Fwd: H44GJ Update after 4th moon pass starting September 4

[Lance Collister, W7GJ]

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Subject:	H44GJ Update after 4th moon pass starting September 4
Date:	Sat, 5 Sep 2026 06:48:25 +0000
From:	Lance Collister, W7GJ <w7...@bigskyspaces.com>
Reply-To:	w7...@bigskyspaces.com
To:	Magi...@groups.io <Magi...@groups.io>

As previously announced, I operated the 4th moon pass starting 3 hours after moonrise in order to avoid the 10+ dB noise from the many solar powered LED lights when the antenna was aimed lower across the northern end of the island.  Despite being the day of highest Degradation during the DXpedition, and the low Kp index, which caused extensive one-way propagation, 22 additional contacts were made. With the log corrections, the total contacts now stands at 117. Thanks so much for all the contacts! As usual, the updated log is available on my web page at:

https://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/H44GJ.CSV

I will start the next moon pass at 1730 UTC, 2.5 hours after moonrise here.  I realize it will be a bit noisier at that lower elevation, but I want to provide some additional window for Region 2 stations during their moonset. This is a great chance for horizon-only stations to learn about 6m EME and put their station and antenna system to the ultimate test!  I plan to operate through to my moonset, and I noticed today that I do appear to have a productive ground gain lobe between 3 and 0 degrees elevation. The original operating schedule called for 4 additional moon passes plus a 3 hour moonrise operation during the moon pass starting on September 9 UTC before station teardown begins. Because of the high noise levels on moonrise, the moonrise operation on September 9 has been canceled. Depending on how many additional stations are still being worked, some of the other scheduled moon passes may also be canceled. HOWEVER, the Degradation is improving daily, so there certainly is an incentive to keep trying to contact smaller stations that so far have not made it into the log! And since this next moon pass is over the weekend, it presents a great opportunity for more stations to be available. I have been amazed at the number of 6m stations showing up to make contact with H44, and am hopeful that this moon pass will also be productive.

As always, I will be on the ON4KST EME CHAT page and will be transmitting again on 50.173 MHz at an offset of 1500 Hz in the FIRST SEQUENCE using Q65-60A with the Q65 PILEUP option. I also will watch the Active Stations List in the most recent version 3.2 of WSJT-X IMPROVED to determine which callers are copying and should be selected for the next contact. As you  know, it is very important for all callers to utilize the benefits provided by this new software if you want me to answer you!  You can download this latest version here:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt-x-improved/files/latest/download#

MNI TNX to all the callers and I hope we can complete with many more in the next few days. GL and VY 73, Lance

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Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ, E6M, TX5K, KH8/W7GJ, V6M, T8GJ, VK9CGJ, VK9XGJ, C21GJ, CP1GJ, S79GJ, TX7MB, TO7GJ, 3B9GJ, ZD9GJ, H40GJ, H44GJ)
P.O. Box 73
Frenchtown, MT   59834-0073
USA
TEL: (406) 626-5728
QTH: DN27ub
URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj
Skype: lanceW7GJ
2m DXCC #11 - 6m DXCC #815 - FFMA #7

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-- 
Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ, E6M, TX5K, KH8/W7GJ, V6M, T8GJ, VK9CGJ, VK9XGJ, C21GJ, CP1GJ, S79GJ, TX7MB, TO7GJ, 3B9GJ, ZD9GJ, H40GJ, H44GJ)
P.O. Box 73
Frenchtown, MT   59834-0073
USA
TEL: (406) 626-5728
QTH: DN27ub
URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj
Skype: lanceW7GJ
2m DXCC #11 - 6m DXCC #815 - FFMA #7

Interested in 6m EME?  Ask me about subscribing to the Magic Band EME
email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web
page (above)!