02/23/2008 | UA3DJG We (UA3DJG, UA3ATS, RA3WND) operated under UA3DJG call-sign during the second moon window in the 3d tour of 2007 ARRL EME contest. It was a short-term expedition to snow-covered fields near Moscow. The mother-nature endows us with a pretty nice weather without real frost, wind or snow-fall. However, we didnt manage to start with moonrise, as usual guys did. The central hub of a portable stressed dish was left at home. So, after some hours of night-driving and camp deploying we warmed up the PA only at midnight.

During next 8 hours we made 19 CW random QSO on 23 cm using our usual home-brew equipment: RIG, transverter, LNA, 250W-PA and 3,6-m portable stressed dish. But now, we switched from original DFC square septum feed to its modification by RA3AQ. It brought an additional 5 dB of SN and the air completely changed: we continuously heard of own echo, got CW reports and frequently worked on CQ. The crystal county-side air allowed us to work with HB9Q, OK1DFC, G4CCH, K9SLQ, ON7UN, OZ6OL, OH2DG, LA9NEA, SM3AKW, HB9SV, HB9SV, RD3DA, G3LTF, DF3RU, OE5JFL, DL4MEA, WA6PY, OZ4MM, RW1AW.


73!
Oleg -- UA3ATS