Hi Clint!
Thank you, Mexico! Thank you, Northern California and AMSAT Patrick! Thank you, Texas!
And don't forget Jeff K7WIN in southeastern Arizona - who you had your Scouts yell "Hello Arizona" to. It was good to hear you and your group on the "normal" AO-51 repeater last night.
The Mexican you briefly talked with was Antonio XE2SIV, who lives just south of the Arizona/Mexico border near the Colorado River in the city of San Luis (there is also a San Luis AZ across the border from this San Luis, south of Yuma AZ).
I did NOT record the pass to initiate QSL cards - but will certainly respond to ANY of the 8+ contacts we made on both the special JOTA repeater and the "normal" V/U repeater . (That's INCLUDING Patrick, who I think had one foot in New Mexico and the other in Arizona ...)
Yes, I had parked on the Arizona/New Mexico state line just off the I-10 freeway for that AO-51 pass and an earlier AO-27 pass. I'll elaborate on my Saturday activities in a separate -BB post. If you'd like, I can e-mail you my MP3 of that pass in a separate e-mail.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/