Gabe,
Great plan!!! You'll make a LOT of folks happy. Some day, I hope to have antennas back up at my new QTH and be active on the SATs again.
I'll be in Fairbanks (BP64) in August for a week and plan to activate several nearby Grids. The costs of motels and rental cars are unbelievable, but AK is on my Bucket List and that makes it OK - HIHI. More info later.
Safe Travels! GL/73, Bob K8BL ________________________________ From: Gabriel Zeifman [email protected] To: AMSAT Mailing List [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 5:56 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Crazy Alaska Grids
Hello fellow bird folk,
Tomorrow evening (Wednesday) I embark on a quick rove to the far north. Being that I have a rare two day "weekend" this week, I thought might as well take advantage of it. I will be going to Barrow, AK, the furthest north point in the United States at over 71 degrees north, well into the Arctic. The grid is BQ11. I arrive in Barrow mid-day on Thursday (will be spending the night in Anchorage, as I have activated all nearby grids thoroughly and there is an active sat op in BP51, I have no plans to activate). Shortly after arriving in Barrow, I will get on a Cessna Caravan to Wainwright, AK, a short way southwest of Barrow. The grids here are AQ90 and BQ00 and I plan to be on the line. I only have about four hours on the ground in Wainwright, approximately 2105Z Thursday until 0100Z before returning to Barrow. I will focus on the full NA AO-7 passes as well as FO-29 towards JA and EU, other passes as feasible. Upon return to Barrow, I will have a rental car and be up all through the night working passes #fullharambe until I leave mid-day on Friday with a focus on FO-29.
I will bring my ninja FT-817NDs as well as my IC-910H, with trusty Arrow. Two other grids possible are BQ50 and BP64, but these are relatively short stopovers on milkrun flights and I definitely don't expect to be able to activate, although if the opportunity presents itself I shall seize such opportunity to snag the /r. There should be many opportunities for chasers throughout the northern hemisphere to get BQ11 and still decent chance for the others. Specific updates will be posted to twitter @AL6D_Alaska as possible and necessary.
73 harambe,
Gabe AL6D/VE6NJH (ex NJ7H)