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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/7KUHM626SGXKV46HM7VJIITVNTPKOGGZ/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "7KUHM626SGXKV46HM7VJIITVNTPKOGGZ", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/7KUHM626SGXKV46HM7VJIITVNTPKOGGZ/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "amsat-bb (a) wd9ewk.net", "mailman_id": "21664df01bef4757931b7cdb42a9e768", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/21664df01bef4757931b7cdb42a9e768/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)", "subject": "[amsat-bb] XE2/WD9EWK on Sunday (21 Feb) afternoon, trip wrap-up", "date": "2010-02-23T05:20:52Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Hi!\n\nSunday afternoon was not planned to have much radio activity. There\nwas going to be a get-together at a ham's house in Mexicali, before\nI left that area for the 3.5-hour drive home later in the day. I \nsaw a pair of passes - AO-27 first, then SO-50 - to the east that I\nwanted to try to wrap up my radio operating for this trip. I took\nmy FM satellite setup - IC-2820H, Elk Antennas 2m/70cm log periodic -\nacross the border one more time. \n\nThe get-together was at the house of David XE2DAK, southeast of \ndowntown Mexicali in grid DM22go just over 3 miles/5km south of the \nUSA/Mexico border. This neighborhood is tightly packed with houses,\nbut with a decent view of the eastern sky. I had the pass predictions \nfor the two passes, and was ready for the AO-27 pass at 2025 UTC. It\nseemed fitting that my first QSO was with another Mexican station, \nManuel XE2BHL west of me in Tijuana. After that, 7 more QSOs were made\nin what sometimes becomes the busiest 7 minutes on the radio (it \n*definitely* was on Thursday afternoon's 2025 UTC pass!). \n\nAbout 40 minutes or so later, SO-50 came up from the south. With\nXE2DAK's house blocking the south, I had to wait a couple of minutes\nfor the satellite to clear the house. Once that happened, 7 QSOs\nwere made with stations across much of the USA. Two of the QSOs were\ninteresting... I worked Larry KI6YAA, who was only a few blocks north\nof the USA/Mexico border. Larry gave me a QSL card for that contact\nafter I crossed back into the USA - so I now have grid DM22 confirmed\non my way toward an XE2 satellite VUCC. The other QSO was with a \nstation in my home city Phoenix - K7NYS. \n\nAfter SO-50 went away, it was time for some great Mexican \"carne\nasada\" and enjoy the afternoon with friends before crossing the \nborder and driving home. I was able to see the XE2DAK shack and\nthe gear David has been using to work the FM satellites. For a\nsmall station, it was impressive. You can follow links with\nphotos of XE2DAK's station from his QRZ.com entry. \n\nFor this weekend, I made 93 QSOs from Mexico between Thursday\nafternoon's activity south of Mexicali and Sunday's QSOs from \nMexicali. I made 42 QSOs at the Yuma hamfest, and Kevin KJ6DDS \nmade 7 QSOs on a couple of passes Saturday afternoon. When I\nreturned home last night, I saw that my truck had traveled 868.3\nmiles/1397km for this trip. \n\nThanks to everyone who helped make the hamfest demonstrations a\nrunaway success. Stations that were giving a brief description\nof their location, even if it was just the state, helped make a \npositive impression on the audiences. Thursday showed that there \nwas a lot of interest in grid DM21, and that it might be worth a\nreturn trip there before my current XE ham permit expires. Or\nmaybe some of the locals will make the trek south and put it on \nthe air. \n\n73!\n\n\n\n\nPatrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK\nhttp://www.wd9ewk.net/\n\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }