Hi John! > The EM97 grid operation on 24 October came off as planned. > The operating location proved to be quite good. The lowest > western AO-27 pass was only 8 degrees and I was able to hear > the entire 7 minutes of it. The last pass of AO-51 at 2338z > was the most difficult because of the many competing signals. > Many are not full duplex and cannot hear the buzz and continue > to transmit. Even so, 21 different callsigns were heard and > nine of them were worked. It was very hard to transmit into > the bird but very easy to hear it.
Thanks for making the trip down there! I missed you on the earlier AO-27 pass (work got in the way), but was very happy to get you on that AO-51 pass. In addition to your trip, I was able to log KC0ZHF in EN04 and N0JE in EN06 (I missed his Sunday effort from a grid boundary), during that AO-51 pass Saturday afternoon. It is nice to hear so many different grids on the birds lately. It's even better to be close to home and have a chance to work others going out to unusual or rare places. :-) For those who have worked me on many of my trips in the last couple of years, don't worry - I'm not stopping. I have to be a little more creative, since I've operated from so many different places out here as well as on my trips to Dayton and Baltimore this year. John - maybe we can get you to take a drive through Ontario, away from the heavily-populated FN03 grid to some of the other places up there. How about a Canadian road trip around the lakes ending up in northern Minnesota? :-) 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
