| XE2AT | GREAT CONDS FIRST LEG! Thanks to all. |
| XE2NS | First time in EME contest! Thanks to all. |
| EA3MS | I was very pleased to work my first JT65B contacts on the EME test. Now I learned to work JT65B next contest I will try to perform a better result. Some years ago I was active under my old call EA/DL3MGL, but most of the people did not copy my call correctly on CW EME. Anyway I am very limited due to lack of elevation (I can actually elevate from 0º to 35º). During the contest I climbed the tower and elevated the antenna manually, so I had to relay on my optical camera tracking system. Depending on azimuth of the moon my moonset is very high, up to 25º, so I can not take chance of the whole possible moon period of each day of contest. Further I checked the CW EME frequencies, but only achieved one QSO. In addition I am very surprised about the performance of JT65B (congrats to K1JT), it makes EME accessible to everyone, of course you need less operator's skill but it pushes activity on EME and in VHF. Finally I would thank the ARRL and all participants of maintaining and organizing this interesting contest. If you need some more information, please do not hesitate in contacting me. Best regards and 73's, |
| LU1CGB | This year we tried to work in CW and digital and also some UHF in QRP mode, that why we use an special call LU1C submitted by local agency, but we use my regular setup and location. The team was LU1AEE Fabian and me. Saludos, |
| LA2Z | LA2Z participated only first weekend due to work duties. Good participation and fun to work. Cu next year. 73 de LA6MV Helge |
| OK1KIR | OK1KIR participated in 3.4 GHz, 5.7 GHz and 10 GHz bands in ARRL EME 2008 contest. Our business duties and illness of Tonda, OK1DAI kept us away from participation in 1296 MHz legs and persistent terrible local QRM eliminated completely our EME activity on 13cm. We are currently not QRV on 24 GHz after TX TWT PSU is gone. However we progress slowly with the new PA construction. Overall it was very nice contest with lot of fun on MW bands. Facing current discussion about ARRL EME Contest rules, we, ops at OK1KIR would advise anybody attending the discussion to turn back 10 years. QST in May 1999 issue on page 93 and “432 MHz and above EME News” in May 1999, vol. 27,#5 both published an opinion as follows. “MICROWAVE EME CONTEST 1998. The first ARRL sponsored Microwave EME weekend was a great success. The event took place on November 7 and 8th and concentrated on EME activity at 2300 MHz and higher. Entries indicated that about 30 stations from 15 countries participated in the event. 20 stations were active on 13 cm, 11 on 6 cm and 8 on 3 cm. Two stations were active on 9 cm but no two-way QSOs were recorded. Two days is not enough time to operate 4 microwave amateur bands on EME! …” We, OK1KIR EME team fully support this opinion. We would like to propose to ARRL EME contest committee and organizers to consider splitting of MW part into two weekends, for example 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz in the first weekend and rest of the MW bands in the second weekend. We believe that this will stimulate number of participants and number of QSOs on MW. Furthermore, we strongly support to continue presentation of multiband stations results in the same way as it was done till 2006, i.e. #of QSOs and multipliers per each particular band in parallel to the total score. |
| EA5SR | Hi I'm ea5sr angel, is my first time to participate in such competitions already been a great pleasure for me, because I love the high frequencies and I dedicate them afondo am a very young man just 25 years and is not Typically, a young man so that the eme because everything is very expensive and for a more humble and hardworking person like me that much for me to achieve all this but I am very proud of these modalities and able to work every day with more illusion, a greeting and the year to be good to try again with you in this wonderful contest, thanks for everything. I hope here to receive confirmation of my lists and which are correct. |
| KR7O | I operated unassisted/random the first weekend. About half of my contacts were in response to my CQ (thanks for tuning around and calling guys). I was 100% digital, but do not see a category on the summary form for that. BTW, I am in full support of the assisted category (even though I primarily operated unassisted, only one assisted QSO made). |
| 9M6YBG | This is my very first EME Contest with my 2 X 10 elements Yagi plus maximum 50 watts output from YAESU FT-847. I enjoyed very much in the contest, eventhough I have only worked 6 QSOs. Thank you very much. GO YEU BIN - 9M6YBG |
| WB9PNU | I have attached a check log for the 2008 EME contest. Due to other priorities, I could not devote additional time to this contest. Looking forward to 2009 Contest. |
| XE2MVS | First time in EME, very fun, tnx for my QSO and next year installed new eme station |
| DG1KJG | My name is Juergen and it was the first time I had participated in the ARRL EME contest. I had a great time with a good result in QRP CW |
| RK3FG | Hello All! Many thanks to all organizers of contest EME ARRL 2008 |
| W5LUA | Considering that the moon rose about the time I would normally go to bed, I had a great time operating the microwave portion of the ARRL EME contest. Fortunately I spent some time troubleshooting the system during the week so the weekend was event free. Here are my results by band. 2304 MHz. 3400 MHz 5760 MHz Due to the over run from 802.11a interferers in the neighborhood it has become a challenge on this band for me to track the moon. With the help of my SDR-1000, I determined that the band was a little cleaner down around 5755 MHz so I devised a secondary downconverter that supplies 5755 MHz to my GR-1236 IF meter. This makes it a little easier to track the moon in a quieter part of the band. As a result on 5760 MHz I was able to work IK2RTI, OK1KIR, RW1AW, F2TU, LX1DB, ES5PC, and VK3NX. 10368 MHz 3 cm was the challenge of the week as I had not been QRV on 3 cm for about a year due to a waveguide relay that decided to quit after being in use for 15 years! I replaced the relay with a new WR-90 waveguide relay connected to my horizontally polarized linear feed and proceeded to look for echoes with 100 watts in the shack earlier in the week. The results were zero echoes. So I decided to take my WR-90 directional coupler and move it to the feed. Well I was only getting less than a watt at the feed. After taking the waveguide apart in sections, I found water had leaked in. I decided to use the air hose to see what else was in the waveguide and much to my surprise I found a couple handfuls of grass had been forced out. Well it turns out that when my system is not operational, any bug or critter that enters the feedhorn has a free ride back to the TWT where there is a pressure window! With the new system, the normal non energized mode is now in the receive path so about as far as some critter can go now is the LNA. But I also put in a cellophane cover over the feedhorn. Despite all the hassles during the week, I was able to work IQ4DF, G4NNS, HB9BHU, F5JWF, K1JT for state #15, OK1CA, ES5PC, OK1KIR, WA6PY, and LX1DB. 24048 MHz This was really the only band that did not require any work before the contest. It worked flawlessly. As a result, I was able to work DF1OI and LX1DB. Well it was a good weekend as I was able to work LX1DB on all 5 bands from 2304 MHz through 24048 MHz! Thank you Willi! The contest wore me out but it was a lot of fun. I was wondering how the folks would feel about expanding the microwave part of the ARRL EME contest back in to August making it a August and September event? Looking forward to the next microwave EME event! Best 73 de W5LUA EM13qc |
| PA3ECU | This was my second time I join the ARRL eme contest and I was wrealy surprised that I good work so many stations with my smal station Condx was sometimes very good so I'am very happy with my results :-) 73 Rudy PA3ECU |
| SP2NJI | Thanks for all nice qso and see you again next in the contest. 73! de Wieslaw SP2NJI |
| WC9C | Really glad to see all the activity off the moon on vhf |
| DL7APV | I vote for separate weekends JT/CW and no self spotting. It was real fun working so many stations with my new system. |
| VE6CPP | Just started with this Mode a few months ago after it was suggested to me to try at Moon Rise as I did not have the Antennas on El Rotor. I switched them after I made 4 Contacts the first weekend, and are now 2x13B2's on a Horizontal Boom with EL. What a Difference! I managed 17 more Contacts the second weekend with a 'little more Moon Time'. Station consists of a TS-711A into a 300W Mirage, 2x13B2's at 21' fed with LMR-400. Thanks to Doug VE5UF for All his Great Advice in getting me started, and a Special Thank You to All the EME Gang for there patience with the 'New Guy' ! I am not sure if DN39 has ever been active on this Mode.. but it 'Sure is Now'! 73 Jerry Siegmund VE6CPP Lethbridge, AB Canada DN39or |
| UK/DL9LBH | I am sad about this ideological discussion about assisted mode. Are there any other contests with this differantiation? At least not at VHF/UHF contests in Europe. And if you want to make this please allow this for more than this one categorie. |
| PA3CWN | Hereby I send a checklog from PA3CWN for the 2008 ARRL EME contest I do not send a participating log because there is no class I fit in and will not be placed in mixed mode because apples and pears cannot be compared. |
| YO2IS | This is my 19-th ! ( 1990 - 2008 ) in row participation in the annual ARRL E.M.E Contest and that despite the downtown QRM and the divergent opinions regarding the recent contest rules. Stateside activity was low, no NA station got in my log. Am proud with all my EME ARRL-Contest awards showing my EME activity with a marginal all homebrew setup. |
| I1NDP | With the occasion only one comment to the regulations: To me, but not only, two weekends are too much especially for the level of activity we find on 70cm it would be desirable, instead, to split analog & digital in different dates. Best 73 |
| YO3JW | Finaly I made a QSO via EME |