December 2010 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Yesterday at DM31...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

Hi! Yesterday's quick trip down to Lukeville at grid DM31 in southern Arizona was a perfect day for radio. After leaving a pre-sunrise rain shower in the Phoenix area on my way down there, it was only sunshine for the rest of the day and about 68F/20C in the afternoon. Much better to be there in December, than in the summertime when it can be well over 100F/38C in the shade. I worked 12 passes while I was down there - three passes on SO-50, one on VO-52, and two each on the others (AO-27, AO-51, FO-29, and HO-68). I left Phoenix around 0615 local (1315 UTC), after making a stop to get some breakfast for the drive out of the city. I was running my new TH-D72A HT as my APRS tracker and to monitor repeaters on the drive, but planned to use my normal radio setup for the satellites - IC-2820H on FM, two FT-817NDs for SSB - with my Elk log periodic. After a quick stop at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument visitor center about 5 miles/8km north of Lukeville and the USA/Mexico border, I made it to the parking lot at "Gringo Pass", the group of shops and fuel station just before the border crossing, a few minutes past 1600 UTC. This opened up one more pass I could work from DM31, a VO-52 pass just before 1700 UTC to the west. Due to the security situation along this part of the USA/Mexico border, almost all of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument west of the AZ-85 highway was closed to the public. There are mountains all around that area, and going as far south as I could - without crossing the border - would give me the best chances to work shallow passes. I operated from the same spot I used in 2009, a parking lot on the west side of AZ-85 in grid DM31ov (31.88192 N 112.81712 W). During the day, I was visited by US Border Patrol agents patrolling in vehicles and on foot. I was asked a few times if I saw people walking north from the border (I didn't, other than Border Patrol agents), and near the end of the day one agent took an interest in my radio gear and chatted for about 10 minutes. Considering where I was and their jobs, I was happy they would pass by while I was sitting down there. I was ready for VO-52 when it popped up, and that was a great pass to start the day. Four QSOs went in the log, starting with Kerry WC7V warming up the 145.910 MHz downlink that I stayed around for the pass. :-) Since Kerry was calling CQ there when I came on, I was going to QSY. Kerry said I could stay there, and so I did. Then it was time to set up the IC-2820H for the HO-68 pass at 1751 UTC. This was busy, despite the satellite moving away from the east coast. I was able to log 20 QSOs with stations all over the USA on this pass, then get lunch at the restaurant before the second HO-68 pass. Even though HO-68 barely popped up over the mountains to my northwest, I was able to log 4 QSOs in a 5-minute span. The first pass I worked that was good for stations along all of the US east coast was on AO-27 at 1952 UTC. I was not able to hear the 20-second data burst before the repeater switched on, but I did hear Drew KO4MA calling me in the first few seconds after the data burst. I answered his call, and then went on to work 16 more stations on that pass. My log already had 45 QSOs for the first 4 passes, but there were more passes to work in the afternoon. There was an hour after that AO-27 pass until the next couple of passes - first SO-50 on a shallow pass to my north, then the west- coast AO-27 pass. Four QSOs on SO-50, and 8 on AO-27. Then almost an hour until the next group of passes on 3 different satellites (FO-29, SO-50, AO-51). The FO-29 pass had a maximum elevation of 10 degrees to my east. Not a lot, but enough to clear the mountains in that direction and still hear it OK. Four QSOs in 10 minutes, not a bad count considering there are fewer working SSB via satellite than FM. The SO-50 pass went up almost over my head, with maximum elevation of 73 degrees. Eight QSOs there, including one with another satellite ham using the new TH-D72A for FM satellite work (Ramon XE1KK, in Mexico City). We briefly chatted about the new HT. Ramon said he was happy with the radio. He used to travel and work satellites from many different locations, and maybe we can hear him on from there (grid EK09) and maybe other places as he travels all over. At 2300 UTC, I had two passes I could work. AO-7 was still in mode B, or I could work AO-51 with its V/US configuration that was turned on for a few days. Both were to my east, but AO-51 was higher in the sky. Even though I enjoy working AO-7 mode B with my QRP SSB satellite station, and I'd be able to work it just before the change to mode A, I went with the AO-51 pass. Six more QSOs for the log, with stations from both the eastern and western USA. After that AO-51 pass, I had an hour before the last group of 3 passes I'd work before driving home. FO-29 was still to my east, but up to a maximum elevation of 78 degrees. Four more QSOs there, then a very shallow SO-50 pass to the southwest. Thanks to Don W6AJP for also being there for a QSO. I started packing up my SSB gear at this point, since I had about 15 minutes until the last pass I would work, an AO-51 pass. Six more QSOs on that pass wrapped up my operating for the day. Of the 12 passes I worked from DM31, four had maximum elevation of 10 degrees or less. Even though those passes yielded few QSOs, there were stations worked on those four passes I didn't hear at any other time in the day. It's a fun challenge to work these passes, to see how low I can go and still hear the satellite. Thanks to everyone for all the QSOs yesterday. As with many other grids anywhere, I could go back to DM31 periodically and it would still be a new grid for someone. I have already been asked about my next trip there, and I may try to go back there before next summer. As with my other trips, there's no need to send me a QSL card or SASE to get a DM31 QSL card from me. Just an e-mail with QSO details is sufficient. I need to print more QSL cards for yesterday's trip, and those will go to the post office in the next week or two. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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DEMI has 1268 transverter
by Edward R. Cole 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

I was scanning the DEMI catalog when I noticed that DEMI is offering a xtal for their 1296 transverter which put it on 1268-MHz. The transverter is offered in 25w or 50w: 25w: assembled $590 50w: assembled-only $800 1.5w: kit for $395 (might be adequate for satellite if mounted right at the antenna). You can order either 28 or 144 MHz IF and several configurations (see the website) My point is to inform that this is another source for mode-L (25w is adequate). I have one of them in the 1296/28, 25w configuration for eme. Verrry Nice! I special ordered mine with the A32 PLL which locks to a 10-MHz external freq. ref. Holds freq. to <1Hz. Since I already have one of the rare DEMI 1268/144 Tx converters (made for AO-40) I do not need a freq. switch. There is a very long lead-time on orders (mine took 4-months). 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-1.4kw*, 432-100w*, 1296-testing*, 3400-winter? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa(a)hotmail.com ====================================== *temp not in service

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Fwd: IC 970 D
by Edward R. Cole 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

Do not write me concerning the radio. Posted as a courtesy for KE2BP. It is listed on e-bay #110625397465 at $1300 >can you be so kind to share this information with your members? >I would rather see this radio go into the hands of a licensed ham >/enthusiast. > > >Marc, >KE2BP > > ><wlmailhtml:{1ABC1DBE-52A4-4EA7-B805-DC038C55C36B}mid://00000006/!x-usc:http…>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110625397465&ssPageName=… 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-1.4kw*, 432-100w*, 1296-testing*, 3400-winter? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa(a)hotmail.com ====================================== *temp not in service

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R7000 Icom for sale
by Andrew Glasbrenner 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

Hi all, I have an Icom R7000 receiver for sale, that covers 25 to 2000 Mhz. The receiver is in good shape and has been in weekly use here for over a year. No accessories included. I currently use the R7000's IF output with an SDR-IQ to monitor satellite downlinks and during VHF contests. $400 plus exact shipping, Paypal preferred. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Two configurations of SatPC32 ?
by Richard Ferryman 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

I use SatPC32 configured for two FT-817 transceivers for cross band duplex working. One rig is on the 2m aerial and the other on the 70cm aerial with a transfer switch for V/U or U/V. I have to switch the configuration to one transceiver and reboot for in-band simplex such as packet on ISS. Is possible to have two installations of SatPC32 or two configuration settings so I can just boot the configuration I need - (one radio or two radios)? Richard (Dick) G4BBH

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Fwd: Next "HV satcom" Net
by Stuart Balanger 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

*Since this din't get onto the"ans-amsat weekly bullitin newletter, I am forwarding this to the "amsat-bb" group! 73,.Stu Ballinger (WA2BSS) PS Happy Holiday's to all! * ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stuart Balanger <wa2bss(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:37 PM Subject: Next "HV satcom" Net To: ans-editor(a)amsat.org *The Next "HV Satcom" Net is Thursday December 23; @ 8PM (EST) )UTC -5); on a frequency of 146.970 MHZ; w/ a Echolink node of "N2EYH-L:(Net Sponser is: Mt.Beacon ARC More info: www.hvsatcom.org orE-Mail: wa2aqh@a msat.org 2 Hamfests next Spring: Saturday March 26; Orange Co.(NY) More info: www.ocarc-ny.org & Mt. Beacon ARC Hamfeste; Sunday April 10 (Dutchess Co.NY) Moreinfo: www.wr2abb.org/home/ Thanks,.& 73,.Stu (WA2BSS) *

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SO-67 repeater temporarily suspended
by Johann Lochner 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

Hi folks, Last week the flash boot memory of a CAN controller on Sumbandila was corrupted by a probable radiation event. It does not affect satellite health but prevents activation of the amateur radio repeater, as the particular script detects an anomaly and aborts. The same problem also occurred in October of 2009 and was corrected. However, the fix requires time consuming effort, which cannot be exerted immediately. SO-67 repeater activations are therefore suspended. We apologise for any disappointment and hope to return to normal operations somewhere in January. 73 de ZR1CBC, Johann.

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AO51 mode change
by Andrew Glasbrenner 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

Hi All, I missed the mode change last night on AO51. I expect to be able to make the switch this afternoon. Sorry for the inconvenience. 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone

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FW: [ans] ANS-353 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Dee 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-353 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org In this edition: * Straight Key Night * This month's satellite awards * XW-1 1 year anniversary * AMSAT-UK FUNcube Needs Help * ARISS Status December 13, 2010 * Satellite Shorts * Thanks for your support SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-353.01 Straight Key Night AMSAT News Service Bulletin 353.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 19, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-353.01 STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT ON OSCAR 2011 You are cordially invited to participate in Straight Key Night on OSCAR 2011, conducted by AMSAT for radio amateurs throughout the world. This year's event is dedicated to the memory of Dick Peacock, W2GFF, who died in 2010 aged 91. Dick was an active satellite operator in the 1970s and 1980s, mostly on CW and usually with a straight key. He was also active on 50 MHz and the HF bands, and could always be counted on for a kind word and a friendly QSO. There are no rules, no scoring and no logs required. Just operate CW on any OSCAR satellite, using a straight hand key, from 0000 UTC to 2400 UTC on 1 January 2011, working as many SKN stations as you can. In keeping with the friendly nature of this event, each participant is asked to nominate one of the operators worked for "Best Fist." It is not necessary that your nominee have the best fist of anyone you heard, just of those you worked. Please send your nomination to W2RS via email at w2rs(a)amsat.org. Those nominated will be recognized in an ANS bulletin to be publish- ed in early February, and in The AMSAT Journal. [ANS thanks Ray, W2RS for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-353.02 This month's satellite awards AMSAT News Service Bulletin 353.02 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 19, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-353.02 Here are the awards that I have processed over the last month. This will be the last posting for 2010. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Alan Murray, Jr., N1ZWL Richard Lewis, KG6ZVC The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Boris Lanca, 9A2GA #525 Paul Gagnon, N6MA #526 Rick Tejera, K7TEJ #527 Jim Bennett, KE4KOL #528 Tom Deeble, KA6SIP #529 Glenn Barr, WB0KFC #530 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Paul Gagnon, N6MA #158 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement award Nick Kucij, KB1RVT #US157 Boris Lanca, 9A2GA #US158 Rick Tejera, K7TEJ #US159 Jim Bennett, KE4KOL #US160 Tom Deeble, KA6SIP #US161 Glenn Barr, WB0KFC #US162 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO [ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-353.03 XW-1 1 year anniversary AMSAT News Service Bulletin 353.03 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 19, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-353.03 HOPE-OSCAR 68 HO-68 Commemorates First Anniversary This week AMSAT China noted the first anniversary of XW-1, also known as Hope-Oscar 68 HO-68 with an announcement from Michael Chen, BD5RV/4 at AMSAT-China. AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW remarked that HO-68 was a significant milestone for both amateur radio and AMSAT-China. Barry wrote, "We are very excited to see that HO-68 continues to operate in good health and that a new member of the AMSAT Inter- national family has established itself. Again, congratulations on a placing HO-68 in service and best wishes for the New Year." >From India, Secretary of the Upagrah Amateur Radio Club at the ISRO Satellite Centre, Mani, VU2WMY wrote, "Wishing XW 1 HO-68 'A Happy Birthday'. Our good wishes and greetings to HO-68 for a very long and healthy life to serve the Ham community World wide." Rick, K7TEJ said, "Many thanks thanks to you and Allan and the rest of your team for your efforts to make this great bird available to us. May HO-68 have a long life!" >From Alaska, Dale KL7XJ commented, "A very Happy Birthday to XW1, HO-68. A very good satellite to work!" Roland, PY4ZBZ reported good signals from HO-68 as he worked PY1AT, PY5LF and UT1FG/MM on his sea voyage in grid FF36. The latest HO-68 information and operating schedule can be found on-line at: http://www.camsat.cn/ [ANS thanks BD5RV/4, WD4ASW, VU2WMY, K7TEJ, KL7XJ, and PY4ZBZ for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-353.04 AMSAT-UK FUNcube Needs Help AMSAT News Service Bulletin 353.04 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 19, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-353.04 AMSAT-UK FUNcube Help needed with educational outreach AMSAT-UK is looking for people in the educational field to help develop the educational outreach part of the FUNcube satellite project. AMSAT-UK's FUNcube is an educational satellite project with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics. Additionally it features a 435 to 145 MHz Linear Transponder for SSB/CW operation for use outside school hours. It will support the many existing educational Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) initiatives including GB4FUN. The target audience consists of school pupils and young people gener- ally, FUNcube will feature a 145 MHz telemetry beacon that will pro- vide a strong signal for the pupils to receive. A simple FUNcube dongle SDR receiver has also been developed. This will connect to the USB port of a laptop to display telemetry and messages in an interesting way. The project commenced in October 2009 and it is anticipated that the satellite will be launched before the end of 2011. More information can be found at http://www.funcube.org.uk/ As the technical work on the satellite itself is now well underway, AMSAT-UK is now looking to develop the educational outreach part of the project. This will include the design and contents of the "ground station" laptop display, the best method of providing the information so that it relates to current curricula, and all the supporting infor- mation that will be needed by the teachers. As they have little current educational experience Amsat-UK need additional professional advice as to how to carry it forward. The FUNcube website now has details of the planned educational aspects of the project. See http://www.funcube.org.uk (see the "education out- reach" link). If you are in the educational field and have experience in curriculum matters then please consider helping AMSAT-UK with this. In the first instance please contact Richard G3RWL for further infor- mation via e-mail: g3rwl at amsat.org The latest FUNcube information can be found on-line at these pages: FUNcube website http://www.FUNcube.org.uk/ FUNcube SDR Dongle http://www.FUNcubeDongle.com/ FUNcube Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-353.05 ARISS Status December 13, 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 353.05 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 19, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-353.05 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report December 13, 2010 1. AMSAT Covers ARISS Anniversary The AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service bulletin (ANS-346) included an article on the tenth anniversary of ARISS. See: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2010/000468.html 2. Amateur Radio Newsline Reports on ARISS On December 10, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1739 ran two ARISS news items under its heading Ham Radio in Space. Covering ten years of contacts is the story, "ARISS Celebrates its 10th Anniversary." "ARISSat One Enroute to Moscow" talks about the satellite on its way to Russia for testing and launch. See: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt 3. Astronaut Training Status Astronaut Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC is scheduled for an ARISS introduction class on December 13. Marshburn is slated to fly with Expedition 34 in November 2012. [ANS thanks Carol,KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-353.06 Satellite Shorts AMSAT News Service Bulletin 353.06 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 19, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-353.06 Satellite Shorts From All Over + AMSAT's Keeper of the Keps, Ray Hoad WA5QGD advised that recent Cubesats launched from Kodiak have been added to the AMSAT KEP distribution: RAX - Cat # 37223 OOREOS - Cat # 37224 FASTSAT - Cat # 37225 FAST1 and FAST2 - Cat # 37227 (FAST1 and FAST2 have the same KEPs) For some reason, yet unknown, Spacetrack is not publishing the KEPs for the above satellites. Special thanks to Drew Glasbrenner (KO4MA) for helping find the location of the KEPs for the above satellites. + Boris, UA0QJ (Asiatic Russia) in grid PP42TA has been reported to be active on AO7 mode B. He has been operating CW so far. + Listen for Duane, K5VGU operating portable on the satellites from Kentucky grid EM67 mostly and possibly the Kentucky piece of EM68. Duane will be in the area December 22 through December 29. + Listen for Daniel, VO1DZX operating portable VO2 from Labrador (FO62) until December 31. Daniel reports that bad operating conditions and lack of transportation will probably keep him from working any addi- tional grids. The best time to find him will be on the late afternoon/ early evening AO51 passes as long as he can get on. Weekends will be a good time to catch him as well. + Congratulations to AMSAT's Samudra N3RDX on his selection to present a technical paper at the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting in January 2011 in Orlando, Florida. His paper is: "A Broadband Multi-hop Network for Earth-Mars Communication using Multi-purpose Interplanetary Relay Satellites and Linear-Circular Commutating Chain Topology". + The next Hudson Valley Satcom Net will be on Thursday, December 23 at 8:00PM EST (UTC - 5). The net meets on the Mt. Beacon 146.970 MHZ re- peater and also on Echolink N2EYH-L node. More information is on-line at http://www.hvsatcom.org. + The December 10 edition of the UK Metro newspaper carried an article titled 'Celebrating great British science' which featured the AMSAT-UK FUNcube satellite. Read the article on page 25 of the Online edition of the Metro newspaper at http://e-edition.metro.co.uk/2010/12/10/?p=25 + Video of the spectacular night launch of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft with Expedition 26 crew members NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli can be watched at: http://tinyurl.com/2be6w6k (UniverseToday.com) + More images, details on SpaceX's Dragon Flight are posted on-line at: http://tinyurl.com/34dj7gt (UniverseToday.com) + Northern winter is beginning in a special way. On December 21, the win- ter solstice, a lunar eclipse will be visible across all of North America. Full story at: http://tinyurl.com/285grxy (nasa.gov) [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-353.07 Thanks for your support AMSAT News Service Bulletin 353.07 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 19, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-353.07 Thank-You For Your Support - ARISSat-1 and FOX PayPal Widget Fundraising AMSAT-NA VP Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA noted this week that, "We are just about to cross the $1000 mark on our PayPal fundraiser, and along with the $710 raised from the Facebook campaign, we are making a dent in recovering the funds spent on ARISSat-1 and those funds that will be spent on FOX." Drew continued, "I want to thank those that donated, and those that took the time to add the widget to their webpages and QRZ profiles, and especially recognize two members who have excelled in creating exposure for our campaign. John Papay, K8YSE and Clint Bradford, K6LCS have pulled away from the pack in the number and amount of donations resulting from their copies of the widget, with $290 dollars raised between them. Gentlemen, thank you!" Beginning with the $1250 mark, we will be randomly picking a donor from every $250 increment to receive an item from the AMSAT store. We currently have two different hats, a nice luggage tag, or a desktop thermometer/clock set to choose from, all bearing the AMSAT name and logo. Drew hopes to announce our first recipient soon! In conclusion, Drew writes, "Thanks again, and if you'd like to donate to the campaign or share the widget to your own website, please visit http://www.amsat.org. The widget is on the front page below the ARISSat-1 news, and you can click on "Give" to donate, or "add to site" to receive the HTML code, or "supporters" to scroll through the statistics. I hope to soon see more familiar names scrolling across the widget soon, showing your support for AMSAT's next two satellites." Donations, memberships, and store purchases may also be made through the AMSAT store on the website, or by calling Martha at 1 888 322 6728. [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA VP Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Remember to track Santa bringing you all the Happy Christmas Wishes from all the AMSAT volunteers giving their Time so willingly. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Dee Interdonato, NB2F nb2f at amsat dot org

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Still at DM31....
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

Hi! It has been a nice day down here at "Gringo Pass", the collection of shops on the north side of the USA/Mexico border in Lukeville, Arizona. I have worked 9 passes as of the 2302 UTC AO-51 pass. I plan on working 3 more passes before 0100 UTC (FO-29 @ 0010 UTC, SO-50 @ 0020 UTC or whenever I stop working stations on FO-29, then AO-51 @ 0042 UTC). By that point, it will be dark down here and time to go home. I know my APRS track stopped about 20 miles/32km north of Lukeville, and I won't be back in range of that last digi until I go back there. My operating location is in DM31ov, about 50 yards/meters north of the border fence on the west side of AZ-85 - the same place I operated from on my other trip down here last year. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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