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

[John Foege]

I probably will at some point
On Jan 5, 2014 8:27 PM, "David McKenzie" <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com> wrote:

> 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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