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

[David McKenzie]

did you email him?


On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 8:21 PM, John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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