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  • Home
  • EME - Moonbounce
  • EME stations worked
  • Useful LINKS
  • Intro to EME-Moonbounce
  • Building a EME station
  • HF operations
  • Making RF phasing cables
  • VK2CMP awards

Useful & interesting moonbounce links

EME reference

Good VHF/UHF references from Bob KA1GT

https://bobatkins.com/radio/Q65_1296_setup.html

Lunar calendar from DL7APV and Moon Ephemeris from F1EHN  http://dl7apv.de/moon2010/moon2010.htm

Linrad and and host of other RF stuff from SM5BSZ

http://www.sm5bsz.com

History of moonbounce from radio club OK2KKW pages http://www.ok2kkw.com/eme1960/eme1960eng.htm

WSJT-X, MAP65 & WSPR home page

https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/

VK3UM’s EME calculator and other good oil

https://www.vk5dj.com/doug.html

Polarization and ‘One Way’ EME propagation GM3SEK  http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek/eme/pol4.htm

K1JT reference pages

https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/refs.html

Adaptive polarisation, receivers and antenna

EME with Adaptive Polarisation  KIJT & G0KSC   

https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/EME_with_Adaptive_Polarization_at_432_MHz.pdf

Adaptive Polarisation on 432Mhz  K1JT  

https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/Moonbounce_at_W2PU.pdf

LinkRF IQ+ and UADC4

http://www.linkrf.ch

Linrad SDR software from SM5BSZ

http://www.sm5bsz.com/linuxdsp/linrad.htm

X-pol 21+21 yagi by YU1CF (Antenna Amplifier)

https://antennas-amplifiers.com/product/70cm-antenna/70cm-eme-antenna-70cm42cross/

LFA arrays by G0KSC

https://www.kkn.net/dayton2014/DaytonHamvention-V2.2.pdf

RSPduoEME information G4EEV

https://www.qsl.net/g4eev/index.html


EME loggers, forums, directories and newsletters

HB9Q logger 

https://logger.hb9q.ch

N0UK logger

https://www.chris.org/cgi-bin/jt65emeA

LiveCQ  EME spots

https://www.livecq.eu

432Mz and up newsletter

https://eme.radio/

EME directory by PA0PLY

http://www.pa0ply.nl/directory.htm

Moon-net forum  PE1ITR  (you might need to join this one)

http://mailman.pe1itr.com/pipermail/moon-net/

Make More Miles on VHF (also home of the call3.txt file)

https://www.mmmonvhf.de/

Moonrise and moonset times

https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/australia/sydney

MoonSked (GM4JJJs SK scheduling and tracking software)

http://www.gm4jjj.co.uk/MoonSked/moonsked.htm

N8CQ EME planner (N8CQ's EME schedule & planning software)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3riuschaaqzpqac/AAAdH37goAHVjcTyVVOzxFgOa?dl=0

(check Moon-Net Groups io for latest version)

N8CQ RazTrak Digital Tracking System

https://www.kl7uw.com/RazTrak.htm

(Gary also supplies WinTrak boards)

Workshop useful links

Incra rules (best invention since sliced bread)

https://incra.com/measuring_marking-marking_rules.html

Capral aluminium (large range & cheaper than Bunnings)

https://www.capral.com.au/

Composite Engineering (fibreglass FRP needed to make booms and H frames)

http://www.compositeengineering.com.au/

excel composites (for the FRP sizes that Composite don't sell)

https://exelcomposites.com/

Anzor Stainless Fastener Specialists

https://www.anzor.com.au/


Parts and components useful links

RS components (for the stuff that Element14 don't sell)

https://au.rs-online.com/web/

Element14 (was Farnell - for the stuff RS don't sell)

https://au.element14.com/

Mini-kits (lots of RF components and kits)

www.minikits.com.au/

Mini-Circuits (RF power dividers, attenuators and all things RF)

https://www.minicircuits.com/


Software useful links

Pst Rotator (AzEl software that tracks the moon and more)

https://www.qsl.net/yo3dmu/index_Page346.htm

Linrad SDR software from SM5BSZ

http://www.sm5bsz.com/linuxdsp/linrad.htm

SDR Radio

https://www.sdr-radio.com/

WSJT-X

https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/wsjtx.html

MAP65 (Note MAP65 3.0 is now part of WSJT-X install)

https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/map65.html

Virtual Audio Cable (VAC)

https://vac.muzychenko.net/en/

MacLoggerDX Logging software for Mac

https://www.dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX.html

DXLabSuite

https://www.dxlabsuite.com/



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