We're approaching the gap between the Yucatan Peninsula and the western tip of Cuba which is where we'll be turning north and then later northeast toward the Florida Keys. Our voyage plan will keep us solidly in international waters, and there will be no issues at all with territorial waters.
The op sked for tonight and tomorrow is below. Grid EL72 is notably absent, but that only means that most, if not all, of the time we'll be in that grid (around eight hours) will likely fall during my work schedule. Some ops have taken my "probable" pass listings to mean "guaranteed", so I'm going to leave that time frame unaddressed for now. I will very likely be able to get on from EL72 for at least one pass and possibly more, and I'll shoot out an update tomorrow when I've got a better idea. I'll give as much advance notice as realistically - and reasonably - possible.
Also, I don't have anything listed for tomorrow night's oh-dark-30 pass(es). If it looks like the ship will still be in EL83 throughout tomorrow night (entirely possible at this point), I will have been on from that grid for two or maybe three passes and will take the opportunity to leave the alarm clock off for a change. But if it appears that we'll cross into the fairly small corner of EL93 (about two to three hours of transit), then I'll get on as needed so that the grid doesn't slip by.
Finally, we're nearing our destination at Jacksonville. Here's the list of the last several grid squares that I expect we'll go through before we arrive at Jax on Wednesday. The last three are well represented on the air by shore stations, so I may or may not be on the satellites. I'll do my best to get the rest on at least one pass.
EL70 - EL71 - EL72 - EL73 - EL83 - EL93 - EL94
FL04 - FL05 - FL06 - FL07 - FL08
EL98 - EL99 - EM90
Planned Passes
VO52 - 27/0130Z - EL70
VO52 - 27/0308Z - EL70 (for the Left Coast if I don't fall asleep!)
AO51 - 27/0930Z - EL71
FO29 - 27/0953Z - EL71
FO29 - 27/2113Z - EL73
FO29 - 27/2259Z - EL73 or EL83
AO7 - 27/2347Z - EL83
VO52 - 28/0149Z - EL83
73,
Jim, ND9M / VQ9JC
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Clary, James T, Civilian