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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/AWDR37QSKX5RBMNAMFWS2WNJODEHGUAE/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "AWDR37QSKX5RBMNAMFWS2WNJODEHGUAE", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/AWDR37QSKX5RBMNAMFWS2WNJODEHGUAE/?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] WD9EWK from DM23vx/DM24va today", "date": "2009-09-20T06:15:45Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Hi!\n\nThis was a good day out in western Arizona. I worked 6 different\npasses from the DM23/DM24 grid boundary (two on each of the 3 FM\nsatellites), scouted out another location closer to the Colorado \nRiver still in Arizona for this grid boundary, and logged a total \nof 60 QSOs with stations from central Mexico to western Canada and \nall across the USA. \n\nThe spot I stopped at was approximately 11 miles/17.7km southeast\nof Parker AZ, north of the intersection of Arizona routes 72 and\n95 in La Paz County. The coordinates are 34 0.00 N 114 12.925 W \n(this should work for Google Earth or Google Maps). I had parked\naway from those two state highways on the side of the paved road \nrunning north across railroad tracks to a dead end, thinking I \nwould be out of the way and not attract attention from the law \nenforcement. After my recent experience at DM31 near the Mexican \nborder 2 weekends ago (a couple of encounters with US Border Patrol \nagents), I should not have been surprised to see a state trooper \npay me a visit this afternoon. \n\nI left Phoenix around 9am (1600 UTC), and had lots of time to make\nthe drive out to that spot. Instead of taking a direct route to \nthere, which would have taken about 2.5 hours, I went a little \nfurther west and drove through the Colorado River Indian Reservation\nalong the east side of the Colorado River. There was another spot\non the DM23/DM24 boundary I could have worked from, without returning\nto where I stopped last year and worked from this boundary. After\nstopping for fuel and lunch, I went out to the spot I wanted to work\nfrom. It took a few minutes to get the GPS reading to show 34 \ndegrees North, but once that was done I waited for the first AO-27\npass at 2051 UTC.\n\nThe first AO-27 pass to the east is usually a good one to work \nstations all over North America. It was a good one once again,\nexcept for a brief interruption. I was able to work the first \n2 minutes or so, before an Arizona state trooper stopped by and \nasked if I was having car problems. Apparently someone driving\nalong one of those two state highways called the highway patrol\nto report my \"breakdown\". Once I told the trooper I didn't have\na breakdown and that I was working the radio away from civilization\nout there, he drove away - and I resumed working stations. A\ntotal of 16 stations were worked in about 6 of the 7 minutes on \nthat pass. \n\nBefore the second AO-27 pass, I drove back to Parker to get some \nsnacks and take pictures at the Colorado River. The western AO-27\npass at 2232 UTC brought 6 more QSOs. Unfortunately, this pass was \ninterrupted by an Echolink node somewhere in the western US using \n145.850 MHz as its frequency. I never heard the node ID itself, \nbut did hear one call of the station using the node. I have my \nrecording from this pass and the others I worked out there, so I \ncan go back and get the call I heard and hope that the ham has an \ne-mail address. Maybe that ham will tell me which Echolink node \nhe was using at that time. \n\nA few minutes after that AO-27 pass, I had a shallow northeastern \nSO-50 pass at 2252 UTC, with a maximum elevation of 6 degrees. I\nworked 7 stations in 5 minutes on that pass, a nice surprise. Then\nI had the first of the AO-51 passes at 2333 UTC, a 12-degree pass \nto the east. Fifteen QSOs logged, with stations in Mexico and all \nover the US. \n\nThe last two passes, an SO-50 pass at 0028 UTC followed by an \nAO-51 pass at 0111 UTC, had 8 QSOs each. By the time the AO-51\npass wrapped up, I disassembled my station and drove back home. \nFor a trip that I didn't give a lot of advance notice about, \nand having worked from DM23/DM24 last year, this turned out to\nbe a good day. I know I worked some calls for the first time \ntoday, and hopefully there will be a second QSO with them when\nI'm operating in or around Phoenix in the near future. \n\nIf anyone wants a QSL card for a QSO - or QSOs - made with \nWD9EWK out in DM23/DM24, please e-mail me directly with the \ndetails of each QSO. If you're in the log, I'll send you a\ncard. No need to send me a QSL card or SASE. I will need\nto make new QSL cards for this stop, since my previous trip\nto the DM23/DM24 boundary was in California. I hope to do\nthat in the coming week. \n\nThanks to everyone who showed up and worked me from out there\nin western Arizona. 73!\n\n\n\n\nPatrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK\nhttp://www.wd9ewk.net/\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }