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If you have some interesting news about the DX operation in the 50 MHz and above bands please E-Mail it to me and it will appear in this page. (Announcements of portable operations in contests, etc. are not considered as news, unless they are made from some rare square or location). You can also be interested to check the VHF & up DX calendar.

Update News
3-Jul-2009
E7/OK1DFC (JN84) Hi EME gang, time is running so fast and July is here. How was planed on 12th of July I am moving from my QTH with all stuff to Bosnia and Herzegovina E7. Dates and schedule you can see here http://www.ok1dfc.com/Peditions/E7/e7.htm We, OK3RM, OK3VM and me will be ready from 144 MHz up to 3,4 GHz. Due to very bad WX in OK in past month I did not have chance test 9cm, but on measurement equipments it is o.k. and also feed connected to TRV giving 5dB noise comparing ground and sky. I did not received any request for special skeds. I would like to ask here VK3NX if he is ready to be QRV 13cm and also JA4BOH and others from JA because I still did not received new TCXO and will use my SMHU R&S signal generator for support of 2302 and 2424 MHz. If I do not receive positive request up to 12th of July I will be on 2320 and 2304 MHz only QRV. All other is ready and tested. Working well. Please check the schedule there and let me know, if anybody will be looking for special band activity, we will have lot of time and will be possible to change feed during operation window. Tested, I need 30min to change band. So keep cross a finger with WX and hope to hear many of you via Moon from E7. We are expecting to be QRV in 1 min periods (E7 first ) because necessary coordinate transmitting with 144 MHz. On 2,3 and 3,4 GHz I have IF 145 MHz and do not expect any conflict, but.......... QRG I will public on chat, if any problem with internet connection I will send SMS to couple Hams in my GSM and you will know what is doing there, but Braco confirmed that no problem with Internet connection there. I am expecting some beacons like VK3UM, OK1CA, HB9Q, K1RQG and others to keep our dish in right position. For pedition I have new controlling system for elevation and also tripod is now more stable

  (Info from MMM on VHF)

3-Jul-2009
JD1BLY & JD1BNF (QL17) Operators Makoto/JI5RPT (JD1BLY) and Yoshihi/JO1LVZ (JD1BNF) will be active from Chichijima Island (IOTA AS-031, QL17CC) between August 9-14th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using the satellites, CW, SSB, Digi modes and 2m WSJT EME. QSL via their home callsigns. Log searches will be available on the following Web sites: JD1BLY: http://www.ji5rpt.com/jd1/ or JD1BNF http://www.hattsan.com/

  (Info from MMM on VHF)

26-Jun-2009
HS0ZIL (OK16) Against his plans, Karsten, DL2LAH, will be back in Thailand in october and try to be qrv as HS0ZIL from OK16BQ. As well Karsten will try to setup a MMMonVHF DXBlog to spread his latest News and logs.

He will be there for QRL and so he do not knows defenatly now when he might show up on the Moon. The time frame will include 09.10. - 24.10.2009 and he will get up as HS0ZIL from OK16bq and be qrv as it will be possible. As soon he will be there he will start to build up the second 10el DK7ZB and try to be ready than with 2x 10el vertical. He will be on HF and 144 MHz. For 2010 he is planning an upgrade to 4x 10el DK7ZB. PLEASE no skeds in advance because he dont know any time to be on, yet. As soon there are activity possibilities he will announce at KST, N0UK and at MMMonVHF.   (Info from MMM on VHF)

14-May-2009
RK3PWJ/9 (LO74) Members of Club RK3PWJ, Peter RW3PF, Toly RW3PN and Sergey RA3PD eaves in expedition in square LO74GF republic Bashkiriya. On place to him is joined July UA9WE and Oleg RZ9WF.

Begin work on June 30 on July 6 2009 .Call is RK3PWJ/9. The Problems- actuate the square LO74 in meteor and EME, but in the same way in Field day. The Call sign in FD will is elaborated.

The Equipment: 144MHz: 2x 15 el DJ9BV, GI7b, IC746pro 432MHz: 2x24 el OPT70, TS2000x 1296MHz: Dish 1,8m ,TS2000x.

Work in meteor and EME will be on 144 mhz.Cluster and chat ON4KST will. It is planned take part in contests VHF Field day and Cup 1296.

During trip following region on RDA possible work on 40-20m: LP19 LP12 LP05 LP13 LP18 LP07 TB22 TB20TB29 TB24 TB08 TB15 TV04 TV11 PE12 PE18 PE32 PE13 PE15 PE22 PE06 PE22 UL15 UL17 SR43 SR47 SR42 SR13 SR36 SR41 SR29 SR30 OB44 TA32 TA30 BA73 BA43 BA41 BA79 BA74

 (Info from MMM on VHF)

11-May-2009
C37DXU on EME. EA3BB Pau organize a dx-pedition frm Andorra JN02SK with the call C37DXU

Band 144 MHz. frm 22 to 25 July
Band 432 MHz frm 26 to 27 July

Visit the expedition WEB site in English and Spanish.

More details on the future.  (Info posted by I5WBE to EME reflectors)

25-Apr-2009
VO/DM8MM planning activity from Neufundland "From the rock" (GN36MU) from 7.8. until 21.8.2009. Friedhelm did make serious plans to activate that place to have some chance on the BRENDAN TROPHY (The Brendan Awards are designed to encourage experimentation with two-way trans Atlantic communications by radio amateurs using the Two Metre Band).

Until now he plans following Equipment: one or two 11 el. Flexayagi with LNA TRX: Icom IC-7000 PA: BEKO HLV-750 (115V version) Notebook with GPS clock QRV with Dipol on VHF-Net 14,345 MHz

If there is no activity from the operator he plan to run a 2m Beacon (VO/DM8MM) on 144,3007 MHz. Skeds welcome: dm8mm"at"darc.de

 (Info from MMM on VHF)

18-Apr-2009
5H1HP & 5H1MS. Hermann, DL2NUD, and Joachim, DL9MS, are preparing an 144 MHz Expedition to Tanzania (5H)

Both will try to activate the Squares KI93RU and KI94RA during the 2 weeks trip. Joachim informed MMMonVHF that their first goal will be 144 MHz EME and maybe some MS (pse write to Joachim in advance if you wants to have a sked) and as well some HF and 50 MHz work.

The planned RIG/QRGs:
50 MHz: 3el / 300W / NO EME
144MHz: 24el XP / BEKO PA with EME Power EMEQRG: 144.144 MHz (if QRM .120 MHz), 5H tx 1st
432MHz: not planned until now!

 (Info from MMM on VHF)

10-Apr-2009
LA/OH6ZZ. Jussi is planning an expedition to northern Norway on 10-15th August to corner of four squares KQ10/11/20/21. Qrv 2m both MS and EME 4x9el with elevation, ME-1500V, good preamp More details later here at MMMonVHF Latest News. 73 Jussi OH6ZZ     (Info from MMM on VHF)
24-Feb-2009
ON7ARQ/MM. I am QRV /MM on the Costa Europa between 28 May and 8 June with a Yaesu FT817 (5Wmax) on 50-144-432Mhz

Ports :
28/05 Savona (JN44) Italy
29/05 Barcelona (JN11) Passing Balearic Islands,
31/05 Casablanca (IM63)
01/06 Agadir
02/06 Arrecife (IL28) Lanzarote
03/06 Santa Cruz (IL18) Teneriffe
04/06 Funchal (IM12) Madeira
06/06 Malaga (IM76) UBA-contest 6m + EA-contest Passing Balearic Islands
08/06 Savona - Italy

Hope for good 6m-conditions, and participation of EA-contest 6 & 7 june, Note : Past year, june on the Island of Elba (IA5) was very poor on VHF-bands,  (Info from Patrick, ON7ARQ)

13-Feb-2009
MS operation from IO67-IO68. Dirk, ON5GS, announced that he will be QRV from GM between April 28th and May 4th from the Isle of Lewis at locator IO68 and IO67 with a Belgian Team of amateurs.    (Info from MMM on VHF)
13-Feb-2009
MS/EME operation from IS0 (JM49). This year Frank DH7FB and Bernd DF2ZC will activate IS0 (JM49PE) on 144 MHz from 1 to 5 May
They will be mainly QRV JT65 EME. Equipment: TS2000, 3CX800A7, MGF1302 preamp, 2 x 9 ele M2 (Sponsors: www.ukw-berichte.de, www.ssb.de)
   (Info from MMM on VHF)
30-Jan-2009
EME operation from 5N (JJ38).  I will be working in Abuja/Nigeria for several month. This will give me the opportunity to bring EME to the Nigerian Amateur Radio Club. Please remember that I will be there for work reasons so I cannot be on air as much as on my other DXpeditions. However, I will take all of the equipment there and try to be on the bands as often as possible. The call sign for EME activities might be 5N0EME but its not confirmed yet. All other HF activities will be with the call 5N/KT3Q. The EME activities will be focused on 2m and 23cm. Equipment is planned to be as listed below. If you have anything that I could use during that time, I would be happy to take it there and maybe leave it there as donation for the radio club.

Equipment:
**********************************
2m
Ant: 12 element yagi (tnx to DL8YHR)
PA: up to 1kW (tnx to HB9Q)
TRX: IC-706mkIIg (modified)

70cm:
Ant: 19 element yagi (tnx to DL8YHR)
PA: ??
TRX: IC-706mkIIg (modified)

23cm:
Ant: 2.4m dish with patch feed (feed same like on BY4RSA activity)
TRX: IC-706mkIIg (modified) with Transverter (by DJ9YW) and about 100W (tnx to DJ9YW)

I will let you guys know when I will be active. Please watch
MMM on VHF site, EME-newsletter and my website for further information.

vy 73 de Bodo, DL3OCH, HB9EHJ, KT3Q
      (Info from MMM on VHF)
19-Jan-2009
MS/EME operation from 4O (JN92). We like very much to announce the next DX-pedition of Cour group. QTH, the contest resort of 4O3A: Ranko is so kind to allow us to use this excellent location: Obosnik hill in JN92HJ

Call: Unknown yet, we asked for a special one.
Team: Johan, PA3FPQ - Jurgen, PE1LWT - Chris, PA2CHR
Date: May 26 - June 4
Prop: EME / MS / Tropo / ES / etc.
Modes: SSB / CW / FSK / JT65
Rigs:

144: TS850 with TR144H transverter.
Antennas: 4 x 8el. X-pol. gain: 18.0 dBd.
12el. yagi, gain: 14.2 dBd.
PAs: 3CX800 PA about 1kW. and HLV600

432: Transceiver: FT847
Antennas: 4 x 16el. gain: 21.0 dBd.
PA: still looking for a small one with QRO !

50: If possible to be QRV:
FT857: (100W)
PA: still looking for a small one with QRO !
Antenna: 3el. or 7el.

During this trip we hope to be QRV as much as possible. On EME we will run JT65 and CW; a timetable will be published soon. Our goal is always to work also the small stations and we will listen specially for weak signals during the dates with low degradation. We do not like running skeds because our experience is a sked takes too much time, random work is far more efficient.

For actual info please visit PI9CM Blog and http://pi9cm.hyves.nl/blog/ and PI9CM PHOTO ALBUM.

Updates will follow soon, best 73s,
Chris, PA2CHR (CookieMonster DX-group PI9CM)
     (Info from MMM on VHF)
24-Oct-2008
 
70 MHz in EA. All Spanish amateurs have been granted to use 70.150 MHz and 70.200 MHz (only this two frequencies, with at bandwidth of 12 KHz) till 29-April-2009.  Max. radiated power is limited to 10w.     (Info from URE)
23-Oct-2008
JT on EME. PA4EME will be QRV in August 2009 as JT1EME on 2m EME (JT65). Rig 1 kw and 2x16.     (Info from DUBUS)

 

 
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