Hi everyone.

With no shortage of nervousness I’m planning a trip to Virginia’s Eastern Shore to attempt some passes from FM-27 this Saturday, Aug. 11th. I’ll plan to beacon APRS as K4KDR-9 from an IOS cell phone app throughout the day and if I happen to send out any Tweets, my ID on Twitter is @scott23192.

My only remote operating experience was the first #WMPLOTA, so keep expectations low. Yes, I should have practiced more since then, but it’s hard to talk myself out of the air-conditioning this time of year.

If FM-27 is a grid that anyone needs, I hope that I can work you on Saturday. Here are the passes that I’ll be shooting for:

(all times UTC)

18:57 FOX-1A

19:52 CAS-4A

20:24 CAS-4B

20:38 FOX-1A

... and the next one is only a “maybe”. After we’re done with a meteor-watching event up at Wallops Island & are heading home, there’s a high pass of AO-92 at:

2018-08-12 02:07 FOX-1D

... so, if that one works out it might be half-duplex from the HT. Of course everything will go into LoTW.

We’ve been dealing with very isolated, but strong storms around here this week and that’s predicted to continue into Saturday. So, fingers crossed that none of these passes are rained out.

Hope to make some contacts from FM-27!

73,

-Scott, K4KDR