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

[John Foege]

That is a pretty sweet call...*lol*


On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Rich <tea4one at verizon.net> wrote:

>   Trippin Call Man.... !
>
>  *From:* John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 05, 2014 7:47 PM
> *To:* 144.450 Mailing List <450 at lists.vhfwiki.com>
> *Subject:* [450] Fwd: [Moon-Net] My first 2 meter eme contact and at 50
> watts
>
>  Someone should lure him to 450...Jersey shore station into weak signal
> 2m work....
>
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> 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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