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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Helical Antenna for 2-meters
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
2. Re: Helical Antenna for 2-meters (Joe)
3. Re: Helical Antenna for 2-meters (Jim Jerzycke)
4. Re: Helical Antenna for 2-meters (Rick Tejera)
5. WX satellites (Egon)
6. Re: WX satellites (Ken Alexander)
7. Re: Helical Antenna for 2-meters (JoAnne K9JKM)
8. NJ7H NWT Roving (Mike Diehl)
9. Re: WX satellites (Sean Waite)
10. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-02-07 06:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
11. recomendation brushless controlier (Nick Pugh)
12. Re: recomendation brushless controlier (John Magliacane)
13. Re: recomendation brushless controlier (skristof@xxxxxxx.xxxx
14. Re: recomendation brushless controlier (John Magliacane)
15. Back from VE8 (Gabriel Zeifman)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 22:37:10 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Helical Antenna for 2-meters
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Hi!
Try this link:
http://www.electric-web.org/2m_helix_antenna.htm
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 10:30 PM, Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> HOME BREWING A HELIX, VK5ZAI STYLE
>
> This is the title of his article, unable to find website again.
>
> HTH
>
> Dave
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 16:43:27 -0600
From: Joe <nss@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Helical Antenna for 2-meters
Message-ID: <3b2b3d2e-49a7-f6a8-7092-362a483031ad@xxx.xxx>
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has anyone got plans for similar but for 435?
Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 2/5/2017 4:37 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Try this link:
>
> http://www.electric-web.org/2m_helix_antenna.htm
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @xxxxxx
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 10:30 PM, Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
>> HOME BREWING A HELIX, VK5ZAI STYLE
>>
>> This is the title of his article, unable to find website again.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 23:06:55 +0000
From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Helical Antenna for 2-meters
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There was one in either the ARRL Satellite Handbook, or the VHF/UHF
antenna handbook.
73, Jim KQ6EA
On 02/05/2017 10:43 PM, Joe wrote:
> has anyone got plans for similar but for 435?
>
> Joe WB9SBD
> Sig
> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> Idle Tyme
> Idle-Tyme.com
> http://www.idle-tyme.com
> On 2/5/2017 4:37 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Try this link:
>>
>> http://www.electric-web.org/2m_helix_antenna.htm
>>
>> 73!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
>> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>> Twitter: @xxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 10:30 PM, Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>
>>> HOME BREWING A HELIX, VK5ZAI STYLE
>>>
>>> This is the title of his article, unable to find website again.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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>>
>>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2017 16:19:39 -0700
From: Rick Tejera <saguaroastro@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxxx "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Helical Antenna for 2-meters
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Yup, I found it. Looks interesting.
How was the hamfest?
Rick Tejera K7TEJSaguaroAstro@xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Date: 05/02/2017 15:37 (GMT-07:00)
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Helical Antenna for 2-meters
Hi!
Try this link:
http://www.electric-web.org/2m_helix_antenna.htm
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 10:30 PM, Dave Mann <cwo4mann@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> HOME BREWING A HELIX, VK5ZAI STYLE
>
> This is the title of his article, unable to find website again.
>
> HTH
>
> Dave
>
>
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 16:26:38 -0700
From: "Egon" <ve6egn@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WX satellites
Message-ID: <18E1E61959BA4FF6A698C5173A0385F5@xxxxxx>
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A bit of topic, I wonder if anybody knows of any software
that will decode Goes weather satellite images..
They went from analog to digital about 10 years ago on 1691 MHz.
Egon VE6EGN/SA3EGN
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 23:43:42 +0000 (UTC)
From: Ken Alexander <k.alexander@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, Egon <ve6egn@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WX satellites
Message-ID: <361285729.2057554.1486338222801@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi Egon,
Try here. This guy has written all kinds of software for decoding satellite
images.
http://www.satsignal.eu/
73,
Ken Alexander
VE3HLS
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On Sun, 2/5/17, Egon <ve6egn@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
Subject: [amsat-bb] WX satellites
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Date: Sunday, February 5, 2017, 6:26 PM
A bit of topic, I wonder if anybody
knows of any software
that will decode Goes weather satellite images..
They went from analog to digital about 10 years ago on 1691
MHz.
Egon VE6EGN/SA3EGN
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 17:48:32 -0600
From: "JoAnne K9JKM" <joanne.k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Helical Antenna for 2-meters
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Jim mentioned: > There was one in either the ARRL Satellite Handbook, or the
VHF/UHF
> antenna handbook.
Helix antenna articles have also been published in the AMSAT Journal over
the past decade:
AMSAT Journal, May/June 2008 - "Helix Antenna Mathematics and Construction
Techniques", John Henderson, N4NAB
AMSAT Journal, September/October 2008 - "A 52 Turn Helix Antenna for S-Band
that Overperforms", Clare Fowler, VE3NPC (shows useful details on
construction tips although the dimensions obviously differ for 2 meter band)
AMSAT Journal, May/June 2011 - "Confessions of a Helix Junkie", Mike
Williams, K9QHO
If you don't have the printed copies they were in the AMSAT Journal Archive
DVD which appears to be out of stock in the AMSAT Store at the moment.
--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 18:06:43 -0800
From: Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] NJ7H NWT Roving
Message-ID: <358EC6C1-36AD-48DA-8B6F-B58A11154BEE@xxxxx.xxx>
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It looks like Gabe's roving trip to the NWT has come to a close. Despite
some setbacks with coax jumpers he was successful at activating many grids
in the NWT. I was not able to work them all due to my own setbacks but I
wanted to make sure my appreciation was known for all the passes I did
manage to work. 18 grids while he was /VE is something to be grateful for
and I haven't even counted the grids from the U.S. yet. I do know it's more
than enough for a VUCC endorsement. :-)
Thanks again, Gabe.
73's
Mike Diehl - AI6GS
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 02:38:34 +0000
From: Sean Waite <waisean@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Egon <ve6egn@xxxxxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WX satellites
Message-ID:
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There are some guys working on it
https://github.com/opensatelliteproject
Rtl-sdr.com has a few articles on it as well.
Sean WA1TE
On Sun, Feb 5, 2017, 18:33 Egon <ve6egn@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> A bit of topic, I wonder if anybody knows of any software
> that will decode Goes weather satellite images..
> They went from analog to digital about 10 years ago on 1691 MHz.
> Egon VE6EGN/SA3EGN
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 01:24:16 -0500
From: AJ9N@xxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-02-07
06:00 UTC
Message-ID: <134e77.71ae6b4b.45cac210@xxx.xxx>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-02-07 06:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Space Exploration Educators Conference, Houston, Texas, telebridge via
K6DUE
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is a go for: Thu 2017-02-09 20:30:10 UTC 21 deg
Palmetto Scholars Academy, North Charleston, SC, direct via K4PSA
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-02-10 17:59:18 UTC 38 deg
Coll?ge Andr? Malraux, Chatelaillon-Plage, France, direct via F4KJT
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FX?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Contact is a go for: Mon 2017-02-13 14:00:35 UTC 67 deg (***)
3rd Junior High School, Komotini, Greece, direct via SV7APQ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Contact is a go for: Fri 2017-02-17 08:58:11 UTC 35 deg (***)
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**
ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@xxxxx.xxx or aj9n@xxx.xxx.
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
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***
All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
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***
Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able to get in. That has now been changed to
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
****************************************************************************
Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS?
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete
details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Francesco IK?WGF with 119
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The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are
additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2017-02-07 06:00 UTC.
(***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1112.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1076.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern
Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2017-02-03 07:00 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 49 on orbit
Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD
Andrei Borisenko
Sergey Ryzhikov
Exp. 50 on orbit
Peggy Whitson
Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG
Oleg Novitskiy
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 06:29:20 -0600
From: "Nick Pugh" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] recomendation brushless controlier
Message-ID: <01a601d2813d$cf08e320$6d1aa960$@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
The sat team is looking recommendations for a brushless motor controller for
their momentum wheel. Does the community have any recommendations for a
controller?
Thanks
nick
Office 337 593 8700
Cell 337 258 2527
Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School
Disagree I Learn
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 15:35:48 +0000 (UTC)
From: John Magliacane <kd2bd@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, Nick Pugh <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] recomendation brushless controlier
Message-ID: <1759231051.3921420.1486481748308@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
On Tue, 2/7/17, Nick Pugh <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> The sat team is looking recommendations for a brushless motor controller for
> their momentum wheel. Does the community have any recommendations for a
> controller?
How about the "Fluid Momentum Wheel" created by AMSAT for one of the P3
birds? (A circular tube of viscous fluid containing magnetic particles that
was forced to flow through the tube by pulsing currents through coils wound
around the tube. -- Completely solid state. No moving parts.)
73 de John, KD2BD
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 11:05:35 -0500
From: skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] recomendation brushless controlier
Message-ID: <b705c38ca821c92c1affc3c9d6decd6a@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
I'm curious about this gadget. A Google search of "Fluid momentum wheel"
doesn't turn up anything like what is described.
Do you have a link for more info?
Thank you!
Steve AI9IN
On 2017-02-07 10:35, John Magliacane via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> On Tue, 2/7/17, Nick Pugh <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
>> The sat team is looking recommendations for a brushless motor controller
for
>> their momentum wheel. Does the community have any recommendations for a
>> controller?
>
> How about the "Fluid Momentum Wheel" created by AMSAT for one of the P3
birds? (A circular tube of viscous fluid containing magnetic particles that
was forced to flow through the tube by pulsing currents through coils wound
around the tube. -- Completely solid state. No moving parts.)
>
> 73 de John, KD2BD
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 16:24:58 +0000 (UTC)
From: John Magliacane <kd2bd@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, "skristof@xxxxxxx.xxxx
<skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] recomendation brushless controlier
Message-ID: <1905626081.3990371.1486484698251@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
On Tue, 2/7/17, skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx <skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I'm curious about this gadget. A Google search of "Fluid momentum wheel"
> doesn't turn up anything like what is described.
>
> Do you have a link for more info?
No (sorry). I either read or heard about it many years ago, got a clear
mental image of the concept from the description at the time, and that's all
I remember.
It seemed like a really neat idea to me, and (if I recall correctly) it was
an AMSAT innovation.
Come to think of it, maybe it wasn't intended for a P3 bird, but maybe for a
planned geosynchronous satellite, instead. As such, it may have never been
put into practice.
73 de John, KD2BD
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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 12:17:37 -0600
From: Gabriel Zeifman <gabrielzeifman@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Back from VE8
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Hello fellow bird trackers and sky talkers,
I have safely returned to EM15 from the reaches of the sub-Arctic. What a
great trip with 1,140 contacts in the log (over 900 already with
confirmations in LoTW).
The trip started out very well filling in many holes in holes in many
people's 488 maps in DN land and a bit of EN land.
After crossing the border, many never before heard grids were activated.
The real fun began after crossing the 60th Parallel into the Northwest
Territories and into DP land, a field that most people had never worked.
The conditions were great, temperatures weren't absurd (don't get me wrong,
still damn cold). The Winter Roads I did get on were great (lots of fun
working from the Detah Winter Road on Great Slave Lake in DP22). Nothing
greater than working across the Atlantic while on an ice road under the
northern lights... DP00 was definitely the most absurd grid I visited, on
the Trout Lake Winter Road. Next time I'll have to go further and get into
CP90.
Everything seemed to go very well up until around day three in VE8 when all
of my coax jumpers began acting up. I still managed to get on some passes
with this setup and make some great contacts. It eventually got bad enough
where I had one jumper that seemed to work alright and the whip on my car
and used that for 2m, basically limiting me to FO-29 (where I was very
quiet most of the time).
Upon getting into BC, John K8YSE found Tim VE7XIX (former VE5SAT, AC2GK). I
met up with Tim in Fort Saint John, BC and he had everything we needed to
make a temporary repair on two of my jumpers. Thanks to Tim the portion
between BC and Portland, OR was saved (solder and lots of gorilla tape).
Upon reaching Oregon and California, thanks to Clayton W5PFG and Steve N9IP
I was able to get some new coax jumpers.
The drive down the coast and through the desert was great, many rare grids
activated. A memorable time was driving through LA and listening to the
147.435 repeater and checking into the "Bong Hit Net" at 4:20PM.
It was great to meet many hams throughout the trip, in both the US and
Canada. Especially fun was attending the Palm Springs Hamfest and meeting
many SoCal sat ops (and a certain displaced 9 lander). My buddy Ethan also
passed his tech at at the hamfest and will soon be KE0xxx and hopes to get
on the birds soon. Was great to meet John K8YSE in Mesa and get EN91 as a
/r grid (easiest /r grid I've ever gotten).
All contacts are uploaded to LoTW. If you are missing anything, now would
be a good time to start emailing. Big thanks to Dave KG5CCI, Fernando
NP4JV, and Paul N8HM for being my QSL managers. Those three received my
logs via Iridium messages and uploaded. If you enjoyed receiving instant
QSLs from the sub-Arctic out of range of any terrestrial networks, thank
those three, it wouldn't have been possible without them.
Thanks to all for all the contacts, it was a ton of fun and I look forward
to the next one (I'm itching to use V31NJ, hint hint)!
73,
Gabe
NJ7H
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