Hi!
Thanks to John K8YSE for the Friday evening activity via AO-51 from DM51 in southeastern Arizona. A new grid for my logbook, and I'm sure for several others. I was down in that part of Arizona in May 2008, and except that time and tonight I haven't heard DM51 on the satellites in the almost 3 years I've been on. John's trip earlier this week to DM31 in another part of southern Arizona was also a good time to put another rare Arizona grid into satellite logs. Nice to see others trying to activate unusual grids, allowing everyone a chance to put them in our logs.
Tomorrow (Saturday, 22 November) afternoon and evening, into Sunday (23 November) on the UTC clock, I will be out in another corner of Arizona. I will go out to southwestern Arizona for grid DM22. My plans are still to work several passes there. I am planning to work one AO-16 pass, then two passes each on AO-51 and SO-50, hoping to put many stations in my log and a new grid (or, if I am on a grid boundary, possibly 2 new grids) in satellite logs across North America.
DM22 has been on over the past few years. There were a couple of stations on from Yuma, Arizona, about a year ago working the FM satellites. Over the years, there has been some activity from Mexicali on the Mexican side of the border fence, across from Calexico and El Centro in California. Apparently DM22 has not been on enough for many to work, or to get confirmations for that grid, via satellite.
As with many of my recent trips, it will not be necessary to send me a QSL card to get one of mine for DM22. Just e-mail me the details of our QSO(s) so I can check that against my log and audio recordings. If you are in the log, you'll get a card.
And, after all my travels in 2008 up to now - at least 3000 miles/5000km by road plus a recent trip to Canada - portable satellite operating is still fun. :-)
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/