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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Luca's Blog (Fabiano Moser)
2. Successful Dnepr launch from Yasny (M5AKA)
3. FL11 again on SO-50 (Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa)
4. Another Test For Dream Catcher (B J)
5. New Mission For Fermi (B J)
6. Ac0ra/p (wyattdirks)
7. The USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids non-Award (John Papay)
8. Re: The USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids non-Award (Lowell White)
9. APRS Destination Address for satellites (Robert Bruninga)
10. Re: The USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids non-Award (ted)
11. Re: The USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids non-Award (Rick Walter)
12. Re: The USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids non-Award
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:00:08 +0100
From: Fabiano Moser <fabianomoser@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Luca's Blog
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Hi Bill,
I could not be sure, but probably he talk about our QSO :)
I have a video at youtube.
73's
CT7ABD
Fabiano Moser.
Enviado do meu iPhone
On 22/08/2013, at 18:45, "Bill \(W1PA\)" <w1pa@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> His previous post, where he relates working the amateur radio equipment
(possibly for the first time?) is good as well.
>
> Aug 13: "Message in a Bottle"
>
> Bill W1PA
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:51:37 +0100 (BST)
From: M5AKA <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Successful Dnepr launch from Yasny
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Korea's KOMSAT-5 was successful launched today from Dombarovsky near Yasny,
the first Dnepr to be launched since August 2011. It is hoped an amateur
radio satellite Dnepr launch will follow in November.
See http://amsat-uk.org/2013/08/22/dnepr-cubesat-launch/
Also on the AMSAT-UK site:
CubeSat to Mars
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/08/22/cubesat-to-mars/
----
73 Trevor M5AKA
AMSAT-UK website http://amsat-uk.org/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396
Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:48:06 -0400
From: "Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa" <co7wt@xxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FL11 again on SO-50
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Hi to all...
I plan to be on the next SO-50 pass of today (22 august 2013, 2226z - 2240z)
This will be a 75o Elevation pass...
CU on the birds
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 23:40:07 +0000
From: B J <va6bmj@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Another Test For Dream Catcher
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http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/august/nasa-partner-completes-second-dream-chas
er-captive-carry-test/
http://spacecoalition.com/blog/dream-chaser-space-plane-takes-flight-at-nasa%E
2%80%99s-dryden-flight-research-center
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 23:41:27 +0000
From: B J <va6bmj@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] New Mission For Fermi
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http://www.americaspace.com/?p=41211
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 22:53:21 -0500
From: wyattdirks <wyattdirks@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Ac0ra/p
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Good evening
If anyone would like en21/22 please send me an email direct. I am going to
be close to the gridline tomorrow.
Thanks
Wyatt
AC0RA
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 02:08:18 -0400
From: John Papay <FL@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] The USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids non-Award
Message-ID: <747223.66058.bm@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Some of the active grid chasers on the birds are aware
that KA6SIP just gave me my last USA grid when he operated
from CN72 in Oregon. And I thought it might be interesting
to look at the stats and how one manages to work and confirm
all 488 USA lower 48 States grids.
Satellite operators come and go and grids come and go with them.
A grid might have a very active operator in it and then it is
off the air when that person goes away for whatever reason.
Interestingly, about half of the 488 grids that were worked were
from those operating portable, not in the sense of using a radio
with batteries, but in the traditional sense of operating away from
their home station location. Once you have experienced being on the
other end of a small pileup, you will want to do it again. Just ask
W7LRD who tried it recently and is planning another trip. Here is
a list of operators who exited the comfort of their home station and
put a grid on the air. The callsign is followed by the number of new
grids they gave me towards the goal of working all 488. Others may have
been worked but these totals represent the first time a new grid was
confirmed.
ND9M 54
WD9EWK 27
WC7V 19
KD4ZGW 16
KB0RZD 10
KC0YBM 9
AA5CK 8
KA6SIP 8
KD8COQ 8
N5ZNL 7
W6GMT 7
N0JE 6
N2SPI 6
WA4NVM 5
KB5WIA 4
KB9BIT 4
KC0ZHF 4
KK0SD 4
AA5PK 3
K7CWQ 3
UT1FG 3
W6ZKH 3
WA6ARA 3
WA7HQD 3
WA8SME 3
AC0ZA 2
AJ9K 2
K0BAM 2
K7DRA 2
K7TRK 2
KA0RID 2
KC2LRC 2
KE7DOV 2
N3TL 2
N5AFV 2
Jim, ND9M, is a seasoned grid expeditioner. Along with working
satellites he is also active on the county hunters nets. Most of
his activity was between 2009 and 2011. He was also active from a
cargo ship and gave out the very rare DM02. Jim would travel for
months at a time and worked from a few hundred grids. Most of that
operating was done on FM birds rather than linear ones. It was
great to have many daily fm passes when AO-27 and AO-51 were active.
HO-68 and SO-67 were in the mix for a while too. 54 new grids came
from Jim and he tops the list.
Most everyone knows Patrick WD9EWK. He has done a lot of traveling
both in the US and Canada and he gave me 27 new grids. He was very
active on the birds until recently. He was an alternate on the AMSAT
Board of Directors and was recently appointed to oversee the AMSAT
Area Coordinator program. He virtually has no home station and most
all local contacts were made from a park near his apartment in Phoenix.
He knows how to do it and he is a meticulous planner.
Next on the list is Kerry WC7V. He lives in sparsely populated Montana
and travels around by car and in his light aircraft. He went to many
grids at my request and made a lot of us very happy by operating from
many rare locations. He is in slot number 3 with 19 grids.
Next on the list is Rob KD4ZGW/m. Rob drove an 18 wheeler and we all
heard him on a satellite one day. He didn't know his grid square but
he knew his milepost on the interstate. From there we had the grid
square. Rob went on to improve his mobile station and activated over
100 grid squares. He is no longer driving on long hauls and has not
been active for some time. He is fourth on the list with 16 grids.
The next three are very special because they all became new operators
during the quest to work all 488. Gail KB0RZD is very active today,
usually operating with a handie-talkie. He went to 10 grids around him
and sent some photo qsl cards that were just outstanding. KC0YBM operated
from his home location for a long time before I realized he was very
close to other grids. Chris didn't have portable equipment so I suggested
he look into an AC inverter for the car. He did just that and soon he
was operating portable from some new grids. This speaks to the ham radio
culture that you find a way to operate with what you have. Chris continues
to be active and hands out grids in the US and Canada. And then there
is Ted, AA5CK. He has operated in grids around his home qth as well as
some rare ones in New Mexico. He lives in EM04, not far from EM05 where
I made my first grid expedition contact with KD8CAO from EM05 in front of
the White Dog Ranch on old Route 66. I remember Ted's first sat contact.
There are a few very special operators that can't be left out. My son,
KD8CAO, provided 8 new grids for his dad. He knows how to operate
portable and gives out the grids when he travels. Then there was
Richard N2SPI. I asked him about some grids in Maine that hadn't been
on and he took the challenge and drove to all of them, getting back to
his dad's place during the first snow of the season. Dave KB5WIA made
quite the trip by backpacking into CM79. It took two trips to transport
the equipment into the grid. He has a video of it on youtube.
I started with satellites in June 2006 and only had 47 USA grids by August
2008. From August 2008 till Jan 2009 I worked another 109. In 2009 199
were worked. 2010 was 76 and 2011 was 44. Only 4 new grids were worked
in 2012 and 9 were snagged in 2013. Eight of those final 9 grids were
handed out by Tom KA6SIP. He heard about the need and decided to make a
grid expedition to put them on the air. He did 7 of them in one trip.
Then Bob W7LRD went to the beach in CN77, operating away from home for
the first time. That left CN72. Tom just got back from Hawaii and quickly
made plans to camp out in CN72 and gave me the final grid on AO-7B, 20 August
2013 at 2332z. Then he put CN71 on the air on 22-23August, also a very
rare grid square but one that I already had. Many others worked him there.
There is no award for working all 488 grids on satellites as there is
for six meters (FFMA). The ARRL awards committee has looked at it and will
implement it if someone on the Board of Directors brings it up for a vote
and it passes. Hopefully that will happen soon. Having that type of award
gives everyone something to work for. It promotes grid expeditions and
interest in working through the satellites. If we all contact our
ARRL Director, it might just happen.
There may be others who have already worked all 488 grids on satellites.
K6YK might be one of them. I know there are several others who are
getting close. It is not any easy thing to accomplish even if you operate
every day. It is something you can work towards over the years.
I want to thank everyone that made satellite contacts with me that ultimately
led to working all 488. Many went out of their way to put on a grid. Over
half of the grids worked were from grid expeditions! If you haven't
experienced
operating away from home, please consider it. With new operators showing up
on the birds every day, there is always a need for an uncommon grid. And you
will have a lot of fun doing it! Just ask anyone on my list.
73,
John K8YSE
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:42:58 -0500
From: "Lowell White" <whiteld@xxx.xxx>
To: John Papay <FL@xxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: The USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids
non-Award
Message-ID: <331RHwLp74016S03.1377258178@xxxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Congratulations, John,
This is an excellent write-up. It should be published in the AMSAT Journal.
Cudos to all whom were "on the other end" and to you for your persistence.
73,
Lowell White
K9LDW
EM12sr
------ Original Message ------
Received: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 01:15:29 AM CDT
From: John Papay <FL@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] The USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids non-Award
> Some of the active grid chasers on the birds are aware
> that KA6SIP just gave me my last USA grid when he operated
> from CN72 in Oregon. And I thought it might be interesting
> to look at the stats and how one manages to work and confirm
> all 488 USA lower 48 States grids.
>
> Satellite operators come and go and grids come and go with them.
> A grid might have a very active operator in it and then it is
> off the air when that person goes away for whatever reason.
> Interestingly, about half of the 488 grids that were worked were
> from those operating portable, not in the sense of using a radio
> with batteries, but in the traditional sense of operating away from
> their home station location. Once you have experienced being on the
> other end of a small pileup, you will want to do it again. Just ask
> W7LRD who tried it recently and is planning another trip. Here is
> a list of operators who exited the comfort of their home station and
> put a grid on the air. The callsign is followed by the number of new
> grids they gave me towards the goal of working all 488. Others may have
> been worked but these totals represent the first time a new grid was
> confirmed.
>
> ND9M 54
> WD9EWK 27
> WC7V 19
> KD4ZGW 16
> KB0RZD 10
> KC0YBM 9
> AA5CK 8
> KA6SIP 8
> KD8COQ 8
> N5ZNL 7
> W6GMT 7
> N0JE 6
> N2SPI 6
> WA4NVM 5
> KB5WIA 4
> KB9BIT 4
> KC0ZHF 4
> KK0SD 4
> AA5PK 3
> K7CWQ 3
> UT1FG 3
> W6ZKH 3
> WA6ARA 3
> WA7HQD 3
> WA8SME 3
> AC0ZA 2
> AJ9K 2
> K0BAM 2
> K7DRA 2
> K7TRK 2
> KA0RID 2
> KC2LRC 2
> KE7DOV 2
> N3TL 2
> N5AFV 2
>
> Jim, ND9M, is a seasoned grid expeditthe list is Kerry WC7V. He lives in sparsely populated Montana
> and travels around by car and in his light aircraft. He went to many
> grids at my request and made a lot of us very happy by operating from
> many rare locations. He is in slot number 3 with 19 grids.
>
> Next on the list is Rob KD4ZGW/m. Rob drove an 18 wheeler and we all
> heard him on a satellite one day. He didn't know his grid square but
> he knew his milepost on the interstate.nal grid on AO-7B, 20
August
> 2013 at 2332z. Then he put CN71 on the air on 22-23August, also a very
> rare grid square but one that I already had. Many others worked him there.
>
> There is no award for working all 488 grids on satellites as there is
> for six meters (FFMA). The ARRL awards committee has looked at it and will
> implement it if someone on the Board of Directors brings it up for a vote
> and it passes. Hopefully that will happen soon. Having that type of award
> gives everyone something to work for. It promotes grid expeditions and
> interest in working through the satellites. If we all contact our
> ARRL Director, it might just happen.
>
> There may be others who have already worked all 488 grids on satellites.
> K6YK might be one of them. I know there are several others who are
> getting close. It is not any easy thing to accomplish even if you operate
> every day. It is something you can work towards over the years.
>
> I want to thank everyone that made satellite contacts with me that
ultimately
> led to working all 488. Many went out of their way to put on a grid. Over
> half of the grids worked were from grid expeditions! If you haven't
> experienced
> operating away from home, please consider it. With new operators showing
up
> on the birds every day, there is always a need for an uncommon grid. And
you
> will have a lot of fun doing it! Just ask anyone on my list.
>
> 73,
> John K8YSE
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 08:49:02 -0400
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS Destination Address for satellites
Message-ID: <207f7342f4001436140fe6438ed52ced@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
APRS has standardized an ID series for amateur Oscar spacecraft. APOxxx.
At the request of Juan Carlos, LU9DO, AMSAT-LUwanted a series of APRS
designators for uniquely identifying AMSAT APRS applications. He
suggested those beginning with the letter O for OSCARS.
ALL APRS applications include this identifier in their packets so that the
source of APRS data can be known. See the list
http://aprs.org/aprs11/tocalls.txt
Bob, WB4aPR
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 08:32:41 -0500
From: ted <aa5ck@xxx.xxx>
To: John Papay <FL@xxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: The USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids
non-Award
Message-ID: <52176479.7050106@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Hi John,
Congratulations on your great accomplishment!
Well deserving for one who who contributes so much to the Satellite
community.
Of course we are all aware of the, "rest of the story", that this has
not been a one
way effort!
You have certainly provided your share of many new grids for us as we
have followed
you on your own grid expeditions.
So, back at Ya with our thanks along with our congratulations!
73....ted....aa5ck
On 8/23/2013 1:08 AM, John Papay wrote:
>
> I want to thank everyone that made satellite contacts with me that
> ultimately
> led to working all 488. Many went out of their way to put on a grid.
> Over
> half of the grids worked were from grid expeditions! If you haven't
> experienced
> operating away from home, please consider it. With new operators
> showing up
> on the birds every day, there is always a need for an uncommon grid.
> And you
> will have a lot of fun doing it! Just ask anyone on my list.
//amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 09:34:26 -0400
From: Rick Walter <wb3csy@xxxxx.xxx>
To: John Papay <FL@xxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: The USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids
non-Award
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Congratulations John! I hope ARRL comes through with the new award.
Thank you for all the grids you gave me during your grid expeditions.
73,
Rick WB3CSY
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:08 AM, John Papay <FL@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Some of the active grid chasers on the birds are aware
> that KA6SIP just gave me my last USA grid when he operated
> from CN72 in Oregon. And I thought it might be interesting
> to look at the stats and how one manages to work and confirm
> all 488 USA lower 48 States grids.
>
> Satellite operators come and go and grids come and go with them.
> A grid might have a very active operator in it and then it is
> off the air when that person goes away for whatever reason.
> Interestingly, about half of the 488 grids that were worked were
> from those operating portable, not in the sense of using a radio
> with batteries, but in the traditional sense of operating away from
> their home station location. Once you have experienced being on the
> other end of a small pileup, you will want to do it again. Just ask
> W7LRD who tried it recently and is planning another trip. Here is
> a list of operators who exited the comfort of their home station and
> put a grid on the air. The callsign is followed by the number of new
> grids they gave me towards the goal of working all 488. Others may have
> been worked but these totals represent the first time a new grid was
> confirmed.
>
> ND9M 54
> WD9EWK 27
> WC7V 19
> KD4ZGW 16
> KB0RZD 10
> KC0YBM 9
> AA5CK 8
> KA6SIP 8
> KD8COQ 8
> N5ZNL 7
> W6GMT 7
> N0JE 6
> N2SPI 6
> WA4NVM 5
> KB5WIA 4
> KB9BIT 4
> KC0ZHF 4
> KK0SD 4
> AA5PK 3
> K7CWQ 3
> UT1FG 3
> W6ZKH 3
> WA6ARA 3
> WA7HQD 3
> WA8SME 3
> AC0ZA 2
> AJ9K 2
> K0BAM 2
> K7DRA 2
> K7TRK 2
> KA0RID 2
> KC2LRC 2
> KE7DOV 2
> N3TL 2
> N5AFV 2
>
> Jim, ND9M, is a seasoned grid expeditioner. Along with working
> satellites he is also active on the county hunters nets. Most of
> his activity was between 2009 and 2011. He was also active from a
> cargo ship and gave out the very rare DM02. Jim would travel for
> months at a time and worked from a few hundred grids. Most of that
> operating was done on FM birds rather than linear ones. It was
> great to have many daily fm passes when AO-27 and AO-51 were active.
> HO-68 and SO-67 were in the mix for a while too. 54 new grids came
> from Jim and he tops the list.
>
> Most everyone knows Patrick WD9EWK. He has done a lot of traveling
> both in the US and Canada and he gave me 27 new grids. He was very
> active on the birds until recently. He was an alternate on the AMSAT
> Board of Directors and was recently appointed to oversee the AMSAT
> Area Coordinator program. He virtually has no home station and most
> all local contacts were made from a park near his apartment in Phoenix.
> He knows how to do it and he is a meticulous planner.
>
> Next on the list is Kerry WC7V. He lives in sparsely populated Montana
> and travels around by car and in his light aircraft. He went to many
> grids at my request and made a lot of us very happy by operating from
> many rare locations. He is in slot number 3 with 19 grids.
>
> Next on the list is Rob KD4ZGW/m. Rob drove an 18 wheeler and we all
> heard him on a satellite one day. He didn't know his grid square but
> he knew his milepost on the interstate. From there we had the grid
> square. Rob went on to improve his mobile station and activated over
> 100 grid squares. He is no longer driving on long hauls and has not
> been active for some time. He is fourth on the list with 16 grids.
>
> The next three are very special because they all became new operators
> during the quest to work all 488. Gail KB0RZD is very active today,
> usually operating with a handie-talkie. He went to 10 grids around him
> and final 9 grids were
> handed out by Tom KA6SIP. He heard about the need and decided to make a
> grid expedition to put them on the air. He did 7 of them in one trip.
> Then Bob W7LRD went to the beach in CN77, operating away from home for
> the first time. That left CN72. Tom just got back from Hawaii and quickly
> made plans to camp out in CN72 and gave me the final grid on AO-7B, 20
> August
> 2013 at 2332z. Then he put CN71 on the air on 22-23August, also a very
> rare grid square but one that I already had. Many others worked him there.
>
> There is no award for working all 488 grids on satellites as there is
> for six meters (FFMA). The ARRL awards committee has looked at it and will
> implement it if someone on the Board of Directors brings it up for a vote
> and it passes. Hopefully that will happen soon. Having that type of award
> gives everyone something to work for. It promotes grid expeditions and
> interest in working through the satellites. If we all contact our
> ARRL Director, it might just happen.
>
> There may be others who have already worked all 488 grids on satellites.
> K6YK might be one of them. I know there are several others who are
> getting close. It is not any easy thing to accomplish even if you operate
> every day. It is something you can work towards over the years.
>
> I want to thank everyone that made satellite contacts with me that
> ultimately
> led to working all 488. Many went out of their way to put on a grid. Over
> half of the grids worked were from grid expeditions! If you haven't
> experienced
> operating away from home, please consider it. With new operators showing
> up
> on the birds every day, there is always a need for an uncommon grid. And
> you
> will have a lot of fun doing it! Just ask anyone on my list.
>
> 73,
> John K8YSE
>
> ______________________________**_________________
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--
Sent from Rick's gmail account
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 09:01:17 -0700
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: John Papay <FL@xxxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: The USA Lower 48 Worked all 488 Grids
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John,
Congratulations on working all 488 grids! I'm glad I was able to be
a part of that total.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:08 PM, John Papay <FL@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Some of the active grid chasers on the birds are aware
> that KA6SIP just gave me my last USA grid when he operated
> from CN72 in Oregon. And I thought it might be interesting
> to look at the stats and how one manages to work and confirm
> all 488 USA lower 48 States grids.
>
> Satellite operators come and go and grids come and go with them.
> A grid might have a very active operator in it and then it is
> off the air when that person goes away for whatever reason.
> Interestingly, about half of the 488 grids that were worked were
> from those operating portable, not in the sense of using a radio
> with batteries, but in the traditional sense of operating away from
> their home station location. Once you have experienced being on the
> other end of a small pileup, you will want to do it again. Just ask
> W7LRD who tried it recently and is planning another trip. Here is
> a list of operators who exited the comfort of their home station and
> put a grid on the air. The callsign is followed by the number of new
> grids they gave me towards the goal of working all 488. Others may have
> been worked but these totals represent the first time a new grid was
> confirmed.
>
> ND9M 54
> WD9EWK 27
> WC7V 19
> KD4ZGW 16
> KB0RZD 10
> KC0YBM 9
> AA5CK 8
> KA6SIP 8
> KD8COQ 8
> N5ZNL 7
> W6GMT 7
> N0JE 6
> N2SPI 6
> WA4NVM 5
> KB5WIA 4
> KB9BIT 4
> KC0ZHF 4
> KK0SD 4
> AA5PK 3
> K7CWQ 3
> UT1FG 3
> W6ZKH 3
> WA6ARA 3
> WA7HQD 3
> WA8SME 3
> AC0ZA 2
> AJ9K 2
> K0BAM 2
> K7DRA 2
> K7TRK 2
> KA0RID 2
> KC2LRC 2
> KE7DOV 2
> N3TL 2
> N5AFV 2
>
> Jim, ND9M, is a seasoned grid expeditioner. Along with working
> satellites he is also active on the county hunters nets. Most of
> his activity was between 2009 and 2011. He was also active from a
> cargo ship and gave out the very rare DM02. Jim would travel for
> months at a time and worked from a few hundred grids. Most of that
> operating was done on FM birds rather than linear ones. It was
> great to have many daily fm passes when AO-27 and AO-51 were active.
> HO-68 and SO-67 were in the mix for a while too. 54 new grids came
> from Jim and he tops the list.
>
> Most everyone knows Patrick WD9EWK. He has done a lot of traveling
> both in the US and Canada and he gave me 27 new grids. He was very
> active on the birds until recently. He was an alternate on the AMSAT
> Board of Directors and was recently appointed to oversee the AMSAT
> Area Coordinator program. He virtually has no home station and most
> all local contacts were made from a park near his apartment in Phoenix.
> He knows how to do it and he is a meticulous planner.
>
> Next on the list is Kerry WC7V. He lives in sparsely populated Montana
> and travels around by car and in his light aircraft. He went to many
> grids at my request and made a lot of us very happy by operating from
> many rare locations. He is in slot number 3 with 19 grids.
>
> Next on the list is Rob KD4ZGW/m. Rob drove an 18 wheeler and we all
> heard him on a satellite one day. He didn't know his grid square but
> he knew his milepost on the interstate. From there we had the grid
> square. Rob went on to improve his mobile station and activated over
> 100 grid squares. He is no longer driving on long hauls and has not
> been active for some time. He is fourth on the list with 16 grids.
>
> The next three are very special because they all became new operators
> during the quest to work all 488. Gail KB0RZD is very active today,
> usually operating with a handie-talkie. He went to 10 grids around him
> and sent some photo qsl cards that were just outstanding. KC0YBM operated
> from his home location for a long time before I realized he was very
> close to other grids. Chris didn't have portable equipment so I suggested
> he look into an AC inverter for the car. He did just that and soon he
> was operating portable from some new grids. This speaks to the ham radio
> culture that you find a way to operate with what you have. Chris continues
> to be active and hands out grids in the US and Canada. And then there
> is Ted, AA5CK. He has operated in grids around his home qth as well as
> some rare ones in New Mexico. He lives in EM04, not far from EM05 where
> I made my first grid expedition contact with KD8CAO from EM05 in front of
> the White Dog Ranch on old Route 66. I remember Ted's first sat contact.
>
> There are a few very special operators that can't be left out. My son,
> KD8CAO, provided 8 new grids for his dad. He knows how to operate
> portable and gives out the grids when he travels. Then there was
> Richard N2SPI. I asked him about some grids in Maine that hadn't been
> on and he took the challenge and drove to all of them, getting back to
> his dad's place during the first snow of the season. Dave KB5WIA made
> quite the trip by backpacking into CM79. It took two trips to transport
> the equipment into the grid. He has a video of it on youtube.
>
> I started with satellites in June 2006 and only had 47 USA grids by August
> 2008. From August 2008 till Jan 2009 I worked another 109. In 2009 199
> were worked. 2010 was 76 and 2011 was 44. Only 4 new grids were worked
> in 2012 and 9 were snagged in 2013. Eight of those final 9 grids were
> handed out by Tom KA6SIP. He heard about the need and decided to make a
> grid expedition to put them on the air. He did 7 of them in one trip.
> Then Bob W7LRD went to the beach in CN77, operating away from home for
> the first time. That left CN72. Tom just got back from Hawaii and quickly
> made plans to camp out in CN72 and gave me the final grid on AO-7B, 20
> August
> 2013 at 2332z. Then he put CN71 on the air on 22-23August, also a very
> rare grid square but one that I already had. Many others worked him there.
>
> There is no award for working all 488 grids on satellites as there is
> for six meters (FFMA). The ARRL awards committee has looked at it and will
> implement it if someone on the Board of Directors brings it up for a vote
> and it passes. Hopefully that will happen soon. Having that type of award
> gives everyone something to work for. It promotes grid expeditions and
> interest in working through the satellites. If we all contact our
> ARRL Director, it might just happen.
>
> There may be others who have already worked all 488 grids on satellites.
> K6YK might be one of them. I know there are several others who are
> getting close. It is not any easy thing to accomplish even if you operate
> every day. It is something you can work towards over the years.
>
> I want to thank everyone that made satellite contacts with me that
> ultimately
> led to working all 488. Many went out of their way to put on a grid. Over
> half of the grids worked were from grid expeditions! If you haven't
> experienced
> operating away from home, please consider it. With new operators showing
> up
> on the birds every day, there is always a need for an uncommon grid. And
> you
> will have a lot of fun doing it! Just ask anyone on my list.
>
> 73,
> John K8YSE
>
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