Currently, the National Weather Service is forecasting sunny weather for Saturday October 17th and Sunday October 18th in Caribou, Maine.

So Plan A, the N2SPI "grid-square DXpedition" to northern Maine, is on! See schedule below.

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N2SPI's Planned Schedule for Saturday, October 17th:

Likely AOS LOS Operating Sat UTC UTC Grid Location Notes ----- ----- ----- ---- -------------- ---------

AO-51 12:02 12:14 FN53 Topsham, ME Note 2

AO-27 19:11 19:25 FN56 "OnTheRoad", ME

AO-51 21:38 21:52 FN66 Caribou, ME Note 2

AO-51 23:19 23:30 FN66 Caribou, ME Notes 2,3

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N2SPI's Planned Schedule for Sunday, October 18th:

Likely AOS LOS Operating Sat UTC UTC Grid Location Notes ----- ----- ----- ---- -------------- ---------

AO-51 11:21 11:34 FN67 Van Buren, ME Note 2

**** Note 4 **** Note 4 **** Note 4 **** Note 4

SO-50 15:10 15:19 FN57 Stockholm, ME

VO-52 15:49 16:00 FN56 New Sweden, ME Note 5

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Note 1: The AOS/LOS times are for my operating locations as indicated.

Note 2: I'll be using AO-51's 145.920 MHz_uplink/435.300 MHz_downlink.

Note 3: I'll work this nighttime pass only if I can find a suitable location to work this in the dark.

Note 4: On the morning of October 18th, I may work other passes of SO-50 and VO-52, as the opportunities present themselves.

Note 5: Look for my VO-52 downlink around 145.910 MHz, +/- Doppler.

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73, Richard, N2SPI