Hi!

Tomorrow (Saturday, 16 December) morning, I will head out to western Arizona and operate on the DM23vx/DM24va grid boundary. This spot is north of the AZ-72/AZ-95 junction, north of Quartzsite and southeast of Parker. I plan on being here from mid-morning into the afternoon, working FM, SSB, and - if available - packet passes.

Sometime in the mid- to late-afternoon, I am probably going to drive north to Kingman and the DM25/DM35 grid boundary for some passes up there. Ideally, I might be able to get in on some of the XW-2 "train" for the east coast, but would stay there for a couple of hours before returning home. If there is snow in or around Kingman, I will not head this way, and may look at an alternative loop for the drive home (i.e., returning via Yuma AZ and the DM22/DM32 boundary near I-8).

For the night owls, I might still be up for at least one AO-91 pass late Saturday evening. For that pass, I might be home at that point, but I will make note of the AO-91 pass times to make sure I don't forget them.

While on the road, I'll run APRS from my car as WD9EWK-9. There should be decent coverage for most of my planned road trip on sites like (among a few others) http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 . I will also use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to send updates, and - depending on the mobile data network - pictures from where I am operating.

After the road trip, I will upload my log to Logbook of the World. For those that would like to receive a QSL card for a contact with me, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. If you're in the log, I'll get a card out to you.

73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK