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MMMonVHF Newsletter 2010-09-02From: nl@mmmonvhf.de (MMMonVHF News Mailer) please find below our latest NEWSLETTER of the VHF-DX-Portal "Make More Miles on VHF" (), dated 2010-09-02 We attempt to distribute our Newsletter one or two times per week. For further detail please be so kind and refer at our "News"-page: - welcome and enjoy... ***************************************************************** Latest NEWS and INFO for the NEWSLETTER MMMonVHF The VHF-DX-Portal ***************************************************************** ** Sporadic E season 2010 has ended? ** As August has passed, we may assume that the Sporadic E season 2010 has ended. The start of the season brought us many openings but July and August were disappointing. The team of MMMonVHF wants to thank everybody for sending logs to the review pages and in that way contribute to better understanding of the Sporadic E mechanism. There is still a lot to discover ... Read more and find all Openings since 2008 at: SOURCE: Frank, PA4EME, on behalf of the MMMonVHF Team ** MMMonVHF MeteorScatter-page update - September 2010 ** Even if no big meteor showers hit the Earth in September, this month deserves lot of interest by MS enthusiasts. Sporadic Meteors flux is at its annual maximum in this period, thus providing relatively good rates especially during morning hours. Some minor to medium showers (Alpha-Aurigids, September Perseids, Sextantids and others) will also add significant meteor rates. Have a look to shower predictions for September 2010 at our MMM MS-Propagationpage SOURCE: Massimo, IV3NDC, on behalf of the MMMonVHF Team ** VHF-DATABASE at MMMonVHF () ** Time to time it will be necessary to remember abt regular updates to the VHF-DATABASE at MMMonVHF. At end of september we plan to spread a NEW ISSUE of our VHF-DATABASE to all DX-Cluster (and USER which what it). So please be so kind and UPDATE IT NOW SOON! LOGIN at MMMonVHF and follow the link to your Account > than click on "VHF-DATABASE Update" and update or set your info to the VHF-DATABASE! THANK YOU SOURCE: Guy, DL8EBW, on behalf of the MMMonVHF Team ** 2 METER EME WAS ** Dear Moonnet, I have updated my website listing the biggest 2M EME stations, CW and WSJT, from each state. I am happy to include the first Louisiana station on the site, WZ5Q. Mike has a good signal off the moon. 2 seventeen element yagis, 1000 watts, with elevation: The goal is to list at least the largest CW and Digital stations for each state. This site is a perpetual work in progress. If you spot any errors or omissions, please email me off list. I would particularly appreciate it if an experienced CW operator could review and add to the CW information. Hope some of you find this helpful. A final personal note. I believe my qsls are up to date. If you have sent me a qsl card direct, and have not received mine, please email me off list and I will send you one right away. SOURCE: Bob, KD3UY via MoonNet ** ARI Firenze 50 MHz Marathon ** Please update your log to 1st 50 MHz Marathon organized by ARI Firenze. All what you have to do is to login and upload your ADIF log of 6m qso of this 2010 ES season, the system will calculate points by its own. Thank you. SOURCE: tnx to Alex, IV3KKW direct to MMMonVHF ** Eduardo, LU7DZ - silent key ** When Juan LU8ENU called me this morning with the sad news, it shock me because we have some good news since yesterday. We well miss him he was a true experimenter, great Pictures of People">person and advisor, he was always ready for help. We dont spent much time together, but I'll remember our conversations in his house for ever. Descansa en paz SOURCE: Adrian, LU1CGB on MoonNet I did meet Ed, LU7DZ, in the first days of my EME entusiam and have had the pleasure to learn a lot from him about condx and noise and CW signals and patience... Sure we will miss your CQ signal on 144.107 MHz, Ed! Me and the Team of MMMonVHF will pass our deep sympathy and condolences to his family. Rest in peace, Eduardo! Guy DL8EBW ***************************************************************** HOT 144 MHz MS & EME DX-PEDITION NEWS - Pse do use: and use the FILTER for your personal wishes! ***************************************************************** ** DXCC: EA ; Square: IN70 ; Start: 2010-09-02 ** USE or SUBSCRIBE: EA3CEC, EA3CBH, EA6SA and EA6VQ will be operating from EA3CEC's radio QTH in the province of Avila (IN70QK). LATEST NEWS from Gabriel, EA6VQ, dated 2010-08-30: Due to a missunderstanding of the Telecommunications authorities we have been forced to change the callsign again. The definitive (hopefully) callsign will be EG3EME/1 - I take the ferry to Denia on wednesday in the early morning and from there drive to El Burguillo where I hope to arrive in the evening. The station will be setup on thursday morning, so if nothing goes wrong we'll be on at moonrise that day. Our intention is to make as many contacts as possible. Either or not you need IN70 square we'll appreciate very much you call. Keep an eye at for more updates. SOURCE: tnx to Gabriel, EA6VQ direct to MMMonVHF ** DXCC: TK ; Square: JN42-JN43 ; Start: 2010-09-02 ** USE or SUBSCRIBE: Hello, I will be QRV from TK, First week end will be for 2M IARU contest with team from JN42, call will be TK5EP/P - Following week i will be QRV MS from JN43QA mostly on evening and morning. I will have also 70/23/13cm if interested. This is an "holiday" style expedition. look for me on 370, will use CQ BCC system for QSY. My email, (no network when on JN43): Lionel.mongin"at"gmail.com SOURCE: tnx to Lionel, F1JRD direct to MMMonVHF ** DXCC: CE ; Square: FF46 ; Start: 2010-09-20 ** USE or SUBSCRIBE: After his trip to Aaland, Rolf, DK2ZF and Martin, DK7ZB will be active from south/east Pacific on 3 bands EME - LATEST NEWS from Rolf, dated 2010-09-01: QRGs: 50.144 MHz, 144.144 MHz (listening between 143,500 to 144,500 with priorities) at edges... In case of any trouble with the public power supply we will monitoring this segment. Even when we are unable to response immediately - DO NOT CHANGE YOUR TX-freq! 432.090 MHz Sequence: CE always TX FIRST periode! RIG: (please have a look at: ) Priority is 144 MHz. 432 MHz will have priority on two consecutive days e.g. Oct 4th and 5th for about 3 hrs after moonrise in Chile. Somewhere in FF46. 50 MHz on moonrise and moonset only - maybe by request. Internet access should not be expected - like in OH0 - but will have daily updates to DL8EBW and/or DK3WG. If GSM- coverage exists, DL8EBW will publish the Chilean Cellphone number for arranging of skeds. Together with DK7ZB we will try do the utmost giving at least a new locator to a lot of stations. The latest field trial in OH0 in August was quite successful on 144 and 432 MHz as well. Thanks to all callers. These callers makes me really happy , showing that the system is running quite well. Will give these stations a special attention and a "sharp eye". Any alterations and additions will be published on MMMonVHF. 73 and see you via the moon. SOURCE: DK2ZF direct to MMMonVHF ** UK/DL9LBH MN41OG qrt ** I am sad to say that my beautiful 3 years in Tashkent/Uzbekistan end in September. So I had to pull down my antennas 23rd August. Thank you all for a lot of fun. Even when I was very restricted by an enormous qrl workload I could work 268 stations from 46 countries on 2m and also 27 stations out of 18 countries on 70cm. I will move to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan and will try to get a licence. So keep the fingers crossed that we meet again in eme on 2m/70cm from there. Hans-Walter DL9LBH direct to MMMonVHF ** RA3AH / KO94BR - REVIEW ** Igor, RA3AH and Dima, RX3AGD was operating from KO94 during the PERSEIDS meteorshower in 11st and 12nd of August 2010. The log and some nice QTH/Antenna Foto can be found at our REVIEW (pass RA3AH in the "CALL Box") SOURCE: tnx to Igor, RA3AH direct to MMMonVHF ***************************************************************** Latest V/U/SHF DX-PEDITION NEWS and EVENTS - Pse do use: and use the FILTER for your personal wishes! ***************************************************************** ** IARU R1 VHF Contest 2010, 4-5th September ** As well as in past years, Matej, OK1TEH, did setup a list of stations participating at the IARU R1 VHF Contest 2010 4-5th September. For details please do refer the following Page: SOURCE: Matej, OK1TEH at OK2KKW webpage ** LZ9X from KN22XS during IARU REG 1 VHF 2010 ** The Bulgarian Contest Consortium will take part in IARU 1st Region VHF Contest this weekend. RIG:IC910H,2xGU74B,MGF1302, 2xDJ9BV 4WL,1536m a.s.l. - We will have ON4KST Singles Chat">chat too. For SMS skeds please: ++ 359 878 244 299 - Savi/LZ1UK and/or ++ 359 878 500 227 - Roumen/LZ1JH. Please do not forget to turn your antennas to LZ! GL and good propagation to all of you. SOURCE: LZ1UK, Savi direct to MMMonVHF ** ED1R qrv from IN73TA during IARU REG 1 VHF 2010 ** An EA Muti Operator Team formed by members of Radio Club Montañés (RCM) and Radio Club Henares (RCH) Will be active other year in the best 144 Mhz Contest “ IARU Reg 1 VHF 2010 ” with the QRZ “ ED1R ED1R ” from north of Spain " Pico Tres Mares ” at 2175m in Cantabria province, exactly from Locator IN73TA IN73TA. We?ll use a QRO station with 2 groups of antenas in 2 directions (Spain and Europe). The Team is formed by EA1CJ Juanjo, EA1EF Eduardo, EA1ASC Aníbal, EA1FBF Guillermo y EC1KR Jesús. Support from EA1MX José and other friends from URE Santander. When the Contest finished our QSL Confirmation is Online from our ONLINE QSL SERVICE where you can Request your confirmation Via Bureu (very fast and free) in our Web Site (QSL SERVICE), or if you prefear a Direct QSL Confirmation, Please QSL Via EA4RCH. We hope copy all during the Contest, Please call us! EA exist during IARU Contest, Pse your antennas to EA !! Good Contest. 73 + DX. ED1R Team /db/ed1r SOURCE: tnx to Jesus, EC1KR direct to MMMonVHF ** DM02 qrv during ARRL September VHF QSO Party ** Hi All, I will be going to DM02 the contest weekend. Regret I won't be there specifically for the contest. Work will take me there. I will only be QRV with an 817 and small yagi. Pretty much short range stuff and no MS. Primary band will be 2 meters but might get 6 and 70cm going. Can work 2 meters with low power and 3 ele quad into CM99 (CW) if cndx are average. My times to 3 operate will be late Saturday evening and early Sunday AM. Will advise as contest gets closer. Thanks. 73, SOURCE: Kent, K6FQ via VHF Reflector ** W4NH qrv during ARRL September VHF QSO Party ** Hello everyone. W4NH will again be operating from Soco Bald (EM85jm) for the September contest. We will be operating limited multi on 6, 2, 222 and 432 with stacked beams, preamps and 1 KW+ TX power on all four bands. Turn your beams our way once in a while and listen out for us. We are also interested in setting up WSJT (FSK441) skeds on 6 and 2 meters starting at midnight until 8 AM eastern time... SOURCE: Jim, W4KXY via VHF Reflector ** KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY, qrv HF and 50 MHz ** KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. Members of the Virginia DX Century Club will be active from here between October 5-19th. Operators mentioned are Tip/N4SIA (KG4AS), Clyde/K4CQW (KG4QW), Stu/K4MIL (KG4SS) and Will/W4VW (KG4VW). Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via their home callsigns. SOURCE: Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #973 ** Jurek, LA4YGA, will try to activate JO38RT on 4m ** Will try to be on KST if possible SOURCE: tnx to Jurek, LA4YGA direct to MMMonVHF From his Webpage ():I will arrive in the afternoon Friday, 3th September and start setting up. Activity will finished in the afternoon Sunday, of the 5th September. This is a family holiday but I will try to be active as much as possible. The aim of the pedation is to activate the Most Wanted Squer on 4m... ** IOTA Activity from Aro [aka Aaroe] Island (EU-172, JO45) ** A group of 4 amateurs Ralf DL2VM, Steffen DJ5NN, Hartmut DL2LTM and Fred DL2TG will be active as OZ/homecall from the Aro [aka Aaroe] Island (EU-172, DIA JY-003, WLOTA 0973) between 25 September until 4 October 2010. Activity will be on 80-6m and 2m in CW/SSB/ FM/PSK. QSL okay via homecall, bureau or direct. SOURCE: [rsgbiota.org] via ICPO Bulletin (26 Aug-03 Sept 2010) ** IM0/IW2MXY will be qrv HF and 144 MHz from JN41 ** Call: IM0/IW2MXY / Date : 2-9 Sett. 2010-08-28 / QTH : Isola della Maddalena Locator : JN41RF / IOTA EU-041 / IIA OT-008 /WAIP OT Bande: HF + 2m VHF: 2 x 13 elem f9ft + 1 17 elem f9ft LNA ssb elettronic icom 910h + gi7b At the moment no MS activity will be done! HF: dipolo rotativo 10/15/20 dipolo rotativo 30/17/12 verticale per i 40 m filare per 80 m icom 7000 SOURCE: tnx for QSP to Alex, IV3KKW direct to MMMonVHF ** IA5/IQ5LV from Pianosa Island (EU-028, JN72) ** A team from ARI Vinci (Ferdinando I5FCK, Giuliano I5HQG, Loris IK5GFC, Piero IK5UIK, Giuseppe IK5YOJ, Luca IK5ZUB, Marco IZ5AJP, Rossella IZ5BRO and Riccardo IZ5EBL) will be active as IA5/IQ5LV from Pianosa Island (EU-028, WW-Loc JN72, IIA LI-016, MIA MI-074, WLOTA L-0968 WAIS DJ21) on 3-5 September 2010. They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on all bands, including 50, 144, 433 MHz and maybe 1200 MHz. QSL via IZ5ENZ. SOURCE: [425 DX News] via ICPO Bulletin (26 Aug-03 Sep 2010) ** AUSTRIA, SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS ** The "Austrian Military Radio Society" celebrates its 50th anniversary from Sep 1 until Dec 31. Several special event stations are activated for this reason, counting two points for the "AMRS award": OE50AMRS, OE50XAM, OE50XCL, OE50XCW, OE50XLC, OE50XMA and OE50XRM. Following stations count one point for this award: OE50AJT, OE50EHB, OE50EMC, OE50EOW, OE50FHA, OE50FQU, OE50GMU, OE50HCE, OE50HFC, OE50IPC, OE50KLU, OE50LTL, OE50MCU, OE50NIP, OE50OLD, OE50PAL, OE50PCD, OE50PLN, OE50PPF, OE50RJJ, OE50RWL, OE50SPW, OE50TKW, OE50TRB, OE50VIE and OE50VRC. QSLs via OE4RGC (all QSOs will be confirmed via bureau automatically). SOURCE: DXNL 1691 (Sep 1, 2010) ** DEADLINE for your NEWS input to MMMonVHF** .... for your News (pse use: ) to the next MMMonVHF Newsletter will be next wednesday 2359 UTC... ****************************************************************** The VHF-DX-Portal MMMonVHF - Newsletter Credits & Info ****************************************************************** Our Newsletter is compiled from the input of the USER of the VHF-DX-Portal MMMonVHF as well by a lot of free usable HF-V-U-SHF-Info-Sources (named as SOURCE at the NEWS) and chats like ON4KST-, RU-VHF-DX-Net, EA-V-U-SHF-Chat, N0UK-Chat and others. ** Many thanks to all USER who send us info and news ** Wherever we found the info we always indicate the source of the info. If you get knowledge of an expedition, which is NOT listed at our VHF-DX-Portal MMMonVHF or if you have additional info for an expedition, PLEASE be so kind and send us this info at: ** /newsuser.php or /kontact.php ** The MMMonVHF-Team is always trying to spread any expedition info as much up-to-love shack">date and reliable as possible and as long as the info does not violate with our MMMonVHF-Policy. Have a lot of fun and enjoy the VHF-DX-Portal MMMonVHF! 73 de italian "Guy" DL8EBW on behalf of the MMMonVHF-Team DG2KBC DK3XT DK5EW DK5YA DL8EBW HA5CRX IV3NDC OZ1LPR PA2DW PA3BIY & PA4EME ******************************************************************
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