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Today's Topics:
1. VA7EWK on AO7 @ 2018-2031 UTC today (Patrick STODDARD)
2. 13 Colonies QSL cards (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
3. Riverside CA AO-51 Pass 5:40PM PDT (Clint Bradford)
4. CN89 and the USA/Canada border on Friday, CO80 on Saturday
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
5. EN36 (w6gmt@xxx.xx.xxxx
6. CO80 today (Friday, 9 July) (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
7. HO-68 Schedule -11-18 July 2010 (Alan Kung)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 12:41:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Patrick STODDARD <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] VA7EWK on AO7 @ 2018-2031 UTC today
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi!
I will try one more AO7 pass at CN89ob between Vancouver and the Canada/USA
border at 2018 UTC. Look for me around 145.955-960 MHz on the
downlink, but I will also tune around hoping to hear anyone. Especially
in Europe.
73!
Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - Surrey, British Columbia
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:52:23 -0400
From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 13 Colonies QSL cards
To: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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If anyone that worked me during the 13 Colonies Special Event as KB1PVH /
K2H wants a special QSL card, send me an email with contact details, if your
in the log, I'll send you a card.
Thanks,
Dave - KB1PVH
Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 13:09:25 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Riverside CA AO-51 Pass 5:40PM PDT
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Tentatively, we have a great pass of AO-51 at 5:40PM PDT this afternoon here
in Riverside, CA ... I'll be working it from the Riverside ham club's
parking lot - followed by my presentation, "How to Work the FM Ham Sats with
your HT."
Hope to meet some of you on '51 tonight!
Clint, K6LCS
909-241-7666
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 00:38:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] CN89 and the USA/Canada border on Friday, CO80 on
Saturday
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi!
I did not plan on a lot of radio today, since I was in metro Vancouver and
CN89 is not a rare grid. I worked a couple of AO-7 passes, and a few others
from two different locations south of Vancouver. One of those locations
was standing on the USA/Canada border, west of the Peace Arch at the border
between Washington state and British Columbia.
The first location was in grid CN89ob, a few miles/km north of the USA
border in the south-side suburb of Surrey. I was heading down to the town
of White Rock, which has a beach and was rather crowded today due to the heat
gripping British Columbia just as it has much of eastern North America.
I worked 2 HO-68 passes, 2 AO-7 passes, and an AO-27 pass. Twenty QSOs
went in the log at this location. After spending some time in the town of
White Rock, just north of the USA border with a busy waterfront, I went to
the spot where I had thought about working some passes before I came up to
Vancouver - at the Peace Arch, on the USA/Canada border between Washington
state and British Columbia, where the I-5 and BC-99 freeways come together.
Peace Arch Park is actually two separate parks divided by the border - a
provincial park in British Columbia, and a state park in Washington state.
Effectively, this is one large park that sprawls across the border, with
the white arch standing on the border along with the other boundary markers
in the park(s). As long as one exits the park the way it was entered, there
are no border checks. I could not drive out to this point, but I could walk
out there. I did that, taking my IC-T7H HT along with my Elk 2m/70cm log
periodic, a camera, and my Garmin GPS receiver.
At this point on the USA/Canada border, it is supposed to be at 49 degrees
North exactly. Surveying technology over 100 years ago is not what it is now,
and the international border through the park is just north of 49 degrees
North. I stood next to a metal marker west of the Peace Arch in CN89oa
(49 0.119 N 122 45.438 W). I stood with one foot on each side of the border,
and identified my station using both of my callsigns WD9EWK and VA7EWK during
two passes - one AO-27 pass, followed by an AO-51 pass. This was the first
time I had every worked satellites from Washington state, albeit with only one
foot inside the state.
It was a hot day for this part of North America. Vancouver saw 95F/35C, and
in the sunlight I was sweating a lot. I stood at the border to work the AO-27
pass at 2218 UTC, and 7 minutes was more than enough. I was able to log 6
QSOs with stations from central Mexico up to Vancouver itself on this pass.
I had thought about heading back to Vancouver after this pass, but thought I
might try the upcoming AO-51 pass around 2307 UTC. I stayed, sitting in the
shade just north of the boundary until the AO-51 pass. Despite using only 5
watts sitting so far west on a pass to my east, I was able to log 10 more QSOs
on AO-51. Then I walked north back to my rental car - sitting in a parking
lot on the Canadian side of the border - to return to Vancouver for the rest
of the day.
Around the time of the AO-51 pass, a couple of US Customs and Border
Protection
offices walked by me while escorting someone to the Canada Customs building on
the north side of the park. A few minutes later, the officers passed by me as
I walked back to my car. Other than pleasantries, there were no questions
about the radio and antenna I was carrying with me. Had I tried to bring more
gear, and especially if I carried the gear in a bag or backpack, it is
possible
there would have been more interest in what I was doing while standing on the
international border.
Much of the border east of this park in this area has no fence, and only has
the concrete border markers. There is water to the west. Between patrols by
officials on both sides, along with cameras and other sensors that monitor for
people crossing away from an official border crossing, I figured the park had
to be the place I attempted this. I had no intention of trying this from any
other point on the border, since I could stay within the boundaries of the two
parks and freely cross between the two countries without issue. I did put my
US passport in my pocket, just in case - but it was not needed.
I will have double-sided QSL cards prepared for the QSOs made at the border.
One side will have information for the USA side of the border (Blaine,
Washington, in Whatcom County), and the other for Surrey, British Columbia.
For these QSOs, and any others during this trip, I will be happy to send you
my QSL card(s) if you e-mail me with the QSO details. For contacts with
VA7EWK, I *am* interested in receiving your QSL cards.
Tomorrow (Friday) will be my day-trip toward Whistler and grid CO80. Whenever
I wake up, I will get ready for the two-hour drive up from Vancouver. I hope
to be up there in time for passes in the afternoon, but may get up there
earlier. I am not going to commit to a specific time or time window when to
look for me, since it is now 0040 local (0740 UTC), and I need to get some
sleep. I will work both FM and SSB satellites, including AO-7 after 0000 UTC
when it should return to mode B. I may not be on every pass in the afternoon
and early evening, but will try to make a decent effort to be on from CO80.
If I have Internet access from wherever I stop and operate from, I will post
a message to the -BB.
73!
Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - North Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 13:13:08 +0000
From: <w6gmt@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] EN36
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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I will Pass through EN36 on Saturday I will work the AO-51 passes at 10:28
UTC and 12:06
also on the way back will work the AO-27 pass at 19:38 Unfortunately this
trip is not a real Sat grid Expedition but I have had several requests for
this grid.
Also I will be in EN28 and EN38 next weekend for the VHF Contest and will
activate those grids. more information on those two grids next week.
NO SASE NEEDED FOR QSL CARD SEND ME A CARD OR EMAIL ME
73
BROCK
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 06:39:42 -0700
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] CO80 today (Friday, 9 July)
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi!
I must have been rather sleepy when I wrote the Subject
line of my message last night. Today, Friday, will be my
day-trip to Whistler and grid CO80. I will be
on the way up there in the next half-
hour.
73!
Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 23:31:52 +0800
From: "Alan Kung" <alankung@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 Schedule -11-18 July 2010
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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UTC:
11 July 2010
================================
17:25...Turn On--SSB/CW
India, Africa, Middle East,
Europe,NA
18:10...Turn Off
20:40...Turn On--SSB/CW
Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA
21:25...Turn Off
12 July 2010
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00:25...Turn On--SSB/CW
South America,NA,North Asia
01:10...Turn Off
03:07...Turn On--SSB/CW
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
03:22...Turn Off
15:00...Turn On--SSB/CW
Oceania,India,South Asia,
Middle East,Europe,North Asia
15:45...Turn Off
17:10...Turn On--SSB/CW
Africa,Europe,NA
17:55...Turn Off
23:00...Turn On--SSB/CW
South America,NA,North Asia
23:45...Turn Off
13 July 2010
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01:55...Turn On--SSB/CW
South America,NA,North Asia
02:40...Turn Off
02:48...Turn On--SSB/CW
North Asia, East Asia, South Asia
03:03...Turn Off
11:00...Turn On--SSB/CW
Oceania,Asia,Europe
11:45...Turn Off
13:40...Turn On--SSB/CW
NA,Europe,Africa,South America
14:25...Turn Off
16:50...Turn On--SSB/CW
India,Middle East,Europe,NA
17:35...Turn Off
18:25...Turn On--SSB/CW
Africa,Europe,NA
19:10...Turn Off
14 July 2010
=================================
02:29...Turn On--SSB/CW
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
02:44...Turn Off
10:45...Turn On--SSB/CW
Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe
11:30...Turn Off
13:25...Turn On--SSB/CW
Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe
14:10...Turn Off
16:25...Turn On--SSB/CW
Africa,Europe,NA
17:10...Turn Off
22:30...Turn On--SSB/CW
NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania
23:15...Turn Off
15 July 2010
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02:12...Turn On--SSB/CW
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
02:28...Turn Off
05:40...Turn On--SSB/CW
NA,North Asia,Middle East,
Europe,Africa
06:25...Turn Off
10:25...Turn On--SSB/CW
Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA
11:10...Turn Off
13:05...Turn On--SSB/CW
Europe,NA,South America
13:50...Turn Off
16:20...Turn On--SSB/CW
Africa,India,Middle East,Europe,NA
17:05...Turn Off
18:10...Turn On--SSB/CW
Africa,Europe,NA
18:55...Turn Off
22:10...Turn On--SSB/CW
Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA
22:55...Turn Off
16 July 2010
================================
01:57...Turn On--SSB/CW
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
02:13...Turn Off
10:10...Turn On--SSB/CW
Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA
10:55...Turn Off
12:50...Turn On--SSB/CW
Europe,NA,South America
13:35...Turn Off
16:00...Turn On--SSB/CW
India,Africa,Europe,NA
16:45...Turn Off
21:55...Turn On--SSB/CW
South America,Africa,NA,
Europe,North Asia,East Asia
22:40...Turn Off
17 July 2010
================================
00:45...Turn On--SSB/CW
South America,NA,North Asia
01:30...Turn Off
01:39...Turn On--SSB/CW
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
01:53...Turn Off
11:40...Turn On--SSB/CW
Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA
12:25...Turn Off
14:20...Turn On--SSB/CW
Europe,NA,South America
15:25...Turn Off
17:35...Turn On--SSB/CW
Africa,Europe,NA
18:20...Turn Off
18 July 2010
================================
23:25...Turn On--SSB/CW
South America,NA,North Asia
00:10...Turn Off
01:22...Turn On--SSB/CW
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
01:36...Turn Off
06:40...Turn On--SSB/CW
North Asia,Europe,Africa
07:25...Turn Off
14:05...Turn On--SSB/CW
Europe,NA,South America
14:50...Turn Off
73
Alan Kung, BA1DU
HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager
www.camsat.cn
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