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

[John Foege]

Always worth a try!
On Jan 5, 2014 8:15 PM, "David McKenzie" <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com> wrote:

> 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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