I will be operating from EN81 on the 1921z pass of AO-27,
14 November. I may also be on the following SO-50 pass at
1928z. It's not a very rare grid but WA4HFN needs it so
that's why I am going there. If you work me and need confirmation,
just send an email and I'll qsl; no return card needed.
.
Thanks.
73,
John K8YSE
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All contacts made during my Lake Superior Grid Expedition
have been confirmed direct by mail. It was quite a project
but it is finally finished. This includes both USA and DX
contacts. TI2SW was the first contact made during the expedition
from Tawas, MI (EN84FG) on August 3d. KI4RDT was the
(Relayed from KV1J who is having trouble posting)
I will be operating from the island of Miquelon (Grid GN17)
from October 26 through November 2 as FP/KV1J. The dates
may shift a bit depending on the weather and available
transportation. This is a French territory (Collective) off
the coast of
they are having a great trip and the weather is
extremely nice.
73,
John K8YSE/p
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The Lake Superior Grid Expedition cards have been
printed and are in transit. I hope to receive them
in a few days.
With that in mind, I should have some ready before the
AMSAT Symposium. If you worked me on the trip and plan
to attend the Symposium, please drop me an email off line.
I will
Jim, ND9M, just advised that he is headed to
DN65, a change of plans. He may be there for the
2334z pass of AO-51 and should be operating from DN65
tomorrow (Sunday) as well.
73,
John K8YSE
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Zack was on from DN60 as promised. He worked 21 stations
by my count, a very high number on a 7 minute pass. The
recording is on my website:
http://www.papays.com/sat/general.html
Nice job Zack!
KG4JR? also was on from Gitmo but didn't work anyone.
73,
John K8YSE
Zack, KD8KSN, will be on from DN60, 15Sep 1929z
on AO-27. He will only be there on that particular
pass. Hopefully conditions will be good and everyone
that needs it will get a contact. Good luck.
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a new perspective on what it takes to do it. Thanks to all of those
that are already operating away from home so that all of us can add
to our VUCC totals.
73,
John K8YSE
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This is our first night in a motel with internet access
since we left Sault Ste Marie, MI 9 days ago. We have
traveled 2300 miles and operated in at least 18 grids and
have made 888 contacts on 65 passes. We have been camping in our tent
for the last 9 nights but tonight it is windy and raining
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Short notice but LA4FPA will be listening for the
East Coast on the AO-51 pass coming up at 1751z.
It covers eastern Canada but only touches the far
northeast of the USA.
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Erling LA4FPA/p was not on the HO-68 pass this morning. He came
down with a severe allergy of unknown origin. He was in
the hospital with it but now is better.
He will be on the last HO-68 FM pass on Sunday, 25July
around 1350-1359 UTC.
Sunday is a Mode B day for AO-7 and he will be active on
Is anyone copying AO-51 on the far western
pass 25July 0009z? I am not hearing it.
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Erling, LA4FPA/p, is on Vigra Island, JP32BM for
a holiday. He will be on the 2014 UTC pass of AO-7
today, 23 July. AO-7 is in Mode B and this is an
excellent pass for the Northeastern/Northern USA and
Canada. Here's a great chance to add Norway to your
list of countries. Keep it short so
Erling, LA4FPA/p, plans to be on HO-68 on 24 July
beginning at 1405 UTC, when it is scheduled to turn
on, all the way to his LOS at around 1416 UTC. The
footprint will cover northeastern US and eastern Canada.
HO-68 is in the FM mode and with its strong signal, qso's
should be possible. Erling
My 3 or 4 week grid expedition around Lake Superior is about
to start. The planned date is August 2nd, however, a jury
duty summons may interfere with the departure date. Hopefully
we will leave on time or a few days late.
The grids planned are:
EN28-29-36-37-38-39-
Patrick, VA7EWK, will be on the AO-7 pass coming
up shortly at 1827-1844 UTC. He'll be looking for any
Europeans that need CN89. AO-7 is in Mode B.
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Patrick, WD9EWK/VA7EWK is on the road to Port Hardy BC this
morning. He will likely be on the SO-50 passes at approximately
1533z, 1714z and 1857z as well as the one after that to the west.
Operation will likely be from CO60 along the way, ending up in
CO50 later this afternoon for the AO-27
Patrick has finally made it to Port Hardy BC on some
very bad roads. He reports that his car looks like it
was in the Baha road race.
He tried SO-50 from CO50 at 1524z but heard no stations.
He is now in CO60 and will be on the SO-50 pass at 1847-1900z.
He should be on other passes including
SO-67 is in a mode whereby the uplink audio is
repeated as long as the transmitter is turned on.
If there is no PL on the uplink, repeated audio
will be reduced by about 10db compared to rx noise
when no satellite is in view. SO-67 is being turned
on for 15 minute periods as conditions permit.
If
if there was, the
satellite would normally come back in Mode B rather than Mode
A. Is there an explanation?
73,
John K8YSE
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There will be an AMSAT table at the Hudsonville, MI,
hamfest on June 5th from 8am to 2pm. Doug KD8CAO and
John K8YSE will be on hand to discuss satellites; AMSAT
gear will be available for purchase. If you live in
West Michigan, please stop by and say hello.
There will be a satellite demo
Over the past week or two I have noticed that SO-50
is changing frequency during the pass. Today at 2308z
I made some transmissions and then noticed that my
downlink was distorted as well as the station I was
working. A change from 436.790 to 436.795 for the
center frequency (not the doppler
. I'm planning a very casual operation.
Our callsign is W8DXA. Good luck in the contest!
73,
John K8YSE
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WA3WUL has been working via AO-51 from Delaware recently.
He seemed to hear very well and worked quite a few stations
on this morning's pass at 1138z, 4 May 2010.
According to QRZ.com he is just north of Wilmington and just
inside the border about two miles from Concord Pike and Naamans
Road
There is a new graphic on my webserver that
plots all of the grids that K4T worked on the
satellites. They easily achieved VUCC in just
a few days by working 127 different grids and
about 422 satellite qso's. VUCC seems a long
way off when you first start collecting grids,
but if you stay with
My webserver has been updated with Grid Maps
from N5AFV, KD4ZGW/M, ND9M, K4T and WD9EWK. I
hope to have something from XE2AT as he is the
VUCC leader with over 900 grids confirmed.
Click on the images to download an Adobe Acrobat
file which can be zoomed for a better look.
If you want your grid
Congratulations to the Control Team N8MH KO4MA and WA6FWF
for their efforts to revive AO-51. This weekend was to
be very active since some were planning grid expeditions.
Not having AO-51 available would have impacted those efforts.
This morning on the 1311z pass, Kerry WC7V was operating
There is a picture of the wind generator that was
used to power all of the radios on the K4T Dry Tortugas
dxpedition up on my webserver. There are also 13 recordings
of K4T passes to listen to.
http://www.papays.com/sat
I believe that this is the first time a major dxpedition has
There is a page on my webserver that has audio recordings
of K4T over the last 3 days. The one from the 14March2010,
1030z, is quite informative. Mark talks about the operation
and states they have made over 300 satellite contacts! They
have now been on every satellite and worked FM, SSB and CW.
Mark was loud and clear on AO-27 on the first PM
AO-27 pass out over the Atlantic. He reported that
their preamps and antennas are working now and
they have plenty of transmit power to be heard.
Thanks to those who provided wiring info for their
preamps. They are definitely hearing better.
The audio of the AO-27 pass on 12March2010, 1816z
is on my webserver.
http://www.papays.com/AO-27_12Mar2010_181645z.mp3
Very good pass!
73,
John K8YSE
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Here's an audio recording of the AO-27 pass on
12 March 2010 at 1957z. Great signals from K4T and
he managed to work it all the way down to his horizon
at the end of the 7 minute repeater portion of the pass.
http://www.papays.com/AO-27_12Mar2010_195733z.mp3
73,
John K8YSE
Jim did a great job in operating from at least 86
different grids. A graphical representation of those
grids is on my webserver. Red grids are ones that I
worked him in. Blue grids are the ones I missed.
http://www.papays.com/nd9m.jpg
As Rick said, one could have almost completed VUCC by
I've received several inquiries about the software
that was used to create the ND9M/p road trip grid
square plot:
http://www.papays.com/nd9m.jpg
The program is a Great Circle Map generator with some
very nice features created by SM3GSJ. KD8CAO originally
discovered this program and
Doug KD8CAO will likely be in EN60 for the 2105z
and 2243z passes of AO-51 on 10 March. He will also
likely operate from EN60 on the 12 March 2303z AO-51 pass.
EN60 hasn't been on much so it would be a good one to
work if you don't have it.
73,
John K8YSE
Jim will be on AO-27 at 1943z on the EL39/49 line, 9 March.
He MIGHT be on other passes on the way home.
73,
John K8YSE
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Mike,
As others have said, just log it twice, once for each grid.
The portable and handheld designations are commonly used on
satellites. Portable can have many meanings. Some use it
to say they are using an HT or operating on batteries.
Originally, the portable designator was used to indicate
A recording of the AO-51 pass on 20Feb2010 at 2259z is on my
webserver:
http://www.papays.com/AO-51_20Feb2010_225938z.mp3
This was a very busy pass with ND9M/p in EL07/EL08 and WD9EWK/p in DM22
at the Yuma Hamfest. Many of you are not full duplex and don't know what you
sound like on the
As some of you discovered, the link to the recording
was not working. Sorry for the inconvenience. It should
work properly now.
73,
John K8YSE
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The 1530z 16Feb pass of HO-68 over North America
had more packet on it than I've ever heard before.
I'm not sure that the BBS is working properly but
the satellite is sending a lot of packets in response
to user requests. Maybe those who are using the BBS
can comment on how it's working.
As
There will be an AMSAT table at the Orlando Hamcation
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12, 13 and 14 February.
Everyone interested in satellites is welcome to stop by.
We plan to have demo stations active both on FM and SSB.
HO-68 will be on for the 1642z pass on 12Feb as well as the
1436z and
It has been about a month now since AO-51 was commanded back to
its normal orientation. But many are reporting that they are having more
trouble hearing it now than they did before the first re-orientation.
It does seem to me that some stations that usually hear very well are not
hearing that
This pass was quite the combination of voice and packet
traffic. KL4E was on from BP51 Eagle River AK at the end.
N7HYF in DN52 WY also made an appearance.
Below is the packet traffic I copied. The date/time stamps
were inserted by the TNC to show when they were received. At
times the traffic
A recording of the HO-68 pass, 27Dec2009 at 1527z
over North America is on my webserver. This was an 82
degree pass for me and the bird was copied well from
horizon to horizon. The first packet was received within
one minute after AOS and the last packet was within a minute
of LOS.
I was not
The North American Pass of SO-67 on 27Dec2009
at 1443z is now on my webserver. The bird was
strong as usual. It is difficult not to respond
immediately to a call to your station, but those
that wait for the tail timer to expire, will have
more than 3 seconds to exchange their information.
Watch
An audio recording of the HO-68 26Dec09 1544z pass
over North America is on my webserver:
http://www.papays.com/HO-68_26Dec2009_154401z.mp3
I counted about 20 different stations on this pass. Packet
continues to affect the voice repeater in such a way that it
can be difficult to make a contact.
An audio recording of the HO-68 pass over the far western
USA 24Dec2009 1807z is on my webserver:
http://www.papays.com/HO-68_24Dec2009_180656z.mp3
The same scenario continues with packet competing with the voice
repeater. How the two work together is not obvious but it does
seem that the
A new audio file of the HO-68 linear transponder pass
over North America, 24 December 2009 at 0305z is on my
webserver:
http://www.papays.com/HO-68_24Dec2009_030312z.mp3
Another good pass with lots of stations on ssb and cw.
73,
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The first linear mode pass over North America was really
active. The recording can be heard on my webserver:
http://www.papays.com/XW-1_20Dec2009_022218z.mp3
A recording of the FM pass will be uploaded later. The
link will be on a future posting.
Congratulations to the Chinese Team for this
The XW-1 pass over North America at 0205z was interesting.
When the bird first came up over the horizon, it seemed to be
fairly easy to work through although it was apparent that there
were other signals (probably without tone) that were on the channel.
As the bird went higher (an 86 degree pass
The XW-1 CW Beacon was heard over North America
this morning with an excellent signal and tone
quality. It sends a long string which changes
a bit on every transmission.
The keps are a bit off since the bird went over
the horizon prior to the prediction. I lost it
when it was still at 2.7
XW-1 was again heard over western North America
with an excellent signal. The new keps provided
by Nigel G8IFF/W8IFF were used for Object A and
found to be spot on. I set SatPC32 for automatic
operation with the TS2000 in the CW mode and the
computer clock synchronized with NIST. I never
The SO-67 recordings from 05 and 06 December are
on my webserver:
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_05Dec2009_125403z.mp3
This pass was only 1 degree so it is short. But you can
get an idea of how strong this satellite is, even at low
elevations. East is not a good direction for me but SO-67
burns
I have uploaded the three morning passes of SO-67 as follows:
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_29Nov2009_132150z.mp3
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_29Nov2009_145433z.mp3
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_29Nov2009_162953z.mp3
If you want to make successful qso's on SO-67, you
must change the way you
SO-67 was not heard over the eastern USA as
scheduled. It could be that there was a problem
with my receiver but it was working on the earlier
AO-51 pass. Did anyone else hear SO-67 this morning?
73,
John K8YSE
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Ari, TF3ARI, was on VO-52 this morning on the 1428z pass with a
good signal. Ari is obviously using computer control with his
TS-2000 so when you answer him on his frequency, that's where he
is listening. His doppler correction was right on. He reports he
is working on a better receive antenna.
Audio is on my webserver:
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_22Nov2009_141052z.mp3
Lots of activity as usual. I noted a slightly stronger
signal on the downlink on Left Hand Polarization.
73,
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Here is the recording of SO-67 22November2009
at 1545z. This was a 15 degree pass for me. I
was trying to work the bird mobile but was not
making it through enough for a qso.
The signal was very readable on the mobile using a
3/4 wave whip on 435 with a preamp right at the
antenna. Transmit
Audio for the SO-67 eastern USA pass on 21Nov09
is on my webserver:
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_21Nov2009_143116z.mp3
Now that it is understood that there is a 3 second
tail after each transmission and audio will cut off
after that time has expired, ways to get around the
problem can be devised.
The audio for the Central USA pass of SO-67 on
21Nov2009 at 1604z is on my webserver:
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_21Nov2009_160547z.mp3
Lots of competition on this 8 degree (from this qth) pass .
The three second tail timer was doing it's job. Some
tried to get their response to a call into
Ari, TF3ARI, has been worked on AO-51! Ari first
appeared on AO-51 on 24 October. He almost had a
qso with KC9ELU. An email to Ari revealed that he
was using a TS2000 and a vertical antenna.
After not hearing Ari for two weeks I emailed him for
a schedule on 15 November. He was there and we
Audio for the eastern and central USA passes are
now on my webserver:
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_15Nov2009_132742z.mp
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_15Nov2009_150038z.mp3
The dropout problem is still apparent but contacts are
possible. The bird is very strong as usual.
73,
John K8YSE
I was not at home for this pass but it was recorded
automatically for me. Just another perspective from
my location where the maximum elevation for this pass
was only 2 degrees!
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_15Nov2009_163613z.mp3
73,
John K8YSE EN91dh
Cleveland Ohio
An audio recording of the SO-67 Eastern USA pass
on 14Nov2009 1350z is on my webserver. The audio
is a little loud because I had the TS2000 in the
narrow mode and did not adjust the recorder input
level to compensate for it. My tx and rx audio
was in the FM Narrow mode on the TS2000. The
USA pass is not visible in Cleveland.
73,
John K8YSE EN91dh
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I have uploaded two AO-51 audio files to my webserver.
The first is the 12Nov2009 2241Z pass with AA5CK/P
operating in EM03. The second is the next pass on
13Nov2009 at 0023Z that includes AA5CK/P in EM03 and
another not often heard from grid, CN83, with W9AE operating.
The second recording is a
FP/KV1J was on the 2143z pass of AO-51 from GN17.
I have a recording of it on my webserver:
http://www.papays.com/AO-51_11Nov2009_214257z.mp3
73,
John
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Yesterday I took a short 40 minute drive to the intersection
of 4 grid squares, EN80, 81, 90 and 91. The intersection is
in a field in back of the Pilot Truck Stop on I-71 at Ohio SR83.
The EN90/91 line runs through the Pilot parking lot and the 4
corner intersection is about 400' off the
The SO-67 pass over the eastern US on 8 November
2009 at 1417z is on my webserver:
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_08Nov2009_141641z.mp3
73,
John K8YSE EN91dh
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satellite. We look forward to having it around for many years.
73,
John K8YSE EN91dh Ohio
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I have a recording of the 7 November 1613z pass
over the USA/Canada/Mexico. Here's the link:
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_07Nov2009_161151z.mp3
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W6FOG was on the 2017z pass of AO-27 today
5 November 2009 signing CM86. No other info.
73,
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Hi all,
I am back home, I want to thank all the support John, K8YSE, always
send messages from my activities on the grids EK15, EK25 and EK26,
thanks John, and all of you for always being attentive to my call.
Wanted to schedule everything very well, but my trip was with my
family, I had to
Today is the last day of my trip EK15, EK25 and EK26, grids very rare
in Mexico on the Pacific Ocean.
AO-2719:20 UTC13:20 XE
AO-2721:09 UTC15:09 XE
AO-5117:53 UTC17:33 XE
I hope to hear...
XE3DX
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John K8YSE
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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
There has been some discussion on how to determine
when a bird will be in view over an extended period
of time. You really don't need a pocket computer
or laptop to carry around to do this. Just simply
print out the pass predictions using SatPC32 sold by
AMSAT and written by DK1TB who has
A grid dxpedition to EM97 in West Virginia is planned for Saturday
afternoon October 24th. It's about 600 miles round trip so the first
pass of AO-27 at 1734z will likely be the beginning of the
operation. Then AO-27 at 1912z, AO-27 a 2054z followed by AO-51 at
2200z and possibly 2339z if
. They have given
us many new grids. I hope this encourages others to try their hand
at operating from other grids. It's a lot of work but you will have
a lot of fun and satisfaction doing it.
73,
John K8YSE
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Richard, N2SPI, is in FN65 and will operate on
the next AO-27 pass at 1845z, 18 Oct. This was
unplanned, hence the short notice. Good luck!
73,
John K8YSE
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Bob,
Just saw the message about L band being activated and
checked it out on the morning western pass. Signals were
much stronger on 435.300 than they were on 435.150 and I
do have polarity switching. Seems like more than 3db.
No one was on the 1303z pass but if you are full duplex,
you can
ND9M/VQ9JC sent an email advising that he is deployed on a
Navy ship heading for Sumatra on a humanitarian mission with
fresh water for the victims of the recent earthquakes there.
His shipboard internet connection is not very good and he can
only use it sparingly.
Jim reports that he has been
Thanks to everyone who worked me from the EM88/EM98. This
was a very interesting trip to a very out of the way place in
West Virginia. West Virginia is very hilly/mountainous and finding
a place where there is a road with a view on a grid line is not
an easy task. Google Earth helps but you just
Weather permitting I will be operating on the
EM88/EM98 grid boundary in West Virginia on Sunday,
September 20th. The current forecast is a 50% chance
of rain so it might not work out for all passes. I'll
try to operate on the following passes:
My 1268 setup is a W7LRD 13 turn helix fed
with a 9' 9913 jumper, 45' of 7/8 Heliax and
a 3' Superflex jumper to the TS2000X.
Ten watts is just about right for this setup.
Reducing power to 5 watts makes a very noticeable
difference; readable but noisy. One watt works
when the bird is overhead
Here are some interesting statistics on the movers
and shakers in the world of grid dxpeditions. The
list represents cards that I have received that have
been used for VUCC filings or that will be used in a
future filing. If you add them up, the 11 stations
that I worked and needed in 4 or more
Some General Guidelines to Working the Birds with Omni Antennas:
(My opinion for what it's worth; others may disagree.)
A lot of people are using omni antennas. Some use
preamps and some do not. The important thing to remember
when using omni antennas is that you will be getting into
the bird
Patrick,
First off a big thank you for making the effort to activate
all of those 14 grids. Rather than heading off to Cancun
and lying on the beach, you spent your vacation time to give
all of us something new to work on the satellites. You make
it sound so easy, but it is not. Working from a
Some did not receive the first mailing with the
Board of Directors Candidate's Biographies. They
can be downloaded at:
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David (KC7USS),
N1RCN is a regular on the FM birds and he is the
most active Rhode Island Station. Contact him,
his callsign at amsat.org
KB1RVT/1 is now in FN54 spending a week or so in
Acadia National Park. He is active on all of the
FM birds. That's your best bet for Maine although
others
Myles,
AO51 435.300 is right hand circular polarization (RHCP).
AO51 435.150 is left hand (LHCP). If you try to hear
a LHCP signal with a RHCP antenna that is really right
hand, you will have a drop in signal that can exceed
20db. This will make the downlink unreadable at low
elevations. You
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Rare Grids and Gridpeditions
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org, John Papay j...@papays.com
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John,
I certainly understand where you
It's great to see the renewed interest in activating
rare grids on the birds. If you don't have a particular grid
worked and confirmed, it is a rare grid. It is important
for all of us to recognize those who are operating portable
in a grid away from their home. They are only there for a
short
Our mini WAS-pedition to Wilmington Delaware FM29
ended with the 7/12/2009 1305-1316z AO51
pass which was only 11 degrees in Delaware.
In just two days approximately 85 different
callsigns were logged (including 4 with
KD4ZGW who operated from his 18 wheeler in
DN90, EM38, EM29 and EM65). If you
K8YSE/P will be operating in FM29, Delaware starting
Thursday evening. I plan to be on every visible FM pass
on Friday, Saturday and possibly Sunday morning.
I know that ND9M worked from Delaware a few weeks ago
and made a lot of contacts. But for those that missed
him, especially those in the
Doug, KD8CAO, is now active from EN86, Drummond Island, MI. He
worked 17 stations on the last AO51 pass at 2240Z, 7 July 09. He
will be active soon on the ssb birds. EN86 is a very rare grid;
XE2AT, who is at the top of the VUCC leader board with 900 grids
confirmed, still needs it! Doug
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