Thursday 17 December 2020

First Year Moon Bounce.

 My first full year of moon bounce has been to say the least interesting.   

Firstly at the beginning of the year, during storm Dennis,  the stub mast snapped resulting in the array hanging precariously by the bottom of the spid rotator on the remains of the stub.   This resulted in me running for most of the year on a partial array due to not being able to have anyone fix the system due to Covid restrictions. 

Secondly I have been having transceiver issues with the K3s and again due to Covid getting this resolved has been a long drawn out affair.  In fact the rig has just been sent back to the dealer as it will no longer key the sequencer ho hum.  

The new Gemini 2 1.2k amplifier has however worked faultlessly so there's something to be happy about.   

So for 2020 I managed to work 62 unique stations,  15 DXCC and 36 squares.   

The limiting factors to my system are now antenna size and there's nothing I can do about that other than move and that isn't going to happen and general noise level. 

I did under stack the array when it went back up to see if it would help with the noise which it didn't so next year if I can find the people to do I may be able to gain a couple of dB back in gain.  

Anyway tnxs to all those who I managed to work this year. 

Date Time         Callsign Locator Country

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04/01 15:17 IK2DDR JN55GN Italy

04/01 16:19 I2MEK JN55SJ Italy

04/01 21:45 RX1AS KO59XW Russia

06/01 21:51 UR3EE KN88DC Ukraine

09/01 20:57 S52LM JN65TX Slovenia

09/01 22:18 WA1NPZ FN43BK United States

31/01 13:56 RW6HM LN14SF Russia


08/02 20:07 I2FAK JN45OB Italy

08/02 21:32 RW3QJA KO90PH Russia

08/02 21:58 SV6KRW KM09KP Greece

08/02 22:10 OK1UGA JO80CF Czech Republic

08/02 22:24 S51ZO JN86DR Slovenia

08/02 22:32 OK1NI JO70OQ Czech Republic

08/02 22:40 R3PA KO93JV Russia

08/02 23:26 PA5Y JO21VO Netherlands


06/03 21:44 IK4WLV JN54XK Italy

06/03 22:58 RX1AS KO59XW Russia

08/03 22:03 S51ZO JN86DR Slovenia

08/03 22:40 IK4WLV JN54XK Italy

08/03 22:48 IK2DDR JN55GN Italy

10/03 00:06 HA6NQ JN98WA Hungary


03/04 20:02 IK4WLV JN54XK Italy

03/04 20:22 PA9RX JO32BW Netherlands

04/04 19:34 I3MEK JN55SJ Italy

04/04 19:40 IK4WLV JN54XK Italy

04/04 19:59 ON4AOI JO21BA Belgium

04/04 20:45 RU3GX KO92SO Russia

28/04 14:34 IK2DDR JN55GN Italy

28/04 14:54 F6HVK JN27LH France

28/04 15:46 S52LM JN65TX Slovenia


29/05 20:44 HA6NQ JN98WA Hungary

30/05 16:14 IK7EZN JN90DG Italy

30/05 16:57 I2FAK JN45OB Italy

30/05 18:58 LZ2FO KN13KX Bulgaria

30/05 19:25 WA1NPZ FN43BK United States

30/05 21:45 KU8Y EN61UW United States

31/05 18:17 EB5EEO IM98PG Spain

31/05 20:31 UR3EE KN88DC Ukraine


01/06 18:38 S51LM JN65TX Slovenia

01/06 19:00 F6HVK JN27LH France

01/06 19:16 IW4ARD JN64FD Italy

01/06 20:58 ES3RF KO29IF Estonia


19/07 16:33 I3MEK JN55SJ Italy

19/07 16:58 K5QE EM31CJ United States

22/07 14:03 UX5UL KO50FL Ukraine

22/07 14:47 IW4ARD JN64FD Italy

22/07 18:11 W7OJT DM24UL United States

23/07 15:41 AA5C EM13SE United States

24/07 17:40 EA5CJ IM99PL Spain

25/07 15:23 F4DJK JN15AI France

25/07 15:37 I2RV JN45PL Italy

28/07 20:24 IK4WLV JN54XK Italy


14/08 10:32 RK3FG KO86HP Russia

20/08 14:07 DK3WG JO71GI Germany


13/09 13:28 KE7NR/P DM54AH United States

16/09 13:57 LZ2FO KN13KX Bulgaria

19/09 14:37 IK1UWL JN33VT Italy

19/09 14:44 RX1AS KO59XW Russia


29/11 21:41 RX1AS KO59XW Russia

29/11 21:49 PA5Y JO21VO Netherlands

29/11 21:56 OK1DIX JN79HT Czech Republic


02/12 21:48 IK4WLV JN54XK Italy  


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