Hi!
I made a quick drive up the I-17 freeway yesterday to the Sunset Point rest area, about 50 miles/80km north of Phoenix in grid DM34we. I had intended on trying my hand in the ARRL VHF contest that was in progress, using the all-mode gear I typically use on VO-52. No luck there, but I did work two passes from the rest area (one each, on AO-27 and SO-50) before a thunderstorm prevented me from trying one more SO-50 pass around sunset. I only logged 17 QSOs between those two passes. This spot is close enough to the Phoenix area where I can return to it for future satellite activity on short notice.
I think most of you who worked me up there yesterday already have grid DM34 confirmed from my past trips, where I've worked from several different locations in this grid including a couple of grid boundaries (DM34/DM35 and DM34/DM44) in the last couple of years. If you would like to receive a QSL card confirming a QSO from yesterday, please e-mail me directly. If you're in the log, I'll send out a card.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/