Wish I could go back to Dayton. To many OM problems.
Our Club Call K4AMG was my Uncle Bob's, and he was one of the founders of
the Dayton Hamvention. Back then his call was W8QDI.
Hope some of you guys will be able to attend Carole Perry's (WB2MGP)
Instructors and youth Forums.
Have a great time.
God Bless
R
W4BUE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat...@wd9ewk.net>
To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 11:47 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Off to Dayton...
Hi!
I'm flying out of Phoenix tomorrow morning to Indianapolis, and will be in
Dayton Thursday evening before the start of the Hamvention for the AMSAT
gathering at Tickets Pub. Along with some time working the AMSAT
demonstration station outside the arena, I plan on working other passes
outside of the Hamvention between Thursday (15 May) morning and midday
Monday (19 May) from wherever I happen to be at that time - including some
AO-7 (and possibly FO-29) passes where Europe is in the footprint with me.
Even if I'm waking up at 0-dark-30 to get outside for those passes. I'm
already
planning a very early Thursday morning for an AO-7 pass around 0820 UTC
+/- to start my operating out there.
If you are in Europe and have Dayton in the footprint on a particular
pass,
please e-mail me directly. I would enjoy the chance to work you, and will
be happy to provide contact information to help line up a potential QSO.
I
did this in 2010, working OZ1MY and 2E1EUB on the same AO-7 pass in
SSB from outside Dayton on the EN70/EN80 grid boundary, so I know it is
possible with my portable station.
I'll try to post updates here on the -BB for my operating, whether at the
Hamvention or somewhere else. My @WD9EWK Twitter feed - you can read
it at http://twitter.com/WD9EWK if you don't do Twitter yourself - will
probably
be a great way to see the latest updates, since I know I can send SMS
messages to Twitter without an Internet connection from almost anywhere
I'll
go. I'll have my TH-D72A with me, and run APRS as WD9EWK-9 as I drive.
I should start showing up on APRS tomorrow afternoon, which will be
visible
at http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 if my APRS packets find their way to an
Internet
gateway (and be the best way to see where I end up on Wednesday evening,
before that early AO-7 pass Thursday morning).
I will try to upload my QSOs to Logbook of the World daily, and each QSO
will have the proper information for my QTH at that time. I have QSL card
designs ready to print after I return home next week, and for some
locations
I've already printed QSL cards. If you work me in the next few days and
then
see me at Dayton, I'll be happy to write out a QSL card on the spot - or
e-mail me the QSO details, and I'll send you a card after I'm back home.
If
we don't work on a satellite pass in the next few days, I'll be happy to
meet
you at Dayton. :-)
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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