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AMATEUR-RADIO DX on 144MHz
DDØVF/P JO64NN QRPP EME May 2-06 2014 Island Hiddensee
 
everything must be transported without car on the island
direction west
the dike and the bushes where 3m higher, so no moonset in the sea
polarity of about 75 degrees
little house
moon that time on the early evening
45 deg polarity, QSO with K9MRI
JO64NN_rig
EME LOG
RTX:        FT897D
antenna:  a bit modified 7el UA9TC 2,675m boom 10.2dBd (with rotatable polarity)
amp:       homebuild with an single Harris module @320W and inbuild psu
preamp:   HA8ET with additional CBW filter
coax:      8m Ecoflex10 plus 3m Aircell7 wich gives an erp of about 2,8kW
PC:         netbook samsung NC10 with homebuild interface
RIG
small interface wich fits to the netbook connectors
amp and preamp
Most QSO's where random and
about 80% with groundgain.
Smallest seen was KB5WIA with
his 2x7 and 1kW at -25.
I was very surprised at the signal
strength with this short antenna.
Several stations where well audible.
I'm sure with this small rig at this
low noise place are 200 inits or
more possible.
surprisingly strong EME signals on a small antenna - see log below