432 MHz AND ABOVE EME NEWS
January 2002 VOL 31 # 1
ALLEN KATZ, K2UYH
Editor
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NETNEWS EDITOR: G4RGK, DAVID DIBLEY
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CONDITIONS
Dec turned out to be anther quiet month. There
were particularly good conditions on 23 cm but not a great
amount of activity despite the successes from GM by GM4ISM
and GM0ONN that add another country to most operators' DXCC
count. Little was reported of note on 432 aside from renewed
activity by N4GJV. There are a number of new stations
already on or coming on 70 cm. I am afraid the Jan SW may be
a repeat of Dec, but at least this month there is clearly
only one activity week. This should help turnout. In Feb we
will have the SSB Contest on 1296 and during the following 2
month the DUBUS/REF EME Contest. These events should keep
things hopping.
NEW FEATURE TO BE ADDED TO THE NEWSLETTER
The 70 cm and
Above EME NL is always looking for new and innovative ways
to bring you the latest information regarding activities in
and around the EME community, and this year is no exception.
Much of the information that is available today is being
reported on the various reflectors associated with the WEB.
So, to capture this information and bring it to the
Newsletter I have asked Rick Beatty, NU7Z, to provide us
with features and reports from the WEB that can be included
in the NL each month. He is very excited to bring to you
this new feature. We both hope that his reports beginning in
the Feb NL will be informative and newsworthy.
F5SE
Franck writes -- I finally finished
my Web page and it is now included in PA0ZN's EME Web site.
The URL is as follows:
F5SE's WEB page
It's only a single page. The background is a picture of the sun
eclipse of 11 Aug 1999, as seen from our Cathedral. There is
only one software package presently available: the
"EMEBudget". The others are not yet finished. I am also
working more on the dish project, but have a long way to go.
I am definitely planning to go to the Prague Conference with
F2TU and am looking forward to meeting many old friends
there.
F6ETI
Philippe's late Dec 23 cm EME
activity report – I was QRV and QSO'd on 22 Dec IK2MMB (O/O),
on 29 Dec IK2MMB (519/519), SM2CEW (519/549), GW3XYW
(529/449), OZ6OL (519/549), ZS6AXT (519/559) and G4CCH
(549/549), and on 30 Dec F2TU (539/539) - at moon rise (3 deg
el), G3LTF (519/529), JA6AHB (O/O) for initial #44 and my 1st
JA, G4CCH (52/51) – this was my 16th QSO with Howard since
April and IK2MMB (529/529). I plan be at the Prague EME
Conference.
G4CCH
Howard report for the late Dec SW --
After some problems caused by the winter WX, I was QRV, but
heard no JA activity and Eur activity was very low.
Conditions were very good on 29 Dec with some nice SSB QSOs.
On 28 Dec we had heavy and gusting winds overnight. The dish
was parked pointing up but with counterweight arms strapped
to tower. Fortunately everything survived, but others were
not so lucky. I contacted on 28 Dec at 1925 OZ6OL (549/559),
2035 HB9BBD (599/589) and (59/58) on SSB, 2200 partial GM0ONN
(M/-) - 1.8 m dish and 230 W, 2254 N2IQ (569/569), 2325 W2UHI
(559/559) and 2335 K5JL (599/589). On 29 Dec we had about 3"
of snow overnight. I spent some time removing it from the
dish... up the tower shaking things about and with a brush.
Eventually all was cleared. On switching on my tracking PC
(Old 486), I found a CMOS checksum error, and wasted some
time trying to remember how to get into the bios...
eventually sorted OK. At 1935 on testing for echoes, but
heard nil! Went outside and could see dish was pointing low.
So I increased the elevation until echoes were heard and
peaked. I then reset the calibration. All that rocking to
remove the snow must have messed up the count from the el
sensor. I worked on 29 Dec at 1956 HB9BCD (549/559), 2012
GW3XYW (55/55) on SSB, 2130 partial GM0ONN (M/-) again - Iain
had a preamp failure, 2210 F6ETI (549/549), 2218 IK2MMB
(559/569) and 2350 K2UYH (55/56) on SSB, and on 30 Dec At
0013 SM2CEW (569/56) CW/SSB, 0028 ZS6AXT (559/589), 0039 K5JL
(599/589) and (58/57) on SSB, 0128 W2UHI (569/579), 0138
K9BCT (559/569), 0158 W7BBM (549/579) and again 0210 W7BBM
(52/55) on SSB with 55 W!
GM0ONN
Ian has solved his RX
problem and is now making QSOs on 1296, although his system
is a bit marginal. Iain worked in Jan G4CCH (M/M) after
going to circular pol with 200 W and a 6' dish. He reports
he was also copied by OE9ERC (449) and K5JL. Since this
report he has made several additional QSOs. He may be back
23 cm on 26/27 Jan and in April for the Eur contest, but
will not be QRV on 70 cm for the March Eur contest as he
will be visiting Florida in March. [See Iain's new WEB site
at http://mysite. freeserve.com/VHFandUP/Index.html].
GM4ISM
Mark is now temporarily QRT on
1296 EME while he makes change to his shack and QTH. Before
he closed down he QSO'd K2UYH (O/O) for his initial #14.
Mark should be back on again soon.
HB9Q
DAn wants word passed that he will be
active during the Jan SW on 432.020 on 26 Jan from 1400 to
1600, 1800 to 2000 and 2200 to 0000, and on 27 Jan from 0400
to 0530, and on 1296.016 on 26 Jan from 1600 to 1800 and 2000
to 2200, and on 27 Jan from 0200 to 0400. Dan also reports
that his online initial-top-list is working well -- So far we
already have over 100 entries. Everybody is welcome to visit
the list at:
HB9Q Data Base
In case you are
not listed you can add your information online on the site.
It will not show up immediately because I check personally
all entries to make sure they are valid. Usually the
validation is done at least once a week. Any comments are
welcome to dan@hb9q.ch. The more of you enter your standings
the better the list gets. Your input is the value of the top-
list! Please help to make it the place for initial standings!
IK5WJD
Alex and Pietro (I5PPE) report on their
ARRL Contest 10 GHz EME activity. This was their 3rd year of
3 cm operation under the call I5PPE –- The 2001 activity
exceeded our expectations. We had 6 QSOs and added 5
initials. This year we were not active on 432. We noted much
more activity during ARRL Contest than in past years. We
heard at least 20 different stations. I5PPE's current 10 GHz
station consists of a 3 m 0.28 f/d dish, HB Chaparral-like
corrugated horn feed with switchable V/H pol, 35 W (to feed)
from a Siemens TWTA, 0.9 dB NF ATF36077 PHEMT LNA and DB6NT
transverter. VK3UM software and infrared CCD TV camera are
used for moon tracking. QSO'd during the contest were on 13
Oct 0810 SM4SDN (559/529), 0825 F6KSX (529/529), 1115 F2TU
(M/O), 1135 VE4MA (O/O), 1228 W6HD (569/579) and 1345 WA7CJO
(579/O).
K1FO
Steve disagrees with some of my
editorial comments on this year's ARRL EME Contents and sends
the following -- I'm a bit upset about the comments you made
about the selection of the EME contest dates in the Nov NL.
In particular the comment "I'm afraid that the folks that
choose the contest dates do not understand EME". This was not
called for! To set the record straight, the ARRL selects the
contest dates based on recommendations from the EME
community! So if the dates were not any good, it is ourselves
who do not understand EME! In the past the ARRL sent out
letters to most of the operators who submitted logs in the
prior years contest. The response to these letters dropped to
almost zero, so the ARRL quit sending out the letters. This
drop in input from the EME community is most likely a direct
result of the continual complaining about the contest date
selection. It is a rare event when the perfect EME contest
dates occur. Most years the dates end up being a thoughtful
compromise. I can firmly state that more than one EME
operator has directly told me that they will never again be
involved in the EME contest date selection due to the bashing
that they've received about past date selections. In recent
years Lionel, VE7BQH has acted as the collector of recom-
mendations and has submitted the majority opinion to the
ARRL. As was noted in the Oct EME NL, the prior weekends (6-7
Oct & 3-4 Nov) were not a good choice because of the
conflicts with the Eur tropo contests. In addition, contrary
to what was printed in the Nov NL, sky noise was considerably
higher on the prior weekends. Although sky noise is not a
problem on 1296 and up, on 144 those weekends had about 2.5
dB lower predicted signals. Since there are more active 144
MHz EME stations than on all higher bands combined it is
logical that the needs of 144 MHz stations be considered when
selecting the dates. In addition, when the dates are selected
in the May time frame there is simply no way to predict what
solar activity will be on any given weekend in Oct or Nov, so
it is ludicrous to complain that the dates that were picked
were bad due to high solar activity. I also think that the
comments about having the dates nearer to full moon to help
visual tracking is a fallacy as cloudy weather (a close to
50% probability) negates visual tracking. Finally, I and many
other operators I've spoken with prefer the more humane
(mostly daylight) hours that this year's contest had. As the
ham population continues to age, fewer and fewer operators
will be willing stay up all night for an EME contest. You
seem to be a night owl, I used to be somewhat of a night owl
myself, but as I get older I just cannot take staying up real
late, so the all night EME contest dates don't appeal to me.
So to conclude my tirade, anyone who was not involved in the
selection of the dates should not complain about them. In the
future we should just pick the best dates as soon as
possible, live with them and spend our energies thinking
about next year's dates. In Dec I had an easy QSO with WA6PY
(539/439) with no libration. I am using a TS-2000x and find
that there appear to be no gain issues with it on 23 cm, but
the separation of TX and RX is a big problem.
K2KLV
Norm has access to a 6 m
dish and equipment for high power operation (good enough for
SSB echoes) on the 9 cm band. He is considering organizing an
EME test on this band for sometime in the coming year. Norm
asks about interest and preferred EME operating frequencies.
I suggest stations interested in 9 cm EME contact Norm.
KA0Y
Ken QSO'd on 1296 during the late Dec SW W1ZX, W7BBM on
SSB, N2UO (at K2UYH's QTH) and K2UYH on SSB. He heard VE4MA
send (M) to WA1JOF.
KL6M
Mike writes – On 432 I completed with WA6PY (O/M) for
initial #111. I heard Paul earlier during his sked with
K9SLQ. I heard K9SLQ tuning up before the sked. He was very
loud. Then he disappeared and I did not hear him again. I
tried many frequencies and many polarities but he was gone –
I suspect he blew something. I copied WA6PY (O) the whole
time. I also ran with LU7DZ but heard nil. I developed an
intermittent elevation position indicator problem, but I'm
sure I will have it worked out soon, and will be QRV for next
SW. I still plan to be QRV on 1296 by DUBUS Contest time.
N7AM
Jack reports making good progress
with his 23 cm system and updates his status -- The amp is
working now at 600 W out. I have almost completed moving the
blower motor for cooling the PA outside the shop. This should
greatly reduce noise in the shack. Next I need to get the new
software from F1EHN working with the new encoders for AZ and
EL, and install Darrell's control box. I'm planning on
taking sun noise measurements to calibrate the dish, and then
trying to hear some echoes off the Moon. I am learning how to
use the XIT on the TS2000x, to hear echoes. The reason I have
not been hearing them maybe because I have been listening
zero beat and not offset for the Doppler.
ON5RR
MArc has everything going on both 23
and 13 cm. At the end of Dec his group was QRV on 13 cm EME
and worked OE9XXI (449/559), F2TU (449/539 and OE9XXI (34/52)
on SSB - all on 2304. Marc plans to be QRV for the Jan SW.
They will probably be on 13 cm Saturday and 23 cm on Sunday.
PA0EHG
HAns is a newcomer on EME and
sends info on his activities – I am QRV on 3 cm. My station
info is on my WEB pages at http://home.wxs.nl/~alphe078. At
this moment my activity on EME is a bit low, I am trying to
learn CW, which gives me a hard job. Since Sept I made 6
QSOs, but have heard many stations calling me. Due to a poor
RX side and my lack of CW experience, I many QSOs have failed
which should have been possible. I hope in the next few
months to add many initials. I now have a much better pre-
amp. I get 1.7 dB moon noise and about 15 dB solar noise. My
TX is working fine with about 200 W RF feeding a 6 m dish
through waveguide. I have about 150 W at the feed. I still
have to steer the dish by hand, which makes me a very busy
operator. I hope to get automated tracking operational. I am
still not sure which way to go for this. I try to be QRV
during the weekends close to perigee, but my station is
dependent on WX conditions. I have to put the TWT with HV
supply outside. So I cannot be QRV when it is raining. Pse e-
mail me for skeds.
VK4AFL
Trevor asks -- I am considering
putting a prop pitch motor into service and wondering if
there are usually any problems with hash on 432 or 1296. [I
know of none.] The brushes and commutator are in good
Condition. The unit will be mounted at the base of the tower
about 7 m from the antenna.
W2UHI
Frank was active on 1296 during the late Dec SW and
found moon conditions excellent. He worked, between 2340 and
0155 on Saturday, K2UYH, ZS6AXT, IK2MMB, SM2CEW, KA0Y, K5JL,
G4CCH and W7BBM, and on Sunday OZ6OL, N2IQ, K5JL, K9BCT and
G4CCH. Everything was working well. All signals were very
loud. Frank reports a significant change in signal from 400 W
to 500 W. Sun noise on 28 Dec at flux 263 was 21.6 dB. This
figure seems to correlate with a graph generated that tracks
sun noise changes with solar flux numbers. He may put it on
his WEB site. Franks also reports that with moon 10 degs off
the sun, he still getting (S5) echoes. He is now pretty
satisfied with his TS-2000.
W2WD
Warren writes -- The dish is now
stored for the winter and I will not be available for skeds.
Before I shut down I was troubled by heavy radar and spread
spectrum RFI. There were many days when I was completely
wiped out with QRM/N. The noise was so potent that I would
not have been able to copy local signals let alone EME.
Several skeds were wiped out. Typically, now that the antenna
is down, the noise has subsided dramatically. I finally found
a source for the MGF4919G's reported by Jan, DL9KR, as being
very good at 432. They came from RF Parts at
www.rfparts.com. I will be building a new preamp for the 4919
sometime soon. Please note that my e-mail address has been
changed.
W4SC
Ben wants to set the record straight -- I
am in SC (EM93). I have been reported as being located in
NC, and GA. [Sorry – Al]. I guess that's ok, because some
days I don't know where I am located - hi! I did operate with
Dale, W4OP, in NC on 1296 the last weekend of the ARRL EME
Contest. I provided the PA. It was fun. I hope to be on 1296
EME soon. Time to work on the dish mount is scarce.
WA4YGG
Steve reports -- I now have the main
components for 1296 EME. I have a 2 x 7289 PA with many extra
tubes and water jackets, but have to figure out how to hook
it up. Any help/recommendations will be appreciated. My
postal address is (Steve Horton, 286 Baird Cove Rd. Franklin,
NC 28734).
WA5TKU
Wes writes about TS-520
Transverter Interface -- I noticed in the Dec NL that someone
was looking for the transverter connector for a TS-520. I
recently received a phone call from a different individual
asking the same question. I know of know source for the
connector. It is an odd connector. The transverter connector
on the TS-520 was used to interface the Kenwood TV-506 or TV-
502, 6 or 2 m transverters. In fact the 28 MHz output of the
TS-520 to the Kenwood transverters was done on a separate
cable. Only the receive and control signals are available at
the transverter connector. To interface a non-Kenwood
transverter to the TS-520, it is not necessary to use that
connector. The TS-520 has RCA phono connectors for
transverter input and outputs. To interface a non-Kenwood
transverter (i.e. a Microwave Modules 432-28) 2 coax cables
and a 2-wire cable to the accessory connector (an Octal
socket) is all that is needed. The 2 coax cables connect
between the RX and TX phono connectors and the respective
transverter connections. The accessory connector on the TS-
520 has ground and a relay contact to ground for keying an
amplifier on 2 pins. Connect these 2 pins to the key line and
ground of the transverter to complete the hookup. For EME
operation these wires should be used to start the sequencer
circuit, which will key and un-key the transverter and other
equipment in the proper order to prevent blowing up preamps.
The TS-520 has a screen ON/OFF switch, on the back right side
when looking from the front, to disable the screen voltage to
the finals. Turning the screen supply off will disable the
finals so no RF power is at the SO-239 connector. The screen
supply switching is done automatically when the Kenwood
transverters are turned on, but it must be turned off
manually when used as described above. The filament switch on
the front panel must be ON for use with the Kenwood
transverters or as described above. The drive for the
transverter TX is derived from the 12BY7 driver tube. Its
filaments are tied to the filament switch like the 6146
finals filaments. One could modify the radio to change this,
but the approach above requires no modification to the radio.
Microwave Modules transverters required a higher drive level
that the stock TS-520 delivered. By changing a ceramic
capacitor value, the drive level can be easily increased. I
can email anyone the mode information that wants it. This is
the only internal modification I recommend for transverter
interfacing. If one chooses to use the transverter connector
on the TS-520, they should be aware that not only is the
screen voltage but a bias voltage is on one of the pins as
well. I do not recommend using connector to interface a non-
Kenwood transverter. It very simple and cheap to interface
the transverter as described above. Save your money and the
time spent searching for the connector and use them on the
rest of the system.
WA6PY
Paulis now on 432 EME using his 2.4 m
dish with a full size dual dipole - dual polarization feed.
In early Dec he QSO'd on 432 DL9KR and K1FO, and picked up
SM2CEW, DJ5NV and KL6M in early Jan to bring him to initial
#5. Paul is planning to be QRV again during the Jan SW.
WA8ULG
Ted sends echoes from distant
past -- I'm still WA8ULG but now living in AZ. People may
remember me from 70's EME and the CSVHFS. I have recently
moved to a great high desert location and have a 12' dish
that was designed for us to 18 GHz. Here's is the question,
when I was in MI and sited my 44' ELPAR, I recall having a
site reduction table that showed the boundary excursions for
the moon at any location. I have a mountain that I am trying
to co-locate with the shadow of a big 30 x 40 storage
building for best overall moon horizon. Does anyone one know
where I can locate the necessary data? I am considering EME
operation on 10 or 24 GHz and am looking for ideas. I have a
great lab at the new house. I sold my company last year, but
kept most of the R&D equipment and have more time than
before.
YO2IS
Szigy writes – I remember with
pleasure how Jan, DL9KR, "converted" me from the classic UHF
to 70 cm EME! It started in the late '80s, always on 14345
KHz, till my 1st random QSO, on 7 Sept 1990 with SM4IVE. My
EME teacher got to be my 7th initial, hi. Not too much to
report from this end. Lately I got QSLs from VK3UM, UA3PTW,
EA8FF and DL7APV. All are initials. I really appreciate the
cards and nice pictures. My score is up to 125 confirmed out
#155 initials. Despite several tries, I have no idea how to
get 9M2BV confirmed. I am still open for 70 cm EME skeds, and
will do my best to be on.
ZL2MQ
David is working on a 70 cm EME
station and would appreciate some pointers -- I have a FT847
and a partially modified Yaesu FL2000B amplifier, a couple of
4CX250 sockets, a blower and a handfull of 4CX250B valves. My
questions are as follows: Can anyone point me an article on
dual 4XC250b amplifiers? [Contaxt LX1DB at:
LX1DB]. Has anyone attempted to
produce grid bias by using zener/transistor circuit in the
cathode circuit? The FL2000B has only about -20 V. What sort
of power output can I expect from this setup, and what
antenna size should I be aiming at?
ZS6AXT
Ivo is back on EME after his
operation -- I was on 23 cm for the last SW. Equipment worked
perfectly, to my surprise, hi. On Saturday no JA stations
were heard. I 1st worked SM2CEW and GW3XYW, then later
IK2MMB, F6ETI, OZ6OL, G3LTF, W2UHI, K5JL, G4CCH and KA0Y. I
switched off at around 0100. CWNR was HB9BCD and heard a few
others. Sunday night we had series of violent storms. I did
not take a chance of damaging the dish and did not operate.
None of the new stations heard on Saturday had available e-
mail addresses. Since I am still far from recovery, I will be
able to work only 23 and 13 cm for the next month or two. I
hope to be by then able to put some finishing touches to 6 cm
and be operational there too. My left hand by now has nearly
full strength, but is not fully controllable, my voice is
also much down.
K2UYH
I tried to arrange skeds via e-mail for the holiday
period on both 70 and 23 cm, but the only one that resulted
was on 1296. I QSO'd on 26 Dec at 2200 GM4ISM (449/O) for
initial #197 and DXCC 40. Mark did not hear me at 1st, but
once he found my frequency we had a FB QSO. I was also
active for the SW on 1296 and QSO'd on 29 Dec at 0112 W1ZX
(55/55) on SSB, 0123 W7BBM (55/55) on SSB – John said he was
running only 65 W, and 0205 KA0Y (57/55) on SSB, and the
next day at 2340 W2UHI (559/559), 2355 G4CCH (56/55) on SSB,
(30 Dec) 0022 SM2CEW (569/56) – one way SSB, 0030 OZ6OL
(55/55) on SSB and 0054 K5JL (58/57) on SSB. Marc, N2UO was
also in the shack and made a couple of QSOs under his call
with KA0Y and OZ6OL, and possibly others. Signals were
excellent, but activity dropped sharply toward the end of
the Eur window on both nights. I also heard ZS6AXT and
IK2MMB. I had hoped to get on the following weekend, but
business travel made it impossible. Marc has completed his
dish and mount for 1296 and only needs to complete the
tracking system before he can be QRV from his home. However,
I do not expect him to be active before the spring. He has
started taking graduate courses, which may slow his
progress.
NETNEWS
by
G4RGK, DAVID DIBLEY
W7SZ worked W7LHL 5 W to 15 W on 3 cm with 10' dish to 10'
Dish in Dec, but is now QRT until WX improves.
W4OP is making great progress on his 1296 PA. He now has 300
W out.
W7CI will be on for the next SW. He has just retired and is
happy to take schedules.
K0YW received a nice certificate from DUBUS. He is making
more mods to his TH-327 amp. Bruce has made a new anode
bypass using .010" Ultem. It seems to work much better now
at 2400 V. He worked in early Jan WA1JOF.
VE1ALQ is getting back to normal. Darrell was on moon in Dec
and reports all systems are still functional.
VE6NA is still SWL only on 23 cm. He has not repaired his PA
yet.
W5LUA on 24 GHz worked VE4MA again and was heard by AA6IW
and RW3BP. 24 GHz moon noise was at an all time high of 1.9
dB.
VE4MA has new PA on 24 GHz with 100 W+ out!
K3WG cannot get to his VHF/UHF shack at this time due to
heavy snow and requests no skeds until Feb.
CT1DMK is still researching triodes for 23 cm, and is
building a solid-state 23 cm 100 mw to 150 W driver amp.
K5WX is QRV on 432 and worked F6KHM in early Jan.
DL9KR worked WA6PY for initial #768 in Dec with an excellent
signal. Jan asks who is TA4SAT? (The TA4 is reported to have
been worked by SM2CEW and DJ5NV. Were these QSOs on 70 cm
EME? Could be IK4SAT?)
ZL1KA may be active on 70 cm.
WB0GGM had no luck with K9SLQ on 432, but did work N4GJV,
RA3LE and UA3PTW. He later heard K1FO and worked DJ5NV.
VE6TA is still on 70 cm and worked N4GJV, RA3LE, RA6LE and
F6KHM for new ones. Grant is now up to initial #89. Nil was
heard from W7MEM in sked.
HB9BBD worked F6ETI on 1296 in Jan. Dom comments for those
using a TS-2000 that the German distributor does not want
release the latest firmware. He has built an xvtr into the
TS-2000 and needs firmware.
RA3LE worked on 70 cm in Dec VE6TA and WB0GGM. Both were new
initials.
RW1AW, UA4API and UA9FAD have not been active on 432
recently.
K5JL heard GM0ONN (O) during their Dec but did not complete.
His sun noise was 26.2 dB 28 Dec.
WA1JOF is testing his RX system with the TS-2000 using a
different IF amp. It seems that the MMIC may have been
causing some of the receive problems he has experienced.
LX1DB is QRV on 70 cm thru 10 GHz and plans to be quite
active on EME for next 2 months.
K4EME on 432 worked N4GJV in Dec.
F6KHM is getting a new 10 m dish. He is presently QRV only
on 70 cm, but is working on a 23 cm system and hopes to be
QRV in a month.
PA3CSG has a little damage to the 3.7 m dish from the recent
storms. Geert has 20 W on 6 cm and will let us know when he
is QRV.
W6WE is making progress on his dish project.
K6IBY is still not QRV on 70 cm.
I6ZAU' call is now I4ZAU.
WA8RJF is on 1296 from NE Ohio. Tony has a 3.6 m dish and 2 x
7289 PA.
KA0RYT is QRV on 70 cm.
WD5AGO is working on a 13 cm LNA.
G4RGK is QRV again on 70 cm. The broken AZ drive motor and
gearbox have now been replaced.
FOR SALE
W1ZX has available just for the effort of pickup (i.e. for
FREE!) Celewave Flexwell FLC 12-50J.
V Willie does want a $100
deposit that will be refunded after pickup. He also has for
sale a DJ9BV design Noise Figure Meter, build with Cabinet,
(the kit cost $US450) with switch+shipping (S),
AIL-7514
Noise Figure Meter for $US400+S,
HP-8970A working $US2050+S,
MFJ-784 Super DSP filter
$US89+S,
JPS NRF-7 Noise Remover &
Audio Filter $US40+S,
HP415E SWR Meter-brown color unit (a
later model unit, not gray in color) $US59+S,
Noise Com
noise diodes NC305, glass package $US30+S,
AIL Hot-Cold Load
Generator, Type 70, (needs some work) $US20+S. Call Willie
at 301-645-5584 between 1000-2300 EST, FAX 301-645-6853, 24
hrs, or e-mail to W1ZX
CT1DMK is
looking for a GS-23 tube
at a reasonable price.
WA2WIM is
still looking for 6"x6" piece of Ultem.
W6WE
asks about a 150 W solid-state module for 23 cm made in
Eur. [SSB Electronics is marketing 20 W to 160 W modules for
23 cm, also 10 GHz modules at 33 W, 13 cm at 130 W, 6 cm at
90 W and 9 cm at 40 W according to VE6TA.]
KG6FCB is looking for a 1296 hi power amp
(GS35B cavity,
etc.) – see RW1AW
DJ5MN is
looking for X-band flexible waveguide - both long
(to 25 m) and short pieces.
Technical
HB9BBD refers you to his WEB page at:
HB9BBD
for measurement information on his new 1296
preamplifier (2 stage WA6PY design with 0.18 dB NF) and
pictures of the same. Also see WA5TKU's report in this NL
about a TS-520 Transverter Interface.
Final
I am again running late with the distribution of this
NL. This is a consequence of the multiple sked weekends and
travel. I am going to make every effort to get the NL make
on schedule for Feb. I don't want anyone to missed the SSB
contest as a result of late notice in the NL.
The Southeastern VHF Society has announced their 6th Annual
Conference for 26/27 April at the Garden Plaza Hotel in Oak
Ridge, TN. See their WEB page at:
SVHFS
for complete
information. Unfortunately this excellent conference
conflicts this year with another excellent conference that
should also be of high interest to EMEers. The SETI Leagues
conference is the same weekend at The College of New Jersey -
see:
SETI Leaques Conference
for details.
Speaking about conferences, have you put in your
reservations in for Prague 2002? This is going to be an
especially good one that you don't want to miss. Program
details can be found at the end of this NL.
With the lighter activity and consequently few reports, I
have been able to fill in with some of the technical
material I have had in reserve. The only problem is that
this depletes the reserves. More technical material is need!
We also need more activity and related activity reports.
Hopefully the new features by NU7Z and HB9Q will enhance the
NL and increase readership.
73 Al - K2UYH
JAN SKEDS
26 JAN
Time 432.040
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27 JAN
Time 432.040
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10th INTERNATIONAL EME CONFERENCE 2002 PRAGUE PROGRAM
Friday 16h Aug: The participants can arrive from 1200 to the
conference place ( Hotel Krystal ), where the registration
and accommodation will take part. At 1800 there is a brief
welcome drink followed by dinner. The participants of the
"Preamplifier contest" are requested to officially register
and hand over their products. At 1900 a bus will be waiting
to carry the group to the Planetarium in Prague for a
special show about Moon followed by a "Prague by night"
sightseeing. At about 2200 the bus will return to the hotel
and there will be a place for talks at the bar.
Saturday 17th August: The main conference day is split into
two parts, one for regular participants and other for the
accompanying persons. After breakfast 07-0800 the conference
starts already at 8:00 with lectures and continues (coffee
break included) until lunch at 1200. From 1300 the
conference continues with lectures and discussions to the
topics till 1800. Parallel to the conference the
accompanying persons will have a special program outside of
Prague (lunch included). The participants and accompanying
persons will join in the hotel at 1900 and a special bus
ferry will take them to a small Chateau in Troja (part of
Prague), where a special Gala dinner is prepared. A part of
this event is a ceremony, where the Johannes Kepler awards
will be presented by the His Majesty Emperor Rudolph 2nd,
followed by official announcement of the "Preamplifier
Contest". The Event is planned to end at about 0200. The
transfer back to the hotel is secured.
Sunday 18th August: Analogous to Saturday the program is
split. After breakfast at 0900 the regular participants will
be transferred to the Technical Museum in Prague for a
special program, while the accompanying persons will drive
downtown Prague. The groups will join at lunch in hotel at
1300. From 1400 there will be a final discussion and vote
for the organizing country of the EME Conference in 2004.
This concludes the official conference program. Besides it,
there are a number of parallel events. For updated details
please see the conference WEB-page at
www.emeconfernce2002.cz. There is a possibility to arrange
individual accommodation and program before and after the
conference for the participants using the special conference
discount. For any information please contact the conference
staff at the contact published on the WEB-page.
Netnotes by K1RQG
This information was obtained from:Scott, KD4LT
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