[450] Fwd: [Moon-Net] My first 2 meter eme contact and at 50 watts

[David McKenzie]

sounds like he's shooting for the moon. pretty good with that setup, though
apparently you can make contacts when the moon is at the horizon if your
noise level is low enough with jt65. my noise here is way too high for that
though with the spare 2m9s it could be doable. you should try it when the
706 comes back in, you have pretty low noise there.

looks like he doesn't work vhf except 6 meters, cant put up more antennas,
and is pretty much CW-only. Would be tough to bring him over here.


On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 7:47 PM, John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com> wrote:

> Someone should lure him to 450...Jersey shore station into weak signal 2m
> work....
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Cody C <kc2lsd at yahoo.com>
> Date: Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 11:41 PM
> Subject: [Moon-Net] My first 2 meter eme contact and at 50 watts
> To: "moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com" <moon-net at mailman.pe1itr.com>
>
>
> Well I made my first 2 meter EME contact on January 2,2014 with I2FAK .My
> station Icom 706MllG 50 watts, battery powered my antenna is a Cushcraft
> A148-10S. My antenna was set up on the beach on the Jersey shore ,the
> weather was brutal,  high winds and surf . My antenna was at a height of
> 9/10 feet; moon rise was 13:00 UTC and running WSJT65b . What a sight when
> I saw:“OOO” then” RRR”. Franco report to me was -31/32 ,I’ll take it. I
> think I’m hooked. My next attempt I will use my I Com 746 pro much better
> radio and 100 watts . Also I must operate portable due to the high trees in
> my yard. However, the beach is only a few miles from my home. Maybe this
> spring I will upgrade to a 17B2.
> I was wondering if anybody in the group could model my Cushcraft  A148-10s
> for me with EZNEC. I am looking for a graphic file with elevation patterns.
> 73
> Cody
> KC2LSD
>
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