ARRL EME Contest - August 2025

During the ARRL EME contest I completed 15 QSO’s on 10GHz, including 6 initials. I was very pleased to work ON4CDU, my first 1.2m dish QSO. Being able to peak the dish on moon noise using the new nudge switches was extremely useful and I consistently saw 0.5 - 0.7dB of moon noise.

16 Aug 2025: OZ1FF -13/-19, F2CT -15/-15, OK1DFC -12/-19, ON5TA -13/-19, OZ1LPR -3/-19, DL4DTU -11/-15, OH3LWP -11/-19, ON4CDU -18/-22

17 Aug 2025: IK6CAK -13/-20, IW2FZR -15/-22, F5JWF -11/-15, G4YTL -17/-20, W3SZ -17/-20, N1AV -16/-26, HB9Q -12/-19.

I copied many other stations and spent a lot of time calling KM0T and YO2LAM but no luck. My QTH has a lot of tall trees and I have limited moon visibility, especially to the west. I just missed out on completing with OK2AQ when the moon was at 250 deg. Next time round I plan to move the dish to the front garden where I have a bit more visibility in that direction.

Stations copied but not worked:

YO2RHI -20
YO2LAM -11
KM0T -13
DJ7FJ -13
LZ40C -15
PE1MMP -18
OM4XA -19
OK2AQ -17
PE9GHZ -17
OH1LRY -15
PA3CSG -18