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    "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/V7EIOI5EQ2YOAK7YUJFW5TVZUX3S5ZHW/",
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    "sender": {
        "address": "dnkucij (a) myfairpoint.net",
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    "sender_name": "Daniel \"Nick\" Kucij",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb]  Update from KB1RVT/P in Maine",
    "date": "2009-09-17T14:46:27Z",
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    "content": "Over the course of several trips to Maine this summer, I was able to  \noperate as a portable station with my usual rig (HTs and a homebrew  \nyagi) from three different grids. Mostly I was on Mt. Desert Is  \n(FN54), spent some time in Portland (FN43) and made a day-trip to  \nrelatively rare FN63. Overall, it resulted in 158 QSOs in the log.\n\nThe recent trip had some highlights:\n\nThe day-trip further Downeast to FN63 was my first \"DXpedition\". I  \nmanaged to work one pass on each of the three FM birds. Reception on  \nthe first, SO-50, was rough, resulting in just two contacts. The  \nsecond, AO-27, from a blueberry hill in Harrington, resulted in 8 more  \ncontacts. The third, a high AO-51 pass from the edge of the Atlantic  \nin the beautiful working harbor of Corea, resulted in 8 more contacts;  \nfor a total of 16 different stations. I plan to get back there again  \nnext summer.\n\nI also tried working a couple of lower westerly passes from up on  \nCadillac Mt. (1500') in Acadia National Park. On one 11 degree AO-27  \npass to my west, I worked K6CDW in Agoura Hills, CA and WX7P in Rice,  \nWA. For both of them Maine was a new state, but I could tell Wilse,  \nWX7P was excited. It turned out, Maine was the last state he need for  \nWAS and he told me he'd been trying to get it for three years, so it  \nmade my day also. Earlier in the summer, I'd been keeping an ear out  \nfor KC7USS, Dave in Shelton, WA. Luckily, on my last evening evening  \nin Portland, we QSOed on AO-51, which completed his WAS also.\n\nVO1BQ, Joe in St. Johns, NL, one of my contacts from the FN64 trip,  \nhad told me of his transatlantic success from Sutton Hill overlooking  \nhis hometown. He'd worked the UK, Portugal and Spain; so on my last  \nafternoon of vacation I headed over to Cadillac Mt. again, this time  \nto try some lower passes to the east. For the first one, I stopped the  \ncar on the Ocean Drive in ANP, at about 300' and set up by the side of  \nthe road for a 14 degree AO-27 pass. Sure enough, there was \"Echo  \nAmerica One Queen Sugar\" calling. Pablo in Pontevedra on the northern  \ncoast of Spain had a fine signal and we made a contact, my first  \ntransatlantic! Later in the afternoon, I was up on the very top of  \nCadillac Mt. for a 16 degree AO-51 pass. I heard the bird as soon as  \nit came up on the horizon. The carrier was quieting, but had a very  \nrapid fade which smoothed out some over the course of the pass. I  \nheard a station calling and replied, it was EA8HB, Hugo in the Canary  \nIslands. just off the coast of Africa; then another somewhat stronger  \nstation came on, it was Pablo, EA1QS again. I stayed on the pass all  \nthe way north and could hear my signal into the bird, but did not hear  \nanyone else. I was really thrilled to make these contacts. Hugo was  \njust about 3000 miles away, my most distant LEO QSO to date. Pablo  \nsaid he often is calling on the mid-atlantic passes, without hearing  \nanyone. I don't know how many of us are trying to work transatlantic  \nfrom the east coast and maybe I was just plain lucky, but I'll surely  \nbe trying again!\n\nAll in all, a fun time operating portable. I'll be back in southern  \nMaine this fall visiting family and plan to make a day-trip to FN53. I  \nexpect it is rare as it is mostly water.\n\nIf you need a QSL for any of our Maine QSOs, just send me an email  \nwith the details. I'll be going over my log and getting cards out soon.\n\nThanks for all the contacts!\n\n73, Nick, KB1RVT\n",
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