Hi!
I will have an AMSAT table at the Cochise Amateur Radio Association's Larry Warren Hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ this Saturday (4 May). The hamfest starts at 0700 local time (1400 UTC), running until the prize drawing at noon (1900 UTC). The hamfest is at the club's Green Acres Field, east of Sierra Vista and the Fort Huachuca base on Moson Road, south of AZ-90 in grid DM41. More information about the hamfest is available at:
During the hamfest, WD9EWK will be on various satellite passes for demonstrations to the hamfest crowd. Please call if you hear WD9EWK on the pass. For the SSB satellites, I tend to start out about 10 kHz above the center of the transponder. All QSOs will be uploaded to the Logbook of the World after the hamfest. If you would like to receive a WD9EWK QSL card, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. No card or SASE is required.
After the hamfest, I will drive to some of the rarely-heard grids near the Arizona/New Mexico border. If traffic and weather cooperate, I hope to operate from the DM51/DM52 and/or the DM52/DM53 boundaries. A good way to see where I am located is APRS, looking for WD9EWK-9:
In addition to APRS, I will try to post updates to my Twitter feed (@WD9EWK) during Saturday from the hamfest and wherever else I operate from. For those not on Twitter, this is also available at:
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/