D64K 6 meters last info

These are last news about 6 meters operation at our expedition to Comoros Islands (IOTA AF-007), from 8th to 21 August 2012.

The team members are Fabrizio IW3SQY, Paolo IV3DSH, Franco IZ8GCE, Sigi DL7DF, Les SP3DOI, Josep EA3AKY and Salvador C31CT/EA3QS. We will use the call D64K, locator LH18PJ. QTH is close to the west coast, just at sea side, having a very good take-off to EU, Africa, and America, unfortunately to the east we will have high mountains, about 400 meters to Asia, and 2000 meters to VK/ZL (volcano is just there).

We hope to have internet access and to be qrv on on4kst chat and, possibly, we will have on-line log. If we are not in the chat, you may send a SMS to the phone number that we will confirm when we arrive there, just in case you hear our beacon and we don’t answer the calls.

We will have a dedicated station on 6 meters with Elecraft K3+PR6, ACOM1000, 6M8GJ antenna, with elevation, fed with 25 meters of ecoflex15.

Operating frequencies will be:

Beacon: 50.103

CW/SSB: 50.103 (please split up 1 if good condx)

EME: 50.193 JT65A D64K transmits first sequence

We will be on EME at moonrise and moonset, starting the moonrise of August 9^th (21:10z) and finishing at moonrise of August 20^th (05:00z + 3 hours). Usually we will be on EME three hours after MR or before MS. 

We will run a beacon (k3 and 6m8gj) beaming to the best place to have F2/TEP conditions outside EME periods. Anyway if there is any F2/TEP it will have priority. We are also QRV to try any MS sked with south African stations.

Please check EME procedure at http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/DXpedition%20Procedure.pdf before calling us in this mode.

Hope to hear you from D64K