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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: WD9EWK from DM34/DM35/DM36 on 30 May - report (long)",
    "date": "2009-06-01T17:25:19Z",
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    "content": "Patrick,\n\nThanks for your efforts to activate otherwise not-so-active grids in your part of the world. Many of us who work the satellites regularly appreciate it very much.\n\n73 to all,\n\nTim\n-------------- Original message from \"Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)\" <[email protected]>: -------------- \n\n\n> \n> Hi! \n> \n> Saturday was another fun day. A long day, starting out early at \n> the hamfest in Prescott, Arizona, and ending up at home just \n> after midnight (0700 UTC) after driving approximately 400 miles \n> (644km), but a good day. \n> \n> \n> Prescott Hamfest in Prescott, Arizona (grid DM34sn): \n> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=34+34.413+n+112+29.8 00+w&sll=37.579413,-95.712891&sspn=54.973803,78.574219&ie=UTF8&ll=34.070862,-112 \n> .195129&spn=1.829153,2.455444&t=h&z=9 \n> \n> I started out at the hamfest. Officially, it did not open until \n> 0800 local, but I was there when the site was opened for those \n> setting up in one of the spaces two hours earlier. This let me \n> get on the air for an AO-51 pass around 1320 UTC. This pass was \n> more to hand out contacts with the grid for the hamfest (DM34sn) \n> than a demonstration, but a couple of people stopped by to listen \n> in while they were setting up their spaces. Thanks for the 16 \n> contacts with stations from across the USA, Canada, and Mexico. \n> The later AO-51 pass, just after 1500 UTC, added 5 more contacts \n> with a slightly larger audience - the hamfest officially opened \n> at the start of this pass. \n> \n> After a couple of hours where the crowds started building, VO-52 \n> passed by around 1710 UTC. As I've seen at other hamfests, the \n> VO-52 demonstrations seem to attract the largest crowds. It might \n> be the later pass time, or that SSB via satellite is more of a \n> curiosity than FM, but there was a nice crowd. For this pass, Ray \n> W1OTH - a ham from the Prescott area and AMSAT member - took care \n> of the antenna while I worked the radio. I forgot to mention in \n> my e-mail last week where I would camp out on the downlink, but I \n> started around 145.910 MHz where I made two quick contacts. After \n> not hearing anyone else after those contacts, I tuned around and \n> went down a few kHz to work two other stations near the end of the \n> pass. Four contacts on a VO-52 pass, where I'm not actively tuning \n> through the passband looking for every possible QSO, is not a bad \n> thing. The crowd liked it. \n> \n> Not long after that VO-52 pass, the skies darkened and it started \n> to rain. I felt, and then saw, hail falling. This did not last \n> for long, but the hamfest emptied out not long after this quick \n> burst of bad weather. Even with the storm, this was a good morning. \n> Lots of people stopped by, and there appeared to be more people \n> at the hamfest this year compared to last year. Thanks again to \n> Ray W1OTH for sticking around the AMSAT table for a little while \n> and helping with the VO-52 pass. \n> \n> After the hamfest, the Saturday road trip started. I was off to \n> the first of my two stops for the radio after the hamfest.... \n> \n> \n> near Drake, Arizona, east of AZ-89 at the DM34tx/DM35ta grid \n> boundary: \n> \n> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35+N+112+23.132+W&sl \n> l=34.070862,-112.195129&sspn=1.829153,2.455444&ie=UTF8&ll=34.311681,-112.148437& \n> spn=3.64763,4.910889&t=h&z=8 \n> \n> I stopped at this spot a couple of times in 2008, as a way to \n> operate from these two grids and not be parked along the nearby \n> state highway. This is just inside the Prescott National Forest \n> north of the city of Prescott, and about 15 miles/25km south of \n> the I-40 freeway and old US-66. Unlike in 2008, AO-27 and SO-50 \n> had overlapping passes in the mid-afternoon from this location. \n> I decided to work AO-27 when it was on, not using the PL tone \n> needed for SO-50. After AO-27 shut off at the end of its repeater \n> time, I would work SO-50 for whatever time was left on each pass. \n> \n> The first AO-27/SO-50 passes came around 2037 UTC. As usual, \n> there were many stations out for the pass. In 7 minutes, I logged \n> 15 QSOs before switching to SO-50. In the last few minutes of the \n> SO-50 pass, 4 more QSOs went in the log. Not a bad effort, other \n> than dealing with the overlapping footprints for the two satellites. \n> \n> A little later, the two satellites were passing by to the west of \n> my location. Again, starting with AO-27 while it was on, I worked \n> 7 stations from central Mexico to western Canada. My time on SO-50 \n> after AO-27's scheduled shutdown was limited by an impending \n> thunderstorm and a quick visit by a Forest Service ranger. The \n> ranger asked if I was looking for a missing dog, and I explained \n> that I was not tracking animals with my setup. I had a chance to \n> acknowledge 2 stations I heard on SO-50 after that, before I heard \n> some thunder near me. That was my cue to pack up and move on to my \n> last stop of the day. \n> \n> \n> Grand Canyon Village, Arizona - south of the lodges along the South \n> Rim in Grand Canyon National Park (grid DM36wb): \n> \n> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36+3.195+N+112+8.611 \n> +W&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=55.279921,78.574219&ie=UTF8&ll=34.741612,-111.917 \n> 725&spn=3.62886,4.910889&t=h&z=8 \n> \n> I drove through a hard rain to get from DM34tx/DM35ta up to the \n> Grand Canyon, but it stopped raining about 20 miles/32km before I \n> reached the national park entrance. The DM35/DM36 grid boundary \n> was right at the entrance, but that was not a good place to set \n> up. No places to park, and the line was right at the booths for \n> the park rangers to collect the admission fees. I planned to go \n> into the park and find the best spot I could, which would be \n> somewhere firmly in grid DM36. \n> \n> Grand Canyon Village is a small town inside the national park, \n> along the South Rim. Most of the lodges (hotels) on this side of \n> the park are here. I took some pictures as I drove from the park \n> entrance to the parking lot I decided to work from (Parking Lot \n> \"E\", south of the lodges at the South Rim), and waited for the \n> first AO-51 pass around 0028 UTC. \n> \n> I knew there were some hills that ringed Grand Canyon Village, and \n> those hills meant I had to wait almost 2 minutes after the predicted \n> AOS time before I could clearly hear the AO-51 downlink. Once I \n> heard it, I announced my location. Then the fun began - lots of QSOs \n> for stations across North America. In the span of 11 minutes, 22 \n> contacts were logged. No Canadians, but many from all over the \n> continental US and a couple of XE stations went in the log. I guess \n> DM36 was a rare grid for many on the satellites. :-) \n> \n> Between that pass and the later AO-51 pass to the west, I did some \n> sightseeing around the village and along the South Rim. A weird \n> (at first) sight was seeing some deer grazing in the rail yard at \n> the Grand Canyon train depot. This is still a working depot, for \n> the Grand Canyon Railway that runs daily between the Grand Canyon \n> and the city of Williams about 60 miles/100km to the south, a \n> favorite for tourists who do not want to drive into the park. Lots \n> of people were taking pictures as the deer ate some grass and \n> wandered around the railroad tracks. \n> \n> I went back to the parking lot after taking lots of photos, and \n> was ready for the western AO-51 pass that started around 0208 UTC. \n> I worked 8 stations on this pass - 1 in Alaska (thanks KL7XJ!), \n> the rest in the continental USA. I made another sightseeing stop \n> at another point along the South Rim as I left the national park, \n> to start my almost 4-hour drive back home. \n> \n> \n> For any contacts made with WD9EWK on Saturday - at the hamfest, or \n> after the hamfest - I will be happy to send out QSL cards. I have \n> cards ready for QSOs made at the hamfest, and will have cards for \n> the other two locations in the next day or two. No need to send \n> me QSLs or SASEs for Saturday - just e-mail me directly with QSO \n> details. If you are in my log, you'll get a card (or cards) for \n> the contact(s). I will also send out cards from my trip to Dayton \n> two weeks ago with these cards, all going out in the same envelopes. \n> \n> I was asked on the air if I was using my new Alinco DJ-G7T on any \n> of the Saturday FM satellite passes. I was not - I was using my \n> Icom IC-2720H 2m/70cm FM mobile radio. Since I'm still tweaking \n> that radio, I will leave that to other passes where I am not trying \n> to demonstrate satellite operation or when I'm parked in unusual \n> locations. \n> \n> Including my drive up to Prescott on Friday (29 May) evening, I \n> drove just under 500 miles/800km for this trip. The hamfest was \n> fun, the two stops after the hamfest - putting some rare Arizona \n> grids on the satellites for a few passes - went well. Thanks to \n> everyone who worked WD9EWK during the hamfest demonstrations, as \n> those contacts help show off the capabilities of our current \n> satellites and how it doesn't take lots of fancy (and expensive) \n> gear to enjoy this part of our hobby. \n> \n> 73! \n> \n> \n> \n> \n> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK \n> http://www.wd9ewk.net/ \n> \n> _______________________________________________ \n> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. \n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! \n> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb \n",
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