-----Original Message----- From: moon-net-bounces@list-serv.davidv.net [mailto:moon-net-bounces@list-serv.davidv.net] On Behalf Of Joel Harrison Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 11:17 AM To: Moon-net Subject: [Moon-net] 2005 ARRL International EME Competition Contest Dates To: Moon-net K1RQG - 432 & Above EME Net VE7BQH - 2 Meter EME Net K2UYH - 432 & Above EME Newsletter DF2ZC - 2 Meter EME Newsletter The dates for the 2005 ARRL International EME Competition will be as follows: 50 MHz through 1296 MHz - October 22-23 and November 12-13 2304 MHz and Above - September 24-25 One weekend of the 50 MHz through 1296 MHz dates differs slightly from the popular vote on moon-net that Lionel conducted for us. In 2005 the two weekends with low degradation also have low declination and some of the northern latitude guys were basically locked out from any common moon windows and asked that some consideration to their situation be given. In a effort to attempt to accommodate as many EME operators as possible, which in turn benefits all of us, one of the "popular"dates was moved to a higher declination weekend. In order to avoid the late November early December weekend when some stations experience bad winter weather conditions, the 2304 MHz and Up weekend will be set in September. For the past several years, we have been moving our dates further into the winter in order to try to work around other VHF/UHF/Microwave and EME activities that occur in Europe and other parts of the world. This has left us with the problem not having a variety of dates to choose from before holidays and bad weather set in. I look forward to working you on some of the bands. 73 Joel W5ZN _______________________________________________ Moon-Net posting and subscription instructions are at http://www.nlsa.com/nets/moon-net-help.html