Hello again!
It's after midnight (0700 UTC)... not as much driving today (almost 400 miles/640km Monday, compared to over 500 miles/800km Sunday), but still a lot of activity from 5 grids (DM25, DM26, DM36, DM46, DM47) today on all 3 FM satellites. Thanks to all the stations calling me and making contacts with me so far (22 QSOs on one AO-51 pass tonight!).
This morning, I was on from near Lake Powell (DM46fx/DM47fa) in Arizona just south of the Utah state line. Just before midday (local time), I stopped at grid DM36pu in northern Arizona (north of the Grand Canyon) for an SO-50 pass. Then a stop just off the I-15 freeway in northwestern Arizona (DM36at) for the first of two AO-27 passes followed by moving a few miles/km to park on the DM26xt/DM36at grid boundary for the second AO-27 pass. Then off to Las Vegas, parking on the DM25jx/DM26ja grid boundary on the south end of the Las Vegas Strip for the two AO-51 passes.
For Tuesday, my main objective is to try to put DM24 on the air a couple of times before returning home. I have not decided if I will park on grid-boundary lines as I have done or just stop wherever I happen to be and get on from there. DM24 straddles Arizona and California, and this is one grid in 2 1/2 years I have never heard on the air. I will try to work both AO-27 passes from somewhere within this grid. Beyond that, I might try for one of the midday SO-50 passes and *possibly* the first (eastern) AO-51 pass as I'm driving back to Phoenix.
As of tonight, I have driven about 1200 miles/2000km since leaving home on Thursday for the hamfest in northern Arizona last Friday and Saturday. I have transmitted from 9 different grids in and around Arizona in the past few days (DM25, DM26, DM35, DM36, DM45, DM46, DM47, DM56, DM57). Hopefully that grid count will go to at least 10, or maybe 11, depending on how tomorrow turns out. I've logged 152 QSOs since Thursday. Tomorrow will add at least 300 miles/500km driving to what I've done already, and more QSOs.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - currently in Las Vegas, Nevada http://www.wd9ewk.net/