Hi!

On Thursday (17 July), I begin a week-long road trip that includes a hamfest and visits to several unusual grids in and around Arizona. These plans, other than the hamfest, are tentative and subject to change without warning.

On the 17th, I leave Phoenix for northern Arizona. I will try to be on the afternoon AO-27 and possibly the evening AO-51 passes from somewhere up there. I don't know which grids I will get to for those passes, but I will be on from wherever I happen to be at those times.

The ARRL Arizona State Convention and Hamfest is a two-day event, on Friday (18th) and Saturday (19th) in Williams. Williams is a small city on Interstate 40 and the old US route 66, west of Flagstaff and south of the Grand Canyon, in grid DM35. At the hamfest, I will be part of the AMSAT table and will give presentations and do some demonstrations on the FM satellites and *possibly* VO-52 during those two days.

After the hamfest, I plan on taking the next 3 or 4 days traveling around northern and western Arizona and neighboring states. As of now, I am planning to initially head northeast from Williams toward the Arizona/Utah border, and then work my way west toward Las Vegas before returning home. While on the road, I will try to post updates to my travel plans.

73!

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