Good evening bird folks,
We are approaching the end of ops from the Faroe Islands. I have been able to work a number of passes from the IP61/62 line near where we are staying. Unfortunately, the horizon only lets me work to about 4-7° depending on the direction (in somewhat of a valley). The good part is that this is actually very good for the topography of the Faroes. I do not have any way to get to a better horizon from base, so that's about the best I can do (hey, at least it's a grid line). Tonight (7/13 UTC) I will be on the FO-29 passes towards North America at 0127Z and 0310Z. Planning a fixed transmit of 145.940 and going down in case of QRM. I'll see about getting on some FM passes for Europe today as well, and FO-29 tomorrow evening.
On Friday we head out in the morning and go to Greenland GP49. I will be on many passes from here and expect nothing less than a perfect horizon to the west. All of North America should be in easy reach. There are SO-50 passes where I'll be able to work Texas and Ukraine in the same pass. I will try to make my way over to GP39 at some point for a day trip, but not guaranteed. As with the rest of the trip, FO-29 is the primary focus since it is near apogee.
While I don't exactly plan to be QRV from Iceland again, I will be passing through again twice on flight connections. My connection in HP94 on Friday is about three hours and on the way back to New York it is about five hours near HP83/84. For the stragglers, I may be able to pull something off by super special request. Otherwise, the last portion of this trip will be FN30 and EM90 with a jaunt down the EL9x line to Miami, before returning to Oklahoma City.
73 and mind your ERP,
Gabe NJ7H