Hi!
So far, so good. Lots of operators have been helping out by operating as W7O, on the satellites and the HF bands. There's one week left on the special call, and I'm still getting operators to help put W7O on the HF bands for the next week. I have a few great helpers for W7O on the satellites. In particular, Ron W5RKN has put in a lot of time over the past few days. Dave KB1PVH and Nick KB1RVT in New England have been most helpful in putting W7O on the AO-7 and FO-29 passes covering Europe, so hams over there have been able to work W7O via satellite. And a few others in locations across the USA have made their contributions to the effort.
I made the first Logbook of the World upload for W7O tonight. I had logs from 5 other operators, plus my W7O log from Friday evening and Saturday. Those 6 logs had a total of 635 QSOs. Thanks to Wyatt AC0RA, Frank K6FW, Christy KB6LTY, George W1GIV, and Peter W2JV for those logs. Other W7O operators will forward me their logs next week, after the end of the W7O operation. Since there appears to be a 5-hour backlog for processing files uploaded to LOTW, those QSOs I just uploaded should be showing up during the overnight hours.
I still think I will end up with a 4-digit number for W7O QSOs. I don't know how far past 1000 the QSO count will go, but wherever the final count ends up will be a good thing. I've seen lots of spots for W7O on the DX Summit web site, many mentioning the 40th anniversary of OSCAR 7. Nice to see so many talking up our 40-year-old satellite. And the fun continues for another week...
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/