The Winter Wonderland Grid Expedition (FN16, FN17, FN26 & FN27) will run from December 26th to December 29th. A few notes:
The majority of the passes are higher than 20 degrees at my location. Generally, I have found that lower passes get lost in the trees and rocks and have not yielded good results. However, if you need one of these grids and the passes I have posted don’t work for you then let me know and we will try to work something out.
I will do some nighttime passes from FN15 on the evening of the 26th and the evening of the 29th. I have a lot of driving to do on those days and will be tired. Therefore, if activity drops off after the first few passes then I will call it an early night and let everyone know via Twitter.
You can find me on the following frequencies on the linear satellites, plus or minus QRM:
FO-29, TX on 145.920 AO-07, RX on 145.960 XW-2A, RX on 145.680 XW-2B, RX on 145.745 XW-2C, RX on 145.810 XW-2D, RX on 145.875 XW-2F, RX on 145.995 AO-73, RX on 145.965 UKube-1, RX on 145.945 EO-79, RX on 145.955
Transmit/receive accordingly to meet me on these frequencies.
Finally, once you work me, please stand aside on subsequent passes so that others can work a new grid. These passes are only a few minutes long and it's not fair to others if I have to spend precious time on QSOs with people I already worked. I don't mind if you want an insurance QSO, and if you want to work me on every satellite pass from a given grid that's fine too...but be mindful that you may be making it difficult for someone to work me for the first time. Please be considerate and wait until things die down before calling for that additional contact.
December 26th evening in FN15 26.12.2016 XW-2C 22:01 26.12.2016 XW-2F 22:29 26.12.2016 XW-2D 23:27 27.12.2016 XW-2A 00:03 27.12.2016 AO-73 00:53 27.12.2016 AO-85 01:41
December 27th in FN16/FN17 27.12.2016 AO-73 14:14 27.12.2016 FO-29 14:50 27.12.2016 EO-79 15:32 27.12.2016 FO-29 16:36 27.12.2016 EO-79 17:10 27.12.2016 AO-07 17:38 27.12.2016 SO-50 18:44 27.12.2016 AO-07 19:28 27.12.2016 SO-50 20:23 27.12.2016 AO-07 21:24 27.12.2016 XW-2D 21:41 27.12.2016 XW-2B 21:44 27.12.2016 XW-2C 21:49 27.12.2016 SO-50 22:06 27.12.2016 XW-2F 22:17
December 28th in FN26/FN27 28.12.2016 AO-73 14:33 28.12.2016 FO-29 15:40 28.12.2016 EO-79 15:44 28.12.2016 AO-07 16:41 28.12.2016 EO-79 17:23 28.12.2016 AO-07 18:29 28.12.2016 SO-50 19:08 28.12.2016 AO-07 20:22 28.12.2016 SO-50 20:50
December 28th Evening in FN15 29.12.2016 AO-85 00:51 29.12.2016 AO-73 01:30 29.12.2016 SO-50 01:57 29.12.2016 AO-85 02:32 29.12.2016 SO-50 03:37
As always, follow @ve3hls on Twitter for updates, reports and general silliness. Happy Holidays and hope to work you next week!
73,
Ken Alexander VE3HLS