Update 3/25/23 – Internet good enough to post! Things are going well, making 6M MSK, 2M EME, 70cm EME and some SAT contacts so far this week! I am very happy with the progress so far. Have had some equipment troubles but working them out. I am currently running two stations simultaneously, 2M/432 on one radio and 6M(dedicated) on a 2nd radio. If you want to work CY0S on 6M, 2M, 432 then I highly recommend that you join the…
First 144mhz EME Activation from FJ Latest Updates! 03/21/202 – 1718z All FJ/WW2DX logs have been uploaded to LOTW. QSL cards will be next over the coming weeks. 1755z 2M EME QRT 02/21/20 1900z – 98 total QS’s made, would have been nice to hit 100 but 98 is better than 97 🙂 Considering that being in FJ during the peak of poor condx I will take it. I had a T/R relay fail in the amp, did a field…
QSL INFORMATION: SASE+POSTAGE V26PD MyQSL Service PO BOX 375 PAWLING, NY 12564 USA After I lost the last EME array on CY9C, I decided to try another design of antenna for the next round of 2m EME tests. After a number of recommendations from prominent EME enthusiasts I settled on a pair of custom designed 144mhz optimized 9 element EME yagi’s from DUAL https://www.antennas-amplifiers.com/2-meter-best-portable-antenna-9-element I had been testing these at my home QTH for a number of months with very…
You can check out the official CY9C DXpedition Website here. [Accommodations] [Travel] [Logistics] Portable 2m EME Station: The 2M EME station is coming together. A lot of time and resources has been spent getting the station “dialed” in for the expedition. Anyone who has ever took a stab at EME knows that building a permanent station is a challenge, building one for portable use has a whole new set of challenges. The 2M station will consist of the following gear:…
Logs have been uploaded to LOTW and Clublog. QSL INFORMATION: SASE+POSTAGE J8/WW2DX MyQSL Service PO BOX 375 PAWLING, NY 12564 USA This was a fairly last minute expedition and had very little time to test the gear before packing and departure. Here is the 2m EME array setup a week prior to packing. All packed and ready to go! Arriving at the island. The airport at Canouan. We then took a charter over to Bequia, this is about a 10…
QSL INFORMATION: SASE+POSTAGE S9TM to EB7DX In November of 2015 myself, N2IEN, W2RE and KB2HZI decided to give S9 a try for our next radio excursion. This trip we decided to try something new and threw 2m EME into the equation. With only a few weeks before the trip I had to go into overtime to attempt to pull it off. I ended up calling Bill AA7XT from Force12 and we discussed my plans. Bill being an active EME’er he…