Sunday 22 January 2017
Friday 23 December 2016
Successful EME contacts
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| Massive EME array? 8 element DK7ZB |
After several weeks of trying I finally got lucky and had two QSOs via EME. Below are several screen shots from the contacts. The only thing that was different this time was the antenna. I used my 8 element DK7ZB instead of the thirty year old 9 element Tonna. The Tonna is showing signs of it's age and I'm wondering if the corrosion is affecting it's gain.
Equipment
Modified Kenwood TM255E (SI570 LO, IF tap)
Homebrew SDR tuned to TM255E IF
Homebrew 300 Watt amp (Freescale MRFE6VP6300 mosfet)
8 element DK7ZB (gain 12 dBd)
Software;
WSJT-X v1.7.0-rc2
PowerSDR-IQ
So I'm pretty happy with that and looking forward to more contacts.
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| Transmitting RO |
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| Completed QSO |
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| The second contact was an answer to my CQ, pretty suprised I can say |
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| Second contact |
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| And a card |
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