JOTA Contacts on AO-51 00:55 GMT
Thank you, Mexico! Thank you, Northern California and AMSAT Patrick! Thank you, Texas!
(That IS three countries, isn't it ???)
I was invited MONTHS ago to show off AMSAT at the Victor Valley Amateur Radio Club's JOTA at the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds. It's an hour drive each way for me ... there ARE "closer" JOTA events occurring ... But Victorville was the first to ask ...
We had a GREAT time. Arrived at 1PM for lunch, set up out informal table for the scouts to visit, and then had the wonderful pass of AO-51 at 5:55PM local time. I did NOT record the pass to initiate QSL cards - but will certainly respond to ANY of the 8+ contacts we made on both the special JOTA repeater and the "normal" V/U repeater. (That's INCLUDING Patrick, who I think had one foot in New Mexico and the other in Arizona ...)
Wonderful kids ... supportive parents ... Elmers from as far away as San Diego (150 miles' drive each way). Even got my wife to go with me this time, right after her month-long trip to Tibet. Ya know when you can impress your spouse, you've accomplished SOMEthing! We couldn't spend the night, as both our horse and burro(*) called us to remind us of their regular evening feeding.
Seeing scores of kids that age as interested in amateur radio and electronics and mathematics as these kids were - just makes me believe that the next generation of policy makers were in the audience ....
Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com
(*) - Yes - If you have read my "bio" that's all over the 'Net, I do, indeed, own a burro. "His name" - you might ask? "edward R. Burro."
---------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com
Hi Clint!
Thank you, Mexico! Thank you, Northern California and AMSAT Patrick! Thank you, Texas!
And don't forget Jeff K7WIN in southeastern Arizona - who you had your Scouts yell "Hello Arizona" to. It was good to hear you and your group on the "normal" AO-51 repeater last night.
The Mexican you briefly talked with was Antonio XE2SIV, who lives just south of the Arizona/Mexico border near the Colorado River in the city of San Luis (there is also a San Luis AZ across the border from this San Luis, south of Yuma AZ).
I did NOT record the pass to initiate QSL cards - but will certainly respond to ANY of the 8+ contacts we made on both the special JOTA repeater and the "normal" V/U repeater . (That's INCLUDING Patrick, who I think had one foot in New Mexico and the other in Arizona ...)
Yes, I had parked on the Arizona/New Mexico state line just off the I-10 freeway for that AO-51 pass and an earlier AO-27 pass. I'll elaborate on my Saturday activities in a separate -BB post. If you'd like, I can e-mail you my MP3 of that pass in a separate e-mail.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)