K6MYC

DM07  8,608Kms

Oct' 2005                            Mike.

The weekend of the 1st & 2nd of October saw two sked's with Mike K6MYC in DM07DB California USA, on my Moonset 16 days after Perigee and the Moon moving away from the Earth, at some 398,328Kms, me taking the first period.

The 1st sked on Saturday went well, we exchanged all the required info for a complete QSO but it was sent out of sequence, so not strictly allowed, there was also a huge storm on my side 5 minuets into the sked, black sky and heavy rain, and my RX audio went out the window for 10 minuets. So we agreed to continue with sked #2 on the Sunday.

For the first 30minuets I received nothing back from my calls, Ian M0BCG 200 miles away to my west was also monitoring for Mike, at 16:13z we both received Mike's first decode, a great signal at -24db, him sending both calls and his locator, meaning he had not heard me yet, the Moon was on my horizon at 11 degrees, then it all happened within 12 minuets, I replied to Mike sending 'OOO' he replied 'RO' I replied 'RRR' and he sent '73' I replied with '73', QSO complete before the Moon had even dropped down to 6 degrees! 

Ian confirmed that he had monitored and received each over both ways and that the details I had matched his. What would I do without him, he has been along side every step of the way for every sked for the last 6 weeks, plus a 6 hour round trip drive to my QTH to help set up my JT65A software, I publicly thanks him for all his help to date, today's QSO wouldn't have happened without his considerable encouragement, support & help... 

 

"I RUN A YAESU FT847 INTO A MODIFIED ALPHA 77dx THE dx MEANS IT HAS TWO TUBES.  350 FEET OF FEEDLINE MOSTLY 1-5/8" HARDLINE AND UP 72 FOOT TOWER TO 4 X 6M9KHW YAGIS SPACE 32 FEET HIGH AND 34 FEET WIDE.  THESE ARE M2 ANTENNA SYSTEMS YAGIS 50 FOOT BOOM AND 12.7 DBD GAIN." Mike.

K6MYC Mike on J6 St.Lucia back in October 1999 (photo from UKSMG)

'" THANKS AGAIN FOR THE NICE QSO'S YOU HAVE A VERY READABLE SIG AND SHOULD WORK MANY STATIONS. YOUR ONLY DRAWBACK IS THAT MOST ACTIVE STATIONS HAVE "ALREADY WORKED A G" SO HAVE LITTLE INTEREST. I THINK THIS IS TOO BAD AND DOES NOT HELP THE NEWCOMER WHO NEEDS TO GET A FEW QSO'S UNDER YOUR BELT. 73", MIKE K6MYC  DM07db

My First Complete EME QSO  DM07 > JO01   8,606Kms     2nd October 2005

 six weeks after my first EME Echo tests.