Goonhilly 32-Meter Dish to be Active on Moonbounce on September 1 – 2
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QST on Fri Aug 31 23:32:00 2018
08/31/2018
A team of moonbounce enthusiasts expect to activate the 32-meter antenna GHY-6 at Goonhilly, on the Lizard Peninsular in Cornwall (IO70jb) in the UK on September 1 - 2, operating as GB6GHY. The group, including G8GTZ, G8GKQ, and G4NNS, will be on the HB9Q logger while operational, which should be between 0800 and 1200 UTC, but "earlier if possible," they've said.
GB6GHY will concentrate on 3.4 GHz on September 1 and 5.7 GHz on September 2, with the ability to switch bands immediately.
"Anyone with a relatively small dish (3-meter or less) should be able to work us," their announcement said. The European Space Agency is undertaking a project to upgrade Goonhilly Earth Station to track missions to the Moon and Mars. The work will see the GHY-6 antenna - which carried the 1985 Live Aid concert around the world - upgraded over the span of 2 years.
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