Hi!

I am in Port Hardy on Vancouver Island, at the north end of the highway that runs most of the length of the island in grid CO60gr. During the morning, I took a detour just as I reached this town to CO50 on a logging road off route 19. Easy to navigate, but too many mountains without still more driving and maybe even some hiking to get to a workable spot. I backtracked to Port Hardy, found a parking area along the waterfront, and will operate from here. Some lower hills from 90 to 180 degrees, but workable.

I have already worked 2 SO50 passes and an AO27 pass. I will try later passes on AO27, AO51, FO29, AO7 once it switches back to mode B, and even a couple of HO68 passes.

If anyone in the far northern reaches of Europe can work HO68 later today at 2310-2317 or 0051-0101 UTC, those are times when I am in the footprint. Maybe we can hook up on one of those passes.

As for tomorrow, I am looking at possibly CN78 on the Pacific side of this island as my destination for most of the day. Then Wednesday will be more sightseeing heading down toward the provincial capital of Victoria before crossing back to Vancouver for the remainder of the week. Probably not a lot of radio on Wednesday, but some - most likely from Victoria in CN88. I won't worry about working from CN89 on the island - it is regularly heard on the satellites.

73!

Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - Port Hardy, British Columbia http://www.wd9ewk.net/