For those portable AMSAT folks that did not get their full outdoors satrisfaction via the birds, do not forget the PACKET APRS "Field Day" on Sunday 24 July from Mountain Tops along the Appalachain trail from Alabama to Maine and along the Pacific Crest Trail from San Diego to Seattle!
This is a 4 hour event with the goal of terrestrially digipeating APRS packet messages over thousnands of miles via a number of IDEALLY located portable digipeater stations (Think D700's) Carried to the tops of these strategic mountains. We can do the East Coast in 14 hops and think the west coast can be done in much less with their higher mountains. Also there is an opportunity for a Continental Divide Trail attempt if anyone wants to get that started...
This will be our 3rd attempt along the Appalachians and 1st attempt along the Pacific Crest Trail.
Please see the web page: www.aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html
There are links to a web page for EVERY peak to help organize the assault parties. Lots of un-filled slots, especially out west.
Bob, Wb4APR