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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/ENNU2UGBPV4CHGXYI7PB4KEJZLPVWCNR/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "ENNU2UGBPV4CHGXYI7PB4KEJZLPVWCNR", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/ENNU2UGBPV4CHGXYI7PB4KEJZLPVWCNR/?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] CJ7EWK from Vancouver (CN89), so far...", "date": "2008-11-09T07:55:10Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Hello from Vancouver!\n\nI am enjoying this quick vacation to Canada. I made my trip to grid \nCO80 - the ski resort at Whistler, north of Vancouver - on Friday.\nDue to constant rain and some snow, I did not attempt to work the \nradio from up there. I was able to do some operating on Saturday \nfrom the Vancouver area, and hope for a little more tomorrow \n(Sunday). \n\nFor Saturday, I parked near an elementary school in the suburb of \nBurnaby, east of downtown Vancouver. It was on a high spot in this\ncity built on hills, and a good spot for satellite operating. On \nAO-16, I used one of my FT-817NDs (I did not bring both of them) with\na Maldol AH-510R telescoping whip. To avoid stressing the BNC \nconnector on the radio, I put a short length of coax on the radio \nwith an adapter so I could hold the antenna away from the radio. I \nused the strap on the radio's carrying case to put the radio around \nmy neck, and used the mic with my other hand. I was able to do a \ngood job with the antenna in this unusual configuration. It was a \nchallenge to break through the eastern wall of stations on the first\nAO-16 pass, but was able to work 7 stations on the 2237 UTC pass and \none more QSO on the later pass at 0016 UTC. \n\nLater in the evening on AO-51, I used the same AH-510R whip directly\non my IC-T7H HT. For the first pass I tried at 0150 UTC, I worked 8\nstations. Thanks to Angelo N5UXT, for trying to cut a hole in the \nearly part of the pass so I could get in with my HT/whip station. \nI knew I would be at a disadvantage in leaving my Yagi and log \nperiodic antennas at home, but it helped to keep my checked bag a \nlittle lighter - and less for the airport security to get curious \nabout. I worked 3 more stations on the western pass at 0330 UTC. \n\nI may be able to get on AO-16 Sunday afternoon. There is a slight\npossibility I might get on VO-52 in the late morning. It may be on a\nwestern pass only. I now have a small \"netbook\" laptop, which has \nbeen very useful on this trip. I can run a tracking program - for\nthis experiment, VO-52 - and follow the program's display to set my \ntransmit frequency up to the satellite if I try a pass. I do not \nhave both of my FT-817NDs with me, and I have only had this laptop\nsince last Tuesday - not enough time for me to get the CAT cable \nworking between this laptop and the radio. I will start my \nexperimenting with this laptop to control both of my 817s, which \nwould help me out a lot. :-) \n\nFor anyone who works CJ7EWK this weekend, I will be happy to QSL our\ncontact(s). Please e-mail me the QSO information, and I will send \nyou my CJ7EWK QSL after I return to Arizona if you are in the log.\n\n73!\n\n\n\nPatrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK (CJ7EWK on the satellites this weekend)\nhttp://www.wd9ewk.net/\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }