Hearing test carriers MUCH better today! Give it a listen, they are saying 350W output today (rather than 30W yesterday ;)
73!
Mark N8MH
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
Hearing them R3 S1 here in UK. Peaking S3.
19 element Tonna on 4ft ground mounted tripod. SSB SP7000 IC910
David G8OQW
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-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mark L. Hammond Sent: 17 April 2010 18:41 To: Amsat-bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Arecibo--MUCH louder today!
Hearing test carriers MUCH better today! Give it a listen, they are saying 350W output today (rather than 30W yesterday ;)
73!
Mark N8MH
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Now R5 S5 here in UK @ 18.37UTC
What a fantastic signal...
David G8OQW
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-----Original Message----- From: moon-net-bounces@list-serv.davidv.net [mailto:moon-net-bounces@list-serv.davidv.net] On Behalf Of David Barber Sent: 17 April 2010 18:58 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; 'Moon-Net' Cc: 'Mark L. Hammond' Subject: Re: [Moon-net] [amsat-bb] Arecibo--MUCH louder today!
Hearing them R3 S1 here in UK. Peaking S3.
19 element Tonna on 4ft ground mounted tripod. SSB SP7000 IC910
David G8OQW
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-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mark L. Hammond Sent: 17 April 2010 18:41 To: Amsat-bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Arecibo--MUCH louder today!
Hearing test carriers MUCH better today! Give it a listen, they are saying 350W output today (rather than 30W yesterday ;)
73!
Mark N8MH
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Lashed together a temp az-el setup this AM.. all manual,,,calibrted azimuth by Sun,,,,,Heard them on SSB about 3-3/4-4... K1FO 25el and "deaf" IC-910, no pre-amp,. They must have big signal...After they went to CW called seveal times with 75W. just in case I got lucky. They were 559/569 on cw (ssb b/w) about 80% of the time...Windy here blowing antenna around a little. need more antenna, and pre amp,,,better rx, and QRG
Loads of fun
73 de Ben W4SC
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Barber" david.barber@dbelectronics.co.uk To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; "'Moon-Net'" moon-net@list-serv.davidv.net Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [Moon-net] [amsat-bb] Arecibo--MUCH louder today!
Now R5 S5 here in UK @ 18.37UTC
What a fantastic signal...
David G8OQW
-----Original Message----- From: moon-net-bounces@list-serv.davidv.net [mailto:moon-net-bounces@list-serv.davidv.net] On Behalf Of David Barber Sent: 17 April 2010 18:58 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; 'Moon-Net' Cc: 'Mark L. Hammond' Subject: Re: [Moon-net] [amsat-bb] Arecibo--MUCH louder today!
Hearing them R3 S1 here in UK. Peaking S3.
19 element Tonna on 4ft ground mounted tripod. SSB SP7000 IC910
David G8OQW
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mark L. Hammond Sent: 17 April 2010 18:41 To: Amsat-bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Arecibo--MUCH louder today!
Hearing test carriers MUCH better today! Give it a listen, they are saying 350W output today (rather than 30W yesterday ;)
73!
Mark N8MH
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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At 09:41 AM 4/17/2010, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
Hearing test carriers MUCH better today! Give it a listen, they are saying 350W output today (rather than 30W yesterday ;)
73!
Mark N8MH
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Nothing heard here, but the M2 11-element yagi (11.3 dBd/13.4 dBi) cannot be elevated (Moon is now 18-deg) so probably Moon is out of the beam. I am using a Gasfet preamp on this antenna whose normal use is for terrestrial 70cm SSB/FM.
Back to work on getting the dish ready (perhaps tomorrow?): hooking up 432 antenna, preamps for 432 & 1296, and 432 TR relay, plus getting az-el system calibrated. Got the 432 & 1296 Pa's installed yesterday and some things that didn't work out and will have to be done after the weekend. All wiring to the dish have to be tested, yet. Yeah, a bit behind the curve for working Arecibo ;-)
73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-600w, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa@hotmail.com ======================================
Today on my single M2 antenna, many times they are Q5. Their amp has made a difference from yesterday when they were outputting only about 30 watts or so.
For those who want to hear them live from a real antenna (25 meter dish!), check out this link:
Move the frequency slider to about 432.044 and they are 20dB over S9!
Maybe one day, maybe one day. Hmm, do I have enough room in my yard for a 25 meter dish?
Also, I hear them much better on RHCP. And I got my money's worth on my receive preamp. Without the preamp I can't hear a thing.
73 de W4AS
At 10:31 AM 4/17/2010, Edward Cole wrote:
At 09:41 AM 4/17/2010, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
Hearing test carriers MUCH better today! Give it a listen, they are saying 350W output today (rather than 30W yesterday ;)
73!
Mark N8MH
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Nothing heard here, but the M2 11-element yagi (11.3 dBd/13.4 dBi) cannot be elevated (Moon is now 18-deg) so probably Moon is out of the beam. I am using a Gasfet preamp on this antenna whose normal use is for terrestrial 70cm SSB/FM.
Back to work on getting the dish ready (perhaps tomorrow?): hooking up 432 antenna, preamps for 432 & 1296, and 432 TR relay, plus getting az-el system calibrated. Got the 432 & 1296 Pa's installed yesterday and some things that didn't work out and will have to be done after the weekend. All wiring to the dish have to be tested, yet. Yeah, a bit behind the curve for working Arecibo ;-)
73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-600w, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa@hotmail.com ======================================
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Briefly heard voice on 432.044.500 about 1920 when Moon was 24.5 deg.elevation; maybe the Moon traversed a sidelobe of my yagi? I checked with KL7XJ who is also trying to hear Arecibo to see if he might have been transmitting - he was not. No other 432 SSB stations within 70-miles so that rules out QRM.
73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-600w, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa@hotmail.com ======================================
Nothing heard on SSB but as soon as they switched to CW the signal came in very loud!
David KG4ZLB EL96
On 4/17/2010 15:28, Edward Cole wrote:
At 10:31 AM 4/17/2010, Edward Cole wrote:
Briefly heard voice on 432.044.500 about 1920 when Moon was 24.5 deg.elevation; maybe the Moon traversed a sidelobe of my yagi? I checked with KL7XJ who is also trying to hear Arecibo to see if he might have been transmitting - he was not. No other 432 SSB stations within 70-miles so that rules out QRM.
73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-600w, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa@hotmail.com ======================================
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Listened very well (RS 52) from 18:15 to 19:00 UTC. xcvr: FT847 Ant: 2 x 16 elements DK7ZB
73es DX
Fabio - PY4AJ AMSAT 19748
I didn't hear them at all yesterday, but today they about RST 22 on phone. Using KLM 435-18c and left hand polarization. SSB Elec mast mounted amp. CW should be better.
It is interesting to watch/listen to the web cast: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kp4ao-eme
The sign on the op position says 350 watts today.
W8EH
On 4/17/2010 1:41 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
Hearing test carriers MUCH better today! Give it a listen, they are saying 350W output today (rather than 30W yesterday ;)
73!
Mark N8MH
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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I'm copying them today. Was able to hear the SSB just barely above noise, marginal copy. On CW, they're between 519 and 529 on my 7 element WA5VJB cheap yagi and mast-mounted SSB electronics premp grafted onto my 2m EME array.
I was able to detect the signal yesterday using WSJT, but it wasn't audible. Now I wish I had more power/antenna so I could get a QSO.
73,
Sean - VA5LF
On 17/04/2010 1:08 PM, Ernie Howard wrote:
I didn't hear them at all yesterday, but today they about RST 22 on phone. Using KLM 435-18c and left hand polarization. SSB Elec mast mounted amp. CW should be better.
It is interesting to watch/listen to the web cast: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kp4ao-eme
The sign on the op position says 350 watts today.
W8EH
On 4/17/2010 1:41 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
Hearing test carriers MUCH better today! Give it a listen, they are saying 350W output today (rather than 30W yesterday ;)
73!
Mark N8MH
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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