Hello to all, Over the past decades I have accumulated a stack of QSL cards covering satellite QSOs dating back to the early Oscars and RS12/13 days. I never got around to applying for the VUCC award or any others associated with working the birds. Last year I made the decision that when I hit 100 satellite LOTW grids I would apply for the VUCC sat award the easy way electronically. Two weeks ago I checked my total online and found out that I was at 91 grids. At that time I figured that at the rate I am going it would be in 2016 before I ever hit 100. Then along came Wyatt AC0RA as W0N with his roving grid expedition and I picked up 12 new grids and they were all uploaded and confirmed by Monday afternoon. A few more grids were picked up from other stations in the last two weeks and yesterday I applied for my LOTW VUCC for 107 grids. Thanks Wyatt and all the others that uploaded their logs. Now for the trivia part of this post. Rovers made up a large part of my LOTW log. Those that uploaded multiple grids for my award were as follows:
KG5CCI - 14 grids, AC0RA (W0N) - 13 grids, WD9EWK - 8 grids W5PFG - 5 grids, N8HM - 3 grids, KX9X - 3 grids, WA7HQD - 3 grids, K8YSE - 2 grids, KA4H - 2 grids, N6UA - 2 grids, VE3NKL - 2 grids
That is 57 grids out of 107 total. In that stack of cards that I have yet to turn in for credit are additional grid confirmations from some of those listed above. My best example is my QSL from KF9PL/6Y5 (now KX9X) from 5/27/94.
So thanks again to all those that upload to LOTW for helping with my VUCC...
73, Dave WN9Q
Thanks, Dave. I don't get to many grids, but I enjoy it when I do get to a new place.
The most active ground-based rovers like KG5CCI, AC0RA, W5PFG, KA4H, and WD9EWK save a lot of time by using LoTW and not having to fill out paper cards for every person they work!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 12:32 PM, David Jaeger [email protected] wrote:
Hello to all, Over the past decades I have accumulated a stack of QSL cards covering satellite QSOs dating back to the early Oscars and RS12/13 days. I never got around to applying for the VUCC award or any others associated with working the birds. Last year I made the decision that when I hit 100 satellite LOTW grids I would apply for the VUCC sat award the easy way electronically. Two weeks ago I checked my total online and found out that I was at 91 grids. At that time I figured that at the rate I am going it would be in 2016 before I ever hit 100. Then along came Wyatt AC0RA as W0N with his roving grid expedition and I picked up 12 new grids and they were all uploaded and confirmed by Monday afternoon. A few more grids were picked up from other stations in the last two weeks and yesterday I applied for my LOTW VUCC for 107 grids. Thanks Wyatt and all the others that uploaded their logs. Now for the trivia part of this post. Rovers made up a large part of my LOTW log. Those that uploaded multiple grids for my award were as follows:
KG5CCI - 14 grids, AC0RA (W0N) - 13 grids, WD9EWK - 8 grids W5PFG - 5 grids, N8HM - 3 grids, KX9X - 3 grids, WA7HQD - 3 grids, K8YSE - 2 grids, KA4H - 2 grids, N6UA - 2 grids, VE3NKL - 2 grids
That is 57 grids out of 107 total. In that stack of cards that I have yet to turn in for credit are additional grid confirmations from some of those listed above. My best example is my QSL from KF9PL/6Y5 (now KX9X) from 5/27/94.
So thanks again to all those that upload to LOTW for helping with my VUCC...
73, Dave WN9Q
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It's also great that these guys keep everyone notified of their operations on open forums like the AMSAT-BB and public Twitter feeds, not any private channels or closed groups.
73 Clayton W5PFG
On 11/19/2015 11:42, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
Thanks, Dave. I don't get to many grids, but I enjoy it when I do get to a new place.
The most active ground-based rovers like KG5CCI, AC0RA, W5PFG, KA4H, and WD9EWK save a lot of time by using LoTW and not having to fill out paper cards for every person they work!
73,
Paul, N8HM
Absolutely, closed groups/message boards go against the open spirit of amateur radio. That's why AMSAT-BB is open to all and it's archives are freely available, regardless of whether or not you are a member of AMSAT-NA.
Of course, if you do enjoy this BB, please consider joining AMSAT at http://store.amsat.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=32&osCsid=3kbpq04b26icr8v...
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Clayton W5PFG [email protected] wrote:
It's also great that these guys keep everyone notified of their operations on open forums like the AMSAT-BB and public Twitter feeds, not any private channels or closed groups.
73 Clayton W5PFG
On 11/19/2015 11:42, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
Thanks, Dave. I don't get to many grids, but I enjoy it when I do get to a new place.
The most active ground-based rovers like KG5CCI, AC0RA, W5PFG, KA4H, and WD9EWK save a lot of time by using LoTW and not having to fill out paper cards for every person they work!
73,
Paul, N8HM
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Hi,
I just had a 80 plus degrees pass by AO-85 and noticed that the downlink frequency was, at the descent phase, off by 10kHz at 145.970. Despite correcting for Doppler I've never seen this kind of deviation before in such a overhead pass, where usually stands around 145.977.
73 de Pedro CU2ZG
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Hi Pedro,
I have been looking at this, using some precision time and frequency equipment to measure the downlink. On today's pass at 1530 UTC it was running about 3 KHz below the nominal frequency, AOS to LOS. The magnitude of the difference has been increasing along with the component operating temperatures. It will be interesting to see whether that trend continues at elevated temperatures. Looking forward to this afternoon's passes.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
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Hola Pedro,
We are in a part of the orbit where there is very little (or no) time when there is not some sun shining on AO-85 as you can see from your favorite orbit prediction program. You can also see from the telemetry that the temperature is higher, and this seems to lower the frequency.
73,
Burns W2BFJ
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Hi,
I just had a 80 plus degrees pass by AO-85 and noticed that the downlink frequency was, at the descent phase, off by 10kHz at 145.970. Despite correcting for Doppler I've never seen this kind of deviation before in such a overhead pass, where usually stands around 145.977.
73 de Pedro CU2ZG
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Hi Dave!
Glad I could be helpful with some grids for your satellite VUCC award!
Ever since ARRL fixed LOTW in 2011 to accept station locations with more than 1 grid locator for those operating at grid boundaries and intersections, I have put all of my logs into that system. It took a lot of setup to get things ready for my logs to go into LOTW, with (at the time) well over 100 different station locations I needed for my satellite operating. I still need to define new station locations when I operate from new locations, but that's not a big deal now. And I do try to upload my logs quickly, as some have mentioned on Twitter - even when I'm away from home.
For those that don't care for LOTW, and/or still like the paper confirmation, I still print and send out QSL cards. Sometimes I will preemptively send QSL cards out for my trips to different grids, even to those who use LOTW and have received a confirmation there. If you work me and want a QSL card, just e-mail me the QSO details. If you're in the log, I'll drop a card your way.
Hope to get you more grids in the future. 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK
Now for the trivia part of this post. Rovers made up a large part of my
LOTW log. Those that uploaded multiple grids for my award were as follows:
KG5CCI - 14 grids, AC0RA (W0N) - 13 grids, WD9EWK - 8 grids W5PFG - 5 grids, N8HM - 3 grids, KX9X - 3 grids, WA7HQD - 3 grids, K8YSE - 2 grids, KA4H - 2 grids, N6UA - 2 grids, VE3NKL - 2 grids
That is 57 grids out of 107 total. In that stack of cards that I have yet to turn in for credit are additional grid confirmations from some of those listed above. My best example is my QSL from KF9PL/6Y5 (now KX9X) from 5/27/94.
participants (7)
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Alan -
Burns Fisher -
Clayton W5PFG -
David Jaeger -
Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) -
Paul Stoetzer -
Pedro Sousa