tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42460145447657412812024-02-19T00:32:53.557-05:00KD8KSN QRVZachary Beougherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10298756589304358832noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246014544765741281.post-35009532740574694802012-01-07T20:39:00.000-05:002012-01-07T20:39:37.661-05:00Enhance Your Easy Sat Experience!<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">December 7, 2012</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Clayton, W5PFG, a very active satellite operator and grid activator, did a write-up on a very cheap and simple upgrade to your amateur satellite setup - one which will change your operating skills dramatically. Below is his description of the upgrade:</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Have you thought about upgrading your station to full-duplex capability?<br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I realize that many amateurs jump into the satellite fray by utilizing an existing handheld radio and an antenna like the Arrow, Elk, or tape-measure beam. It's a great way to get your feet wet and make that "first" contact via the birds.<br />
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Now, let's look at how we can do BETTER.<br />
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Full-duplex has a very important purpose in the satellite world. It allows you, the ground station, to know that your signal is being received and retransmitted by the satellite. I’m not saying it is a mandatory but once you see its benefit, you may never want to go “semi” again.<br />
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How do you really know you are being heard by the bird if you can't hear yourself? Answer: You don't.<br />
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How do you know another station wasn't already being captured by the bird and in the middle of a QSO when you transmit? Answer: You don't.<br />
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Let's talk about HOW to do full-duplex. First of all, you don't need base-station radios like the Icom IC-9100, IC-910, Kenwood TS-2000, or Yaesu FT-847. If you own two handhelds, chances are you have what you need!<br />
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What you need is at least one radio capable of transmitting on the uplink and one radio capable of receiving on the downlink. For example using AO-27:<br />
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1. A 2m-only HT, set to the satellite's uplink, ~145.85 MHz.<br />
2. A 70cm-only HT, set to the satellite's downlink, ~436.795 MHz.<br />
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Technically you do not even need a radio capable of transmitting to hear yourself on the downlink. A scanner or pocket receiver works dandy!<br />
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To get into full-duplex inexpensively, there are numerous options. You can buy a NEW Baeofeng UV-3R for about $50-60 USD, shipped. This radio could serve as an uplink or downlink radio, depending on your need. I’m not peddling these radios but using them as an example.<br />
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If you have the Arrow with the built-in diplexer, simply bypass it by running a patch cord from each radio to the respective UHF and VHF beams. If you are running an Elk or tape-measure 2m beam, you will need an inexpensive diplexer to give you both 2m and 70cm feed points. One can be constructed easily or purchased from numerous vendors for $30-80.<br />
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Give full-duplex a try. You will not only help the satellite community by eliminating unnecessary hetero-dyning tug-of-war, it will generally make you sound better on the birds! Oh, and use a pair of earphones or a headset when you give it a try to avoid feedback.<br />
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Thanks & 73,<br />
Clayton<br />
W5PFG<br />
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Here are some more example full-duplex combinations:<br />
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Wouxon HT - Downlink<br />
2m only-HT - Uplink<br />
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FT-60R - Uplink<br />
Baofeng - Downlink<br />
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Handheld scanner - Downlink<br />
Dual-band HT - Uplink </div>Zachary Beougherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10298756589304358832noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246014544765741281.post-69823028588739849682011-12-10T22:30:00.009-05:002011-12-26T10:19:26.067-05:00EN75vp Cheboygan Michigan Ops<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">December 7-10, 2011</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: small;">UPDATE: Cards were mailed 12/26/2011. Email me if you do not receive yours within 2 weeks. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">During the beginning of December, our family made a short getaway to a cabin on Lake Huron about 12 miles east of Cheboygan, Cheboygan County, Michigan. The trip only lasted four days, but I did have a few opportunities to work some AM SO50 passes along with one or two PM AO27 and SO50 passes. Operating was confined to the cabin QTH (EN75vp) due to lack of equipment (I packed light) and lack of satellite passes. This was my first outing since AO51's demise, and I really missed the strong signals and convenient evening passes. The cabin was located in the woods, so I had a hard time hearing the birds until they got above 15-20 degrees or were out over the lake. Even with the obstructions, SO50 was sounding really good. I traveled with the TH-D7A HT, Arrow, and ARR SP432VDG preamp on 8AA batteries. Below is a brief breakdown of our daily activities:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wednesday the 7th was traveling day, and the trip from Ohio to Cheboygan lasted about 8 hours. I was hoping to work some passes while mobile, but I did not bring sufficient antennas along to work mobile. I tried to hear AO27 once, but all I caught was the suffix of a call sign. Below is few pics of the cabin we stayed at.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On Thursday the 8th I was able to work three passes beginning with SO50 at 1320z. N5AFV, KB1RVT, and WA4NVM were logged during that northwestern pass out over Lake Huron. I enjoyed discussing the Wolverines with Rick, and how they humiliated us Buckeyes a couple weeks ago. As I tell everyone else, we are in rebuilding season. ;-) </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Later in the afternoon I jumped on AO27 at 1745z and worked VA3OR and KD8QBA. A couple other stations were heard but were having trouble hearing. This pass was in the trees, but the preamp helped take the edge off of the static.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After the AO27 pass, we jumped in the truck and headed up the shoreline to the Mackinac Bridge, and into St. Ignace. It was amazing how seasonal the far northern towns were. The economy in that part of the UP is sustained primarily by tourism, which lacks in December for the obvious reason that no one wants to vacation in sub-zero temps and snow (except us). Very few shops and hotels were open. Below are a few pics of the trip up to St. Ignace.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once we got back from the UP, I worked the 2150z SO50 pass and had QSOs with AC0RA, N8RO, N0KK, and N3YKF. I lost the bird in the trees abruptly and left many ops calling me without response. I really hate leaving a pass this way, but it happens every now and then. I decided that I prefer hills instead of trees. At least the hills end the pass whereas the trees keep you guessing if it is going to come back.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On Friday the 9th I woke up a bit early and worked the 1208z and 1350z SO50 passes. KB0RZD, K4FEG, CO6CBF, N9IP, K8YSE, and KC0YBM were worked on the first pass which had good coverage of North America, and NX9B and K8YSE were worked on the second pass which rose 30 degrees to my NW. I confused my north with my northwest during this pass, so I missed a large chunk of it. Despite the QRM and fuzziness from operating while still half asleep, I believe at least 4-5 ops were able to log EN75 for the first time during those two passes. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After the AM passes we ventured down to central-northern Michigan for the day, traveling to Indian River, Vanderbilt, and Wolverine. My dad and I have been through these towns several times in the past during our canoe trips, so it was fun to see the scenery during a different season. We traveled back into the Pigeon State Forest in search of some Elk, but we never did find any. Below are some pics of the day's events.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The snow was falling fairly heavy on the trip down south. This was taken off of US-27 south of Cheboygan.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inspiration Point in the Pigeon Forest. We had about a 1/4 mile hike up to this point, and the windchill was around 0-5 degrees Fahrenheit at the top. You can see the snow falling in the distance. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">During the brief four-day trip, 19 stations were worked with a total of 22 QSOs (3 were duplicates) on 6 passes (1 AO27 and 5 SO50). <span style="color: red;">All stations worked will receive a specific EN75vp Michigan QSL card in 3-4 weeks from 12/10/2011. I will get them out ASAP once I receive them. Also, all QSOs will be in LoTW under <b>KD8KSN</b> (</span><u style="color: red;"><b>not</b></u><span style="color: red;"> KD8KSN/p). </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;">If you do not see a confirmation for our QSO in LoTW or do not receive your card within a month, </span><a href="mailto:kd8ksn@amsat.org?subject=KD8KSN/p%20EN75vp%20QSL%20or%20LoTW">EMAIL</a> <span style="color: red;">me and I will make any corrections.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">September 2011</span></div>
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In an effort to reduce the number of pages I have on this blog, I am moving this previous page to a post. ARISSat-1 is also nearing the end of its flight, so this was a rather "seasonal" activity.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Below are some SSTV pics I have downloaded from ARISSat-1. I am using </span><a href="http://hamsoft.ca/pages/mmsstv.php"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">MMSSTV</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">.</span><br />
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From Drew, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA VP Operations:</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>It is with a heavy heart I report that AO-51 has ceased transmission and is not responding to commands. The last telemetry data indicated that the third of six batteries was approaching failure to short, and observations indicate the voltage from three cells is insufficient to power the UHF transmitters. The IHU may continue to be operative. Initial tests with the S band transmitter were also not positive, although more attempts are in order. We have tried leaving the satellite in an expected state where if voltages climb high enough, the 435.150 transmitter may possibly be heard.<br />
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The command team will regularly attempt communications with the satellite over the coming months (and years). There is always the possibility that a cell will open and we could once again talk to our friend while illuminated. Thanks to all who helped fund, design, build, launch, command, and operate AO-51. It's 7 year mission has been extraordinary. Please support AMSAT's Fox-1 project, and other AMSAT projects worldwide with your time and money.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">AO51 was a great bird, and will be missed. My first QSO via satellite was via AO51 on November 27, 2009, with K8TL. My first 28 QSOs via satellite are shown below, all of which were via AO51.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZYUW7WFE6vchPyiUIVhtzuD06eou0dSyqDZz4LkaLT88urNHvl1bMUKqsf52Olyp-su8EqJrMuXidF7hlEWMDCWgh8lqP3rRfmjmrnMhohWG8UVGZmlf3Bj3NQHiGHP6YF7Z5BAImnua/s1600/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZYUW7WFE6vchPyiUIVhtzuD06eou0dSyqDZz4LkaLT88urNHvl1bMUKqsf52Olyp-su8EqJrMuXidF7hlEWMDCWgh8lqP3rRfmjmrnMhohWG8UVGZmlf3Bj3NQHiGHP6YF7Z5BAImnua/s400/Untitled.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">AMSAT-NA is now kicking Fox-1 into high gear, and they are requesting your support. See <a href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php">AMSAT-NA's website</a> to donate, or you can use the PayPal widget on the right of this screen.</div>Zachary Beougherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10298756589304358832noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246014544765741281.post-47947563894982967902011-09-22T18:05:00.000-04:002011-09-22T18:05:13.151-04:00The CJU Antenna<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">September 2011</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tired of pulling the Arrow out every time you work a pass? Tired of being afraid to work a grid while portable because of how long it takes to assemble the Arrow? Tired of getting all the funny looks when you DO pull it out in public? The answer is simple... build a CJU antenna! Build a CJU for the 440 downlink and use the 1/4 wave for the uplink on the roof of your car. All you need to do is pull over, roll your window down, and work the pass! I just built one recently, and I was astounded with the results. Now, it is important to mention that I was using a preamp, but even with the preamp on the Arrow, I would have to say that the CJU performed just as well, if not better, than the Arrow - and it is only about 9-10" long! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">EA4CYQ provides some very good instructions on his webpage, so I will not go into a bunch of detail. He uses mm, so you can take mm / 25.4 to get inches. If you have a measuring tape with millimeters on it that is even better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Instead of clamping my BNC connector RIGHT at the bottom of the PVC, I let the coax run out about a foot, and used hot glue (or any glue) instead of the screw clamps to hold the elements in place. I also used silicon-copper welding rods instead of whatever he used. In other words, I did the "built in 30 minutes" version.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was extremely honored this year by receiving the ARRL GLD (Greak Lakes Division) Young Radio Amateur of the Year Award. A special thanks to Jim, K8LE, Director of the GLD; Gary, KI4LA, Vice Director of the GLD; Frank, KI8GW, Ohio SM; Mike, KC8YLD; Mark, AC8FV; Jim, KD8UT; Howard, K8PWL; Craig, KB8TZE. Below are a couple pictures of the convention. Sorry they are so blury. They didn't like being uploaded to Blogger.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirILThuEr2eQBcSUgfOWaqbMptzdUNKAhcjBEqdxGqx69sjhiq6b1p_Q5uKmkmU81iT3r48Hn-KXBUsF-ekprih2I9pzT5XYJOgAFvB6w9FfwazSP1hMDDRisCVSipHlVuHK6IhNgpaTY8/s1600/ZackCertificatePNG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirILThuEr2eQBcSUgfOWaqbMptzdUNKAhcjBEqdxGqx69sjhiq6b1p_Q5uKmkmU81iT3r48Hn-KXBUsF-ekprih2I9pzT5XYJOgAFvB6w9FfwazSP1hMDDRisCVSipHlVuHK6IhNgpaTY8/s400/ZackCertificatePNG.png" width="400" /></a></div>Zachary Beougherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10298756589304358832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246014544765741281.post-63731006649059469632011-09-12T11:39:00.002-04:002011-09-23T10:07:07.229-04:00KD8KSN/m EN80/83 Ops 9/6 & 9/8/2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">September 9, 2011</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">KD8KSN/m operated one AO51 pass while mobile in EN80 in Ohio on 9/6 and one from EN83 in southern MI on 9/8. The trip to MI was a father/son canoe trip to the Pigeon River near Indian River just south of the Mackinac Bridge. Operating mobile was very limited due to poor receive. I was using a Comet quarter wave for the downlink, and it was sandwiched between two canoes on the truck roof. I will be back in this area in December, and I am hoping to be a bit more successful at getting a few of these grids on the air at that time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">As always everyone in the log will receive a card, and all QSOs are in LoTW under KD8KSN with the correct grid. Below are a couple pics:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I can now say I have done SSTV! The only SSTV I have downloaded so far have been from ARISSat-1. I hope to do more with it in the future, though. I never thought I would have enjoyed it, but it is actually fun. I am using MMSSTV:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was making a recording of the pass, and then I would transfer it to the PC. I had a lot of issues getting the soundcard adjusted (and failed), so I decided to hook the downlink up to the computer directly and forego the recording. It worked great! Below is my favorite picture so far, but there are more here on my SSTV picture page. I have only been at this a couple days, so hopefully I can get a few more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We are having issues getting the movie transferred. Zack has it finished.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">WOW! That's about all I have to say... ;-)</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">It was great meeting up with several guys that I have talked with over the past year and a half on the birds. It was fun going out with Keith, W5IU, and Mark, N8MH, and helping work/watching them work the birds. I picked up my equipment later on and got on a low AO27 pass and talked with KB1PVH to get EM79 on the rover VUCC list. </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On April 30, 2011, a few of the CBFARC (W8CBF) members (including myself) helped out with some radio communication demonstrations for the Boy Scouts of America on Horns Hill in Newark, Ohio. My two elmers, K8PWL and KD8UT, along with a good friend, Jed, K8QY, headed up the HF/Morse Code demos, and I did some satellite demos. I had a lot of interference on my uplink signal, which I thought was caused by inteference from the 3 large communication towers on the Hill. It turned out that is was caused by the fact that I had the volume on the radio turned all the way up (so the audience could hear). The sound resembled a prop plane flying over my head every time I would transmit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Other than the bit of interference and obvious lack of satellite QSOs, the demos went well. About 150 Scouts filtered through during the day, and a few of them expressed serious interest in getting their Amateur Radio licenses. Many even expressed interest in Morse Code - more than phone! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Below are a few pictures we took during the day, and there is also a YouTube video produced by Zack Rodichok, KD8NUP.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">KD8KSN/8 operated one AO27 and two AO51 passes from the EN90ba/EM99bx grid boundary in Sonora, Ohio, on January 29, 2011. Weather was the same as when I was there in December, 2010 - cold/windy/snowy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The three passes were very difficult to operate due to how crowded the passes were. 13 QSOs were made from this location.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cards were mailed on Febuary 14 to all stations in the log. If you do not receive your card within 2-3 weeks of this date, send me an email and I will send you a card as long as you are in the log.</span>Zachary Beougherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10298756589304358832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246014544765741281.post-44458713519546263302011-04-21T21:09:00.002-04:002011-04-21T21:09:55.071-04:00EN90/EM99 Grid Boundary Ops<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">December 17, 2010</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">KD8KSN/8 operated from the EN90/EM99 gridline on December 17, 2010. 30 QSOs were made on 5 different satellite passes (HO68, AO27, SO50). Weather conditions were tolerable (snowy/windy) and the temperatures were in the mid-upper 20s with about 2" of snow on the ground. There was very little traffic on this road, mainly just farmers and hunters. I did have one farmer stop to ask what I was doing. He said he thought I was tracking animals. It is always interesting hearing what the general public thinks you are doing!</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Since these are semi-rare grids, I decided to QSL everyone in the log. Cards were mailed on 12/29 and 12/30. If you do not receive your card within 1-2 weeks of the above date, send me an email and I will resend it. You can see a sample of the QSL card above. </span></div></div>Zachary Beougherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10298756589304358832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246014544765741281.post-79290361336771857962011-04-21T17:31:00.003-04:002011-04-21T21:06:14.573-04:00EN70vb Grid Operation<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Nobember 29, 2010</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">KD8KSN/8 operated one SO50 and one AO27 pass from EN70vb on November 29, 2010. Seven QSOs were logged. This is not a very rare grid, so I did not mail out special QSL cards. If you would like a card, please email me with the QSO details and I will send you a card as long as you are in the log.</span>Zachary Beougherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10298756589304358832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246014544765741281.post-46991002671623685442011-04-21T17:12:00.003-04:002011-04-21T21:06:57.357-04:00EN80/EM89 Grid Boundary Operation<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">October 30, 2010 - Heath, Ohio</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">KD8KSN/8 operated from the EN80/EM89 grid boundary on October 30, 2010. One AO27 and one AO51 pass were worked, with 22 QSOs logged. Since these are not rare grids,I did not send out any QSL cards. If, however, this is a new grid(s) for you, send me an email with the QSO details and I will modify one of my existing cards and send it to you as long as you are in the log. No return card requested.</span></div><a name='more'></a>Zachary Beougherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10298756589304358832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246014544765741281.post-8703869609054076192011-04-21T16:14:00.012-04:002011-12-05T11:10:49.578-05:00September 2010 Colorado Mini Grid Expedition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;">September 9-18, 2010</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">First off I wanted to say thank you to all for the QSOs during my mini gridexpedition to Colorado! I made 138 QSOs on 21 different passes from 3 grids in Colorado and 3 in Kansas - EM08 (KS) mobile on the way out, DM78, DN70 and DN60 portable in Colorado, and EM08, EM19 and EM29 mobile in Kansas on the way back. I operated AO51, AO27, SO50 and HO68.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwDcHnRkhAGHVr4pvw6LBlHMCkRinZTFOwHckLZboZGne9ax-gcnS7LoyCTGJW1wDYRuQif7n-iuf74TaVAzKUqE6AYJS8WDGjeOCJ7NuqvJTZwSYXChB_sGV3rLn3qD71-uSJeoK_HlY/s1600/IMG_8837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/dNzXnK8xp1M?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe>We arrived in Colorado Springs Friday evening (10th), and spent the next couple nights at an RV resort south of Colorado Springs. On Saturday we ventured up to Pike's Peak (DM78), and I was able to operate one AO27 pass before we had to go down due to the thin air (see video on right). My Mom overheard the interesting conclusions people were coming to as to what I was doing - "He is a Ham Radio operator;" "He is with the Air Force Academy;" "He is talking to the world." I thought these were pretty good.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The following day (Sunday, 12th) I was able to get on from DM78 for a second time on an early morning SO50 pass. It was nice to be able to work a few of the eastern stations along with K8YSE/p who was doing a satellite demo at the Findlay hamfest.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sunday afternoon we traveled up to Estes Park in the Rocky Mountain National Park and setup camp for the night at a park campground. Operating became a little more consistent over the next few days from DN70 with 13 of the 21 passes being done from this grid.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/NR7kEKfg0Gw?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe>On Wednesday (15th) we took a little side trip down to Grandby on the southern side of the park to do a DN60 grid activation (see video on left). I really wanted to do the DN70/60 boundary, but there was no suitable place to operate along Rt. 40. We ended up driving about a mile into DN60 before taking a gravel back road (and I mean back road) up into public land in the hills in search of a higher spot to operate. Just to give you an idea of how back road-ish it was, there were cow skeletons along the road. It was true "cowboy country." Anyway, we found a spot about a mile up the road and got set up about 45 minutes before the AO27 pass at 1929z (</span><a href="http://www.papays.com/sat/AO-27_15Sep2010_192814z.mp3"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">click</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> to play recording) This enabled me to get on the 1905z HO68 pass and work a few stations. Four contacts were made on HO68 with 21 on AO27. I hope that everyone that wanted this grid was able to get it. I wanted to stay longer, but we needed to get back across the mountains (which is a 2 hour trip) before dark.</span></div></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here are a<i> few</i> of my favorite pics from the trip... I think I took somewhere around 500.</span><br />
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