NPOTA Activation of DZ05 - 1742Z FO-29 Pass
Good morning,
I am planning to walk to Benjamin Banneker Park just down the street from me for the 1742Z pass of FO-29, which covers all of North America. Benjamin Banneker Park is owned and administered by the National Park Service as part of the National Capital Parks system, designated as DZ05 for the ARRL NPOTA event.
Look for me around 435.865 MHz +/- Doppler.
73,
Paul, N8HM
Paul,
Thanks for putting another Washington-area NPOTA site on the satellites this morning/afternoon! You were pretty close to that spot on the FO-29 transponder, and easy to hear. I heard you work KO4MA just before I made my call. After you worked me, I counted 13 more QSOs before LOS for me - and probably you, too. Did you work others before I heard you work Drew? This was another NPOTA activation done on one satellite pass, and you weren't on an FM pass. Great job!
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK
On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net wrote:
Good morning,
I am planning to walk to Benjamin Banneker Park just down the street from me for the 1742Z pass of FO-29, which covers all of North America. Benjamin Banneker Park is owned and administered by the National Park Service as part of the National Capital Parks system, designated as DZ05 for the ARRL NPOTA event.
Look for me around 435.865 MHz +/- Doppler.
73,
Paul, N8HM
Thanks, Patrick. Glad to get that one in your log. That was my 9th NPOTA activation of the year. I hope to get several more done before 23:59 UTC on December 31, 2016. I've set a goal of 25, but not all will be on satellite.
Since I generally walk to these sites, satellite activating can actually be a bit more of a challenge than my HF activations. I hope to do a few more before the end of the year.
DZ05 (National Capital Parks - a catch-all for random NPS land in the National Capital Region) and DZ06 (the National Mall) are both just short walks from my apartment, so I hope to at least get those on the satellites again and possibly do an FM pass or two as well. The Arrow may draw a bit too much attention to myself at some of the other units. With HF, I'm just sitting on the ground with a small magnetic loop, not pointing at things with a weird looking device!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) amsat-bb@wd9ewk.net wrote:
Paul,
Thanks for putting another Washington-area NPOTA site on the satellites this morning/afternoon! You were pretty close to that spot on the FO-29 transponder, and easy to hear. I heard you work KO4MA just before I made my call. After you worked me, I counted 13 more QSOs before LOS for me - and probably you, too. Did you work others before I heard you work Drew? This was another NPOTA activation done on one satellite pass, and you weren't on an FM pass. Great job!
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK
On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net wrote:
Good morning,
I am planning to walk to Benjamin Banneker Park just down the street from me for the 1742Z pass of FO-29, which covers all of North America. Benjamin Banneker Park is owned and administered by the National Park Service as part of the National Capital Parks system, designated as DZ05 for the ARRL NPOTA event.
Look for me around 435.865 MHz +/- Doppler.
73,
Paul, N8HM
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