Hi!

If anyone out west will be up in an hour or so, I will be outside looking to work the AO-73 pass that will be going by around 0610 UTC. With tomorrow being a holiday, and with no need for an alarm clock (other than my four-legged alarm clock, who has her own schedule), I'll be on there trying to make some QSOs and trying things out with my radios from the back yard.

I have uploaded a pair of videos with satellite audio and photos from a couple of AO-73 passes I have worked over the past two nights. This is from a pass I worked on Monday evening (Tuesday, UTC):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQConRaseLQ

and here is one from Tuesday evening (Wednesday, UTC):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad0ug1xGT3Q

The second link in particular is a good one for those not on the US west coast to hear the activity out here. That was a very good, orderly pass for those of us who stayed up to play radio.

73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/