WW2R 1296MHz EME

N5PYK announced he was moving to College Station and would be leaving his 10' C band dish. Not wanting to waste an opportunity I asked if I could have it. "Yes if you help take it off the roof" was the answer. So after clambering on his roof we found the dish came apart into 4 pieces which could be tied to the roof of my S10 Blazer and moved the 3 miles to my QTH. Also on offer was a "very solid" one piece ground mount for the dish. No way would it fit on or in the Blazer so it was strapped to the open tailgate using the rear seatelts and slowly transported to my QTH with N5PYK following closely behind to spot any problems. After arrival the mount was installed and leveled; it takes 2 to move it. The four parts of the dish were assembled with replacement Stainless hardware

After an enforced absence from radio I built a DEMI 1296/144 Transverter. I then built up the metalwork kit I had obtained for the OK1DFC septum feed. Work commitments delayed tuning up the feed which turned out to be a long frustrating experience. Return loss/isolation were awful. Everyone said they just built it to the published dimensions and it worked. I spent 4 weeks trying and only ended up with a feed with lots of "custom adjustment holes" At this point I gave up attempting 1296 EME.

Houston Tracker V actuator driver found at local surplus store. 24" actuator purchased. The two seemed to work together.

Although on the road, the EME bug next returned when I heard VE1ALQ was making another batch of VE4MA feeds for 1296. So I bit the bullet and ordered one after the disappointments of the OK1DFC septum feed (see above).

I spent the Thanksgiving holiday mounting the feed on the dish and putting connectors on cables. Having seen G4NNS's "feed cage" described at the Martlesham Round table I decided to make an open frame to mount the 1296 feed in with enough adjustments to mount other bands feeds instead. The first version, made of aluminum had a design problem because the supporting arms interfered with choke. The second version fixed this problem but demonstrated that aluminum angle was not sturdy enough. So a third version was made with steel and thicker aluminum angle, as shown below.

I checked out the actuator and Tracker box. The box came up with "memory error" message, looked like memory chip had failed. Realising the actuator needed 24V DC and that reversing polarity reversed direction I made a tracker box using a surplus 24V PSU given to me by W5LUA and some relays. Put 144MHz splitter in DEMI xverter IF so I can use two receivers at once. I also built a PIC sequencer, using the design formulated to sequence the 432MHz equipment at 3B9C to properly sequence the 1296 preamp/protection relay/AMP.

Met with W5LUA, K5GW and WD5AGO at W5LUA's QTH and got motivated again. Went home and bought Spectrian 2.3GHz amplifier! The 1296MHZ feed was installed and listening commenced on Dec 11. Nothing was heard, but it was noted that the feed was not pointing at the centre of the dish very often. The supporting arms were allowing the cage to move. So I went to Texas Towers to get some thicker Aluminum tube. Mentioning the problem to K5GW he remembered that when doing WA5WCP's dish there was a similar problem, which was cured by using 2 bolts to connect each arm to the feed cage not just one that I currently had. I knew the cage had not got enough steel for 2 bolts for each arm, so version 4 of the cage was started at 10am . Just to put a bit of pressure on, I made a sked with K5SO for 4pm via the EME net. The cage was completed at 2pm, and the problem had been solved. Sky to 50 ohm noise was measured at 21dB, which was suspicious. Inspection revealed the protection relay was miss wired; I was measuring sky to open circuit, and this was remedied; Sun noise was 11.2dB and cold sky to 50ohm was 6.6dB with an SF of 70. The following illustrate the 1 screw , 2 screws issue:-

It was with trepidation that the dish was "optically" pointed at the moon just after moonrise standing behind the dish (glad I built the DTMF decoder). The first signal to be heard was VE6TA telling G4CCH that WW2R would be QRV that afternoon. As G4CCH was the louder signal I called him and he came back immediately. K5SO then called me then I worked VE6TA and K9SLQ who had the loudest signal on the band....I could copy him on ssb while making dinner in the kitchen 40' away.

The following day I installed a camera on the dish connected to a $19 B/W TV ( I knew it would come in useful one day). I also measured the power at the feed through the LDF4 hardline + FSJ4 Jumper cable from the shack to the feed and found it to be 120W; room for improvement! When the moon rose I heard G3LTF and used his signal to calibrate the camera. I then worked him and was called by K5JL who beat out G3LQR's signal and was worked. G3LQR disappeared but F2TU called me and was worked. The band went quiet, but a few hours later I worked K2UYH. 8 QSOs in a weekend including 2 British stations; more Brits than I normally hear on HF in a weekend!

I listened the following Friday night (Dec 18) for the AW but didn't hear much. CWNR SM3AKW, but was called by and worked by W5LUA and K2UYH. The feed and cables, were then removed as I was going to be in England for Christmas.

In the following week I had a very interesting SKYPE conversation with G4DDK who explained why I was having difficulties tracking the moon near the horizon at high declination; like his, my mount wasn't a true Polar mount and would require modifications to make it one. He recommended a scissor Jack as a declination adjuster. He also suggested using a laser level to ensure the camera and dish were pointing in the same direction without pointing at the moon. Mounting a level on the feed would be a problem, so a laser pointer was obtained from the local emporium which was fixed to the feed and the camera adjusted to get the spot in the middle of the screen.

Replaced the LDF4 hardline with LDF5 donated by K5GW. Power at feed now 140W. The TX main loss now is in the FSJ4 on the dish, will have to be replaced. On Jan 6 wasted 2 hours trying to recalibrate camera mount. On Jan 7 AW heard LX1DB ragchewing on SSB, also heard G4CCH, IW2FZR & G3LTF. Worked K4QI (#10), VE6TA, OZ6OL (#11), OZ4MM (#12). On Jan 8 had echoes audible in 2kHz BW but after EU window ended noone to work! As there is no Echo software in WSJT590, tried W7PUA's EME-2 software on the DSP10 which said my echoes averaged 1.1dB S+N/N.

To facilitate easier tracking, the dish was taken off the mount on Jan 10 for modification. Lots of hard work sawing and filing. The initial stress of all this resulted in the purchase of an angle grinder, which speeded up the process. The modifications were finished Jan 30. The dish now covers declinations of +35 to -11 degrees. A photo of the mount with the dish at +31 declination follows.

The Input connector was changed on the preamp, reducing the number of adaptors in front of it by one. Using plastic plumbing fittings a mount for the camera was made on the edge of the dish that was more stable than the one originally supplied with the camera. On 4 Feb, worked ZS6AXT on a cw sked. In the SSB contest thanks to the perseverance of LX1DB I had my 1st SSB QSO off the moon. Also worked F6HKM (SSB/CW, no response to calling on SSB), K5GW (SSB/CW too much QRM/too close for SSB/SSB). On random CW worked LA8LF and OK1CA. CWNR W6IFE, WA6PY, DL0SHF. On 5 Feb, good signals from ZS6AXT at moonrise. CWNR for 40 minutes WA6PY so worked K9SLQ to make sure equipment still ok! All the modification effort proved worthwhile as now can find the moon when I cannot see it. On Feb 11 nil on sked with LA9NEA, but immediately afterwards worked RW1AW on a sked, but CWNR SM3LBN, WA6PY. On Feb 12 worked IK2MMB (#20)on a sked; I had called him the previous week but had got lost in the pileup! Noted DEMI xverter drifting around 3kHz in garage environment, necessitating setting the TX frequency using a counter with Rubidium reference before each sked; locking it to 10MHz has become an important issue

Installed 40mm high 4 digit 7 segment display pulse counter using Intersil 7217A chip into actuator driver box. Also reconfigured relays in box to put resistor across coil when not supplying power to it. This stops the actuator "running on" when power is removed. QRV for AW on Mar 5. Heard VK4AFL but not consistently loud enough to work. Decoded "WW2R G4DDK JO02" at -22dB from G4DDK when he was setting up for our JT65 sked but heard nothing during our sked! On CW heard OZ6OL, K5JL, LA8LF. Worked G4CCH again. On Mar 11, while everyone else was busy on 432MHz EME contest worked SM5LE (#21) on JT65C sked. Subsequently got a request from VK7MO for a JT65C sked at 0200 (local). Had to change the actuator to the other side of the dish at 2200 local, took 30 minutes in the dark. Nil for first 20 minutes of sked then signals got good and QSO with VK7MO (#22) completed easily. Had to change actuator back to the original side of dish for sked with G4DDK in the evening. Took 10 minutes in daylight! Worked G4DDK (#23) on JT65C sked, again I heard him before start of sked getting set up. The TX feeder on the dish was changed to LDF4. The power at the feed is now 155W. Work started on integrating the TH338 cavity.

Checked out preamp/relay configuration. Dropped system NF by 0.3dB. Now echoes are audible (dont need spectran) which was good news as during DUBUS contest Moon was not visible until 1 hour after contest finished, so tracking was peaked on echoes.

May 7 worked K5JL, VE6TA, K2UYH, HB9Q (#24), F2TU, G4CCH, F6HKM (answered CQ) . CWNR HB9SV, ON7UN, OK1KIR, F6CGJ. Heard N2UO, In JA window CWNR JA8IAD, JA6ABH. HB9SV loudest signal but elusive. ON7UN second loudest signal on band called for 30 mins but no response to me (or other bigger stations calling him)

May 8 worked OZ4MM, OK1DFC(#25), K4QI, G3LTF (answered CQ), OZ6OL(answered CQ), IW2FZR (#26), ES5PC (#27). CWNR OK1KIR, HB9SV. Heard W9IIX, NA4N. In JA window worked JR4ZZS (#28). CWNR JA8IAD, JA6ABH, VA7MM. . Heard VK4AFL

Jun 3 worked PA3CSG (#29) on sked. Worked SM3AKW (#30). Called by, and worked K5JL, OE9ERC (#31), G3LTF, G4CCH. Worked CT3/DL1YMK (#32), KL6M (#33), VK3UM (#34), VE6TA. Heard VK4TL, W5ORC.

On a flying visit home from working in Erie, PA, announced on the reflector, worked SM6CKU (#35) the only person to request a sked on July 22. Immediately after I packed up the gear received 2 sked requests!

Making the most of the stations QRV for the WA5WCP/1 expedition, on Aug 13 worked OK1KIR (#36), ON7UN (#37) and DL1YMK (#38). On Aug 19 worked RW3BP(#39) on JT65. On Aug 20 Worked K0YW (#40; first new state since Jan 7!)) on CW sked, failed with W9IIX, worked G4DZU (#41, -18dB), G4CCH (-9dB), OK1KIR (-12dB) all on JT65C then WA6PY(#42) on random CW

Acquired an FT847 to use as an IF. The replacement xtal filters in the RX and TX IF definitely helped, as did the 600Hz cw filter. During the ARRL contest worked 20 stations. Initials were HB9BBD (#43), SM4DHN(#44), HB9SV(#45), LA9NEA (#46) N2IQ (#47), K1RQG (#48) on CW and VA7MM (#49) (-18dB) on JT65C. CWNR W7BBM, W2DRZ, JA8ERE, LA8AV, JH5LUZ, K9BCT, OE9ERC, OK1DFC. Only issue with 847 was hum getting on the PTT line due to way in which PTT and audio to the radio are multiplexed onto same pin of the data connector. Matter under investigation.

FT847 issue fixed by putting opto isolator on computer ptt line. Was active for weekend before contest weekend. On Thursday night! Nov 3 (z) worked VE6TA, OZ6OL. On 4 Nov worked K2UYH, N2UO (#50), K5PJR (#51) called by and worked K0YW, OE9ERC, G4CCH. On Nov 5 called by K5SO, W7BBM (#52), K0YW, KL6M on cw then worked PA0BAT (#53, -27dB) OE9ERC (-9dB)on JT65C. On 6 Nov worked NA4N (#54), K5JL amd VE6TA. The extra 1.4dB of a perigee weekend sure helps!.

On Dec 2 (z) worked WB2BYP (55) on sked but nil from G3LQR who had PA problems. On 3 Dec christened the newly finished transverter using G4DDK mini xverter and DFS9096 unit which gives me a GPS locked LO, by working LA9NEA, LA8LF, and ES5PC on CW, then worked ES5PC (-9dB) on JT65. On Dec 6 found K2UYH (-8dB) hiding out on 1296.090 (softrock displaying 90kHz of band proved it's worth) and worked him on JT65C for 1st USA QSO on that mode!

On Jan 28 in SSB Contest CWNR K5JL, LX1DB, IZ1BPN on SSB. CWNR IZ1BPN on CW. Decided SSB contest is not fun for 10' dish owners. So looked up the band and found and worked GW3XYW on JT65C (#56, -16dB) then on CW. Worked ES6RQ on JT65C (#57, -14dB) then on CW (CW #50). Worked UR5LX on JT65C (#58, -24dB). Worked W5LUA on JT65C (-9dB); his "worst DX" of 4 miles. Worked K5JL on CW. Worked PA3FXB (#59, -26dB) on JT65C. On Jan 30 worked W5LUA on JT65C again; trying to resolve some WSJT interpretation issues.

On Feb 24 looked for 8N1EME on 1296. Preamp giving more noise on antenna than load. WRONG! Found o/c inductor in preamp causing preamp to oscillate at 1.6GHz (drove 8970 NF meter crazy). Repaired quickly, rewarded by immediately hearing and working 8N1EME (579) (#60). CWNR JA6AHB(again). Feb 25 not active in EU window due to 60mph winds, worked JR4ZZS, the only station heard in AS window. Feb 26 worked PA3FXB on JT65, On CW worked AD6IW (#61) at the 30m Jamesburg dish after struggling for 30 mins, Worked KL6M, VE6TA, DF3RU (#62). In the evening worked N0OY (#63) for new state.

Continued work on TH338 Amplifier. The items needed to complete the RF deck were supplied by K1RQG. The 1st was a blower small enough to connect to the cathode tube, the other was PTFE sheet thick enough to make a chimney. Despite all the construction, on Mar 25 worked PA3DZL (#64) on JT65c (-22dB). Worked K5SO on cw. CWNR AL7RT who was as loud as K5SO

On Apr 20 while making sure equipment worked for KH7X expedition worked AL7RT (#65) K9SLQ and WA5WCP (#66) on cw. Also showed TH338 not reliable enough for KH7X sked so redeployed 2 x 2C39A. However using the 200W on April 21 worked KH7X (#67) on random cw !

Disaster struck. May 2nd dish hit by 81mph winds.Sleeve holding actuator to post slipped, releasing actuator. Dish swung over smacking dish into concrete supports bending 4 rims and popping 4 panels. May 5 spent day straightening out dish with steel angle, 3 "C" Clamps and a bench vice. Also added pair of muffler clamps either side of offending sleeve and made a brace to help support the dish when not in use.

Effort paid off, May 15 worked TF/DL1YMK (#68, DXCC # 25) on sked. During DUBUS contest on May 20/21 worked 19 stations including 2 cw initials G3LQR (#69) and RW3BP. Also used a microwave modules MMC144/28 to feed the transverter output into the new SDR-IQ radio, performance was excellent. The following shows the bottom 50kHz of the 23cm band during the DUBUS contest: as displayed on the SDR-IQ:-

Modified DB6NT Transverter to provide a receive only output to feed SDR. To reduce the 144MHz level on transmit coming out of this "receive" port an extra relay was fitted that terminates the port in 50 ohms on transmit which allows only -65dBm on TX to appear at output port.

Aug 29 had sked with WA5WCP/7 (WY) on 1296.035. Heard him every period, sent "o"s but no reponse. Heard him calling CQ on same frequency, called him, no response. Memories of his New England expedition came flooding back. Went to get coffee. Came back, saw Paul calling CQ on 1296.018. (Thank goodness for having an SDRIQ). Responding he came back first call and QSO resulted WA5WCP/7 (WY) # 70.

Sep 1 worked K1RQG, RW1AW, K2UYH, LA9NEA on cw while waiting for sked with WA5WCP/7. Bottom end of 23cm sounded like 20m during a contest due to activity for Pauls expedition. Worked WA5WCP/7 (UT) #71 on sked. Worked G4CCH, F2TU on cw and then G4CCH on JT65C. Called DL4MEA, W2DRZ and SP6JLW, each for 10 mins but best reponse was "QRZ". Heard SM2CEW. Sep 4 worked WA5WCP/7 (ID) #72 on sked, heard F2TU on SSB. Sep 8 Nil on sked with K0ALL, nil on sked with SM2CEW at 1400z, but he was delayed by power outage, worked SM2CEW (#73) at 1440z. Worked W2UHI (MI) #74) on sked. CWNR SP6JLW. Heard VE3KRP.

Oct 25 worked K2DH (#75) on sked. In first weekend of ARRL contest worked G3LTF, K9SLQ, DL4MEA (#76), OE5JFL(#77), OK1DFC, N9JIM, SP6JLW (#78, DXCC #26), HB9Q, G4CCH, ES5PC, K1JT, AL7RT, LA9NEA, WA6PY, K7XQ (Dig, #79), N9JIM (Dig), OH2DG (#80, DXCC #27), SK0UX (#81), IZ1BPN (#82), SM4DHN, OK1CA, RA3AQ (at RW3BP), DL1YMK, OZ4MM, RW1AW, DF3RU, IK2MMB, OK1KIR, VE6TA, IK3COJ (#83), G4CCH (Dig). (32 qsos)

In second weekend of ARRL contest worked G4DZU(Dig), HB9BBD, K5SO, K5JL, OZ6OL, NA4N, VE7BBG (Dig # 84), K2DH, VA7MM, JA6CZD ( #85), VK3UM, SM3LBN (#86), SM3AKW, K1JT (Dig, at K2UYH), SM2CEW, KL6M, W2DRZ (#87). CWNR VK4AFL. Nil on sked with P43L, but having heard WA6PY, VK3UM N0OY have no success either not too surprised. Did CWNR P43L on dig (-18dB) (contest total 49 qsos)

Decided to burn in new TH338 Amp in preparation for CX expedition. Worked G4DZU (cw initial #90) K5JL (gave me 569...wow!) Heard SM5LE. Called CQ a lot, no responses. The good news is that the amp survived 6 hours operation without protest (TH338,~450W 2200V).

Worked DL1YMK/CX (#91 DXCC#29) to complete WAC. In DUBUS 23cm contest worked 21 stations including 4 initials, SV1BTR (#91), PA0SSB (#92), IQ4DF(#93) HB0/DF1SR (#94, DXCC #30). CWNR EV5M. It was nice to work PA0SSB as his was the first 23cm EME DX station I visited in the mid 80's along with G3WDG, G4KGC and G3YGF after attending the Belgian VHF Convention in Ghent.. Copied DL1YMK/CX on JT65C, worked him again on CW (Random)

RX: G4DDK NE32584 2 stage preamp (0.26dB NF) mounted on feed via SMA isolation relay. Homemade 1296/144MHz Transverter to G4DDK design, DFS9096 GPS locked Local Oscillator driver driven by HP Z3801 unit + FT-847 Transceiver

TX: FT-847 Transceiver + Homemade 1296/144MHz Transverter to G4DDK design, DFS9096 GPS locked Local Oscillator driver + external RA18H1213G amplifier (20W) + TH338 (450W output)

DATE	CALL	STATE	GRID	DXCC#	COMMENTS
11-Dec-05	G4CCH		IO93	1
11-Dec-05	K5SO	NM	DM66	2
11-Dec-05	VE6TA		DO33	3
11-Dec-05	K9SLQ	IN	EN70
12-Dec-05	G3LTF		IO91
12-Dec-05	K5JL	OK	EM15
12-Feb-05	F2TU		JN38	4
12-Feb-05	K2UYH	NJ	FN20
18-Dec-05	W5LUA	TX	EM13
7-Jan-06	K4QI	NC	FM06
7-Jan-06	OZ6OL		JO65	5
7-Jan-06	OZ4MM		JO55
4-Feb-06	ZS6AXT		KG33	6
4-Feb-06	F6KHM		JN23
4-Feb-06	LX1DB		JN39	7	SSB!
4-Feb-06	LA8LF		(JO59)	8
4-Feb-06	K5GW		(EM13)
4-Feb-06	OK1CA		JO70	9
11-Feb-06	RW1AW		KP50	10	SKED
12-Feb-06	IK2MMB		JN45	11	SKED
6-May-06	HB9Q		JN47	12
7-May-06	OK1DFC		JN79
7-May-06	JR4ZZS		PM65	13
7-May-06	IW2FZR		JN56
7-May-06	ES5PC		KO38	14
3-Jun-06	PA3CSG		JO21	15
3-Jun-06	SM3AKW		JP92	16
3-Jun-06	OE9ERC		(JN47)	17
3-Jun-06	CT3/DL1YMK		IM12	18
4-Jun-06	KL6M	(AK)	BP51	19
4-Jun-06	VK3UM		QF22	20
22-Jul-06	SM6CKU		JO67		SKED
13-Aug-06	OK1KIR		(JN79)
13-Aug-06	ON7UN		(JO21)	21
13-Aug-06	DL1YMK		JO31	22
20-Aug-06	K0YW	CO	DM67		SKED
20-Aug-06	WA6PY	CA	DM13
14-Oct-06	HB9BBD		(JN47)
14-Oct-06	SM4DHN		JP60
14-Oct-06	HB9SV		JN45
14-Oct-06	LA9NEA		JO59
14-Oct-06	N2IQ	NY	FN13
14-Oct-06	K1RQG	ME	FN54
4-Nov-06	N2UO	(NJ)	(FN20)		SKED
4-Nov-06	K5PJR	MO	EM37		SKED
5-Nov-06	W7BBM	AZ	DM42		SKED
5-Nov-06	NA4N	VA	FM18
1-Dec-06	WB2BYP	(NY)	(FN13)
27-Jan-07	GW3XYW		IO71	23
27-Jan-07	ES6RQ		KO28
24-Feb-07	8N1EME		PM06
25-Feb-07	AD6IW		CM96
25-Feb-07	DF3RU		JN59
26-Feb-07	N0OY	KS	EM18
20-Apr-07	AL7RT	AK	BP64
20-Apr-07	WA5WCP	(TX)	EM12
21-Apr-07	KH7X	HI	BL01	24
15-May-07	TF/DL1YMK		HP84	25
20-May-07	G3LQR		JO02
20-May-07	RW3BP		KO85
29-Aug-07	WA5WCP/7	WY	DN51		RANDOM
1-Sep-07	WA5WCP/7	UT	DN30		SKED
4-Sep-07	WA5WCP/7	ID	DN43		SKED
8-Sep-07	SM2CEW		KP15
8-Sep-07	W2UHI	MI	EN73
25-Oct-07	K2DH	(NY)	(FN13)
28-Oct-07	DL4MEA		JN58
28-Oct-07	OE5JFL		JN68
28-Oct-07	SP6JLW		JO70	26
29-Oct-07	OH2DG		KP30	27
29-Oct-07	SK0UX		JO99
29-Oct-07	IZ1BPN		JN35
29-Oct-07	IK3COJ		JN65
29-Oct-07	VA7MM		CN89
29-Oct-07	JA6CZD		PM53
29-Oct-07	SM3LBN		JP80
29-Oct-07	W2DRZ	(NY)	FN02
27-Jan-08	SV1OE		KM17	28
3-Mar-08	G4DZU		(IO93)
1-May-08	DL1YMK/CX		GF15	29	WAC
10-May-08	SV1BTR		KM18
10-May-08	IQ4DF		JN54
10-May-08	PA0SSB		JO11
10-May-08	HB0/DF1SR		(JN47)	30
Totals	75	19	70	30

DATE	CALL	STATE	GRID	DXCC#	COMMENTS
11-Mar-06	SM5LE*		JO99	1	SKED (-23dB)
12-Mar-06	VK7MO*		QE37	2	SKED (-22dB)
12-Mar-06	G4DDK*		JO02	3	SKED (-24dB)
19-Aug-06	RW3BP		KO85	4	SKED (-21dB)
20-Aug-06	G4DZU		IO93		SKED (-18dB)
20-Aug-06	G4CCH		(IO93)		JT65c (-9dB)
20-Aug-06	OK1KIR		JN79	5	JT65c (-12dB)
15-Oct-06	VA7MM		CN89	6	JT65c (-18dB)
5-Nov-06	PA0BAT*		JO31	7	JT65c (-27dB)
5-Nov-06	OE9ERC		JN47	8	JT65c (-9dB)
3-Dec-06	ES5PC		KO38	9	JT65c (-9dB)
6-Dec-06	K2UYH	NJ	FN20	10	JT65c (-8dB)
27-Jan-07	GW3XYW		IO71	11	JT65c (-16dB)
27-Jan-07	ES6RQ		KO28		JT65c (-14dB)
27-Jan-07	UR5LX*		KO70	12	JT65c (-24dB)
28-Jan-07	W5LUA	TX	EM13		JT65c (-9dB)
28-Jan-07	PA3FXB*		JO33		JT65c (-26dB)
25-Mar-07	PA3DZL*		JO21		JT65c (-22dB)
27-Oct-07	K7XQ*	CA	CM97		JT65c (-18dB)
27-Oct-07	N9JIM	(CA)	CM96		JT65c (-8dB)
24-Nov-07	VE7BBG*		CN88		JT65c (-18dB)
27-Jan-08	RD3DA*		KO85		JT65c (-14dB)
Totals	22	3	20	12

Thanks to W5LUA, K5GW, G4DDK, without who's help/encouragement/advice I would have gone back to HF RTTY!

	QSOS	INITIALS	STATES	GRIDS	DXCC#
Totals	251	100	19	78	30