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Updated on 28-03-08 More QSO's made. Now 17 initial contacts with 4 SSB random contacts made. Stations worked so far:
Activity on 30 and 31 oktober 2004 During the ARRL microwave EME contest I was QRV with assistance from PA5DD. We had a limited window because off the high moon declination. We where qrv from 04.50 until 05.30 UTC when moon elevation became too low. We made a total off 7 QSO's but we heard several other stations. We made one new initial OK1CA and we heard LX1DB who could have been a new initial as well. We also heard VE4MA and a very weak W7 station who was calling us. His signal was just a bit too weak to copy the full callsign. We where called in SSB by IQ4DF: listen to the audio from IQ4DF in SSB
Activity on 23 and 24 november 2002 During the ARRL contest I had assistance from PA5DD to
compensate for my lack of CW, and a visit from PE1JBK. We heard several other very weak signals but where not able to get their callsign's.
Audio recording of I4TTZ in CW Audio recording of I4TTZ in SSB in QSO with DK7LJ On 13 oktober I had a sked with W5LUA and with AA5C. I
completed the QSO with W5LUA with "O" reports. I failed the QSO with AA5C
because I did not hear him. Results My first EME contact with W6HD GM Hans,
Audio Signals received from W6HD by PA0EHG After the QSO I did some echo test's and even copied my own SSB echo's The QSO was done with the station still in experimental setup. The TWT still must be installed at the dish and was now connected using 6 meter waveguide. The antenna still must be steered manual and it take a lot of effort to get al things together. Most difficult is my lack of CW which gave me problems copying another station who was responding to my echo test's. Sorry but we will sure make a QSO in the near future. On 16 september I heard WA7CJO calling CQ with a very strong signal but due to the weather I could not transmit. After working on the elevation and azimuth antenna readout I tested the receive side using the sun and moon. By tracking the sun I found out that the azimuth readout was not OK when more then 90 degrees where tracked. Then I started calibrating the readout by turning it over 360 degrees. The readout showed 360 degrees but in fact the antenna moved about 20 degrees more. Then I put a reference line on the gearbox and rotated until the reference line was again in position. The counter could then be calibrated and I tried again to track the sun. Now the readout was working very well and over more than 180 degrees I find a difference of about 0.1 degrees. After this I measured the sun noise and the moon noise which
where On 14-8-2001 around 09.30 UTC. I tried my first echo test which instantly succeeded. After that I tried some more tests. Listen to my first echo's of the moon using about 50 Watt output power. Now I must work on finalizing the station and getting the
full TWT output. During the test my drive power was to little which gave me only about 50
Watt output from the TWT. Most difficult problem is the mounting of the TWT close to the dish. This will probably be the most time consuming problem. Anyhow at this moment I can receive good echo's and when weather permits I can be QRV for EME QSO's.
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