Hi Matej,

There was a lot of disbelief about the claims of the 1st 2 m EME QSOs.  Part of the reason was that Sam (W1FZJ) had given up on 2 m EME.  (He was a God to those of us on VHF when I was in high school). No one understood Faraday rotation and did not realize that 2 m EME was possible with a little patience.  2nd W6DNG keep referring to his "special/secret" system that he had developed for receiving very weak signals.  I met W6DNG at the Second International EME Conference in 1968.  He had tapes of some of his QSOs.  By then there was no question about the validity of their 2 m EME QSOs. You did not need a "magic" system to work 2 m EME.

73, Al - K2UYH

PS: From right to left are W6DNG (one end of the first 2 m EME QSO), K2UYH, VK3ATN, W3SDZ (early 432 EMEer), K2CBA, K2AQC and K2JNG (23 cm trop).  

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On 4/11/2014 1:04 PM, ok1teh Petrzilka wrote:

Hi all,
just for note, more details about this QSO at:
http://www.ok2kkw.com/eme1960/eme1960eng.htm
If you have any additional materials, let me know please.

73
Matej, OK1TEH