I'm not too far away from you in EM34, and I got WAS completed in about 8 months of pretty hard operating. I had to set a few schedules, and catch a few portable operators at the right time - but those of us in the south-central part of the county are in a pretty good spot for WAS. It's definitely doable on the LEO's in short order, if you operate pretty heavily for a while.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Peter Laws plaws0@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:02 AM, R.T.Liddy k8bl@ameritech.net wrote:
SAT Operators, I just received my WAS-Satellite Award #341 which ended upcovering 38
years of casual operating!
Congrats!
I am currently awaiting an Arrow from Arrow HQ and hope to start making contacts. Not sure I can wait 38 years, however. :-)
I am in EM15, so shouldn't have much trouble even with LEOs, but has anyone calculated the "optimal" area for WAS QSOs? I would expect it's pretty close to where I am but footprint is a factor, too. Anyone figured it out?
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