Hello fellow bird folk,
Plans for my upcoming Europe trip are now finalized. I will be leaving direct to Europe from the K6G expedition, first ops being on 4/30.
First stop is a long layover in Iceland. BIKF airport happens to be right on the HP83/84 line, so I plan to operate from there. Scheduled times on the ground are 4/30 1345Z - 5/1 0740Z, subtract a bit for customs and security time, plus I'll probably be visiting the Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center at some point. West Coasters and ops in the center of NA take note, there is likely only ONE usable pass (sadly). This is the 1956Z pass of AO-7, which has footprint over basically the entire continent. I sure hope the QRO lids remain at bay and don't flip it to mode A, this is a very rare opportunity. Plenty of passes possible for the East Coast and Europe.
After that, I will be heading to Amsterdam for four nights, then Brussels for one night. Not sure how much operating in each country but I hope to work at least one pass to the US from each towards my CCXD.
The second week will be in the British Isles. May 6-8 on Jersey, 8-10 on Guernsey, and 10-13 on Isle of Man. I will be staying on the west coast of each island to maximize possibilities for low passes to North America.
To wrap it up, I will do a day roving in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with George MI6GTY before heading back home.
This is a trip with my family, so I won't be on every pass. I will make my best effort to be on good North America bound passes, and it should be easy to cover Europe as well. AO-7 will be the primary NA bird, but some use of FO-29 will be possible.
All countries are CEPT TR61/01 and I have gotten LoTW certificates for all calls. All QSLing will be through LoTW, but if necessary I can get some cards made up, which will be available via direct NJ7H as usual.
Callsigns:
Iceland TF/NJ7H Netherlands PA/NJ7H Belgium ON/NJ7H England M/NJ7H (short layovers, not sure if will be used) Jersey MJ/NJ7H Guernsey MU/NJ7H Isle of Man MD/NJ7H Northern Ireland MI/NJ7H Republic of Ireland EI/NJ7H
73, Gabe NJ7H
Gabe,
This is excellent news indeed! I can't think of a better way to follow up activating DM02 with you than to get a chance to score Iceland from SoCal, a rare opportunity indeed.
I too hope everyone considers us out west who basically never get a chance like this. Being a 5° max pass I will have to travel quite a ways to get an optimal chance and it would be a shame if someone flipped it.
Thanks again Gabe for taking roving to this level and thanks in advance to the other ops for considering your friends out west trying to score rare DX.
73,
Mike Diehl AI6GS
On Apr 18, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Gabriel Zeifman [email protected] wrote:
Hello fellow bird folk,
Plans for my upcoming Europe trip are now finalized. I will be leaving direct to Europe from the K6G expedition, first ops being on 4/30.
First stop is a long layover in Iceland. BIKF airport happens to be right on the HP83/84 line, so I plan to operate from there. Scheduled times on the ground are 4/30 1345Z - 5/1 0740Z, subtract a bit for customs and security time, plus I'll probably be visiting the Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center at some point. West Coasters and ops in the center of NA take note, there is likely only ONE usable pass (sadly). This is the 1956Z pass of AO-7, which has footprint over basically the entire continent. I sure hope the QRO lids remain at bay and don't flip it to mode A, this is a very rare opportunity. Plenty of passes possible for the East Coast and Europe.
After that, I will be heading to Amsterdam for four nights, then Brussels for one night. Not sure how much operating in each country but I hope to work at least one pass to the US from each towards my CCXD.
The second week will be in the British Isles. May 6-8 on Jersey, 8-10 on Guernsey, and 10-13 on Isle of Man. I will be staying on the west coast of each island to maximize possibilities for low passes to North America.
To wrap it up, I will do a day roving in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with George MI6GTY before heading back home.
This is a trip with my family, so I won't be on every pass. I will make my best effort to be on good North America bound passes, and it should be easy to cover Europe as well. AO-7 will be the primary NA bird, but some use of FO-29 will be possible.
All countries are CEPT TR61/01 and I have gotten LoTW certificates for all calls. All QSLing will be through LoTW, but if necessary I can get some cards made up, which will be available via direct NJ7H as usual.
Callsigns:
Iceland TF/NJ7H Netherlands PA/NJ7H Belgium ON/NJ7H England M/NJ7H (short layovers, not sure if will be used) Jersey MJ/NJ7H Guernsey MU/NJ7H Isle of Man MD/NJ7H Northern Ireland MI/NJ7H Republic of Ireland EI/NJ7H
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Yes, bravo Gabe! Well done!
-- bag
Bryan KL7CN/W6 [email protected] CM98, usually
On Apr 18, 2017, at 18:20, Mike Diehl [email protected] wrote:
Gabe,
This is excellent news indeed! I can't think of a better way to follow up activating DM02 with you than to get a chance to score Iceland from SoCal, a rare opportunity indeed.
I too hope everyone considers us out west who basically never get a chance like this. Being a 5° max pass I will have to travel quite a ways to get an optimal chance and it would be a shame if someone flipped it.
Thanks again Gabe for taking roving to this level and thanks in advance to the other ops for considering your friends out west trying to score rare DX.
73,
Mike Diehl AI6GS
On Apr 18, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Gabriel Zeifman [email protected] wrote:
Hello fellow bird folk,
Plans for my upcoming Europe trip are now finalized. I will be leaving direct to Europe from the K6G expedition, first ops being on 4/30.
First stop is a long layover in Iceland. BIKF airport happens to be right on the HP83/84 line, so I plan to operate from there. Scheduled times on the ground are 4/30 1345Z - 5/1 0740Z, subtract a bit for customs and security time, plus I'll probably be visiting the Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center at some point. West Coasters and ops in the center of NA take note, there is likely only ONE usable pass (sadly). This is the 1956Z pass of AO-7, which has footprint over basically the entire continent. I sure hope the QRO lids remain at bay and don't flip it to mode A, this is a very rare opportunity. Plenty of passes possible for the East Coast and Europe.
After that, I will be heading to Amsterdam for four nights, then Brussels for one night. Not sure how much operating in each country but I hope to work at least one pass to the US from each towards my CCXD.
The second week will be in the British Isles. May 6-8 on Jersey, 8-10 on Guernsey, and 10-13 on Isle of Man. I will be staying on the west coast of each island to maximize possibilities for low passes to North America.
To wrap it up, I will do a day roving in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with George MI6GTY before heading back home.
This is a trip with my family, so I won't be on every pass. I will make my best effort to be on good North America bound passes, and it should be easy to cover Europe as well. AO-7 will be the primary NA bird, but some use of FO-29 will be possible.
All countries are CEPT TR61/01 and I have gotten LoTW certificates for all calls. All QSLing will be through LoTW, but if necessary I can get some cards made up, which will be available via direct NJ7H as usual.
Callsigns:
Iceland TF/NJ7H Netherlands PA/NJ7H Belgium ON/NJ7H England M/NJ7H (short layovers, not sure if will be used) Jersey MJ/NJ7H Guernsey MU/NJ7H Isle of Man MD/NJ7H Northern Ireland MI/NJ7H Republic of Ireland EI/NJ7H
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Yes, should be a great trip! Hope to work you guys on that pass! Being such short windows, I'm considering just giving everyone a "59" as the piece of information in the exchange, just to maximize everyone's chance. Have no fear, the grids will be in LoTW if I do end up running that way.
73, Gabe NJ7H
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Bryan KL7CN [email protected] wrote:
Yes, bravo Gabe! Well done!
-- bag
Bryan KL7CN/W6 [email protected] CM98, usually
On Apr 18, 2017, at 18:20, Mike Diehl [email protected] wrote:
Gabe,
This is excellent news indeed! I can't think of a better way to follow
up activating DM02 with you than to get a chance to score Iceland from SoCal, a rare opportunity indeed.
I too hope everyone considers us out west who basically never get a
chance like this. Being a 5° max pass I will have to travel quite a ways to get an optimal chance and it would be a shame if someone flipped it.
Thanks again Gabe for taking roving to this level and thanks in advance
to the other ops for considering your friends out west trying to score rare DX.
73,
Mike Diehl AI6GS
On Apr 18, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Gabriel Zeifman [email protected]
wrote:
Hello fellow bird folk,
Plans for my upcoming Europe trip are now finalized. I will be leaving direct to Europe from the K6G expedition, first ops being on 4/30.
First stop is a long layover in Iceland. BIKF airport happens to be
right
on the HP83/84 line, so I plan to operate from there. Scheduled times on the ground are 4/30 1345Z - 5/1 0740Z, subtract a bit for customs and security time, plus I'll probably be visiting the Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center at some point. West Coasters and ops in the center of NA take note, there is likely only ONE usable pass (sadly). This is the
1956Z
pass of AO-7, which has footprint over basically the entire continent. I sure hope the QRO lids remain at bay and don't flip it to mode A, this
is a
very rare opportunity. Plenty of passes possible for the East Coast and Europe.
After that, I will be heading to Amsterdam for four nights, then
Brussels
for one night. Not sure how much operating in each country but I hope to work at least one pass to the US from each towards my CCXD.
The second week will be in the British Isles. May 6-8 on Jersey, 8-10 on Guernsey, and 10-13 on Isle of Man. I will be staying on the west coast
of
each island to maximize possibilities for low passes to North America.
To wrap it up, I will do a day roving in Northern Ireland and the
Republic
of Ireland with George MI6GTY before heading back home.
This is a trip with my family, so I won't be on every pass. I will make
my
best effort to be on good North America bound passes, and it should be
easy
to cover Europe as well. AO-7 will be the primary NA bird, but some use
of
FO-29 will be possible.
All countries are CEPT TR61/01 and I have gotten LoTW certificates for
all
calls. All QSLing will be through LoTW, but if necessary I can get some cards made up, which will be available via direct NJ7H as usual.
Callsigns:
Iceland TF/NJ7H Netherlands PA/NJ7H Belgium ON/NJ7H England M/NJ7H (short layovers, not sure if will be used) Jersey MJ/NJ7H Guernsey MU/NJ7H Isle of Man MD/NJ7H Northern Ireland MI/NJ7H Republic of Ireland EI/NJ7H
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Just think: If you'd chosen to go to Central America or those environs, anti malarials would be the new morning ritual. Feeding that stuff to toddlers is a gas.
Family trips are great. Wife and I have a deal. I do child care, she puts up with ham radio. Not a bad trade. Lost count eons ago of the number of diapers changed. (twins...)
Mirkwood stands before you.
Remember, stay on the path!
Norm n3ykf
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Gabriel Zeifman [email protected] wrote:
Yes, should be a great trip! Hope to work you guys on that pass! Being such short windows, I'm considering just giving everyone a "59" as the piece of information in the exchange, just to maximize everyone's chance. Have no fear, the grids will be in LoTW if I do end up running that way.
73, Gabe NJ7H
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Bryan KL7CN [email protected] wrote:
Yes, bravo Gabe! Well done!
-- bag
Bryan KL7CN/W6 [email protected] CM98, usually
On Apr 18, 2017, at 18:20, Mike Diehl [email protected] wrote:
Gabe,
This is excellent news indeed! I can't think of a better way to follow
up activating DM02 with you than to get a chance to score Iceland from SoCal, a rare opportunity indeed.
I too hope everyone considers us out west who basically never get a
chance like this. Being a 5° max pass I will have to travel quite a ways to get an optimal chance and it would be a shame if someone flipped it.
Thanks again Gabe for taking roving to this level and thanks in advance
to the other ops for considering your friends out west trying to score rare DX.
73,
Mike Diehl AI6GS
On Apr 18, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Gabriel Zeifman [email protected]
wrote:
Hello fellow bird folk,
Plans for my upcoming Europe trip are now finalized. I will be leaving direct to Europe from the K6G expedition, first ops being on 4/30.
First stop is a long layover in Iceland. BIKF airport happens to be
right
on the HP83/84 line, so I plan to operate from there. Scheduled times on the ground are 4/30 1345Z - 5/1 0740Z, subtract a bit for customs and security time, plus I'll probably be visiting the Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center at some point. West Coasters and ops in the center of NA take note, there is likely only ONE usable pass (sadly). This is the
1956Z
pass of AO-7, which has footprint over basically the entire continent. I sure hope the QRO lids remain at bay and don't flip it to mode A, this
is a
very rare opportunity. Plenty of passes possible for the East Coast and Europe.
After that, I will be heading to Amsterdam for four nights, then
Brussels
for one night. Not sure how much operating in each country but I hope to work at least one pass to the US from each towards my CCXD.
The second week will be in the British Isles. May 6-8 on Jersey, 8-10 on Guernsey, and 10-13 on Isle of Man. I will be staying on the west coast
of
each island to maximize possibilities for low passes to North America.
To wrap it up, I will do a day roving in Northern Ireland and the
Republic
of Ireland with George MI6GTY before heading back home.
This is a trip with my family, so I won't be on every pass. I will make
my
best effort to be on good North America bound passes, and it should be
easy
to cover Europe as well. AO-7 will be the primary NA bird, but some use
of
FO-29 will be possible.
All countries are CEPT TR61/01 and I have gotten LoTW certificates for
all
calls. All QSLing will be through LoTW, but if necessary I can get some cards made up, which will be available via direct NJ7H as usual.
Callsigns:
Iceland TF/NJ7H Netherlands PA/NJ7H Belgium ON/NJ7H England M/NJ7H (short layovers, not sure if will be used) Jersey MJ/NJ7H Guernsey MU/NJ7H Isle of Man MD/NJ7H Northern Ireland MI/NJ7H Republic of Ireland EI/NJ7H
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I think it will be a great trip. Quite easy compared to C.A., both in terms of licensing (how much simpler can it be than having an FCC Amateur Extra license with CEPT TR61/01, just add appropriate prefix and operate), and health + security.
That being said, I had a blast on my Central America trip recently to Belize (V31NJ), Guatemala (TG7/NJ7H), and Honduras (NJ7H/HR9). It was easy to attain licenses or permission to operate in each country and always felt comfortable while operating. In Belize even had three locals plugged in with me on a pass of AO-73! They we're very exited when I worked Clayton W5PFG and told them he was in Texas, and later Patrick WD9EWK in Arizona.
I pretty much always had a good internet connection (cellular or local wifi), so it was easy to make sure everyone got quick QSLs! Most contacts were uploaded to LoTW under an hour after they occurred (instant gratification, what can I say).
73, Gabe NJ7H
On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:26 AM, Norm n3ykf [email protected] wrote:
Just think: If you'd chosen to go to Central America or those environs, anti malarials would be the new morning ritual. Feeding that stuff to toddlers is a gas.
Family trips are great. Wife and I have a deal. I do child care, she puts up with ham radio. Not a bad trade. Lost count eons ago of the number of diapers changed. (twins...)
Mirkwood stands before you.
Remember, stay on the path!
Norm n3ykf
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Gabriel Zeifman [email protected] wrote:
Yes, should be a great trip! Hope to work you guys on that pass! Being
such
short windows, I'm considering just giving everyone a "59" as the piece
of
information in the exchange, just to maximize everyone's chance. Have no fear, the grids will be in LoTW if I do end up running that way.
73, Gabe NJ7H
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Bryan KL7CN [email protected] wrote:
Yes, bravo Gabe! Well done!
-- bag
Bryan KL7CN/W6 [email protected] CM98, usually
On Apr 18, 2017, at 18:20, Mike Diehl [email protected] wrote:
Gabe,
This is excellent news indeed! I can't think of a better way to follow
up activating DM02 with you than to get a chance to score Iceland from SoCal, a rare opportunity indeed.
I too hope everyone considers us out west who basically never get a
chance like this. Being a 5° max pass I will have to travel quite a
ways to
get an optimal chance and it would be a shame if someone flipped it.
Thanks again Gabe for taking roving to this level and thanks in
advance
to the other ops for considering your friends out west trying to score
rare
DX.
73,
Mike Diehl AI6GS
On Apr 18, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Gabriel Zeifman <
wrote:
Hello fellow bird folk,
Plans for my upcoming Europe trip are now finalized. I will be
leaving
direct to Europe from the K6G expedition, first ops being on 4/30.
First stop is a long layover in Iceland. BIKF airport happens to be
right
on the HP83/84 line, so I plan to operate from there. Scheduled
times on
the ground are 4/30 1345Z - 5/1 0740Z, subtract a bit for customs and security time, plus I'll probably be visiting the Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center at some point. West Coasters and ops in the center of
NA
take note, there is likely only ONE usable pass (sadly). This is the
1956Z
pass of AO-7, which has footprint over basically the entire
continent. I
sure hope the QRO lids remain at bay and don't flip it to mode A,
this
is a
very rare opportunity. Plenty of passes possible for the East Coast
and
Europe.
After that, I will be heading to Amsterdam for four nights, then
Brussels
for one night. Not sure how much operating in each country but I
hope to
work at least one pass to the US from each towards my CCXD.
The second week will be in the British Isles. May 6-8 on Jersey,
8-10 on
Guernsey, and 10-13 on Isle of Man. I will be staying on the west
coast
of
each island to maximize possibilities for low passes to North
America.
To wrap it up, I will do a day roving in Northern Ireland and the
Republic
of Ireland with George MI6GTY before heading back home.
This is a trip with my family, so I won't be on every pass. I will
make
my
best effort to be on good North America bound passes, and it should
be
easy
to cover Europe as well. AO-7 will be the primary NA bird, but some
use
of
FO-29 will be possible.
All countries are CEPT TR61/01 and I have gotten LoTW certificates
for
all
calls. All QSLing will be through LoTW, but if necessary I can get
some
cards made up, which will be available via direct NJ7H as usual.
Callsigns:
Iceland TF/NJ7H Netherlands PA/NJ7H Belgium ON/NJ7H England M/NJ7H (short layovers, not sure if will be used) Jersey MJ/NJ7H Guernsey MU/NJ7H Isle of Man MD/NJ7H Northern Ireland MI/NJ7H Republic of Ireland EI/NJ7H
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