Hello Susan, Will you have an amplifier that includes 6m? If you have something that will put out 500w on 6m, you have an opportunity to do the first activation on 6m EME at just about everyplace you are planning to go! What you would need to make this a reality, is a good yagi aimed at the horizon (ideally looking right out over the ocean for maximum ground gain). It does not have to be up too high - 20' is nice, but a 10' mast will work.
M2 makes a 21' portable mast for DXpeditions that is quite sturdy but probably more than you need for a little 6m beam. Something like the M2 6M7JHV yagi is very lightweight and easily managed. It breaks down into a small box, but in an ideal case, you would be able to stowe it somewhere partially assembled to make it easiest and fastest to set up and take down at each location. http://www.m2inc.com/products/6m/6m7jhv.html It doesn't weigh much more than my cat, Greyson, and I have worked many people on 6m EME using this antenna when the moon was near their horizon. If a 6M7JHV is up around 20' off the ground, it will product ground gain lobes around 7 and 15 degrees elevation; if it is looking out over the ocean, it will probably also will enjoy a ground gain lobe around zero degrees. Success on 6m EME comes through the use of these ground gain lobes as the moon rises up through them. So, if you could be QRV for about an hour a day on your moonrise from these rare places, you could make contacts using JT65A mode. I would be happy to help publicize your activity and make sure people were lined up to call you ;-) There is about a week each month that has ideal cndx for 6m EME, and this is easily predictable. I can provide you with a calendar of ideal days if you think you can get on from some of these spots ;-) GL on this very exciting adventure!! VY 73, Lance On 8/2/2010 1:55 AM, ussv dharma wrote: > Ok gentlemen, here is your chance to be of service to God, Country, and mainly > me. > > It looks like I will finally get out of KH6 and head for KH3, V7, V73, T32, > 5w, > ETC come November. > > QUESTION: this is a solo dxpedition, I am 75 years old. the antenna farm will > most likely be vertical and located right at the shore line. > > What suggestions do you have for me to construct for antennas? > > Susan > > If you don't change direction you WILL arrive exactly where you're headed!! > Susan > Meckley, Skipper W7KFI-mm AFA9SM USSV DHARMA > > -- Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT 59834 USA QTH: DN27UB TEL: (406) 626-5728 URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815 Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the MAGIC BAND EME email reflector! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
