WD9EWK @ Indiana/Ohio state line early Saturday (19 May) morning
Hi!
The first day of the Dayton Hamvention was great. Along with an early- morning trek out to the Indiana/Ohio state line west of Dayton, I worked a few passes at AMSAT's demonstration station out in a parking lot. Thanks for all the QSOs with WD9EWK, as well as those who worked Keith W5IU earlier in the day. The AMSAT demonstration station will be back on the air tomorrow (Saturday) morning, throughout the day. You may hear different calls coming on from there, besides W5IU and WD9EWK, depending on who is at the mic. The QSOs I made have already been uploaded to Logbook of the World.
If I wake up early enough in the morning, I will make another trek out to the Indiana/Ohio state line east of the I-70/US-40 interchange, about 30 miles/50km west of the Hamvention. My plans are to work the AO-7 passes in mode B at 1032 and 1225 UTC, and possibly the VO-52 pass at 1250 UTC, before driving back to the Hamvention. The spot I parked at this morning, and will use again tomorrow, is on the state line is in grid EM79ot, in Richmond (Wayne County) IN and Preble County OH.
Special note for Logbook of the World QSOs on boundaries other than Maidenhead grid boundaries/intersections... ARRL's Logbook of the World is not able to handle multiple states/provinces in a single QSO record. A QSO record must be uploaded for each state/province, and the QSO time must differ in each of those records by at least 1 minute. In other words, to confirm a QSO with me on the state line at 1230 UTC, stations will need to upload a QSO with WD9EWK at 1230 UTC, and another QSO with the time at least a minute earlier or later than the time in the first record. For my example, the second QSO record can't have 1230 UTC as its time, but can have a time of 1229 or 1231 UTC, or some other different time within 30 minutes +/- of my QSO record, for a QSL in LOTW (assuming other fields also match up). Otherwise, two records with the same date/time and other information for a QSO with a callsign will only result in one of those records (the last of those records uploaded) being in the system. It is extra work, but I'm not going to complain about it.
Along with my LOTW uploads, I'm happy to send QSL cards confirming QSOs with WD9EWK - from the Indiana/Ohio state line, at the Hamvention, or wherever else I may end up in the next couple of days before I fly home. Just drop me an e-mail with the QSO details, and I'll check my log. If you're in the log, I will send a card.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Miamisburg, Ohio http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Hi All,
In addition to Patrick's email, I thought I would throw in my 2 cents of the events on Friday. It was great getting to meet a few new faces including finally getting to meet Patrick, WD9EWK, face-to-face!
Thank you to the stations that we worked on Friday - the crowd was very attentive during the operations and many showed interest in getting started with satellite operations. I was at the AMSAT demo area all day Friday, and it was nice hearing all of the familiar calls and voices still on the air after my recent absence due to school. Keith, W5IU and Roger, WA9ZPL put a lot of time and effort into these demos, and I know they appreciate the participation. They deserve a nice round of cyber applause for their commitment over the many years.
Besides the demo area's success Friday, I heard several reports from those that came by the demo area that the AMSAT booth inside was a very informational and "nice" booth. AMSAT does a great job with their informational presentation to onlookers, hands-on displays, and their furthering of the hobby in general. The AMSAT booth is definitely a highlight within the arena.
Thanks again to those that contributed to the demos with their QSOs over the weekend!
73!
Zack KD8KSN
-----Original Message----- From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 12:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ Indiana/Ohio state line early Saturday (19 May)morning
Hi!
The first day of the Dayton Hamvention was great. Along with an early- morning trek out to the Indiana/Ohio state line west of Dayton, I worked a few passes at AMSAT's demonstration station out in a parking lot. Thanks for all the QSOs with WD9EWK, as well as those who worked Keith W5IU earlier in the day. The AMSAT demonstration station will be back on the air tomorrow (Saturday) morning, throughout the day. You may hear different calls coming on from there, besides W5IU and WD9EWK, depending on who is at the mic. The QSOs I made have already been uploaded to Logbook of the World.
If I wake up early enough in the morning, I will make another trek out to the Indiana/Ohio state line east of the I-70/US-40 interchange, about 30 miles/50km west of the Hamvention. My plans are to work the AO-7 passes in mode B at 1032 and 1225 UTC, and possibly the VO-52 pass at 1250 UTC, before driving back to the Hamvention. The spot I parked at this morning, and will use again tomorrow, is on the state line is in grid EM79ot, in Richmond (Wayne County) IN and Preble County OH.
Special note for Logbook of the World QSOs on boundaries other than Maidenhead grid boundaries/intersections... ARRL's Logbook of the World is not able to handle multiple states/provinces in a single QSO record. A QSO record must be uploaded for each state/province, and the QSO time must differ in each of those records by at least 1 minute. In other words, to confirm a QSO with me on the state line at 1230 UTC, stations will need to upload a QSO with WD9EWK at 1230 UTC, and another QSO with the time at least a minute earlier or later than the time in the first record. For my example, the second QSO record can't have 1230 UTC as its time, but can have a time of 1229 or 1231 UTC, or some other different time within 30 minutes +/- of my QSO record, for a QSL in LOTW (assuming other fields also match up). Otherwise, two records with the same date/time and other information for a QSO with a callsign will only result in one of those records (the last of those records uploaded) being in the system. It is extra work, but I'm not going to complain about it.
Along with my LOTW uploads, I'm happy to send QSL cards confirming QSOs with WD9EWK - from the Indiana/Ohio state line, at the Hamvention, or wherever else I may end up in the next couple of days before I fly home. Just drop me an e-mail with the QSO details, and I'll check my log. If you're in the log, I will send a card.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Miamisburg, Ohio http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Zack,
After flying home yesterday, I'm able to sit down and get caught up on e-mails and other stuff. The weekend was fun - both at the Hamvention, and my travel around that part of the country before flying home. :-)
In addition to Patrick's email, I thought I would throw in my 2 cents of the events on Friday. It was great getting to meet a few new faces including finally getting to meet Patrick, WD9EWK, face-to-face!
It was good to meet many who have been on the air in the past couple of years, since my last trip to Dayton. I was a on a plane to Australia during the start of the 2011 Hamvention. I had no interruptions from my office during this trip, which was much better than in 2010 when I missed the banquet due to an issue that kept me on the phone with the office for almost 4 hours!
Thank you to the stations that we worked on Friday - the crowd was very attentive during the operations and many showed interest in getting started with satellite operations. I was at the AMSAT demo area all day Friday, and it was nice hearing all of the familiar calls and voices still on the air after my recent absence due to school. Keith, W5IU and Roger, WA9ZPL put a lot of time and effort into these demos, and I know they appreciate the participation. They deserve a nice round of cyber applause for their commitment over the many years.
Keith and Roger were very happy to put others on the mic at the demo station. Along with the passes I worked Friday afternoon, I also worked some passes Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. I heard and saw Doug KD8CAO on the mic Saturday morning, and I worked Doug on a VO-52 pass when I was on the Indiana/Ohio state line Saturday morning. If nobody else was around to move the antenna array, Keith or Roger would happily do that.
I was told of a ham from southern Indiana (Ken KC9TTR) who visited the Hamvention over the weekend. Ken took interest in the AMSAT booths, saw demonstrations, and decided to give this a try. He bought an Arrow antenna, took it home, and on Sunday he tried SO-50. On one pass at the end of the Hamvention, the crowd (including a couple of people who know him) heard his call come through. Later in the afternoon, he worked me while I was parked on the Indiana/Ohio state line after the Hamvention. He e-mailed me, saying that I was his first satellite contact, and asking how he needed to log the contact in LOTW so he would see the confirmation for both states. Not long after I replied to him and uploaded my QSOs from Sunday, he saw the confirmations in his LOTW account, and two states via satellite toward WAS.
AMSAT does a great job with its presence at the Hamventions, with the booth located next to the larger ARRL presence and the demonstration area outside. The Hamvention does a great job of supporting AMSAT. They provide a fenced area for the demos, and give a contribution to AMSAT at each of the last few Hamventions (including this year).
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) -
Zachary Beougher