Hi!

Thanks to all the stations that made QSOs with WD9EWK yesterday, while I was down at the DM32xx/DM42ax grid boundary near Maricopa AZ. I parked along a road, a couple hundred yards/meters south of the spot where four grids come together (those two, plus DM33 and DM43). I logged a total of 50 QSOs on 7 passes - 2 each on AO-51, SO-50, and AO-7; plus one FO-29 pass - in just over 3 hours. I was unsuccessful on an FO-29 pass with maximum elevation of 8 degrees from that location a few minutes past 0000 UTC, south of the Southern Pacific transcontinental railroad line and near a Nissan automotive test center. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday afternoon, a warm day in the central Arizona desert - around 95F/35C outside when I started, but comfortable for the last pass I worked at 0220-0240 UTC on AO-7 at sunset.

I have written out cards for anyone who requested confirmation for QSOs made yesterday. Those will go to the post office tomorrow morning. I also wrote out additional cards for stations that I've never worked from DM32 before, some with SASEs if those stations are new for my log, since DM32 is particularly rare on the satellites (most of the grid is a military bombing range, with a small part extending into northern Mexico). Please e-mail me if you would like to receive a QSL card for a QSO from DM32/DM42.

Since the northeast corner of grid DM32 is less than an hour's drive from downtown Phoenix, this is a location I visit periodically. If you need DM32 for your satellite log and missed me yesterday, please let me know. We can make arrangements for a quick stop down there even in the summertime to make a QSO.

73!

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