ARLA/CLUSTER: Expedição em Cabo Verde D44TD-Frank, DL8YHR, and Norbert, DL8LAQ in (HK86NO)

[João Gonçalves Costa]

Call:  D44TD Locator:  HK86
MWS:       From:  2007-08-01
To:  2007-08-08      DXCC:  D4 Activity:  50-144-432-EME-[1296]

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A german team of Frank, DL8YHR, and Norbert, DL8LAQ, will be trying to setup an EME expedition
from Cape Verde (HK86NO) in begin of August 2007

EME Operation will be 2nd to 7th or maybe 1st to 8th of august 2007. Activity starts 2nd at Moonrise

This time Norbert, DL8LAQ, a very good and nice VHF Dxer, will be with me so I realy think we will have good chances to be on 50 MHz
and 144 MHz same time on Moonrise and Moonset. We will also look out for Tropo and ES Conditions and maybe also a litle 23cm
Tropo rig (15W/Yagi) will be with us... If you need D4 on CW EME let me know ore just call us on JT QRG.
QSL goes via ON4IQ and we hope to have a onlinelog running...


Plans up to now:
2 Yagies on 144..around 16dbd gain. - 2 Yagies on 432 around 20dbd gain - 1 Yagi on 50 around 12dbd gain...
Will have 1KW on 144 and 6m just 200w on 432 MHz
(sorry for that but to work HB9Q and DL9KR it will be enough, had 1kw with me in 5A but no response - so no more QRO on 432)

QRG will be TX 144110 MHz and RX 144109 to 144112 MHz and CW 144060 MHz - so no QRG Changes in JA EU and USA Windows. JT65B 6M QRG is 50202 Moonrise Moonset up and down from and to 20 Degrees Moon JT65A D44 will be first always.
432 QRG will be 432060 is skeds ore someone is interested. 24 h Internet on N0UK CW and JT Logger - or cantact me via email or my local MSN name. QRV Moonrise to Moonset. No special cq times...

Special for CW I talked with SV1BTR and we will call cq first Minute always in the following dates and times:
DUBUS 2m cw eme activity event is: August 3 2300-0030 UTC & August 4 0600-0730 UTC.
QRG: 144,060 MHz - If we have much callers we will be on agin in cw ore even longer... Will be published on the net..

Setup is tested and all is running well. So vy 73 for now and look out for future informations on MMMonVHF,
73 de Frank DL8YHR

QSP 2-8-07 De OZ1LPR:
D44TD has become QRV and makes alot of QSOs QRG has changed to D44TD TX First on 144.110 and RX 109-112.

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LATEST NEWS de D44TD, dated 2007-08-03 09 UT:

The crew is doing well and the results are very well up to now! EME is running and TROPO yesterday to CT and EA7 area
(best 2839km on 2 & 70cm)! Here a first quicklog (sorry if still a mistake!):

DK3EE I2RV PA3CMC OZ1LPR PE1L PAØZH DK2PH DL8GP EI4DQ EI4DQ SM5CUI RK3FG UA9YLU OK1CU RU1AA RX1AS DJ7OF KB8RQ W5UN K1JT ES6RQ RA6DA S52LM PAØJMV AA7A WA4NJP DL9MS SP6GWB F9HS F1DUZ S54T EA3DXU S54T EA3DXU EB5EEO WQ5S CT1HZE OH1NOR G4FUF K7XQ DK4TK S53J EA7TL EB7DBX EA7BYM EA7TL PE1BTX OM3BC LY2BAW YO9FRJ PE1BTX RZ3AED F6HVK DL7FF I1ANP F6BKI DF7KF PA3CSG SV8CS DL8EBW PA3FPQ DH3YAK DJ9CZ W5UWB KC7V DK3BU HB9Q AA7A K6MYC N5KDA I3MEK RV3IG EA2AGZ W7MEM EA3DXU WJ6T F6DRO F8DO and XE2AT (up to 3rd 09 UT)