no 
doubts
Serge VE1KG
-----Original Message-----
From: Moon-net <moon-net-bounces at mailman.pe1itr.com> On Behalf Of Earl Shaffer via Moon-net
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2021 23:12
To: moon-net <moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com>
Subject: [Moon-Net] Map65 vs WSJT on 2 meter EME.

Hi All.

This subject is a bit subjective, so I thought I would pass it around and see if anyone else has their own ideas on it.
I use 4 x UWA12 Xpol with MGF1302 gaAsfet preamps. They drive a 3.2 Mhz bandwidth 2 pole home brew helical filter.
Some MAV11 MMICs provide gain and distribution of signals. H and V go to a switch to a Yaesu FT736r. The audio drives my i3 laptop and WSJTx. The other outputs from the MAV11 MMIC distribution amps go to the original revision IQ+ known to have a somewhat weaker front end than what is currently available. I use a Delta44 sound card. This IQ+ sees a 5 Mhz bandwidth which I think is  important information. With this set up for some time now, WSJTx consistently outperformed Map65 with few exceptions.
It was my secret weapon during the ARRL EME contest. Very seldom Map65 would outperform WSJTx.  Mostly WSJTx could be counted on to pull out signals that Map65 could not. I noticed a trend though. When I had a higher noise level, this was the case, but during rare times that noise was very low such as +3 db, the results were much closer between Map65 and WSJTx. There seems to be something about the Map65 systems that does not handle my Urban noise well.
My excess noise is around +20db (often higher) on the horizon and very often +6db at high elevations. I think there are a few things at work here. One is that at wider bandwidths such as 3.2 Mhz, the noise from my neighbors is much stronger at a greater bandwidth than the simple narrow band measure would indicate. My noise is all pulse noise. It seems like my noise may be at least 30 db stronger at 3.2 Mhz bandwidth than it is at 2.7 Khz bandwidth. If we consider that the pattern of my array may not have low sidelobes at frequencies well removed  from design frequency then that number may be much higher. I think what this implies is that the dynamic range of my Yaesu FT736r may be better than the original IQ+. The bandwidth of the Yaesu is probably comparable in its front end compared to the IQ+. Perhaps  the Yaesu has a pretty good mixer or maybe AGC controls its preamp.  It might also be that the preamps have tracking filters. I have not looked into that. Having experienced this and reached these conclusions, I decided an experiment was in order. I removed the 2 pole helical filters and installed commercial  repeater grade pass cavities. I set the insertion loss so the band edges (144.1 and 144.16) was .5db down from mid band. This is done by rotating the pickup loops inside the cavities. The difference has been startling. I believe I am seeing much better signals on Map65. Often I am beating previous signal reports by 2db. I am now seeing about 2db less noise on average. When I compare WSJTx and Map65 the results are now much closer and I see little advantage to having both programs running.

One possible conclusion is that when some people say there is no difference between programs and others say that there is a big difference favoring some flavor of WSJT they are both correct. I wonder if anyone else has an experience that would either confirm or deny this possible conclusion?  This might make city dwellers carefully consider the dynamic range of their SDR.

-- 

Earl Shaffer,  WB9UWA
 
My EME array photos
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bbn2ktonko8e3az/AACHBBOhf6Djk5Pf2c86Br5ja

Detailed array photos

http://www.gm4jjj.co.uk/WB9UWA/
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From g3wdg at moon-net.eu  Sun Mar 28 18:14:56 2021
From: g3wdg at moon-net.eu (Charles)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:14:56 +0200
Subject: [Moon] My first qso,s on 24ghz
In-Reply-To: <911466d8-2ee7-dd45-dcef-f571f6074274@ziggo.nl>
References: <6D9EB260-B1FC-4185-9671-19906C1E9453@icloud.com>
 <05ECC3DB-D1B2-49E7-8B78-A3DFFADC12A7@icloud.com>
 <32b77047-3c9e-ad7c-10de-79aef2e242b6@ziggo.nl>
 <911466d8-2ee7-dd45-dcef-f571f6074274@ziggo.nl>
Message-ID: <54aad15d-aa22-b959-0839-0fc72e750e2f@moon-net.eu>

Hi John

Congratulations!

73 and GL

Charlie G3WDG

On 28/03/2021 12:28, John Lambo via Moon wrote:
>
>> Hello Lunatics,
>
> Yesterday i made my 1 qso on 24ghz with Gerard PA0BAT in Q65 mode.
>
> After this qso i made it with Peter OZ1LPR also in Q65.
>
> I am happy with this all after a lott off work and stress.
>
> I like to thank first Manfred DL7YC fot the nice TWT ( now output 24watt)
>
> And a big thank to Hans PE1CKK for all the help and advice whitout him 
> i did not make it on time for the AW on 24ghz !!!!
>
> Also a big thank to Jac PA3DZL with helping me with computers ( this 
> is not my thing) but at the end it works
>
> And also to Gerard PA0BAT for support !!
>
> I hope to work some other stations soon and also in CW.
>
> Did see 12db sunnoise and 1.6db moonnoise.
>
> Take care and stay safe...
>
>
> 73  John  PA7JB
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From jmorris at namei.org  Tue Mar 30 05:27:55 2021
From: jmorris at namei.org (James Morris)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:27:55 +1100 (AEDT)
Subject: [Moon] My first qso,s on 24ghz
In-Reply-To: <911466d8-2ee7-dd45-dcef-f571f6074274@ziggo.nl>
References: <6D9EB260-B1FC-4185-9671-19906C1E9453@icloud.com>
 <05ECC3DB-D1B2-49E7-8B78-A3DFFADC12A7@icloud.com>
 <32b77047-3c9e-ad7c-10de-79aef2e242b6@ziggo.nl>
 <911466d8-2ee7-dd45-dcef-f571f6074274@ziggo.nl>
Message-ID: <3e6353c0-b94f-1c59-6650-64f0d1bbd5d1@namei.org>

On Sun, 28 Mar 2021, John Lambo via Moon wrote:

> 
> > Hello Lunatics,
> 
> Yesterday i made my 1 qso on 24ghz with Gerard PA0BAT in Q65 mode.

Congrats! What size dish do you have?


James W7TXT

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris at namei.org>


From ve1kg at eastlink.ca  Tue Mar 30 16:12:22 2021
From: ve1kg at eastlink.ca (ve1kg at eastlink.ca)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:12:22 -0000
Subject: [Moon] [Moon-Net] Earl..CityNoise,Filters..GaasFETS
In-Reply-To: <trinity-c0485fa1-ea2a-46b1-8602-44834ca0f07e-1617088778778@3c-app-webde-bs21>
References: <trinity-c0485fa1-ea2a-46b1-8602-44834ca0f07e-1617088778778@3c-app-webde-bs21>
Message-ID: <013e01d7256e$b44a08a0$1cde19e0$@eastlink.ca>

Hello! Oliver a very interesting discussion on noise prevention & filters. So until you identify the noise sources how do you choose the filter system you truly need???

Serge VE1KG

 

From: Moon-net <moon-net-bounces at mailman.pe1itr.com> On Behalf Of Oliver Dunker via Moon-net
Sent: March 30, 2021 07:20
To: moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com
Subject: [Moon-Net] Earl..CityNoise,Filters..GaasFETS

 


Hi Earl!

Great to hear that you are onto something regarding your heavy noise problems!

When it comes to Preamps/LNAs there still is that misunderstanding "the lower the NF the better" and "take the most modern transistor"..In the lab that looks fantastic,but there are several problems:All of these transistors are designed for ghz commercial applications.Not at all for VHF.When you force them into 2m work,thats a problem by itself.Then also shooting for lowest noise factor makes real real bad IMD figures!

Ok,there are somewhat OK designs,but also real bad ones.Like that very popular german brand that uses a stoneage JA... design that was critical from the beginning.What happens is,when you force them to lowest noise you completly loose any kind of selectivity!

Now combine that with a city enviroment and that preamp will be saturated 24 hours a day.A wide sweep at a city based 2m antenna will show shocking results there.Like fm radio stations or pagers that are so vvery strong they might light a bike bulb at your coax end.

Such a preamp will do nothing against this,quiete often even amplify such signals.At least air airband and pagers,while fm radio gets through 1:1,which is real bad.

 

I remember that DJ9BV showed us what actually happens then with a GaasFET frontend:

One might expect to find birdys or such,but that is not the case.What really happens is a user undetected,somewhat white noise level.Or wide noise level?you know what i mean,lol

The usual filtering after the LNA,for best NF cant help there at all.One can say its already too late.

 

You can get around this,thats what we did,by using super low loss matching in front of that transistor.Like cavitys for example.The matching is the filtering there,thats the problem.Or at least very hi class parts in L+C..Shure that ... brand never did that.

I know why i have 2 Landwehrs,he had ervything in silver,and expensive Cs,whole LNA designed with IMD in mind from the beginning and not "the latest transistor"..etc..

 

Ok,so what to do today?

Well thats real easy,since electronics have moved forward so rapidly.

Just take a look at the IMD figures of devices like the PGA103 and you will be shocked.Made for full duplex in mobile phones its unreal what they can take!I even tried those in the city with no front end filter at all (except the ant) and it worked!

Simply because they can take it,theres no magic noise raising!

But if you go ahead and build something like YU1CF,a PGA103 with a very hi Q,super low loss filter,you havve a real winning combination!

 

Oy yeah:And we also learned from DJ9BV what happens if you(fE) shoot with your GaasFET LNA on a radio or xverter that

already HAS a GaasFET frontend:Talk about killing IMD totally!Your neighbours hairdryer might be enough to kill such a system.

But i see people doing that,over and over.

I disabled/bridged my IC275H frontend,that does the Landwehr preamp.More than enough gain.

 

I like what you wrote abot array directivity on other than design qrg,very true!A 2m beam will be more like a 4 leaf clover there,so fE fm or pager noise might be much worse than one expects!

 

The SDRs.Well i think that direct sampling and all the other things are great.But to really work in a tough enviroment we need at least 10 years more tech there(or money?).Just look at the IMD figures of that IC 9700...oh boy,a TS790,IC970,IC 275 etc runs rings around that thing,very easily!And thats 1980s tech...

 

best 73s and stay healthy!

Olli DM2TT ex DJ2TX

 

 

 

 

 

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