J79DI EME 2006 Hamradio Expedition

Thursday, 7 December 2006

Monday, 4 December 2006

On the way back ....

The team is now on its way back ... they will leave Point a Pitre tonight, when they have arrived in Europe we should get full log and put it on line.

Friday, 1 December 2006

Very good activity yesterday but we still experience very rapid change in conditions: not just weather conditions but also reception level !!!A lot of signals filling the waterfall sceen for an hour, then it was very quiet, specially during the US window ( no activity ?)

Operating recomendation : Please spread over +/- 1kHz max and when J79DI is calling an identified station , please listen and wait until QSO is completed . Thanks in advance it will help to make even more contacts ...

No specific problem has been identified with the reception system , but very rapid change of polarisation are observed . Please consider that weather conditions are quite tough here , tropical rain and very heavy wind !!!

Skeds : If JA station ( but only JA and due to frequency limitation) want to arrange skeds please contact via moon-net list or JT65 EME link.

Change in end date of expedition : We must leave the island on Monday 4th at 15h00. We will try to be still operational on Sunday 3rd December night but we have to pack then must join the boat on time ! 73 Jacques and Jean-Marc

Liaison confirmed :

27/11/2006

DL8YHR-24
DK3BU-24
DF2ZC-25
RN6BN-20

28/11

DF7KF-26
DL9MS-25

29/11/2006

ES6RQ-21
PA3CMC-22
DK3EE-19
CT1HZE-23
SM7GVF-21
OZ1LPR-21
F6FHP-21
K1CA-17
S52LM-25

Stations heard but qso not completed

YO9FRJ-22
F6HVK-23
SP2OFW-25

Thursday, 30 November 2006

22 QSOs !

22 stations contacted by J79DI. This is the score on 30th Nov 12:00Z
More news coming soon.

Sunday, 26 November 2006

J79DI now operationnal

GO GO GO GO, first QSO in progress. Good luck everybody !

J79DI station photos

Some pictures just received from the team :

Friday, 24 November 2006

Last news

J79DI now on site. No broken equipment. Assembly in progress.
Activity start scheduled for sunday moonrise.

On the way to Sea Cliff ....

On 24th November at 12h05 (UTC) the team is on the way to Sea Cliff with all the equipment safely on the boat. Apparently just a "small" damage to the antenna container requires further assessment on arrival. ! So far, so good and weather is reported fantastic ... !