We're progressing toward W6-land and should be there this coming Wednesday. North America is solidly within many footprints now, and a lot of contacts have been made. It's also surprising to me that several of the passes I've been on have had no other signals even though the footprint covered well into North America and I heard my downlinks quite easily.
The seas have calmed considerably, but the winds have brought the wind chill down into the 30s. That makes for some mighty cold passes! Here's my planned op sked and the expected grid(s) for tomorrow, 27 Feb: FO29 - 27/1106Z - CM15 or CM25, possibly both during the same pass VO52 - 27/1745Z - CM25 AO27 - 27/2107Z - CM35 VO52 - 28/0305Z - Probably CM45 AO7 - 28/0324Z - Probably CM45 FO29 - 28/1013Z - CM54 These passes are during my business hours. I'll make them if I can. AO27 - 27/2246Z - CM35 - Approximate turn on time AO7 - 27/2343Z - CM35 - If in Mode B FO29 - 28/0004Z - CM35 AO51 - 28/0013Z - CM35 - will miss the first few minutes to be on FO29 AO7 - 28/0130Z - CM35 - This is a likely one, but I can't be sure. FO29 - 28/0149Z - CM35 - This is also a likely pass to make. Here's a "maybe" pass: VO52 - 27/1611Z - CM25 - It'll be low (4 degrees) and early here, which is why it's a maybe... CU on the birds! 73, Jim, ND9M / VQ9JC _______________________________________________ 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
