W1AW/7 Arizona satellite activity - 273 QSOs!
Hi!
After receiving John K8YSE's file from his activity as W1AW/7, I generated two log files for my QSOs (from home most of the week, plus the Scottsdale AZ hamfest last Saturday morning), I have sent all 3 log files to the W1AW/7 Arizona coordinator. John logged 164 QSOs as W1AW/7, and I logged 109 QSOs (80 from home, 29 more from the hamfest), for a total of 273 satellite QSOs as W1AW/7 from Arizona in the past week. All QSOs were completed from DM43. I think this exceeds the satellite QSO counts for any other W1AW/x state activity so far in 2014. John and I worked SO-50 and all 4 SSB satellites (AO-7, AO-73, FO-29, and VO-52) as W1AW/7.
Along with our satellite activity, there were almost 80 other operators putting W1AW/7 on the other bands from locations all over Arizona. One of the coordinators posted a schedule to help the operators keep track of when to operate, which also helped others looking for chances to work W1AW/7 in different band/mode combinations. I hope you were able to work W1AW/7 on HF, if you work those bands along with the satellites.
Since ARRL is handling the QSL chores including uploading the logs to LOTW for the W1AW/7 activity, please be patient if you are waiting for the LOTW confirmation or want a QSL card for a W1AW/7 QSO. I don't know when our logs will get to ARRL, and I don't know when ARRL will upload them into LOTW or start processing QSL requests.
Thanks to John for being able to work his K8YSE/7 station as W1AW/7 on so many passes in the past week. Having John working passes during weekdays in particular helped greatly. We coordinated our operating to ensure we covered most passes that weren't in the middle of the night - and didn't try to work the same passes as W1AW/7. I had fun getting on each evening, including the AO-73 passes in the late evenings, along with much of Saturday and Sunday to help our effort.
I hope that we were able to work anyone trying for a W1AW/7 satellite QSO. Arizona will have the W1AW/7 call once again in late August and early September, including the Labor Day weekend, if you missed working W1AW/7 in the past week.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Congratulations to Patrick and John for going the extra mile to increase our pleasure from this great amateur radio hobby. If you look up the word ambassador, you should see the pictures of these two guys as well as the many others, including Yuri, who give their time so freely to help us enjoy working the satellites.
A sincere thank you to everyone who allowed me to work so many grids in this fine hobby.
73, Rick WB3CSY
Great job Patrick and John! You really showed everyone how it's done from Arizona - It will be pretty tough for me to beat that number as W1AW/3 from the District of Columbia in early July!
I look forward to chasing future W1AW portable operations on the satellites. Hopefully as many states as possible get on the air. Doesn't look like there's anyone scheduled to operate from New Mexico or Tennessee this week. It's not too late to contact your coordinators!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) amsat-bb@wd9ewk.net wrote:
Hi!
After receiving John K8YSE's file from his activity as W1AW/7, I generated two log files for my QSOs (from home most of the week, plus the Scottsdale AZ hamfest last Saturday morning), I have sent all 3 log files to the W1AW/7 Arizona coordinator. John logged 164 QSOs as W1AW/7, and I logged 109 QSOs (80 from home, 29 more from the hamfest), for a total of 273 satellite QSOs as W1AW/7 from Arizona in the past week. All QSOs were completed from DM43. I think this exceeds the satellite QSO counts for any other W1AW/x state activity so far in 2014. John and I worked SO-50 and all 4 SSB satellites (AO-7, AO-73, FO-29, and VO-52) as W1AW/7.
Along with our satellite activity, there were almost 80 other operators putting W1AW/7 on the other bands from locations all over Arizona. One of the coordinators posted a schedule to help the operators keep track of when to operate, which also helped others looking for chances to work W1AW/7 in different band/mode combinations. I hope you were able to work W1AW/7 on HF, if you work those bands along with the satellites.
Since ARRL is handling the QSL chores including uploading the logs to LOTW for the W1AW/7 activity, please be patient if you are waiting for the LOTW confirmation or want a QSL card for a W1AW/7 QSO. I don't know when our logs will get to ARRL, and I don't know when ARRL will upload them into LOTW or start processing QSL requests.
Thanks to John for being able to work his K8YSE/7 station as W1AW/7 on so many passes in the past week. Having John working passes during weekdays in particular helped greatly. We coordinated our operating to ensure we covered most passes that weren't in the middle of the night - and didn't try to work the same passes as W1AW/7. I had fun getting on each evening, including the AO-73 passes in the late evenings, along with much of Saturday and Sunday to help our effort.
I hope that we were able to work anyone trying for a W1AW/7 satellite QSO. Arizona will have the W1AW/7 call once again in late August and early September, including the Labor Day weekend, if you missed working W1AW/7 in the past week.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Paul (and Rick),
Thanks for the compliments on our W1AW/7 activity. Working the passes is fun, but there is a bit of commitment to get on so many passes to have W1AW/7 on the satellites from here, so others have good chances to work it.
As for this week's states/territories, I would have thought there could be W1AW/4 activity from Tennessee. I have not heard much from New Mexico in recent times, although I heard a station from DM65 in the past week. Maybe that will change for the other W1AW/5 New Mexico activation in September, or maybe someone can do a grid expedition to some of these places and use the W1AW/x calls. You are not obligated to work from your home station when using the W1AW/x call. I was on from a hamfest last Saturday. You just have to be on from within the state/territory for that week. Now, who's going to Delaware to work satellites as W1AW/3 in late November? ;-)
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:07 AM, Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net wrote:
Great job Patrick and John! You really showed everyone how it's done from Arizona - It will be pretty tough for me to beat that number as W1AW/3 from the District of Columbia in early July!
I look forward to chasing future W1AW portable operations on the satellites. Hopefully as many states as possible get on the air. Doesn't look like there's anyone scheduled to operate from New Mexico or Tennessee this week. It's not too late to contact your coordinators!
73,
Paul, N8HM
Paul,
You could give us a run, if you had that week off. Isn't July in Washington a good time of year to be away from the office? ;-) You'd have chances to work Europeans and even South Americans as W1AW/3. Geography is in your favor to get those DX stations, compared to being here in Arizona.
It was mentioned in a private e-mail that Tennessee and New Mexico are active on HF as W1AW/4 and W1AW/5, respectively, today. My comment earlier today related to *satellite* activity from those states, and I apologize for not being more specific. I'm hoping that maybe there will be some W1AW/4 activity from Tennessee this week, given the number of satellite operators in that state - especially a certain grid in the southwest part of that state. :-)
Thanks again for working me as W1AW/7 and WD9EWK in the past week. I now have worked one station on the satellites in DC from my home grid, after over 8 years of never hearing one.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:07 AM, Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net wrote:
Great job Patrick and John! You really showed everyone how it's done from Arizona - It will be pretty tough for me to beat that number as W1AW/3 from the District of Columbia in early July!
I look forward to chasing future W1AW portable operations on the satellites. Hopefully as many states as possible get on the air. Doesn't look like there's anyone scheduled to operate from New Mexico or Tennessee this week. It's not too late to contact your coordinators!
73,
Paul, N8HM
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Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) -
Paul Stoetzer -
Rick Walter