I've just received information from Lance, W7GJ, saying he will be qrv on 6 meters. He will be qrv with 1 Kw and a 6M8GJ 8 elements antenna. I don't expect to have any F2 conditions from Europe, so the only way to work him will be using EME. This is Lance's last mail about the operation:
Well, the contributions from serious 6m
DXers rolled in - MNI MNI TNX! As a
result of your support, the travel costs are already paid, and I am planning on
going to Clipperton with my proven portable 6m station:
At this point, I am spending money as if I
had it, shipping equipment down to California, and buying things like a $1400
generator to take on the trip. The good news is that I tested out the portable
6m station with the new 3kw Honda 110 VAC generator (the Honda 2000 would not
work with my switching power supply above about 600w output), and I was able to
run 1kw output on JT65A mode using my new Meanwell RSP-2000-48 power supply and 6M-1000
amplifier. For almost 3 dB difference, I
was not willing to compromise the success of the mission, so am now busy
building a shipping crate for the generator.
So....please spread the word among serious
6m DXers. I working very hard and spending lots of money to provide a serious
6m activation of Clipperton Island. If we get any F2, I will hope to work you on
that mode. In case we do not, I am
planning to be QRV for my moonrises through the European moonsets and then
again for all the NA moonsets down to my
moonset. I am planning to take the two
middle days off from EME and just concentrate on
ionospheric prop possibilities those days, because they are unfortunately the
worst days of the month for 6m EME. The
proposed tentative schedule is on the above web page, and obviously is subject
to the uncertainties of weather, unloading, equipment/logistics problems, etc.
etc.
However, since the best EME days during the
trip are right at the beginning of the operation, I sure am planning to do
whatever I can to be QRV as soon as possible after we arrive and make this a
successful venture for everyone.
So, if you have been planning on assembling
that big 6m yagi that has been taking up space in your garage, or wiring up
that new 6m amplifier, or meaning to get that computer interface connected so
you can run digital modes, this is your early warning notice ;-) You have 6 weeks to get ready!
I don't expect to have internet capability
after February 17, so I will try to post any further information before then on
the above web page. Otherwise, please
just watch for me on 6m! GL and I sure hope to be able to hand out a new 6m
DXCC to many of you in a couple months!
MNI TNX again for your encouragement and
support! VY 73, Lance
