SECTION 24

 

NON-RECIPROCAL QSO WITH ZF2EM
(May 23, 2015)
 
Many stations tried to contact ZF2EM today but the conditions were highly Non-Reciprocal so many were left "frustrated". Many EME stations could see ZF2EM, but ZF2EM could not decode them, sounds familiar?
 
After several failed attemps to contact ZF2EM myself, it became clear to me that the conditions were Non-Reciprocal so I decoupled RX and TX polarities and gave it a shot... After my first TX sequence in that mode, ZF2EM decoded me and replied to my transmission right away! Watch the video...
 
 
Once again, thanks to the RPOL flexibility! Without that capability, that QSO would not have happened...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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