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        "address": "amsat-bb (a) wd9ewk.net",
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    "sender_name": "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb]  Yesterday at DM31...",
    "date": "2010-12-19T22:08:12Z",
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    "content": "Hi!\n\nYesterday's quick trip down to Lukeville at grid DM31 in southern \nArizona was a perfect day for radio.  After leaving a pre-sunrise \nrain shower in the Phoenix area on my way down there, it was only\nsunshine for the rest of the day and about 68F/20C in the \nafternoon.  Much better to be there in December, than in the \nsummertime when it can be well over 100F/38C in the shade.  I\nworked 12 passes while I was down there - three passes on SO-50, \none on VO-52, and two each on the others (AO-27, AO-51, FO-29, and\nHO-68).  \n\nI left Phoenix around 0615 local (1315 UTC), after making a \nstop to get some breakfast for the drive out of the city.  I \nwas running my new TH-D72A HT as my APRS tracker and to \nmonitor repeaters on the drive, but planned to use my normal\nradio setup for the satellites - IC-2820H on FM, two FT-817NDs\nfor SSB - with my Elk log periodic.  After a quick stop at the \nOrgan Pipe Cactus National Monument visitor center about 5 \nmiles/8km north of Lukeville and the USA/Mexico border, I made \nit to the parking lot at \"Gringo Pass\", the group of shops and \nfuel station just before the border crossing, a few minutes past\n1600 UTC.  This opened up one more pass I could work from\nDM31, a VO-52 pass just before 1700 UTC to the west. \n\nDue to the security situation along this part of the USA/Mexico\nborder, almost all of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument\nwest of the AZ-85 highway was closed to the public.  There are\nmountains all around that area, and going as far south as I \ncould - without crossing the border - would give me the best\nchances to work shallow passes.  I operated from the same spot\nI used in 2009, a parking lot on the west side of AZ-85 in grid\nDM31ov (31.88192 N 112.81712 W).  During the day, I was visited\nby US Border Patrol agents patrolling in vehicles and on foot.\nI was asked a few times if I saw people walking north from the\nborder (I didn't, other than Border Patrol agents), and near the \nend of the day one agent took an interest in my radio gear and \nchatted for about 10 minutes.  Considering where I was and their\njobs, I was happy they would pass by while I was sitting down \nthere.  \n\nI was ready for VO-52 when it popped up, and that was a great\npass to start the day.  Four QSOs went in the log, starting with \nKerry WC7V warming up the 145.910 MHz downlink that I stayed \naround for the pass.  :-)  Since Kerry was calling CQ there when \nI came on, I was going to QSY.  Kerry said I could stay there, \nand so I did.  Then it was time to set up the IC-2820H for the \nHO-68 pass at 1751 UTC.  This was busy, despite the satellite \nmoving away from the east coast.  I was able to log 20 QSOs with \nstations all over the USA on this pass, then get lunch at the \nrestaurant before the second HO-68 pass.  Even though HO-68 \nbarely popped up over the mountains to my northwest, I was able \nto log 4 QSOs in a 5-minute span.  \n\nThe first pass I worked that was good for stations along all of the \nUS east coast was on AO-27 at 1952 UTC.  I was not able to hear the \n20-second data burst before the repeater switched on, but I did hear \nDrew KO4MA calling me in the first few seconds after the data burst.  \nI answered his call, and then went on to work 16 more stations on \nthat pass.  My log already had 45 QSOs for the first 4 passes, but \nthere were more passes to work in the afternoon.  \n\nThere was an hour after that AO-27 pass until the next couple of \npasses - first SO-50 on a shallow pass to my north, then the west-\ncoast AO-27 pass.  Four QSOs on SO-50, and 8 on AO-27.  Then almost \nan hour until the next group of passes on 3 different satellites \n(FO-29, SO-50, AO-51).  \n\nThe FO-29 pass had a maximum elevation of 10 degrees to my east.\nNot a lot, but enough to clear the mountains in that direction\nand still hear it OK.  Four QSOs in 10 minutes, not a bad count\nconsidering there are fewer working SSB via satellite than FM.\nThe SO-50 pass went up almost over my head, with maximum elevation\nof 73 degrees.  Eight QSOs there, including one with another \nsatellite ham using the new TH-D72A for FM satellite work (Ramon\nXE1KK, in Mexico City).  We briefly chatted about the new HT.  \nRamon said he was happy with the radio.  He used to travel and \nwork satellites from many different locations, and maybe we can \nhear him on from there (grid EK09) and maybe other places as he \ntravels all over.  \n\nAt 2300 UTC, I had two passes I could work.  AO-7 was still in\nmode B, or I could work AO-51 with its V/US configuration that\nwas turned on for a few days.  Both were to my east, but AO-51 \nwas higher in the sky.  Even though I enjoy working AO-7 mode B \nwith my QRP SSB satellite station, and I'd be able to work it \njust before the change to mode A, I went with the AO-51 pass.  \nSix more QSOs for the log, with stations from both the eastern\nand western USA.  \n\nAfter that AO-51 pass, I had an hour before the last group of 3\npasses I'd work before driving home.  FO-29 was still to my east,\nbut up to a maximum elevation of 78 degrees.  Four more QSOs there,\nthen a very shallow SO-50 pass to the southwest.  Thanks to Don\nW6AJP for also being there for a QSO.  I started packing up my\nSSB gear at this point, since I had about 15 minutes until the \nlast pass I would work, an AO-51 pass.  Six more QSOs on that \npass wrapped up my operating for the day.  \n\nOf the 12 passes I worked from DM31, four had maximum elevation\nof 10 degrees or less.  Even though those passes yielded few QSOs,\nthere were stations worked on those four passes I didn't hear at\nany other time in the day.  It's a fun challenge to work these \npasses, to see how low I can go and still hear the satellite. \n\nThanks to everyone for all the QSOs yesterday.  As with many other\ngrids anywhere, I could go back to DM31 periodically and it would\nstill be a new grid for someone.  I have already been asked about\nmy next trip there, and I may try to go back there before next \nsummer.  As with my other trips, there's no need to send me a QSL \ncard or SASE to get a DM31 QSL card from me.  Just an e-mail with \nQSO details is sufficient.  I need to print more QSL cards for \nyesterday's trip, and those will go to the post office in the next \nweek or two. \n\n73!\n\n\n\n\nPatrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK\nhttp://www.wd9ewk.net/\n\n\n",
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