Hello from Tucson!

From the hamfest tomorrow morning, I plan on working the

145.920/435.300 AO-51 repeater. On VO-52, I will be on the high end of the passband. I typically try to park around 145.910 MHz USB on the downlink, and keeping in mind that N2SPI will be up around 145.915 MHz USB on the 1535 UTC pass I will try to work around him. If you are on VO-52 during that pass, look for both of us.

Later in the day, I will probably have lunch with some local hams after the hamfest. I am not sure I will work the 2054 UTC AO-27 pass. Good luck to all of those working from rare grids during that pass. I will try to be on from somewhere in southeastern Arizona for the western AO-27 pass at 2235 UTC.

As for AO-51 in the evening - passes around 2318 and 0054 UTC - I will be somewhere in southeastern Arizona and/or southwestern New Mexico. I may park on the Arizona/New Mexico state line, or look to be on the DM51/DM52 boundary from the New Mexico side of the border. I've worked from these grids on past trips, but only from the Arizona side of the border. I don't think I will try to drive up toward DM53, or toward the DM6x grids in New Mexico, as I will be driving back home in the evening.

Again, good luck to the others who are going out to rare or unusual grids during various passes tomorrow. 73!

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