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        "address": "amsat-bb (a) wd9ewk.net",
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    "sender_name": "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb]  WD9EWK's 17-22 July 2008 road trip report (long)",
    "date": "2008-07-30T03:12:11Z",
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    "content": "Hi!\n\nThis was a fun trip.  Including a couple of days at the hamfest in \nWilliams, Arizona, I spent 6 days on the road and traveled a total\nof 1603.5 miles/2580km.  I operated from 10 different grids in and\naround Arizona, and logged 169 contacts.  \n\nAt the hamfest and throughout this trip, I used the same station from\nthe back of my Hyundai Santa Fe - an Icom IC-2720H 2m/70cm FM mobile\nradio at either 5W or 15W output, into an Arrow Antennas handheld \n2m/70cm Yagi.  I used either KD2BD's PREDICT program or the AMSAT web\nsite to know when the passes would occur, coupled with the AO-27 \nSatellite Scheduler program to know when the AO-27 repeater would be\non during those passes.  \n\n\nThursday (17 July) afternoon and evening, from grids DM35xg and \nDM45ag east of Williams AZ:\n\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35+15.570+n+112+0.00+w&jsv=107&ie=UTF8&ll=34.669359,-112.071533&spn=3.812693,7.734375&t=h&z=7\n\nSince I was heading to the hamfest in Williams a day early, and would\nbe doing demonstrations from there (grid DM35vg), I decided to spend \nsome time east of Williams on the DM35/DM45 boundary.  I operated \nfrom the same spot I used in mid-April, along old route 66 north of \nthe I-40 freeway about 10 miles/16km east of Williams.  Lots of trees\nand shade, and a great place to play radio. \n\nI arrived in the area in time for a very high SO-50 pass at 1940 UTC,\nand worked just 2 stations.  After driving to a nearby truck stop to \nget lunch, I returned for two AO-27 passes at 2051 and 2232 UTC.  I\nmade 11 contacts between those two passes.  I then drove to Williams,\nto see where my AMSAT table would be at the hamfest, check into a \nmotel, and then returned to this spot for an evening AO-51 pass (0220\nUTC, 18 July).  I only made 8 contacts on the evening pass, not bad \nfor the first of several days on the road.  \n\n\nFriday (18 July) and Saturday (19 July), from grid DM35vg at the \nWilliams AZ hamfest:\n\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35+15.511+n+112+11.105+w&ie=UTF8&ll=34.9017,-111.783142&spn=1.783997,2.526855&t=h&z=9&iwloc=addr\n\nAMSAT had a table in the vendor hall at the hamfest, which saw a lot\nof traffic.  Along with that, I did demonstrations from outside the \nhall.  I had good crowds for each of the 4 demonstrations I did.  I\ndid demonstrations on AO-51 and AO-27 on Friday, and AO-51 and SO-50 \non Saturday.  I had hoped to do an AO-27 demonstration on Saturday \nafternoon, but a thunderstorm cancelled that plan.  \n\nFor the 4 passes, I made a total of 22 contacts.  Not bad for those\ndemonstrations.  I answered lots of questions from hams passing by \nthe table, so I considered this a successful hamfest.  A regular on\nthe FM satellites, \"Uncle\" Larry WA6DIR, stopped by while traveling\neast - nice to see him around the hamfest.  \n\n\nSunday (20 July) morning, from grid DM46vr in Kayenta AZ:\n\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36+42.520+n+110+14.895+w&ie=UTF8&ll=36.075742,-111.132202&spn=3.516055,5.053711&t=h&z=8&iwloc=addr\n\nSince the hamfest was only scheduled for Friday and Saturday, I had\nthought about taking a road trip for a few days after the hamfest.\nSome sightseeing, and - of course - some operating from wherever I \nhappened to go.  I drove over 500 miles/800km this day, and was able\nto operate from 4 different grids in northern Arizona and southern\nUtah.  I left Williams early, and about 2.5 hours and over 160 \nmiles/257km later I stopped for lunch at Kayenta - a small town on \nthe Navajo Nation reservation in northeastern Arizona.  \n\nAt this point, I was less than 50 miles/80km from the location I \nhoped to operate from in the afternoon (the DM56ex/DM57ea boundary \nnear the Arizona/Utah state line), and about 40 minutes from an SO-50\npass.  A gasoline station at the junction of US routes 160 and 163, \nthe southern approach to Monument Valley, was a good place to work\nmy first pass of this day.  \n\nAfter 8 contacts in 10 minutes during the pass, I packed my gear and\nmoved east to the next location I would operate from - as I finished\nmy lunch on the road.  \n\n\nSunday (20 July) afternoon, from grids DM56ex and DM57ea in southern\nUtah:\n\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=37+0.00+n+109+36.567+w&ie=UTF8&ll=36.514051,-110.901489&spn=3.496368,5.053711&t=h&z=8&iwloc=addr\n\nAfter less than an hour, I reached the next spot I would operate \nfrom - the line between grids DM56ex and DM57ea in southern Utah \nalong US route 191, just north of the Arizona/Utah border.  The \nArizona/Utah state line at this point is just south of the grid \nboundary, in San Juan County and still on the Navajo Nation.  This\nwould be the only stop on my trip where I would operate from Utah.\nThis is a very remote spot, a location that several regular satellite\noperators told me they needed for their logbooks.  \n\nOnce I confirmed the location with my GPS receiver and took some \npictures, I set up for the SO-50 pass at 1925 UTC.  This pass only \ncovered the west coast of North America, and I made just 4 contacts.\nAfter this pass, I drove around this area to look around before the\nupcoming AO-27 passes.\n\nWhen AO-27 turned on at 2106 UTC for the first pass of the afternoon\nat this location, to the east of my location, it was busy as usual.  \nOnce stations heard my location, I started working them quickly.  \nSeventeen stations logged in 7 minutes!  This might have been a \npersonal record, and I thank all of the stations on that pass for \ncooperating with my attempt to hand out contacts from this location \nas quickly as possible.  \n\nI had hoped to work the next (western) AO-27 pass from here, before \ndriving to my next stop for the night.  A thunderstorm with lots of \nrain and lightning near me changed that plan.  I packed my gear, and\nmoved on. \n\n\nSunday (20 July) evening and Monday (21 July) morning, from grids \nDM46fx and DM47fa near Page AZ:\n\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=37+0.00+n+111+34.270+w&ie=UTF8&ll=36.341678,-111.555176&spn=3.504135,5.053711&t=h&z=8\n\nOver 150 miles/250km of driving from DM56ex/DM57ea brought me to Lake\nPowell, on the Arizona/Utah border.  Once again, the Arizona/Utah \nstate line was not the grid boundary.  This time, the grid boundary \nwas on the Arizona side of the state line.  I found the spot I wanted\nto work from, near US route 89 south of the state line and Lake \nPowell, and waited for the AO-51 pass this evening (0200 UTC Monday).\n\nThis pass was virtually overhead, so I planned to work only this pass\nthis evening.  These two grids are another pair of rare grids on the \nsatellites, and the overhead pass meant lots of stations to hear and \nwork.  I worked a total of 19 stations from central Mexico to Alaska\nand Canada's Northwest Territories (the first time I've ever worked a\nVE8 station, on any band or mode!).  After the pass, it was time to \nfind a motel for the night and rest up before another day's drive.  I\nhad driven over 500 miles/800km today.  \n\nI was able to work another AO-51 pass on Monday morning just before \n1600 UTC, logging 4 more contacts.  With 23 contacts from these two \ngrids during 2 passes, I thought that was a good effort.  \n\n\nMonday (21 July), midday, from grid DM36pu west of Fredonia AZ:\n\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36+52.318+n+112+40.515+w&ie=UTF8&ll=36.461054,-112.456055&spn=3.49876,5.053711&t=h&z=8&iwloc=addr\n\nOn my way west toward Las Vegas, I stopped along Arizona route 389 \nwest of the small town of Fredonia for an SO-50 pass.  I wanted to \nput grid DM36 on the air as much as possible, before reaching Las \nVegas later in the day, and this was a convenient stopping point.  I\ndid not want to go further west, as I would get closer to a wall of\nmountains to the north.  Since there was a gasoline station near this \nspot, I went there to get some snacks and something to drink before \nthe pass.  This area is called the \"Arizona Strip\", between the North\nRim of the Grand Canyon and the Utah state line, where very few \npeople live.  \n\nWhen SO-50 was audible around 1814 UTC, I was surprised to hear \nseveral stations on a pass during the middle of a weekday.  I logged \n7 contacts from this spot, before moving to another location on the \nwest edge of DM36. \n\n\nMonday (21 July) afternoon, from grid DM36at near Scenic AZ and \nMesquite NV:\n\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36+49.994+n+113+59.929+w&ie=UTF8&ll=36.527295,-112.565918&spn=3.49577,5.053711&t=h&z=8&iwloc=addr\n\nI was driving hard to get to this area before the two AO-27 passes\nthis afternoon, and saw a tall line of mountains to the east.  I did\nnot have time to get to the DM26/DM36 grid boundary in this area for\nthe first AO-27 pass, a shallow eastern pass.  I was hoping to get on\nfrom DM36 for these passes, as I knew I could be on from DM26 later \nin the day at Las Vegas.  \n\nWhen I parked at this spot, next to the I-15 freeway a few miles/km \neast of the Arizona/Nevada state line in Mohave County, I was ready \nat the scheduled start of the AO-27 pass.  Due to those mountains, I\nlost the first 30 seconds or so of the pass, before the satellite was\nclear of those mountains.  Even with that, I was able to work 11 \nstations across the continental USA and Mexico.  \n\nAfter the pass, I went to get lunch and then return to this area - to\nfind a better spot on the DM26/DM36 boundary before the next AO-27 \npass.\n\n\nMonday (21 July) afternoon, from grids DM26xt and DM36at in Scenic \nAZ:\n\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36+48.020+n+114+0.00+w&ie=UTF8&ll=36.328403,-112.911987&spn=3.504732,5.053711&t=h&z=8&iwloc=addr\n\nBefore the later AO-27 pass to the west, I found this spot on the \nDM26/DM36 grid boundary east of the Arizona/Nevada state line.  I \ncould find a spot and not worry about the mountains to the east, and\nstill put DM36 on the air one more time before heading down the I-15\nfreeway to Las Vegas.  \n\nI set up my station, and proceeded to work 9 stations from central \nMexico to western Canada during this 7-minute pass.  A total of 27 \ncontacts from 3 different locations in DM36 today.  Not bad.  On to\nLas Vegas...\n\n\nMonday (21 July) evening and Tuesday (22 July) morning, from DM25jx\nand DM26ja in Las Vegas NV:\n\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36+0.00+n+115+10.230+w&ie=UTF8&ll=35.554574,-113.917236&spn=3.539196,5.053711&t=h&z=8&iwloc=addr\n\nBefore this trip, I looked at maps and saw the DM25/DM26 grid \nboundary passed through the south side of the Las Vegas metropolitan\narea.  This would be a good way to put the unusual DM25 grid on the \nair along with the more-common DM26 grid.  Along this part of the Las\nVegas Strip (Las Vegas Blvd.), there were lots of empty spaces.  \nPerfect places to set up for satellite passes.  I drove less today,\ncovering over 345 miles/556km from Lake Powell to Las Vegas - still a\nlot of driving in one day with the stops.  \n\nOnce I found this spot, I set up for the first of 2 AO-51 passes this\nevening (0122 UTC Tuesday).  I was ready, and the activity was steady\nthroughout the pass.  I logged contacts with 22 different stations \nfrom central Mexico to western Canada on this pass!  Again, thanks to\nall who were on that pass for making this a very successful effort -\nand more contacts on one pass than I've ever worked before.\n\nLater in the evening, I worked the western AO-51 pass from the same \nspot starting at 0302 UTC.  After hearing a couple of stations who \ndid not respond to my calls, I worked 8 other stations.  I was able\nto work an SO-50 pass Tuesday morning just after 1700 UTC before \nleaving Las Vegas, logging just 2 contacts.  A total of 32 contacts \nduring 3 passes from DM25/DM26 - a very good show!\n\n\nTuesday (22 July) afternoon, from DM24qx and DM25qa in Camp Mohave \nAZ:\n\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35+0.00+n+114+35.610+w&ie=UTF8&ll=35.523285,-113.049316&spn=3.540576,5.053711&t=h&z=8&iwloc=addr\n\nThis was my last day on the road, and I wanted to try for grid DM24\nat least once.  Time permitting, and depending how I felt, I hoped to\nalso try for possibly grid DM23.  There was an overhead AO-27 pass \nthis afternoon, and I decided to drive south from Las Vegas to this \narea along the Arizona (east) side of the Colorado River, south of \nthe cities of Laughlin NV and Bullhead City AZ in Mohave County.  \nDespite the mountains on both sides of the Colorado River, I had a \ngood view of the sky in all directions.  The AO-27 pass I intended to\nwork was another virtually overhead pass.  I parked my truck to shade\nme as much as possible from the 107F/42C heat, and prepared for the \npass. \n\nWhen the AO-27 repeater switched on at 2149 UTC, I went to work.  \nAgain working stations from central Mexico to western Canada, I \nlogged 15 contacts in the first 5 minutes of the 7-minute pass.  I \nmay sound like a broken record by now, but I have to thank the other\nstations on that pass for allowing so many quick contacts to happen \nin the limited time on AO-27.  \n\nAfter this pass, I decided to end my radio operating and just drive \nhome.  I still had about 4 hours to go before returning to Phoenix, \nand with the sun still getting warmer as the afternoon went on... I\ndecided to disassemble my Yagi and pack everything up for the drive\nhome (247.5 miles/398km from Camp Mohave to Phoenix).  \n\n\n**********\n\n\nDuring my trip, there were stations who worked me from many of the\ngrids I stopped in.  Here's a summary of the callsigns I worked from \nthe most grids while I was on the road...\n\nAll 10 grids: K7RST, W6ASL, W6ZQ, XE1AO\n9 grids: N3TL, WA4NVM\n8 grids: N5AFV, XE2RV\n7 grids: KD8CAO\n6 grids: VE7JRX, W5VG, XE1BMG, XE2BHL\n5 grids: KE7SAK, VA7VW, WA4SCA, WA8SME, XE2YW\n\nEven though the price of fuel was high - prices from $3.959/gallon\n($1.046/liter) in western Arizona up to $5.19/gallon ($1.374/liter) \nin Needles CA near the borders of Nevada and Arizona - I was able to\ncover this distance and not single-handedly prop up some of the oil-\nproducing countries.  I had a $50 Shell gift card I won at my office,\nthat was used during this trip - plus good performance from my \nvehicle on the open road.  \n\nWhen I returned home, I had already received some QSL requests.  I \nwill get some cards printed for each stop on my trip, and I should \nhave them soon.  \n\n73!\n\n\n\nPatrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK\nhttp://www.wd9ewk.net/\n\n\n",
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