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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/MYSFW2GCDNUGRO4LGIECFEKP74TS5APB/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAN6TEUe-QP8bUUjDdP4ZO1xN2X+hQtncC2jqhtM9FZpff7cpWA@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "MYSFW2GCDNUGRO4LGIECFEKP74TS5APB", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/MYSFW2GCDNUGRO4LGIECFEKP74TS5APB/?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] My New Mexico road trip,\tSaturday (2 May) afternoon/evening - report", "date": "2015-05-04T19:29:42Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Hi!\n\nAfter the Cochise Amateur Radio Association's hamfest wrapped up on Saturday\n(2 May) morning, I made a stop for lunch and then proceeded on my plan to\nwork some passes from New Mexico. I had asked on Twitter for possible\ndestinations on my post-hamfest drive, and I had just visited two grid\nboundaries in southeastern Arizona (DM51/DM52, DM52/DM53) in late March after\na hamfest in Tucson. One request was made - New Mexico. So I went there...\n\nAfter stopping for lunch, it took about an hour and a half to make the drive\njust over the Arizona/New Mexico state line. I stopped at the small \"town\" of\nRoad Forks, New Mexico. The name of the town says it all - it is where the\nold US-80 highway makes a turn to the south, away from what is now I-10. Not\nmuch is here - a small motel with restaurant, and a fireworks shop. I parked\nat an abandoned truck stop across the road from those businesses, which was\nin grid DM52mf. I worked two passes from there - FO-29 at 2115 UTC, and AO-7\nat 2135 UTC. I worked 9 stations on the FO-29 pass, but was shut out of the\nAO-7 pass. I could hear some loud and strong CW signals through AO-7, and\ncould occasionally hear my own 5W CW and SSB signals, but no contacts.\n\nAfter those two passes, I got back on I-10 and drove another 63 miles (just\nover 100km) in the next 50 minutes to reach a truck stop west of Deming at\nexit 68. This truck stop is a few hundred yards/meters east of 108 degrees\nWest longitude, also known as the DM52xf/DM62af grid boundary. I parked along\nthe side of the south frontage road along I-10, and worked a few passes from\nhere before sunset (and a bad thunderstorm). I started on FO-29 at 2300 UTC.\nThis was another good pass, and I logged 9 QSOs with stations from coast to\n(almost) coast. The AO-7 pass that came by a few minutes later was also good\nfor me at this location. Unfortunately, after a minute or two of some strong\nCW, the mode B downlink shut off.\n\nJust as the AO-7 downlink shut off, I was visited by a sheriff's deputy. The\ndeputy was curious about what I was doing with radios on the roof of my car,\nwaving an antenna skyward. I explained what I was doing, and the deputy told\nme that this area was a common route for people after illegally crossing the\nUS/Mexico border south of that area. I told the deputy I had no plans on\nstaying out here into the night, and that satisfied him. He left, and I still\ndidn't hear AO-7 in the last couple of minutes of that pass.\n\nThere was an ISS pass coming over just before 0000 UTC, so I set up my Kenwood\nTH-D72A to use that. I saw a few call signs coming through, and was able to\nmake one QSO. I was able to exchange APRS messages with Brad KG7NXH in the\nPhoenix area. This was a bonus, although I am finding I can make a QSO or two\non many ISS passes with just my TH-D72A lately. One of these days, I will set\nup my laptop or one of my tablets so I can use a larger keyboard and screen\nfor those passes. Until then, I'll have fun making packet QSOs with just the\nHT and antenna.\n\nAfter the ISS made its pass, I planned on working two SO-50 passes from here.\nThe first of the passes, around 0045 UTC, went across the northern and eastern\nsky, covering the continental USA. I logged 8 QSOs on this pass, including one\nwith KG7NXH who I worked on the earlier ISS pass. After that, the later SO-50\npass around 0225 UTC that covered the west coast added 3 more QSOs. As this\nlater pass started, a strong wind and rain started. After logging the last QSO\non that pass, I quickly put my gear in the back seat of my car, and drove back\nto the truck stop. I did a better job of stowing my gear, with the cover over\nthe gas pumps shielding me from the rain.\n\nIncluding a stop for fuel and a late dinner, it took about 4 hours to drive\nhome from Deming. I was \"treated\" to a thunderstorm complete with strong winds\nand rain for the first 30 minutes of the drive. I wish I had a video camera\nrunning for this part of my drive, because the light show was awesome. By the\ntime I reached the Arizona state line, the rain and strong winds stopped.\nExcept for some road construction on I-10 as I reached the edge of the Phoenix\narea, I was able to set the cruise control and make good time on the drive\nhome.\n\nI have uploaded all of my QSOs from Saturday - at the hamfest, and from these\ntwo locations in New Mexico - to Logbook of the World. If you worked me and\nwould like to receive a QSL card, please e-mail me off-list with the QSO\ndetails. If you are in my log, I will gladly send a QSL card. No need to\nfirst send me a card and/or SASE.\n\n73!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK\nhttp://www.wd9ewk.net/\nTwitter: @WD9EWK\n", "attachments": [] }