KA6U Update - January 9, 2023 -  1300UTC

New Mexico EME activation January 10 UTC

Weather forecast has improved.  9 degrees C and light winds are forecast for Monday night local time in DM85el in New Mexico.

I did a test activation last night on 23cm because of concern about noise from very large wind power farms in this area.  I confirmed that the windmills generated very high RFI.  The noise blanker on my IC705 almost completely removed the noise.  I was able to work several stations but expected RX signal levels were degraded some.  I am moving the activation location to an area with low hills in the direction of moonrise which should block the view in the moonrise direction toward the wind power farms.

The updated plan is as follows:
  • New Mexico - DM85el - Northeast corner of state no power limits
    • 23cm EME - 0300UTC - 0700UTC Jan 10, 2023 (Monday night local time)
    • 70cm EME with updated station 500W 2x21HV - 0300UTC - 0700UTC Jan 10, 2023
I plan to run 23cm and 70cm at the same time.

Peter KA6U 

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