John Papay wrote: > This past weekend on the birds was second to > none that I've experienced in the past two > years. We had grid dxpeditions on the east and > west coast, two hamfest demonstrations, the Boy > Scout Jamboree stations and an Alaska Statehood > special event station operating. > > Patrick, WD9EWK, was at the Old Pueblo Radio Club > Hamfest in Tucson and made a big detour to continue > down I-10 to the Arizona/New Mexico state line where he > operated from in the afternoon. Doug, KD8CAO, was at > the Holland Michigan Lakeshore Super Swap Hamfest and > put on a demonstration there. > > Mark WA8SME operated on one AO-27 pass from the DN00/DN01 > grid boundary, two very rare Nevada grids. John W6ZKH > operated from DM07 but had some trouble with his equipment > on this particular pass. He said he will go back some day. > Mark also said he might be able to operate from DM07 in the > near future. > > Then we had the Boy Scouts Jamboree on the Air with quite a > few different stations operating on all of the FM birds including > K2BSA/5, W0S, K5B etc. > > The most prominent grid dxpedition this weekend was by Richard, > N2SPI. He had originally planned to operate from FN53, FN56, > FN57, FN66 and FN67 but he found a way to also operate from FN55 > and FN65 as well. He worked on the FM birds as well as VO-52. > This operation began Saturday morning and finished up Sunday afternoon, > about 30 hours from the first qso until the last on AO-27 at 1853z. > Richard operated at least one pass in each of seven grids and never > operated on a grid boundary. This was quite a trip! Richard > returned back to Massachusetts late Sunday night. > > The weekend rounded out with an announcement to look for KL5O, an > Alaska Special Event Station, on the birds. The AO-7 pass Sunday > evening at 0043Z had at least 14 different stations operating > including WV9E, KE5GFJ, WA4NVM, AA4FL, AA5PK, K6CDW, KE2CKO, K0OU, > K3SZH, AJ9K, KD8CAO, W7LRD, K8YSE and KL5O! KL5O was down around > 937 late in the pass. So if you think that there is no one on AO-7, > this should put that thought to rest. Many of them were talking about > KL5O. A special event does draw people to the birds just like it > does on the HF bands. Of course working Alaska is a special treat > under any situation. I believe KL7XJ was the operator. > > Activity is on the rise on the SSB birds in general. Many that have > been active on the FM birds are getting equipment set up for the > SSB/CW birds. It's nice to be able to have a qso that involves more > than a callsign and grid exchange. We hope to have FO-29 back soon > but VO-52 and AO-7 are there for us every day. > > A big thanks to all of the grid dxpeditioners who spent a lot of time > and money operating from places away from their homes. They have given > us many new grids. I hope this encourages others to try their hand > at operating from other grids. It's a lot of work but you will have > a lot of fun and satisfaction doing it. > > 73, > John K8YSE > > > John Papay > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > Hi John,
Yes it was a busy weekend and yes it was I, KL7XJ operating as KL5O special event station. I was the only Satellite op from Alaska. We had numerous HF stations on state wide. This our states 50th statehood anniversary year. I was contacted shortly before and asked to do the satellite ops. Did not have much time to get a message out to let folks know about the event. The dates were selected as the anniversary when the US purchased Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre. I want to thank all the stations that participated. I know there were others that were trying to get the contact. Again I apologize for not getting more info out in time.. The www.KL5O.com website will have the QSL info. My logs have been submitted. 73, Dale - KL7XJ _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
