23cm portable Kangaroo Valley QF55GG
Over the weekend of the 21/22nd March I worked portable on 23cm from QF55GG. We managed to get a bunch of new stations in the log. The folding dish setup works a treat.
Farout radio
Farout radio
Latest posts
1296Mhz portable ops from Cargo Rd Vineyard
We spent last weekend testing the portable EME setup camping at Cargo Rd Vineyard out near Orange, NSW. It was a great location to test the setup and even better its in the middle of a vineyard with great wines to taste ...
1296Mhz portable EME ops
I finally finished the portable setup for 23cm EME operations made some QSOs from the front driveway. The dish is a Sub Lunar 2.4m folding dish, PQL PA and new 9700 and laptop. My home QTH sux for 23cm but keen to use th...
Pro Tip!
So it just so happened that your decided your reason for being is staying up from midnight to 10am for two days straight to have fun in a contest... Everyone that has done this has had to cope with the 3am how do I stay ...
Podium finish for 2024 ARRL contest
Happy to get 2nd place for the 2nd year running in the ARRL EME contest. Lots of fun was had by all
Kingdom of Lesotho worked during ARRL contest
Happy to work DXCC #42 off the moon The Kingdom of Lesotho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho) which is a country in South Africa. Thanks go to Bernie ZS4TX and John ZS6JON for the DXpedition - https://www.qrz.com/db...
Building a small high performance station
At the April HADARC club meeting I presented part II of my moonbounce presentations which focused on building the station and consideration that influence the design in a metropolitan area in the city. Take a look
2nd place in ARRL EME contest
After placing 3rd last year and 4th the year before that I have managed my best score and results to date in the ARRL EME contest with a 2nd place. Always a fun contest over two weekends at the end of the year.
Market Reef in the log
On the 22nd June I was lucky to work OJ0EME on Market Reef. Sebastian DG5CST, Roland DK4RC and Norbert's DL4DTU DXpedition to Market Reef JP90nh was active across the 2m up to 3cm bands and was much anticipated by the Mo...
Finally made the podium of the ARRL EME contest!
After finishing 4th last year I started to think that a podium finish in the ARRL EME contest was possible. Very happy to land 3rd place in the Single Operator, 432Mhz category. The contest was a lot of fun and as usual ...
Initial #100 off the Moon
On the 4th of December 2022 I was over the moon to make my 100th EME initial contact with Paul W2HRO. Paul's 4xLFA was the original W2PU array. Anyway it called for a celebration, if you read this Paul I'll send you a b...
Added moonbounce EME useful links page
I thought I would add a page of interesting and useful web links to the website. I have been meaning to do this for a while.. Let me know if you think I should add anything else? Click here to go to the links page
HF ops
Never put a connector for the rotator at the top of the tower.. Finally got around to fixing the rotator on the MX20 ultrabeam that was full of water. Just in time for solar cycle 25!
Results are in!
The 2021 ARRL EME contest results are finally in and VK2CMP managed 4th place in the 432Mhz single operator category. The contest ran over two weekends in November and December 2021 for 432Mz ops and was great fun even w...
K4 has landed!
After putting down a deposit for a K4D in May 2020 with Elecraft my K4D arrived just in time for Christmas and the ARRL EME contest. Fun times ahead with a fantastic radio ;-)
1st CW contact off the moon
During the first leg of this years 2021 ARRL EME contest I worked Jan DL9KR for my first EME CW contact. This was the highlight of the contest and hopefully first of many more CW skeds via the moon.
Ever wondered whats happening inside an Ultrabeam antenna?
Have a squiz of this commissioning video that I made when I was installing my UB MX-20 Ultrabeam antenna. The antenna works a treat and provides all bands between 14 and 52Mhz. Have a look on the HF operations/ Home QTH ...
High power permit for EME ops
Finally received