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DDMMM UTC 02Sep 02:24 rr, off to bed. 73 (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:23 keep seeing some pings (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:23 Same here, catch u maybe in the AM (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:23 Been there, done that (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:22 agree on the rox, gonna call it a night i think (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:22 Understood (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:22 it's frustrating to look through an eyepiece and see something, but not be able to capture it (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:22 Think we scared the rox (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:22 photography is tough and astrophotography is orders of magnitude tougher (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:21 I took a couple of pictures of two comets and was disappointed that they didn't look as expected (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:17 i have seen better results, but i'd be happy with that...50 stacked 20ms exposures (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:16 https://archive.org/details/hpr4057 (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:14 yea, i think that is what i am going to have to do. very short exposures, and stack them. (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:14 and nothing but clouds lately. every time i make a tiny bit of progress..cloud rolls in (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:14 One thing I want to learn is the stacking that tge pros do (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:13 e and put a towel over it and my head just to see what i was doing (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:13 that little PST can resolve some nice features, but getting it focused directly on to that sensor and tweaking exposure/brightness/contrast/etc is a crapshoot. i had to hook up a monitor to it outsid (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:13 So that's 3 berween James and u and 3 u calling me (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:12 Just got another (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:11 getting some pings, but no decode (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:11 We had a portable planetarium (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:10 but even a moxon is a workable at 100W. N1RW does pretty well with one. i used one for about a year and made quite a few QSOs. more elements is better (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:10 2 pings fm u (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:10 RR Cool, fell in love with space back in JR high school (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:09 check out K2DRH on QRZ lol (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:09 but yea, it takes some patience sometimes. a good beam helps a lot (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:09 KC1UYZ nah, like andy said earlier, most guys are on in the morning, roughly between 6-8AM EST (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:08 KC1UYZ, James, I'm running a loop in the attic and doing well so far. (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:08 made some progress on solar scope today. the clouds aren't helping. just getting it in focus and exposure time right is tough when you can't really see much except over wifi network (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:08 So we just sit here for hours transmitting CQ? lol (KC1UYZ James CT FN31xq ) 02Sep 02:07 Went outside to see if lights appeared but nada (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:06 Welcome James, KC1UYZ, to the fun (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:05 was really hoping for some aurora tonight, but knew it'd be a long shot (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 02:04 Tried Larry, VE3RIP, but no luck, rox berween us ran out (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 02:04 GE Eric, answering (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 01:57 KC1UYZ might try calling VE3RIP EN94 too if he is active. a dipole can get it done, but it takes some patience/luck (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 01:56 015530 -1 9.0 1553 & KC1UYZ KQ4CCC FM14 (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 01:54 015330 2 7.6 1550 & KC1UYZ KQ4CCC FM14 (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 01:54 it'll be tough to reach me if you are pointed e/w (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 01:54 you could probably work K2DRH or K0TPP in the morning (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 01:53 Mine is a dipole at 60 feet and 100 watts (KC1UYZ James CT FN31xq ) 02Sep 01:53 hrm, might be tough, but it can be done. i started with a dipole at 15ft and 100W, but it was tough to say the least (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 01:52 I have a fixed e/w dipole on 6m so we're working with what we have (KC1UYZ James CT FN31xq ) 02Sep 01:51 015030 -2 12.9 1555 & KC1UYZ KQ4CCC FM14 (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 01:51 i.e. if you are pointed west, and transmitting even, a lot of stations won't answer (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 01:50 general practice is to transmit even/east and odd/west (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 01:48 014630 -4 4.4 1539 & CQ VE3RIP EN94, GE Calling (KF2ZQ Scott NY FN30hu ) 02Sep 01:48 so 500-1000 miles is kinda the sweet spot in my very limited experience (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 01:48 1500 miles is about max i think, but i have never gotten near that. 1100 miles or so i as far as i have ever gotten (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs ) 02Sep 01:47 400-500 miles is tough, but can be done. anything under that is usually just some other form of prop (E, tropo, groundwave) (KQ4CCC Eric NC FM14fs )
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