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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/RIEOERZCX5ZTZWAXSAXTIXHQYPYCED4R/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "RIEOERZCX5ZTZWAXSAXTIXHQYPYCED4R", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/GN47TAYX66I5SP7I3R3X4OOFQQ6H6SXM/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "ki6yaa (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "ff49905d06fd4382b1a19d21571ea5a7", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/ff49905d06fd4382b1a19d21571ea5a7/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Larry Teran", "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: Lake Superior Grid Expedition update", "date": "2010-08-15T09:05:00Z", "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/GN47TAYX66I5SP7I3R3X4OOFQQ6H6SXM/?format=api", "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Congratulations John you are doing a great job, and so your movile satellite\n\nstation.\nSay Hi! to your wife for been out with you as a vital part for this\nexpedition.\n\nGood luck and keep it going!!!!\n\n73's Larry KI6YAA\n\nOn Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 10:12 PM, John Papay <[email protected]> wrote:\n\n> This is our first night in a motel with internet access\n> since we left Sault Ste Marie, MI 9 days ago. We have\n> traveled 2300 miles and operated in at least 18 grids and\n> have made 888 contacts on 65 passes. We have been camping in our tent\n> for the last 9 nights but tonight it is windy and raining\n> so the motel was a good choice. Monday we should operate in\n> EN38 and possibly EN28 late in the day.\n>\n> New grids that were not part of the plan were EO20 (today)\n> and EO31, Red Lake Ontario, as far north as the roads go. We\n> have operated on two grid lines. There are very few grid\n> lines that have a good shot at the sky. There are hills and\n> trees most everywhere. Northwest Ontario is a beautiful and\n> for the most part unspoiled land. Lakes are everywhere and\n> usually provide a shot at the sky if you can find a road that\n> doesn't have a barrier of trees.\n>\n> The equipment is working very well. SatPC32 is controlling\n> the radio and the rotor (with the LVB tracker) and not missing\n> a beat. The only casualty has been the 5 el 2 meter Mosley beam.\n> Two of the directors have broken off One was repaired using copper\n> wire and a inline crimp connector. The other one was replaced with\n> a brass rod found at a Home Depot in Thunder Bay. We have been down\n> some really rough dirt roads to get to these grids off the beaten\n> path and the antenna is constantly vibrating. The UHF 7x7 Arrow\n> is holding up well.\n>\n> Weather has been warm for the most part and not much rain at night.\n> We have had some rain during our travels but it has not affected\n> the satellite activity since the only thing you need to do before\n> each pass is to orient the antenna north. After that you are in\n> the truck. The antenna setup in the truck is a magnet for questions.\n> Everyone wants to know what it's for. Tuesday we will camp in EN48.\n> Wednesday it will be EN58 briefly and EN57 back in the US. This is\n> subject to change if we see something that we want to take in.\n>\n> I am trying to work stations as quickly as possible. The record is\n> 26 contacts on an AO-51 pass but it is not unusual to work over 20\n> stations. AO-27 is not as productive since I can't hear it\n> when it turns on being so far north. HO-68 netted some nice\n> contacts including OH8MBN. I have not made any contacts on AO-7.\n> A few contacts have been made on FO-29 and VO-52.\n>\n> Thanks to the AO-51 control team for keeping things running, and\n> to Alan Kung for scheduling HO68 for central North American passes.\n>\n> If you have any special requests, send them to KD8CAO. We have\n> a daily sked on 40 meters.\n>\n> 73,\n> John K8YSE/VE3\n> EN29\n>\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n", "attachments": [] }