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    "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/GZYVJGU23ZL34MCIUFJMBWLGVTIXANUK/?format=api",
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        "address": "amsat-bb (a) wd9ewk.net",
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    "sender_name": "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb]  VA7EWK 3-10 July stats and wrap-up",
    "date": "2010-07-19T03:28:04Z",
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    "content": "Hi!\n\nI have started work on the QSL cards from my recent trip to Canada, \nand will also update my web page with photos and more information \nabout my trip.  It was a fun time, and by far the longest satellite-\nrelated trip I have taken.  Along with the flights between Phoenix and \nVancouver, I drove 3024km (1879 miles) in 8 days according to the \nreceipt I received when I returned the car to Vancouver airport on \n11 July.  The driving in British Columbia was a few miles/km less than \nthe distance I drove on my trip into Utah last year (that was a \n1905-mile/3065km trip), but overall I traveled much further this \nJuly than either of my previous July road trips in 2008 or 2009 when\nthe Phoenix-Vancouver flights are added in. \n\nDuring the time I worked the radios (3-10 July), I logged 391 QSOs \nfrom 9 different grids.  Locations included one grid boundary \n(CN79/CO70, at Campbell River on Vancouver Island), the Canada/USA\ninternational border (standing near the Peace Arch south of Vancouver, \non 8 July), a mountaintop (Whistler Mountain, on 10 July), and even \nfrom a ship (a ferry sailing between Vancouver Island and Metro \nVancouver, on 7 July).  I tried to work from CO50, but could not get \nto a place that allowed for a good view of the sky, even after making \na 90km/55-mile detour out there on 5 July in the hope of finding \nsome place that might work for satellites.  On my first attempt to \nwork many passes from CO80 on 9 July, I ended up working a few passes \nthere followed by a long road trip through CO80, CO90, and CO99 before \nreturning to my motel in Vancouver (driving 671km/417 miles that day!) \nand trying again the next day with more success.  \n\nI was able to work SSB and FM, although I only worked one VO-52 pass \non the first full day I was on Vancouver Island (4 July).  I generally\nused the VO-52 pass times for travel to a destination, or looked to \nwork HO-68 with its larger footprint when the pass times were close.\nFO-29 and (when in mode B) AO-7 were good for late-afternoon and early-\nevening passes.  HO-68 in FM was a nice satellite to have available\nduring the week, for the longer-distance QSOs compared to the other 3 \nFM satellites.  Despite trying for passes on AO-7 and HO-68 that covered \nparts of Europe during the week, no QSOs were logged with that continent.\n\nBy satellite, here are numbers of satellite QSOs VA7EWK logged in FM:\n\nAO-27:  97\nAO-51: 112\nHO-68:  73\nSO-50:  47\n(329 QSOs in FM - 84.1% of total)\n\nand in other modes:\n\nAO-7:   30 in SSB, 2 in CW\nFO-29:  23, all SSB\nVO-52:   7, all SSB\n(62 QSOs in modes other than FM - 15.9% of total)\n\nI had my normal satellite station with me, and I hoped to make use of \nthe SSB satellites whenever I could.  I worked many AO-7 and FO-29 \npasses, including some on AO-7 where I talked to myself and maybe \nsome polar bears in the Arctic.  :-)  Having access to those two \nsatellites in particular helped some who were not able to work VA7EWK \non the FM passes due to either the small common windows on those passes \nor the congestion on the FM passes.  Or, another way of looking at the\nSSB effort could be \"if Adrian AA5UK could work SSB from Hawaii, then\nI should be able to do the same from Canada\".  ;-)  I worked WC7V and \nW6ZKH in CW on an AO-7 pass from CO60 for my only QSOs in that mode \nduring this trip.  \n\nGrids... I was able to operate from the 4 grids on Vancouver Island \nI intended to make the biggest effort - CN78, CN79, CO60, and CO70. \nI ended up working some passes from CN88 in and around Victoria on 7\nJuly before returning to Vancouver, which included some operating \nfrom the western end of the Trans-Canada Highway (a place with a good \nview of the sky, even with the steady stream of tourists around there).\nOn the Lower Mainland, I operated from CN89 during parts of 2 days, as \nwell as 3 other grids - CN99, CO80, and CO90.  The breakout by grid:\n\nCN78:      56 (from Ucluelet on the Pacific side of Vancouver Island,\n               5 July)\nCN79:      21 (from Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, 6 and 7 July - \n               not including QSOs made at CN79/CO70 boundary)\nCN79/CO70: 85 (all made from Campbell River, 4 and 6 July)\nCN88:      25 (3 locations in/near Victoria, plus 2 QSOs made from a\n               ferry sailing toward Vancouver - all on 7 July)\nCN89:      59 (24 @ Burnaby on 3 July, 19 @ Surrey on 8 July, 16 @\n               Canada/USA border on 8 July)\nCN99:      12 (3 passes on evening of 9 July)\nCO60:      60 (Port Hardy, on 5 July)\nCO80:      53 (3 locations in/around Whistler on 9 and 10 July, plus \n               another location NE of Pemberton on 9 July)\nCO90:      20 (one AO-51 pass on 9 July)\n\nI was able to attempt operating SSB from all grids except for CN88, \nCO80, and CO90.  CN89 was not a priority for me, although I ended up \nworking a few passes shortly after my arrival in Vancouver on 3 July \nand some on 8 July as I drove down toward the Canada/USA border.  I \nhad not mentioned my plans to attempt QSOs on the international \nborder publicly, since I had no idea if the authorities on either \nside would attempt to stop me from doing this.  I took the \"try it, \nand ask for forgiveness later\" approach - which worked.  In fact, 2\nUS Customs officers walked by me and only said \"hello\" - no questions\nabout my radio gear or what I was doing at one of the border markers\nin the park that runs between the Customs buildings on each side of \nthe border.  Same thing with operating atop Whistler Mountain, where I \nworked 4 passes on 10 July - probably the best location in all of CO80 \nfor satellite work - and the impromptu effort during a western AO-27 \npass from the ferry sailing between Vancouver Island (Swartz Bay \nterminal) and Metro Vancouver (Tsawwassen terminal).  If I had worked \nan AO-51 or SO-50 pass instead of the AO-27 pass, I may have had better \nluck.  There's not much of the 7-minute AO-27 repeater time available \nto satellite operators that far north on the best passes.  \n\nWhen it comes to shipborne operating, I am a novice at that.  This was\nmy first, and only, time trying that form of satellite operating.  I \nhave a new appreciation of the efforts guys like Allen N5AFV and Andy \nW5ACM (among others) make when trying to get on the satellites from a \nship.  I may have been able to use my log periodic for that AO-27 pass, \nbut did not want to attract undue attention with that antenna as opposed \nto the telescoping whip on my HT.  \n\nWhen I post photos to my web page shortly, some of those photos will \ninclude the carry-on bag which contained my station excluding my Elk \nlog periodic, some telescoping whips for my HT, and other accessories \nthat were packed in a checked bag to avoid issues with airport security \nchecks in Phoenix and Vancouver.  I packed my two FT-817NDs, IC-2820H \ndual-band FM mobile radio, IC-T7H HT, Heil Traveler headset/mic I use \nwith the FT-817NDs, along with cables, diplexer, GPS receiver, spare AA \nbatteries, and my digital recorder into that bag.  I also have some \nphotos of the small duffel bag that I used to carry my HT, log \nperiodic, and other accessories up to Whistler Mountain - and too bad \nI didn't make more time to work from up there, in SSB and FM.  An\nobservation deck on the building atop Whistler Mountain was a great\noperating location.  Maybe on another trip, or maybe someone who lives \nup there will try that in the future (I still don't have CO80 in my\nlog).  \n\nAfter this trip, coupled with my Dayton trip in May when I also took \nmy all-mode satellite station, I think I will do this on future trips \neven if I am flying. I am already looking at future destinations for \ntrips where I can enjoy the sights and enjoy working the radio as I \ndid up in British Columbia - and not just Canadian destinations.  I\nnow know I can get on FM and SSB satellites from wherever I go, and \nbeing away from home isn't a problem for that.  \n\nThanks to everyone who made QSOs with VA7EWK during that week.  And\nspecial thanks to John K8YSE for his web site complete with MP3 audio\nfrom selected FM satellite passes and posting some messages to the \n-BB on my behalf while I was up there.  It was very interesting to \nhear some of those passes from his perspective, along with my own \nrecordings, throughout the week.  Now, back to working on the QSL \ncards...\n\n73!\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK\nhttp://www.wd9ewk.net/\n\n\n\n",
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