Things didn't go quite as planned yesterday from CP39. The plane was late and we arrived only 5 minutes before the start of the first HO-68 pass. I grabbed my bags and quickly put together the Arrow and got set up. The weather was warm and sunny but the wind was gusting to 25 knots. I had a hard time hearing the downlink over the roar of the wind, I kept losing the page in my log book, and I had to miraculously sprout a third arm to keep the tripod, antennas, and radios from blowing over. To make matters worse, I still have a loose connection on the uplink radio antenna jack which needed to be held just right to get the RF up to the bird. Somehow I still managed to get a dozen contacts in the log and about the same number later on the second pass (which didn't go much better than the first for all the same reasons). I finished my work and caught an earlier flight home so I didn't make the AO-51 pass.
Things are still on for tomorrow from CP28. There's no option for an early return so I'll definately be on for all the scheduled passes.
73 John - VE8EV
The last AO-51 pass on Thursday from CP28 should read 0115z-0130z
John - VE8EV
(corrected schedule below)
I'll be travelling tomorrow (Aug 17) to Tuktoyaktuk, NT and will be active on the following passes as VE8EV/P from CP39 :
Time-On Time-Off Satellite Coverage Area
1620z 1635z HO-68 Europe, North America 1808z 1826z HO-68 Europe, North America 2138z 2152z AO-51 North America
and then on Thursday (Aug 19) to Aklavik, NT in CP28:
1734z 1752z HO-68 Europe, North America 1923z 1930z HO-68 Europe 2111z 2120z HO-68 Europe 2159z 2212z AO-51 North America 2336z 2351z AO-51 North America 0115z 0130z AO-51 North America
73 John - VE8EV