Hi!

I just worked an FO-29 pass as W1AW/7, and plan on working at least 3 more passes. First up, an AO-73 pass around 0416 UTC that will cover the continental USA. As that pass wraps up, there is a very shallow western FO-29 pass I plan to try. I should be able to barely hear the downlink around 0426-0431 UTC, in case anyone is on from Hawaii or near the US west coast. Then a shallow SO-50 pass at 0520 UTC. I might stay up for the western AO-73 pass at 0552 UTC, if anyone on the west coast will be up around that time (please e-mail me directly or send a tweet to @WD9EWK to let me know if you want to try for a QSO on that pass). I will not be able to work the later SO-50 passes, but almost nobody has been on any of those passes that approach 0700 UTC or after.

John K8YSE/7 should be on passes during the day Tuesday, to wrap up the W1AW/7 Arizona activity for this week. Arizona gets the W1AW/7 call again in late August, going through the Labor Day weekend into early September, and I plan on requesting the use of the call for satellite activity.

Thanks again for all the contacts as W1AW/7 this week. Again, this has been a fun week, even if we are working on some passes to make even one QSO in 10-20 minutes. It's been good to make sure that W1AW/7 has been on lots of passes, giving satellite operators a chance to log this special call.

73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/