Well, it sure is nice to have an Elevation Rotor that is not
frozen. I left the heat tape running all night and had not one
single issue with the Elevation Rotor. On November 12, 2017, the outside temperature was 38°F at 8
a.m. so probably not a really good test since it did not get below freezing but I'm happy it worked.
I got on the moon about 2 a.m. local time and did not see a lot of
activity. I saw UA4LCF calling CQ and I answered him. We had an
easy QSO. Then, I3MEK on the Chat Page asked to run with me. After
I worked him, IK7EZN called and it soon became a "love fest" on my
frequency! I soon found out that many, many stations could hear me
off the moon. I received the following on the chat page from S52LM:
12Nov 10:23 W8TN Clark, you have now 8 callers ====== {S52LM/4X28XP/KW Milos xx JN65tx}
WHOOO, HOOOOO! An actual bonafide pileup! On the left is my log of the TWENTY-FOUR (24) stations I worked today!!!
Check out the 0900 hour - NINE QSO's in one hour! Now THAT is some serious RATE on EME!
When I started this project I figured that I would be able to make an "occasional" QSO off the moon with my little 2-antenna setup but NEVER - NEVER - NEVER did I think it would be like this!
And, today, I set a new record for completing a QSO with a VERY weak station.
This system truly is out-performing what I had expected it would do!
New DXCC Countries worked today are:
Republic of South Africa
Balearic Islands
Finland
Hungary
My STANDINGS on EME over the last 12 days are:
72 QSO’s
68 Initials
62 Grid's
25 DXCC’s
You know in the movie "Jaws" where Roy Scheider, who played Brody in the movie, says, "You're gonna need a bigger boat!" ?? Well, it seems that now applies to me in that "I'm gonna need MORE EME QSL's!" 22 of those 72 QSO's have already been confirmed on LoTW giving me 12 countries confirmed on 2-M already!
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