The QSL cards for the SV9/DK5EW DX Expedition have arrived. The
following QSL I received directly or from sponsors will be sent directly
next days:
AA5C, LY2IJ, OK1IL, YU7ON, JH0BBE, S52OT, IK1UWL, IK2DDR, DL8YHR, DJ9MG,
WA3QPX, G4URT, K9MRI, G8RWG, WA1NPZ, K1DG, OH7PI, DL2ARD, OH1NIL, HB9Q,
UA4AQL, UT9UR, UA3PTW, RK3FG, RX1AS, UC1I, DL8SCQ, DG1VL, DL4WO, OE3NFC,
VE1KG, OK1TEH, SM5DIC, JA5EUU, JP3EXR, JE1TNL, PA2CHR, YO5LD
Please have in mind - QSL only direct or via Paypal !
QSL management at: http://dk5ew.com/dx-expedition/sv9-dk5ew/
For those who unfortunately could not contact me due to various
circumstances, but who miss SV9 and/or KM15, there will be another
chance in 2022.
Further information under: http://dk5ew.com/ageanisland-2022/
73's Erwin/DK5EW
http://www.mmmonvhf.dehttp://www.dk5ew.comhttp://www.70mhz.de
Hello everybody. I have a problem with my FLEX1500 SDR radio. I am using a computer remotely controlling the SDR radio. Sometimes I need to reboot, but if I do so my FLEX radio no longer transmit. The software is PowerSDR 2.8.0.245 and the firmware is 0.5.3.24. I have tried other versions of PowerSDR without any success. I am using windows 10 and I tried win7 with same result. I tried to upgrade the firmware in the FLEX1500 but I cannot find the firmware loader on the net. Do anybody have observed similar issues and perhaps able to help?
Thank you in advance!
Best wishes for Christmas and new year de OZ5G Niels
NB: look forward to many QSO’s on 2400 MHz EME and 3400 MHz EME
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Hello EME Friends,I have some nice SMA (female) K&L MICROWAVE INC. Tubular Bandpass Filters for sale.Usable for 1296MhzModel: 10B120-1300/600-0Centre freq. is 1300Mhz, bandwith 600Mhz (stopband at 1000 and 1600Mhz)Insertion loss measured on 1296Mhz = 0.45dB-10dB @ 980 and 1590Mhz-30dB @ 900 and 1620Mhz> -50dB @ 1700MhzPower handling 18WUsable for 902MhzModel: 10B120-865/530-0Centre freq. is 865Mhz, bandwith 530Mhz (stopband at 600 and 1130Mhz)Usable for 2300, 2304, 2320 and 2400MhzModel: 8B120-2010/1180-0Centre freq. is 2010Mhz, bandwith 1180Mhz (stopband at 1420 and 2600Mhz)Usable for 3400MhzModel: 8B120-3300/1800-0Centre freq. is 3300Mhz, bandwith 1800Mhz (stopband at 2400 and 4200Mhz)If you want pictures and more detailed information send me an email at pa3dzl(a)icloud.com73s de Jac, PA3DZL
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2022
Good afternoon:
Discussion has brought back memories of operation on 2 MTR EME from Haiti as HH4/W3CMP in 2006 and 2007. I was not allowed to have a computer at the mission where I was located so mode was old school CW. Rig was FT-897, amplifier was RF Concepts 2-117. Power output into 50' of Belden 9913F was 170 watts. Antenna was 9 element M2 yagi in 2006; in 2007 I had a 13 element 23' yagi identical to what KB8RQ used in his vertical array.. Although I worked only big guns - KB8RQ, W5UN, RN6BN, I was elated to be able to work anybody with the pipsqueak station. Gary was so strong I brought people into the room to listen to him on the speaker. Dave was just as strong but Faraday on EME from Caribbean locations to U.S. locked us out the first year. Other stations were copyable but because of my lack of power and antenna, Faraday, or both, we never completed.
Also worked Puerto Rico on M/S tropo in the mornings during lulls in 6 MTR operation.
73, Chris Patterson W3CMP/HH2M
Hi all
Fixing the contest station, I'm working on build a 2m EME set. But need a
lot of advice.
YV will be on EME again after a bunch of years, but for now looking to go in
the 2m world.
What I have ?
An IC-910 (not the H version)
A Yaesu G5500 az-el rotor
S.A.T. antenna & radio controller
2x11 2m yaguis close to have another pair to put in H configuration
SignaLink USB
Heliax coax
A tiny amp but just 150w
Next step I bet is yagis with dual polarity, a nice preamp with or without
sequencer and surely an amplifier. Here comes the advice ! which one, where
(better if I can buy it in USA) etc.
Due a robbery on the contest station a few years ago I lost preamps and some
equipment, now trying to put together what remains and adding new stuff
The station is in the FJ69mr grid and have 360 degrees of clean view to the
horizon
Please email me at private to avoid load on the mail group. And a great
THANKS in advance
Email to my call at gmail dot com
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all ! See you all by the
moon soon !
Paolo Stradiotto YV1DIG
Hello to all! The 2022 rules have been published on the official website of the Russian EME contest.
https://eme.srr.ru/rules/
Forms for receiving reports will be available later.
There are now many bands and groups available to participate.
We will be glad to see you!
Alexander RA3EME
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Отправлено из Почты Mail.ru
Hi Eric,Thanks for sharing this story, WOW realy great !!Very UFB audio recording made by Leif, SM5BSZ ... Amazing strengh ...73s de Jac, PA3DZL
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2022Op 23 dec. 2021 om 9:38 schreef Eric Van Offelen via Moon-net <moon-net(a)mailman.pe1itr.com>:Hi All,When reading the posts about the lower
limits for EME, I remember with very great emotion the 2m EME
operation at EL2RL in 1998.I was on a business trip to Liberia
(11-year civil war had just ended), and had brought in my luggage an
MFJ 28>144 transverter, a 100 W brick amplifier and some useful
bits to build four 1.5 WL yagis.With the help of a group of students of
the Don Bosco Technical school, we built 4 yagis and a kind of
supporting structure with scrap metal collected around the city of
Monrovia.We also found an old commercial HF
transceiver ( 5 Khz steps, no audio filter) to drive the transverter,
a big loudspeaker, some RG8, a car battery and a very noisy gas power
generator (no electricity available in Monrovia at that time). I estimate our ERP was abt 5 kW, maybe
less because our battery was failing. No preamp, no internet, no EME
chat, no skeds, WSJT had not been invented yet ...When everything was ready, I called
Jorge EA2LU with a satellite phone and he immediately alerted the EME community. Then heavy rain started and moon was only
visible a few seconds from time to time. The team in charge of manually aiming
the antenna had a very difficult task, mostly guessing....Dickson EL2DT had brought his handkey
and started to call CQ. We completed random QSOs with the "big guns": W5UN, SM5FRH,
KB8RQ WA9KRT and .... Leif SM5BSZ who was using only 4 yagis. Just
unbelievable ! Leif's station was quite small regarding the EME standards of that time, but perfectly optimized + a fantastic operator with very good ears....Leif once told me he had never copied such a small signal. Had we reached the "lower limit" ?We heard several other stations calling
us but had to stop the operation, rain was pouring, no way to find
the moon anymore !I remember with tears in my eyes the
students dancing in the heavy rain to celebrate after the QSOs !Merry Xmas and 73's to AllEricON5TA(ex EA5GIY)Ah, just found Leif's audio recording : EL2RLWAV.ZIP (219kB)_______________________________________________Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html
Hi All,
When reading the posts about the lower limits for EME, I remember with very
great emotion the 2m EME operation at EL2RL in 1998.
I was on a business trip to Liberia (11-year civil war had just ended), and
had brought in my luggage an MFJ 28>144 transverter, a 100 W brick
amplifier and some useful bits to build four 1.5 WL yagis.
With the help of a group of students of the Don Bosco Technical school, we
built 4 yagis and a kind of supporting structure with scrap metal collected
around the city of Monrovia.
We also found an old commercial HF transceiver ( 5 Khz steps, no audio
filter) to drive the transverter, a big loudspeaker, some RG8, a car
battery and a very noisy gas power generator (no electricity available in
Monrovia at that time). I estimate our *ERP was abt 5 kW*, maybe less
because our battery was failing. No preamp, no internet, no EME chat, no
skeds, WSJT had not been invented yet ...
When everything was ready, I called Jorge EA2LU with a satellite phone and
he immediately alerted the EME community. Then heavy rain started and moon
was only visible a few seconds from time to time. The team in charge of
manually aiming the antenna had a very difficult task, mostly guessing....
Dickson EL2DT had brought his handkey and started to call CQ. We completed
random QSOs with the "big guns": W5UN, SM5FRH, KB8RQ WA9KRT and .... Leif
SM5BSZ who was using only 4 yagis. Just unbelievable ! Leif's station was
quite small regarding the EME standards of that time, but perfectly
optimized + a fantastic operator with very good ears....
Leif once told me he had never copied such a small signal. Had we reached
the "lower limit" ?
We heard several other stations calling us but had to stop the operation,
rain was pouring, no way to find the moon anymore !
I remember with tears in my eyes the students dancing in the heavy rain to
celebrate after the QSOs !
Merry Xmas and 73's to All
Eric
ON5TA
(ex EA5GIY)
Ah, just found Leif's audio recording : EL2RLWAV.ZIP (219kB)
<https://www.sm5bsz.com/emedemo/el2rlwav.zip>
