KA6U EME Expeditions

 KA6U Update - 1330UTC January 16, 2025 Current operating plan: Florida EM70 - 0800UTC Saturday January 18 (Friday overnight local time) MS/AL EM50 - 0800UTC Sunday January 19 (Saturday overnight local time) My start times may be earlier or later +- 1 hour Please watch HB9Q 222 EME page for updates Peter KA6U

 KA6U Update - Jan 10, 2025 - 1800UTC 222 EME Roving during January VHF Contest Thank-you everyone for help with testing my updated 222 EME station. It is very noisy at my location and I was only able to decode K1WHS. I saw other signals but my noise was too high. The H/V and RCP polarization switching works well.  It seemed that everyone could always copy me when I used RCP for TX.  This should make it easier to complete QSOs. The new 222 antennas have a much cleaner pattern than the old antennas and noise pickup is reduced. With the new antennas I can run up to 70 degrees elevation. Based on the results yesterday I am planning to rove during the EME contest on 222 only with activations on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights local time or starting approximately at these UTC times: January 18 - 0500UTC January 19 - 0700UTC January 20 - 0800UTC At this time I don't know when I will be in which states. States I definitely plan on activating include FL, AL, MS. I may do ...