Musings of a lowly technician

EME on hold for a while 4-2-18

Was a little windy today think it was a micro burst.

AO91 Satellite 3-28-18

 

 


FO29 Satellite 3-13-18

2 new DXCC via satellite

 

 

 

 

 

40m 3-7-18

Worked DX-pedition 3C3W with 100w with A-frame antenna for new DXCC

 

 


1296 EME

IC-910H 10w

55 ele Directive Systems Loop Yagi

 

2nd 1296 EME qso in the log!


1st 1296 EME qso in the log!

 

 



JANUARY VHF CONTEST

Class: Single Op HP

Band QSOs Mults
6: 8 5
2: 9 3
432: 2 2
Total: 19 10 Total Score 210


Working Lance via Msk144 MS

DRIVEN element from 50-5S



M2-2M7 POINTED OUT THE WINDOW TO SLC




Quadrantids meteor shower
Who says you can't use a vertical
for meteor scatter

AR-6 100w













12-31-17 FT8 22q's
6 meters officialy opened for the winter season today
antenna is the A-frame flashing see below





  CQ World Wide DX Contest?

Class: SOSB(A)/40 LP

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
                  
   40:  43     13       25
                
------------------------------
Total:  43     13       25  Total Score = 4,180

Friday night on 40 meters yielded 9 new DXCC and some JA's on Saturday morning.

LT1F Argentina
PS0F Fernando de Noronha
TO2SP St. Barthelemy
VP5M Turks and Caicos Islands
PZ5V Suriname
FY5KE French Guiana
6Y0W Jamaica
FG/F6ARC Guadeloupe
VP2MDL Montserrat

Saturday night 3 more new DXCC

9Y4/VE3EY Trinidad and Tobago
TO5W Martinique
VE3RZ/VP9 Bermuda

Antenna used is the metal flashing on all four corners and the peak to an Ugly Balun then to an LDG tuner







 
ARRL Sweepstakes Contest
CW: 2100Z, Nov 4 to 0300Z, Nov 6

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
 
   80:   63
   40:   55
   15:   24
    
------------
Total:  142  Sections = 57  Total Score = 16,188

Club: 

Comments:

FTDX-3000d 
A-FRAME flashing antenna
Ugly Balun
LDG Tuner
Really amazed how well the house works as the antenna getting all the way to
East coast on 80m. Should double my WAS count on 80 with this contest. Only 3
bands used due to being a lowly technician but was fun none the less.
de K7ULS

Sections worked in color

 

Oceania DX Contest

Class: SOSB/40 LP

Summary:   Compare Scores
Band QSOs Mults
40: 3 3
Total: 3 3 Total Score 45
 

A-frame flashing as antenna and ugly balun with tuner 100w

All the way to New Zealand and Hawaii

 

 


EME CONTEST October 7-8

M2-432-9WL 70w

 

0325  -9  2.3 1736 ## K7ULS NC1I FN32 OOO
0422 -12  2.4 1366 ## K7ULS HB9Q JN47 OOO
 


 

 

CC50-5S, M2-2M7 AZ/EL

Summary:   Compare Scores
Band QSOs Mults
6: 17 16
2: 3 3
Total: 20 19 Total Score 380

 

Comments:      2017-09-10 11:37:04
From the A-frame YAESU FT-897d,SignaLink USB MFJ-4275MV 75 amp power supply Cushcraft 50-5s (W5WVO) M2-2M7 TE-1452G,TE-0552G YAESU-G800SA,G-550 (ELEVATION) The normal September contest being all WSJT with a highlight working K5QE/EME at moonrise with a simple 7 ele antenna and 300w. Had to add the elevation rotor because this valley is surrounded by 10 degrees of mountains. Had to cut it short this year due to weather.

 

 



EME FINAL TALLY 8-19-17 thru 8-20-17

It was a very sucessful weekend off the moon although just qrp station with the moon in close to the sun

didn't help things but all in all it went pretty well.

144 Mhz EME (14) 

 I3MEK, LY2IJ, AA7A, I2FAK, F4DJK, DK5LA, HB9Q, RX1AS, ES3RF, DK3WG, OZ1CT, PA5Y, W5ADD, VE1KG

432 Mhz EME (2)

NC1I, DL7APV

Countries worked (9)

GERMANY, DENMARK, ITALY, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, RUSSIA, ESTONIA, LITHUANIA, USA

 

UPDATE 8-20-17

Had to qrt from EME until the balloon storm passed

8-20-17 432 Mhz EME

Icom-910h 70w M2-432-9WL (28 ele)

FT-897d TE-1452G 144 Mhz

ICOM-910h 432 Mhz