Hi VHFrs
The night looks great for some 222 mHz activity, and in addition, the
Moon makes an appearance here starting at 22:30UT which is about when I
tend to get QRV for the local activity. That is 6:30PM here on the East
Coast. The Moon is at a good spot with no degradation at all, so this is
the best time to try to hear something via the moon. Here are some
Moonrise times:
WA3EOQ FM09 2305 UT Oct 7 Western MD
K9MRI EN70 2320 UT Oct 7 Indiana
KF0M EM17 0020 UT Oct 8 Kansas
WQ5S EM13 0030 UT Oct 8 in Texas
W0VB DN74 0040 UT Oct 8 Wyoming
W6TCP CM97 0200 UT Oct 8 California
These times should let you know when ur Moonrise is within a few minutes.
I will be on starting about 2230 UT but will not look on the Moon unless
someone asks for a try early on. I will be working terrestrial signals
within range then. The local 222 activity slows down at 0045 or so and I
will then be on EME at 222.085 Q65B-60 2nd sequence. I use CFOM
(constant freq on Moon) so should show up at 1500 to 1600 Hz on the
waterfall. It has been awhile since I made a single yagi QSO on a rising
Moon. Tonight will be a good time to try. Check in to the HB9Q chat
page for 222 EME messages.
In other news, My local new ham neighbor KC1YBG has just passed his
general class license and is all fired up. So far he has collected an
old Yaesu twin TX RX set FR-101 and it is working. He scrounged a good
Dementron HF tuner too. Now to get some sort of tower set up for him.
He is excited.
So mark your calendar tonight for 222 MHz activity. The 222 Activity
committee has deemed that the stations who work K1PXE and WZ1V will be
put in a drawing for a set of Texaco drinking glasses. CU tonite!
Dave K1WHS
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