5R8EM Sainte Marie Island 2008 HF EME

QSL news and follow-up

2008-11-18T07:11:00.002Z

Thank you all again, we already received a lot of QSLs and 'good words'. Our QSL card is still 'in production' so wait a bit to get our confirmation.

Very soon, the follow-up of this expedition will be done at http://www.f1hdi.org in the EME menu.
There are already some nice pictures to see , but the site is a proto and I expect to have a brand new one with more contents and more professional looking soon.

A new EME Expedition in 2009, well, why not !, if you know of some sponsors they are welcome and we should try to be ... multibands...

Last logbook

2008-09-26T21:30:00.002+01:00

Hi Gang, this is with saddeness and also strong pleasure that we achieved our last pass from Sainte Marie Island today.

We added some new friends in our log , and the last one must pay us for a drink as the local QRM left us few minutes to complete before we had S9 pulse noise until moonset.

We think we would have been able to complete more QSOs if this bloody QRM (which we didn't succeed to find from where it was) hasn't blown up 50% of our Moon pass.

Thank you for all of you for these QSOs and we hope to be again QRV EME in a rare country in the future.

See you
5R8EM team

20/09/2008	21:15	OZ1LPR	1	O	RO	-18
	21:21	PA2CHR	2	O	RO	-22
	21:31	RU1AA	3	O	RO	-20
	21:45	RX1AS	4	O	RO	-21
	21:55	DL9MS	5	O	RO	-22
	22:03	F1DUZ	6	O	RO	-21
	22:21	DL8YHR	7	O	RO	-20
	22:27	IK1UWL	8	O	RO	-22
	23:07	DF2ZC	9	O	RO	-24
	23:17	RK3FG		HRD		-21
	23:25	PA0ZH	10	O	RO	-24
	23:33	I2RV	11	O	RO	-21
	23:39	JR3REX	12	O	RO	-22
	23:55	PA0JMV		HRD		-21
21/09/2008	00:01	S52LM		HRD		-23
	00:13	PA0JMV		HRD		-23
	00:21	JH5FOQ	13	O	RO	-21
	04:21	KB8RQ	14	O	RO	-22
	04:39	K9MRI		HRD		-24	local power off
	21:21	ES6RQ	15	O	RO	-19
	21:59	PE1L	16	O	RO	-22
	22:17	RK3FG	17	O	RO	-24
	22:45	JM1WBB	18	O	RO	-22
	22:53	DF7KF	19	O	RO	-19
	23:01	DK3BU	20	O	RO	-23
	23:07	DL2NUD	21	O	RO	-24
	23:19	YO9FRJ	22	O	RO	-21
	23:29	RW6AG		HRD		-23
	23:37	G4YTL	23	O	RO	-22
22/09/2008	00:10	DK3WG	23	O	RO	-24
	00:19	IK1FJI		HRD		-24
	00:27	YU7AA		HRD
	00:29	PA1GYS	25	O	RO	-19
	00:35	YU7AA	26	O	RO	-22
	00:39	F6BKI	27	O	RO	-22
	00:43	DJ7OF	28	O	RO	-22
	00:49	I1ANP	29	O	RO	-22
	00:53	S52LM	30	O	RO	-21
	00:57	IK1FJI	31	O	RO	-20
	01:03	RW6AG		HRD		-21
	01:07	SM5CUI	32	O	RO	-20
	01:15	DL8GP	33	O	RO	-16
	01:21	DK5WL	34	O	RO	-23
	01:27	JH0MHE	35	O	RO	-23
	03:21	F9HS		HRD		-28
	03:23	PA0JMV	36	O	RO	-22
	04:01	PA3FPQ	37	O	RO	-21
	04:11	K9MRI	38	O	RO	-22
	04:17	PA3CMC	39	O	RO	-24
	04:51	K0KP	40	O	RO	-21
	04:59	F9HS	41	O	RO	-24	MCI
	05:11	W5UN	42	O	RO	-22
	05:21	AA9MY		HRD		-23
	05:27	W0HP		HRD		-22
	05:33	RA6AX	43	O	RO(-8)	-11
	05:39	RN6BN	44	O	RO	-9
	05:59	W5UWB	45	O	RO	-20
	06:35	F6HVK	46	O	RO	-23
	06:43	SM7GVF	47	O	RO	-25
	07:03	F8DO	48	O	RO	-23
	07:07	AA7A	49	O	RO	-21
	07:19	HA0HO		HRD		-24
	07:29	DK4TG	50	O	RO	-23
	07:35	TK5JJ		HRD		-19
	07:39	DK5LA		HRD		-22
	23:13	UA9FAD	51	O	RO	-23
	23:37	RW6AG		HRD		-28
23/09/2008	01:07	OK1CU	52	O	RO	-24
	01:29	SP2OFW	53	O	RO	-21
	01:33	HB9Q	54	O	RO	-23
	01:49	JH2COZ	55	O	RO	-24
	01:59	OM3BC	56	O	RO	-22
	02:03	DK5SO	57	O	RO	-22
	02:07	PE1BTX		HRD		-21
	02:19	PE1BTX		HRD		-21
	02:25	UA9SL	58	O	RO	-22
	02:37	RZ3BA/1	59	O	RO	-22
	02:53	DM1CG	60	O	RO	-20
	02:57	RU1AC	61	O	RO	-23
	03:01	SV8CS	62	O	RO	-22
	03:05	JM1GSH	63	O	RO	-22
	03:29	ZS6WB	64	O	RO	-26
	03:35	DM2BHG	65	O	RO	-26
	03:41	JS3CTQ	66	O	RO	-21
	03:49	DC2MW		HRD		-23
	03:53	PA3CSG		HRD		-23
	03:57	DJ8MS	67	O	RO	-17
	04:01	DC2MW	68	O	RO	-20
	04:07	DL8EBW	69	O	RO	-17
	04:11	PA3CSG		HRD		-24
	04:27	RA6DA	70	O	RO	-13
	04:37	RV9UV	71	O	RO	-25
	04:47	HA0HO	72	O	RO	-21
	05:05	G4CBW	73	O	RO	-21
	05:11	PA3CSG		HRD		-20
	05:37	HA5CW	74	O	RO	-15
	05:55	HA0DU	75	O	RO	-15
	06:13	ZS2GK	76	O	RO	-23
	06:33	PA3CWN		HRD		-25	Ac line power off
	06:51	UA4AQL	77	O	RO	-25
	07:03	OK1TEH	78	O	RO	-24
	07:09	UT6UG	79	O	RO	-20
	07:19	RW3WR	80	O	RO	-21
	07:27	I3MEK	81	O	RO	-22
	07:33	K1JT	82	O	RO (-17)	-18
	07:39	PE1BTX	83	O	RO	-25
	07:53	W0HP	84	O	RO	-22
	07:59	EA2AGZ	85	O	RO	-20
	08:07	DL9GS	86	O	RO	-17
	08:15	TK5JJ	87	O	RO	-20
	08:21	DJ9CZ	88	O	RO	-23
	08:25	YO9HP		HRD		-22
	08:31	I3LDP		HRD		-26	strong rain
24/09/2008	02:27	DH3YAK	89	O	RO	-23
	02:47	DL0DBR	90	O	RO	-21
	03:05	S54T	91	O	RO	-21
	03:13	S53J	92	O	RO	-21
	03:21	F1NWZ	93	O	RO	-22
	03:37	PA3CWN	94	O	RO	-21
	03:41	PA3CSG	95	O	RO	-25
	03:53	JE1TNL		HRD		-24
	03:57	PA3DOL	96	O	RO	-21
	04:15	I3LDP	97	O	RO	-23
	04:21	EA6VQ	98	O	RO	-14
	04:31	RW6AG	99	O	RO	-20
	04:41	RN6MT	100	O	RO	-20
	05:23	RA9YDL	101	O	RO	-24
	06:11	GW3XYW		HRD		-25
	06:53	YO9HP	102	O	RO	-22
	07:03	RW3WR		HRD		-27
	07:19	EB5EEO	103	O	RO	-20
	07:31	OH2LHE	104	O	RO	-24
	07:37	YL2HA	105	O	RO	-24
	07:43	I3EVK	106	O	RO	-20
	07:47	HA6NQ	107	O	RO	-19
	08:01	OK2UZL		HRD		-20
	08:09	DK5LA	108	O	RO	-17
	08:13	DD0VF	109	O	RO	-23
	08:15	RU3GX	110	O	RO	-25
	08:21	EA3BB	111	O	RO	-25
	08:29	YU7XL	112	O	RO	-24
	09:07	DL2FCN	113	O	RO	-23
	09:11	GW3XYW	114	O	RO	-22
	09:45	AA9MY	115	O	RO	-25
25/09/2008	04:13	G4ZFJ	116	O	RO	-25
	04:23	PA3COB	117	O	RO	-25
	04:33	PA3CEE	118	O	RO	-24
	06:23	HA0HO	119	O	RO	-17
	06:29	EI4DQ	120	O	RO	-22
	07:17	OK2UZL	121	O	RO	-21
	07:55	UA4HAK	122	O	RO	-22
	08:15	PE1RDP	123	O	RO	-25
	08:27	HA8CE	124	O	RO	-24
	09:11	S59DBR	125	O	RO	-22
	09:45	SM5CFS	126	O	RO	-19
26/09/2008	03:21	OK1UGA	127	O	RO	-23
	03:41	ON7EH	128	O	RO	-23
	04:07	ON7UC	129	O	RO	-23
	04:21	DL1DWI	130	O	RO	-19
	04:33	DL1RNW	131	O	RO	-26
	04:53	JE1TNL	132	O	RO	-25
	05:01	PE9DX		HRD		-22
	05:09	HA0HO		AGN		-19
	05:25	RV9UV	133	O	RO	-24
	05:57	9H1PA	134	O	RO	-23
	06:31	PA1T	135	O	RO	-19
	06:47	F6APE	136	O	RO	-22
	08:13	OH4LA		HRD		-24
	08:29	PA2CHR	137	O	RO	-22
	09:59	WA2ODO	138	O	RO	-23

5th pass logbook

2008-09-25T22:17:00.002+01:00

Hi there,

We were still 'blackout'ed by the unknown local noise which was putting our smeter to S9 for hours (at least until 4am UTC and for the moon set)

Nevertheless, we got new calls on the list, and it's fun !

Now, the next pass will be the last pass for us and we would love to get new ones and/or some big guns calling us again in order to ear the bagpipes sounds again.

See you
5R8EM

20/09/2008	21:15	OZ1LPR	1	O	RO	-18
	21:21	PA2CHR	2	O	RO	-22
	21:31	RU1AA	3	O	RO	-20
	21:45	RX1AS	4	O	RO	-21
	21:55	DL9MS	5	O	RO	-22
	22:03	F1DUZ	6	O	RO	-21
	22:21	DL8YHR	7	O	RO	-20
	22:27	IK1UWL	8	O	RO	-22
	23:07	DF2ZC	9	O	RO	-24
	23:17	RK3FG		HRD		-21
	23:25	PA0ZH	10	O	RO	-24
	23:33	I2RV	11	O	RO	-21
	23:39	JR3REX	12	O	RO	-22
	23:55	PA0JMV		HRD		-21
21/09/2008	00:01	S52LM		HRD		-23
	00:13	PA0JMV		HRD		-23
	00:21	JH5FOQ	13	O	RO	-21
	04:21	KB8RQ	14	O	RO	-22
	04:39	K9MRI		HRD		-24	local power off
	21:21	ES6RQ	15	O	RO	-19
	21:59	PE1L	16	O	RO	-22
	22:17	RK3FG	17	O	RO	-24
	22:45	JM1WBB	18	O	RO	-22
	22:53	DF7KF	19	O	RO	-19
	23:01	DK3BU	20	O	RO	-23
	23:07	DL2NUD	21	O	RO	-24
	23:19	YO9FRJ	22	O	RO	-21
	23:29	RW6AG		HRD		-23
	23:37	G4YTL	23	O	RO	-22
22/09/2008	00:10	DK3WG	23	O	RO	-24
	00:19	IK1FJI		HRD		-24
	00:27	YU7AA		HRD
	00:29	PA1GYS	25	O	RO	-19
	00:35	YU7AA	26	O	RO	-22
	00:39	F6BKI	27	O	RO	-22
	00:43	DJ7OF	28	O	RO	-22
	00:49	I1ANP	29	O	RO	-22
	00:53	S52LM	30	O	RO	-21
	00:57	IK1FJI	31	O	RO	-20
	01:03	RW6AG		HRD		-21
	01:07	SM5CUI	32	O	RO	-20
	01:15	DL8GP	33	O	RO	-16
	01:21	DK5WL	34	O	RO	-23
	01:27	JH0MHE	35	O	RO	-23
	03:21	F9HS		HRD		-28
	03:23	PA0JMV	36	O	RO	-22
	04:01	PA3FPQ	37	O	RO	-21
	04:11	K9MRI	38	O	RO	-22
	04:17	PA3CMC	39	O	RO	-24
	04:51	K0KP	40	O	RO	-21
	04:59	F9HS	41	O	RO	-24	MCI
	05:11	W5UN	42	O	RO	-22
	05:21	AA9MY		HRD		-23
	05:27	W0HP		HRD		-22
	05:33	RA6AX	43	O	RO(-8)	-11
	05:39	RN6BN	44	O	RO	-9
	05:59	W5UWB	45	O	RO	-20
	06:35	F6HVK	46	O	RO	-23
	06:43	SM7GVF	47	O	RO	-25
	07:03	F8DO	48	O	RO	-23
	07:07	AA7A	49	O	RO	-21
	07:19	HA0HO		HRD		-24
	07:29	DK4TG	50	O	RO	-23
	07:35	TK5JJ		HRD		-19
	07:39	DK5LA		HRD		-22
	23:13	UA9FAD	51	O	RO	-23
	23:37	RW6AG		HRD		-28
23/09/2008	01:07	OK1CU	52	O	RO	-24
	01:29	SP2OFW	53	O	RO	-21
	01:33	HB9Q	54	O	RO	-23
	01:49	JH2COZ	55	O	RO	-24
	01:59	OM3BC	56	O	RO	-22
	02:03	DK5SO	57	O	RO	-22
	02:07	PE1BTX		HRD		-21
	02:19	PE1BTX		HRD		-21
	02:25	UA9SL	58	O	RO	-22
	02:37	RZ3BA/1	59	O	RO	-22
	02:53	DM1CG	60	O	RO	-20
	02:57	RU1AC	61	O	RO	-23
	03:01	SV8CS	62	O	RO	-22
	03:05	JM1GSH	63	O	RO	-22
	03:29	ZS6WB	64	O	RO	-26
	03:35	DM2BHG	65	O	RO	-26
	03:41	JS3CTQ	66	O	RO	-21
	03:49	DC2MW		HRD		-23
	03:53	PA3CSG		HRD		-23
	03:57	DJ8MS	67	O	RO	-17
	04:01	DC2MW	68	O	RO	-20
	04:07	DL8EBW	69	O	RO	-17
	04:11	PA3CSG		HRD		-24
	04:27	RA6DA	70	O	RO	-13
	04:37	RV9UV	71	O	RO	-25
	04:47	HA0HO	72	O	RO	-21
	05:05	G4CBW	73	O	RO	-21
	05:11	PA3CSG		HRD		-20
	05:37	HA5CW	74	O	RO	-15
	05:55	HA0DU	75	O	RO	-15
	06:13	ZS2GK	76	O	RO	-23
	06:33	PA3CWN		HRD		-25	Ac line power off
	06:51	UA4AQL	77	O	RO	-25
	07:03	OK1TEH	78	O	RO	-24
	07:09	UT6UG	79	O	RO	-20
	07:19	RW3WR	80	O	RO	-21
	07:27	I3MEK	81	O	RO	-22
	07:33	K1JT	82	O	RO (-17)	-18
	07:39	PE1BTX	83	O	RO	-25
	07:53	W0HP	84	O	RO	-22
	07:59	EA2AGZ	85	O	RO	-20
	08:07	DL9GS	86	O	RO	-17
	08:15	TK5JJ	87	O	RO	-20
	08:21	DJ9CZ	88	O	RO	-23
	08:25	YO9HP		HRD		-22
	08:31	I3LDP		HRD		-26	strong rain
24/09/2008	02:27	DH3YAK	89	O	RO	-23
	02:47	DL0DBR	90	O	RO	-21
	03:05	S54T	91	O	RO	-21
	03:13	S53J	92	O	RO	-21
	03:21	F1NWZ	93	O	RO	-22
	03:37	PA3CWN	94	O	RO	-21
	03:41	PA3CSG	95	O	RO	-25
	03:53	JE1TNL		HRD		-24
	03:57	PA3DOL	96	O	RO	-21
	04:15	I3LDP	97	O	RO	-23
	04:21	EA6VQ	98	O	RO	-14
	04:31	RW6AG	99	O	RO	-20
	04:41	RN6MT	100	O	RO	-20
	05:23	RA9YDL	101	O	RO	-24
	06:11	GW3XYW		HRD		-25
	06:53	YO9HP	102	O	RO	-22
	07:03	RW3WR		HRD		-27
	07:19	EB5EEO	103	O	RO	-20
	07:31	OH2LHE	104	O	RO	-24
	07:37	YL2HA	105	O	RO	-24
	07:43	I3EVK	106	O	RO	-20
	07:47	HA6NQ	107	O	RO	-19
	08:01	OK2UZL		HRD		-20
	08:09	DK5LA	108	O	RO	-17
	08:13	DD0VF	109	O	RO	-23
	08:15	RU3GX	110	O	RO	-25
	08:21	EA3BB	111	O	RO	-25
	08:29	YU7XL	112	O	RO	-24
	09:07	DL2FCN	113	O	RO	-23
	09:11	GW3XYW	114	O	RO	-22
	09:45	AA9MY	115	O	RO	-25
25/09/2008	04:13	G4ZFJ	116	O	RO	-25
	04:23	PA3COB	117	O	RO	-25
	04:33	PA3CEE	118	O	RO	-24
	06:23	HA0HO	119	O	RO	-17
	06:29	EI4DQ	120	O	RO	-22
	07:17	OK2UZL	121	O	RO	-21
	07:55	UA4HAK	122	O	RO	-22
	08:15	PE1RDP	123	O	RO	-25
	08:27	HA8CE	124	O	RO	-24
	09:11	S59DBR	125	O	RO	-22
	09:45	SM5CFS	126	O	RO	-19

4th pass logbook

2008-09-24T23:30:00.001+01:00

Hi there,

Quite difficult pass for us as we encountered more than six hours with local QRM >S7, no chance to ear anything !

Keep calling us and (again) listen and spread.

When we made our last QSO with AA9MY, the moon was below 3° and we were still seeing 3+ stations calling us on the spectrum screen.

Best 73 (RRR)

20/09/2008	21:15	OZ1LPR	1	O	RO	-18
	21:21	PA2CHR	2	O	RO	-22
	21:31	RU1AA	3	O	RO	-20
	21:45	RX1AS	4	O	RO	-21
	21:55	DL9MS	5	O	RO	-22
	22:03	F1DUZ	6	O	RO	-21
	22:21	DL8YHR	7	O	RO	-20
	22:27	IK1UWL	8	O	RO	-22
	23:07	DF2ZC	9	O	RO	-24
	23:17	RK3FG		HRD		-21
	23:25	PA0ZH	10	O	RO	-24
	23:33	I2RV	11	O	RO	-21
	23:39	JR3REX	12	O	RO	-22
	23:55	PA0JMV		HRD		-21
21/09/2008	00:01	S52LM		HRD		-23
	00:13	PA0JMV		HRD		-23
	00:21	JH5FOQ	13	O	RO	-21
	04:21	KB8RQ	14	O	RO	-22
	04:39	K9MRI		HRD		-24	local power off
	21:21	ES6RQ	15	O	RO	-19
	21:59	PE1L	16	O	RO	-22
	22:17	RK3FG	17	O	RO	-24
	22:45	JM1WBB	18	O	RO	-22
	22:53	DF7KF	19	O	RO	-19
	23:01	DK3BU	20	O	RO	-23
	23:07	DL2NUD	21	O	RO	-24
	23:19	YO9FRJ	22	O	RO	-21
	23:29	RW6AG		HRD		-23
	23:37	G4YTL	23	O	RO	-22
22/09/2008	00:10	DK3WG	23	O	RO	-24
	00:19	IK1FJI		HRD		-24
	00:27	YU7AA		HRD
	00:29	PA1GYS	25	O	RO	-19
	00:35	YU7AA	26	O	RO	-22
	00:39	F6BKI	27	O	RO	-22
	00:43	DJ7OF	28	O	RO	-22
	00:49	I1ANP	29	O	RO	-22
	00:53	S52LM	30	O	RO	-21
	00:57	IK1FJI	31	O	RO	-20
	01:03	RW6AG		HRD		-21
	01:07	SM5CUI	32	O	RO	-20
	01:15	DL8GP	33	O	RO	-16
	01:21	DK5WL	34	O	RO	-23
	01:27	JH0MHE	35	O	RO	-23
	03:21	F9HS		HRD		-28
	03:23	PA0JMV	36	O	RO	-22
	04:01	PA3FPQ	37	O	RO	-21
	04:11	K9MRI	38	O	RO	-22
	04:17	PA3CMC	39	O	RO	-24
	04:51	K0KP	40	O	RO	-21
	04:59	F9HS	41	O	RO	-24	MCI
	05:11	W5UN	42	O	RO	-22
	05:21	AA9MY		HRD		-23
	05:27	W0HP		HRD		-22
	05:33	RA6AX	43	O	RO(-8)	-11
	05:39	RN6BN	44	O	RO	-9
	05:59	W5UWB	45	O	RO	-20
	06:35	F6HVK	46	O	RO	-23
	06:43	SM7GVF	47	O	RO	-25
	07:03	F8DO	48	O	RO	-23
	07:07	AA7A	49	O	RO	-21
	07:19	HA0HO		HRD		-24
	07:29	DK4TG	50	O	RO	-23
	07:35	TK5JJ		HRD		-19
	07:39	DK5LA		HRD		-22
	23:13	UA9FAD	51	O	RO	-23
	23:37	RW6AG		HRD		-28
23/09/2008	01:07	OK1CU	52	O	RO	-24
	01:29	SP2OFW	53	O	RO	-21
	01:33	HB9Q	54	O	RO	-23
	01:49	JH2COZ	55	O	RO	-24
	01:59	OM3BC	56	O	RO	-22
	02:03	DK5SO	57	O	RO	-22
	02:07	PE1BTX		HRD		-21
	02:19	PE1BTX		HRD		-21
	02:25	UA9SL	58	O	RO	-22
	02:37	RZ3BA/1	59	O	RO	-22
	02:53	DM1CG	60	O	RO	-20
	02:57	RU1AC	61	O	RO	-23
	03:01	SV8CS	62	O	RO	-22
	03:05	JM1GSH	63	O	RO	-22
	03:29	ZS6WB	64	O	RO	-26
	03:35	DM2BHG	65	O	RO	-26
	03:41	JS3CTQ	66	O	RO	-21
	03:49	DC2MW		HRD		-23
	03:53	PA3CSG		HRD		-23
	03:57	DJ8MS	67	O	RO	-17
	04:01	DC2MW	68	O	RO	-20
	04:07	DL8EBW	69	O	RO	-17
	04:11	PA3CSG		HRD		-24
	04:27	RA6DA	70	O	RO	-13
	04:37	RV9UV	71	O	RO	-25
	04:47	HA0HO	72	O	RO	-21
	05:05	G4CBW	73	O	RO	-21
	05:11	PA3CSG		HRD		-20
	05:37	HA5CW	74	O	RO	-15
	05:55	HA0DU	75	O	RO	-15
	06:13	ZS2GK	76	O	RO	-23
	06:33	PA3CWN		HRD		-25	Ac line power off
	06:51	UA4AQL	77	O	RO	-25
	07:03	OK1TEH	78	O	RO	-24
	07:09	UT6UG	79	O	RO	-20
	07:19	RW3WR	80	O	RO	-21
	07:27	I3MEK	81	O	RO	-22
	07:33	K1JT	82	O	RO (-17)	-18
	07:39	PE1BTX	83	O	RO	-25
	07:53	W0HP	84	O	RO	-22
	07:59	EA2AGZ	85	O	RO	-20
	08:07	DL9GS	86	O	RO	-17
	08:15	TK5JJ	87	O	RO	-20
	08:21	DJ9CZ	88	O	RO	-23
	08:25	YO9HP		HRD		-22
	08:31	I3LDP		HRD		-26	strong rain
24/09/2008	02:27	DH3YAK	89	O	RO	-23
	02:47	DL0DBR	90	O	RO	-21
	03:05	S54T	91	O	RO	-21
	03:13	S53J	92	O	RO	-21
	03:21	F1NWZ	93	O	RO	-22
	03:37	PA3CWN	94	O	RO	-21
	03:41	PA3CSG	95	O	RO	-25
	03:53	JE1TNL		HRD		-24
	03:57	PA3DOL	96	O	RO	-21
	04:15	I3LDP	97	O	RO	-23
	04:21	EA6VQ	98	O	RO	-14
	04:31	RW6AG	99	O	RO	-20
	04:41	RN6MT	100	O	RO	-20
	05:23	RA9YDL	101	O	RO	-24
	06:11	GW3XYW		HRD		-25
	06:53	YO9HP	102	O	RO	-22
	07:03	RW3WR		HRD		-27
	07:19	EB5EEO	103	O	RO	-20
	07:31	OH2LHE	104	O	RO	-24
	07:37	YL2HA	105	O	RO	-24
	07:43	I3EVK	106	O	RO	-20
	07:47	HA6NQ	107	O	RO	-19
	08:01	OK2UZL		HRD		-20
	08:09	DK5LA	108	O	RO	-17
	08:13	DD0VF	109	O	RO	-23
	08:15	RU3GX	110	O	RO	-25
	08:21	EA3BB	111	O	RO	-25
	08:29	YU7XL	112	O	RO	-24
	09:07	DL2FCN	113	O	RO	-23
	09:11	GW3XYW	114	O	RO	-22
	09:45	AA9MY	115	O	RO	-25

QSL Manager

2008-09-23T20:35:00.001+01:00

5R8EM expedition QSL Manager is Jacques F1BCS, both for HF and EME.

Third pass

2008-09-23T20:28:00.002+01:00

This third pass was nothing but fun for us with the highest amount of QSOs so far.

For the story, we had five periods of time with S9+ QRM (that we tried to locate in the surroundings at night without success), up to 30 minutes long, otherwise the major issue here is Ac power line variations and failure.

As we are two operators running the whole EME traffic, the nights are short and the days don't let us to rest very often, so be cool and patient, we have still enough time to make it with you.

Don't worry if you do not receive our 73, very often we are 'optimising' by calling another station which we've heard during the QSO with you, our RRR (and your final) are completing the QSO.

Please keep spreading around, we had easy QSOs with germans who were -900Hz from us.

We are really delighted to contact you all, and we are sure that we share the same 'oh yes' at each QSO.

Come on, we have 'luck permitting' still three full pass to run together.

Kindly yours,
5R8EM (5R8 Sainte Marie Island Team)

PS, don't tell that to our HF chaps, but we guess that we are making more miles on EME than them on HF

20/09/2008	21:15	OZ1LPR	1	O	RO	-18
	21:21	PA2CHR	2	O	RO	-22
	21:31	RU1AA	3	O	RO	-20
	21:45	RX1AS	4	O	RO	-21
	21:55	DL9MS	5	O	RO	-22
	22:03	F1DUZ	6	O	RO	-21
	22:21	DL8YHR	7	O	RO	-20
	22:27	IK1UWL	8	O	RO	-22
	23:07	DF2ZC	9	O	RO	-24
	23:17	RK3FG		HRD		-21
	23:25	PA0ZH	10	O	RO	-24
	23:33	I2RV	11	O	RO	-21
	23:39	JR3REX	12	O	RO	-22
	23:55	PA0JMV		HRD		-21
21/09/2008	00:01	S52LM		HRD		-23
	00:13	PA0JMV		HRD		-23
	00:21	JH5FOQ	13	O	RO	-21
	04:21	KB8RQ	14	O	RO	-22
	04:39	K9MRI		HRD		-24	local power off
	21:21	ES6RQ	15	O	RO	-19
	21:59	PE1L	16	O	RO	-22
	22:17	RK3FG	17	O	RO	-24
	22:45	JM1WBB	18	O	RO	-22
	22:53	DF7KF	19	O	RO	-19
	23:01	DK3BU	20	O	RO	-23
	23:07	DL2NUD	21	O	RO	-24
	23:19	YO9FRJ	22	O	RO	-21
	23:29	RW6AG		HRD		-23
	23:37	G4YTL	23	O	RO	-22
22/09/2008	00:10	DK3WG	23	O	RO	-24
	00:19	IK1FJI		HRD		-24
	00:27	YU7AA		HRD
	00:29	PA1GYS	25	O	RO	-19
	00:35	YU7AA	26	O	RO	-22
	00:39	F6BKI	27	O	RO	-22
	00:43	DJ7OF	28	O	RO	-22
	00:49	I1ANP	29	O	RO	-22
	00:53	S52LM	30	O	RO	-21
	00:57	IK1FJI	31	O	RO	-20
	01:03	RW6AG		HRD		-21
	01:07	SM5CUI	32	O	RO	-20
	01:15	DL8GP	33	O	RO	-16
	01:21	DK5WL	34	O	RO	-23
	01:27	JH0MHE	35	O	RO	-23
	03:21	F9HS		HRD		-28
	03:23	PA0JMV	36	O	RO	-22
	04:01	PA3FPQ	37	O	RO	-21
	04:11	K9MRI	38	O	RO	-22
	04:17	PA3CMC	39	O	RO	-24
	04:51	K0KP	40	O	RO	-21
	04:59	F9HS	41	O	RO	-24	MCI
	05:11	W5UN	42	O	RO	-22
	05:21	AA9MY		HRD		-23
	05:27	W0HP		HRD		-22
	05:33	RA6AX	43	O	RO(-8)	-11
	05:39	RN6BN	44	O	RO	-9
	05:59	W5UWB	45	O	RO	-20
	06:35	F6HVK	46	O	RO	-23
	06:43	SM7GVF	47	O	RO	-25
	07:03	F8DO	48	O	RO	-23
	07:07	AA7A	49	O	RO	-21
	07:19	HA0HO		HRD		-24
	07:29	DK4TG	50	O	RO	-23
	07:35	TK5JJ		HRD		-19
	07:39	DK5LA		HRD		-22
	23:13	UA9FAD	51	O	RO	-23
	23:37	RW6AG		HRD		-28
23/09/2008	01:07	OK1CU	52	O	RO	-24
	01:29	SP2OFW	53	O	RO	-21
	01:33	HB9Q	54	O	RO	-23
	01:49	JH2COZ	55	O	RO	-24
	01:59	OM3BC	56	O	RO	-22
	02:03	DK5SO	57	O	RO	-22
	02:07	PE1BTX		HRD		-21
	02:19	PE1BTX		HRD		-21
	02:25	UA9SL	58	O	RO	-22
	02:37	RZ3BA/1	59	O	RO	-22
	02:53	DM1CG	60	O	RO	-20
	02:57	RU1AC	61	O	RO	-23
	03:01	SV8CS	62	O	RO	-22
	03:05	JM1GSH	63	O	RO	-22
	03:29	ZS6WB	64	O	RO	-26
	03:35	DM2BHG	65	O	RO	-26
	03:41	JS3CTQ	66	O	RO	-21
	03:49	DC2MW		HRD		-23
	03:53	PA3CSG		HRD		-23
	03:57	DJ8MS	67	O	RO	-17
	04:01	DC2MW	68	O	RO	-20
	04:07	DL8EBW	69	O	RO	-17
	04:11	PA3CSG		HRD		-24
	04:27	RA6DA	70	O	RO	-13
	04:37	RV9UV	71	O	RO	-25
	04:47	HA0HO	72	O	RO	-21
	05:05	G4CBW	73	O	RO	-21
	05:11	PA3CSG		HRD		-20
	05:37	HA5CW	74	O	RO	-15
	05:55	HA0DU	75	O	RO	-15
	06:13	ZS2GK	76	O	RO	-23
	06:33	PA3CWN		HRD		-25	Ac line power off
	06:51	UA4AQL	77	O	RO	-25
	07:03	OK1TEH	78	O	RO	-24
	07:09	UT6UG	79	O	RO	-20
	07:19	RW3WR	80	O	RO	-21
	07:27	I3MEK	81	O	RO	-22
	07:33	K1JT	82	O	RO (-17)	-18
	07:39	PE1BTX	83	O	RO	-25
	07:53	W0HP	84	O	RO	-22
	07:59	EA2AGZ	85	O	RO	-20
	08:07	DL9GS	86	O	RO	-17
	08:15	TK5JJ	87	O	RO	-20
	08:21	DJ9CZ	88	O	RO	-23
	08:25	YO9HP		HRD		-22
	08:31	I3LDP		HRD		-26	strong rain

Second pass logbook update

2008-09-22T21:00:00.004+01:00

20/09/2008	21:15	OZ1LPR	1	O	RO	-18
	21:21	PA2CHR	2	O	RO	-22
	21:31	RU1AA	3	O	RO	-20
	21:45	RX1AS	4	O	RO	-21
	21:55	DL9MS	5	O	RO	-22
	22:03	F1DUZ	6	O	RO	-21
	22:21	DL8YHR	7	O	RO	-20
	22:27	IK1UWL	8	O	RO	-22
	23:07	DF2ZC	9	O	RO	-24
	23:17	RK3FG		HRD		-21
	23:25	PA0ZH	10	O	RO	-24
	23:33	I2RV	11	O	RO	-21
	23:39	JR3REX	12	O	RO	-22
	23:55	PA0JMV		HRD		-21
21/09/2008	00:01	S52LM		HRD		-23
	00:13	PA0JMV		HRD		-23
	00:21	JH5FOQ	13	O	RO	-21
	04:21	KB8RQ	14	O	RO	-22
	04:39	K9MRI		HRD		-24	local power off
	21:21	ES6RQ	15	O	RO	-19
	21:59	PE1L	16	O	RO	-22
	22:17	RK3FG	17	O	RO	-24
	22:45	JM1WBB	18	O	RO	-22
	22:53	DF7KF	19	O	RO	-19
	23:01	DK3BU	20	O	RO	-23
	23:07	DL2NUD	21	O	RO	-24
	23:19	YO9FRJ	22	O	RO	-21
	23:29	RW6AG		HRD		-23
	23:37	G4YTL	23	O	RO	-22
22/09/2008	00:10	DK3WG	23	O	RO	-24
	00:19	IK1FJI		HRD		-24
	00:27	YU7AA		HRD
	00:29	PA1GYS	25	O	RO	-19
	00:35	YU7AA	26	O	RO	-22
	00:39	F6BKI	27	O	RO	-22
	00:43	DJ7OF	28	O	RO	-22
	00:49	I1ANP	29	O	RO	-22
	00:53	S52LM	30	O	RO	-21
	00:57	IK1FJI	31	O	RO	-20
	01:03	RW6AG		HRD		-21
	01:07	SM5CUI	32	O	RO	-20
	01:15	DL8GP	33	O	RO	-16
	01:21	DK5WL	34	O	RO	-23
	01:27	JH0MHE	35	O	RO	-23
	03:21	F9HS		HRD		-28
	03:23	PA0JMV	36	O	RO	-22
	04:01	PA3FPQ	37	O	RO	-21
	04:11	K9MRI	38	O	RO	-22
	04:17	PA3CMC	39	O	RO	-24
	04:51	K0KP	40	O	RO	-21
	04:59	F9HS	41	O	RO	-24	MCI
	05:11	W5UN	42	O	RO	-22
	05:21	AA9MY		HRD		-23
	05:27	W0HP		HRD		-22
	05:33	RA6AX	43	O	RO(-8)	-11
	05:39	RN6BN	44	O	RO	-9
	05:59	W5UWB	45	O	RO	-20
	06:35	F6HVK	46	O	RO	-23
	06:43	SM7GVF	47	O	RO	-25
	07:03	F8DO	48	O	RO	-23
	07:07	AA7A	49	O	RO	-21
	07:19	HA0HO		HRD		-24
	07:29	DK4TG	50	O	RO	-23
	07:35	TK5JJ		HRD		-19
	07:39	DK5LA		HRD		-22

First Moon pass logbook

2008-09-21T19:50:00.004+01:00

Hi Emers,

Here follows our log for our first pass off the moon.

Local conditions are harsh (lot of spikes, noises, strong Qrm and vanishing power lines ..., we just get it back 2 hours ago and were stopped in our K9MRI qso very early this morning).

Be patient. If we answer to someone, please don't call.

If you don't ear anything, we are sometimes relaxing the PA and listening few periods, so call please Listen & spread , it is not bad, we have stations within the 3kHz audio, but sometimes there are stations too near, and we cannot work them.

See you
5R8 Team

First Moon pass report

2008-09-21T09:43:00.005+01:00

Minimum moon elevation when moonrise should be 15°
We have a lot of noise, spikes, and motorcycles ignition
Local power is not very stable and we got a 'off'' this morning during
K9MRI qso, planned to recover at noon !.

Be patient, we are delighted to contact you all

We are very surprised to see very strong fading and most JT levels in
the vicinity of -21 ! Aurora ?.

5R8 team

5R8EM news on MMMonVHF

2008-09-20T20:30:00.000+01:00

Additional news can be found on MMMonVHF web site
http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=1807

Start of EME operation tonight

2008-09-20T20:23:00.002+01:00

The EME setup is now ok. Operation will need at least 20° Moon rise elevation for this pass.
Estimated start time is between 2130 and 2200 UTC.

EME activity to start

2008-09-20T07:45:00.000+01:00

Last news from 5R8EM team : station setup is on progress. EME activity should start today evening september 20th when Moon become visible.

On the road

2008-09-17T22:10:00.000+01:00

Just received SMS news from the team : they have landed and are now on the road to there hotel.

Last message on Moon-Net before flight

2008-09-16T21:32:00.000+01:00

Hi,

We are close to leave France (tomorrow morning 5am) and strongly expecting to contact you in the next following days on 144 EME.

The blog will be updated with infos as long as we will be able to send datas and pictures to Frederic who is supporting us 'remote'.

During our JA windows, we will dual monitor JT65B on 144.084 (only for JA please) and 144.114 (spread...) and, if everything is working fine, we should manage to call in cw on 144.054 sometimes (+/- birdies). We will keep you informed via the blog http://5r8em.blogspot.com/.

See you off the Moon,
5R8EM Team