KA6U EME Expeditions

  KA6U Update April 6, 2024 0000UTC 902, 432, 1296 EME Roving Spring Trip Rescheduled to June I am moving the start of the 2024 Spring roving trip to the 2nd week of June. The Moon window to EU will be good. I plan to head up the east coast to the RI area and be QRV at a good time for EU on or around June 11th. I will then activate other states in the Northeast and then head west to ND and then South and back to Florida. Goal is to activate 15 - 20 states. Possible states include: KS, MO, AR, SD, ND, MN, ME, VT, NH, RI, MA, DE, PA etc. I can make shorter trips to fill in the lower Midwest and the Southeast. Because I will be running both 902 and 432 I may not be able to do multiple states in one day.   I also plan to put IN on the air on 23cm. I will operate on 432 in RI, however I will be running low power.  If you have a properly working 8 yagi station we should be able to work.   4 yagi stations probably not. Peter KA6U

 KA6U Update April 2, 2024 1700UTC 902, 432, 1296 EME Roving Spring Trip Hello everyone. Time to come out of hibernation. I am planning to be QRV on 902EME and 432EME from April 22 until about May 6th. And a few 23cm states to help some operators finish WAS. I will leave Marshall's place in Texas on April 21st and head North. The basic plan is to head North to North Dakota then turn right and go to Maine. The goal is to activate all needed states without stations on these bands that are the furthest from Florida. There are 15 days available.  I don't know if I have the energy or the weather to be on every day but will do as many days as possible. Possible states include: KS, MO, AR, SD, ND, MN, ME, VT, NH, RI, MA, DE, PA etc. I can make shorter trips to fill in the lower Midwest and the Southeast. At the beginning of the trip operations will start about 0300UTC and at the end about 1300UTC. I will operate in most cases during times that will cover the western US. The moon will

KA6U Update - January 31, 2024 - 0000UTC Cancelled - 2M EME Activations Jan 31 EM72 I will reschedule the activation for EM72 later this Spring. I am feeling ill today and do not want to be out in the cold from midnight until 4 am :-) 73 Peter KA6U

 KA6U Update - Jan 19, 2024 - 0400UTC Thanks everyone who called me on 2M the last few days.  I needed to make a number of changes due to weather.  It was great to see everyone on 2M again!  I have rebuilt the station with improved relays for polarization switching and preamp isolation relays.  Also the 2M XPOL antennas can mount on top of the car with only 5 vertical elements (out of 10) removed from each antenna.  Faster setup and teardown.  I am now using two ICOM-705 radios as exciters.  All PAs can generate full output with 5 watts drive.  The two radios allow me to run two EME bands at the same time, either 902Mhz or 23cm using the folding dish and 70cm or 2M using the tripod array. The roving vehicle now includes: 2M 700W, 222 KW, 70cm 600W, 902Mhz 700W, 23cm 600W. National Forests make great operating locations On Tuesday I attempted to operate.  I set the station up in 9F temperature with windchill below 0F. It took me an hour to set up the station because both generators had

 KA6U Update - January 16, 2024 - 1900UTC EM42 Activation postponed until January 17.  Extreme power line noise at site.  Too cold to tear down, move and set up again today. 2M EME Operations Planned I am planning 2M EME operations from 4 grids in the US Southeast over the next two weeks.  Current plan is: EM42 - Wednesday January 17 - 1730UTC  EM52 - Thursday January 18 - 1830UTC  I will activate EM62 and EM72 during the week starting Monday January 29 I should be at locations where I can start operations at Moonrise. I plan to run JT65B.  I will have internet access and will use the normal EME chat page. Weather forecasts look ok at this time. QSL cards please send to W6TCP Peter KA6U

 KA6U Update - Nov 13, 2023 - 1900UTC 902 EME Activation Plans - Friday and Saturday Nov 17-18 On Friday Nov 17 I will activate AL from EM52TK starting around 2100UTC. After I complete in AL I will move a few miles west on US80 to activate MS from EM52SK in MS.  It will take me 30 minutes to move so I expect operations from MS to start between 2200 and 2300UTC. On Saturday Nov 18 I will activate KY from EM56KM near Brownsville, KY. Start time will be near 2300UTC. Currently weather forecast for both days is good. I will be running CP with 400W at the feed. I should have internet access at both locations. No activations on other bands are planned. Peter KA6U