[amsat-bb] Re: Top 250 Grid Survey - Results

Jeff Yanko wb3jfs at cox.net
Mon Nov 16 02:02:19 PST 2009


Hi Rick and the group,

Your welcome!  I figured this would be the best way to get a rough idea of 
what grids are being searched for by people who have been working the birds 
for some time.  At least it's a baseline and something to build on for the 
future.  This data can be used for those who travel, for business or so, 
plan a trip to a relative or vacation, or the GriDXpeditioners.

Your view about  "why am I standing out in the dark waging this antenna and 
can't even hear a complete call" is thought provoking.  The simple answer is 
no matter who's out there providing  new grid or new state, we all enjoy and 
share the same thing together.  Chances are if you knew there would be 
nobody on the birds, would you bother doing it?  No.  However, you know that 
there will be people on the birds and you know your going to get calls, 
albeit, through a lot of confusion!  So we keep doing the same thing because 
basically we enjoy it.  Sure, there are times we all get frustrated and 
angry but that shouldn't stop us from enjoying it, it's just another 
challange to overcome.

I've copied a number of "fresh" calls over the past couple of weeks, and 
they also provided many with new grids, and I'm glad to see more trying out 
the birds.  These people will experience the same thing that all of us do on 
the same passes of the birds.  They will question themselves on why they are 
doing this as well with the intent of either sticking with it or letting it 
go to the wayside.  We all have to be there to help them along so they 
understand that each pass can beexciting or a surprise waiting to happen.

The two best examples that happened to me was when I wasn't sure if I wanted 
to work a pass before heading off to work.  I decided in favor to work it. 
What happens?  Patrick, WD9EWK, decides to drive to Delaware, unannounced if 
I recall correctly, to not only activate a rare state, but a new grid for 
many as well!  Second example.  I was working AO-51 one evening pass, made a 
couple basic QSOs then out of the blue VE8EV calls me!  We exchanged info 
and a mini pileup ensued.

In any case, let's just keep having fun and doing the best we can with what 
we have.


73,

Jeff  WB3JFS


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm at comcast.net>
To: "Jeff Yanko" <wb3jfs at cox.net>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 4:21 AM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Top 250 Grid Survey - Results


>
> Jeff,
>
> Thanks for the hard work gathering all the information.  Now, if we can
> get some "roadtrip warriors" to work these grids and the opportunity to
> get into the birds, (hint) we can all make use of your list.  I hope I
> didn't ruffle any feathers, but sometimes an operator can't help but
> wonder, "why am I standing out in the dark waging this antenna and
> can't even hear a complete call".
>
> Since we have a lot of new operators, please help support AMSAT-NA
> and the other organizations to get more birds launched.  More birds =
> more minutes to work a bird, I hope less congestion if the future.
>
> 73 to all,
> Rick - WA4NVM
>
>
>
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I want to thank all of those who took the time out to contribute their 
>> grid
>> data so I could try to compose a list of the most wanted, or needed, grid
>> squares via the satellites for the continental United States with some
>> Canadian and Mexico grids thrown in as well.  I initially started out 
>> with
>> the total
>> 250, 10 grid fields times the 25 most needed grid squares per field, 
>> hence
>> 250.  I should've taken into account that grid fields like CM and FM 
>> aren't
>> fully
>> land mass enough to give a full 25 grids so it looks like the 250 will
>> become the top 230.  In any case, the data was very useful and 
>> informative.
>> I believe many will see what grids are outstanding in need of activation.
>>
>> Since I did not receive any more entries since Thursday, 11/12, I already
>> had a running tally of the totals as I was receiving them and was waiting
>> for more to come in by the deadline of 11/14.  None did, so I was able to
>> cap this project about a day ahead of schedule.  I hope everybody enjoys 
>> the
>> data and can possibly use it in the future if they plan on traveling,
>> visting relatives, or just going on a GridDXpedition.
>>
>> I broke down the grid fields by the most votes then proceeded to 
>> seperately
>> post the grid squares of each field by their votes, highest to lowest. 
>> The
>> layout is rather long but since this is just basic data I wanted to keep 
>> it
>> simple and left justified to keep it clear.  Printing it out may make it
>> easier to read or comprehend since you won't be looking at just a portion 
>> of
>> the data on the screen but a print out on paper layed out on the table.
>>
>> If you have a questions, comments or just plain curious, please feel free 
>> to
>> drop me an e-mail.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Jeff  WB3JFS
>> Las Vegas, NV
>> DM26
>>
>>
>>
>> GRID FIELD TALLY:
>>
>> DN - 469
>> EN - 322
>> DM - 308
>> EM - 213
>> EL - 173
>> CN - 172
>> FN - 127
>> DL - 90
>> FM - 63
>> CM - 39
>>
>>
>>
>> ///CN///
>>
>> 9 VOTES
>> CN70
>> CN72
>> CN73
>> CN98
>>
>> 8 VOTES
>> CN71
>> CN77
>> CN78
>> CN90
>> CN91
>> CN93
>> CN96
>>
>> 7 VOTES
>> CN74
>> CN80
>> CN81
>> CN82
>> CN92
>> CN99
>>
>> 6 VOTES
>> CN94
>>
>> 5 VOTES
>> CN75
>> CN83
>>
>> 4 VOTES
>> CN76
>> CN95
>> CN97
>>
>> 2 VOTES
>> CN85
>> CN86
>>
>>
>>
>> ///DN///
>>
>> 10 VOTES
>> DN02
>>
>> 9 VOTES
>> DN03
>> DN10
>> DN37
>>
>> 8 VOTES
>> DN04
>> DN12
>> DN21
>> DN75
>>
>> 7 VOTES
>> DN05
>> DN11
>> DN24
>> DN60
>> DN62
>> DN67
>> DN68
>> DN73
>> DN77
>> DN78
>>
>> 6 VOTES
>> DN07
>> DN19
>> DN20
>> DN25
>> DN28
>> DN29
>> DN34
>>
>>
>>
>> ///EN///
>>
>> 8 VOTES
>> EN48
>>
>> 7 VOTES
>> EN08
>>
>> 6 VOTES
>> EN01
>> EN02
>> EN10
>> EN12
>> EN13
>> EN17
>> EN24
>> EN36
>> EN46
>> EN47
>>
>> 5 VOTES
>> EN03
>> EN05
>> EN07
>> EN16
>> EN33
>> EN40
>> EN49
>> EN58
>> EN66
>> EN67
>>
>> 4 VOTES
>> EN09
>> EN15
>>
>>
>>
>> ///FN///
>>
>> 5 VOTES
>> FN24
>> FN55
>>
>> 3 VOTES
>> FN06
>> FN14
>> FN17
>> FN23
>> FN27
>> FN28
>> FN37
>> FN38
>> FN45
>> FN48
>> FN53
>> FN56
>> FN64
>>
>> 2 VOTES
>> FN02
>> FN05
>> FN07
>> FN08
>> FN09
>> FN11
>> FN12
>> FN15
>> FN16
>> FN19
>>
>>
>>
>> ///CM///
>>
>> 8 VOTES
>> CM89
>>
>> 5 VOTES
>> CM94
>> CM95
>>
>> 4 VOTES
>> CM86
>>
>> 3 VOTES
>> CM79
>> CM93
>> CM96
>> CM99
>>
>> 2 VOTES
>> CM88
>> CM98
>>
>> 1 VOTE
>> CM97
>>
>>
>>
>> ///DM///
>>
>> 10 VOTES
>> DM 28
>> DM29
>>
>> 9 VOTES
>> DM17
>> DM18
>>
>> 8 VOTES
>> DM16
>> DM83
>>
>> 7 VOTES
>> DM27
>> DM71
>> DM77
>> DM81
>>
>> 6 VOTES
>> DM60
>> DM64
>> DM70
>> DM82
>> DM88
>> DM89
>> DM93
>>
>> 5 VOTES
>> DM07
>> DM19
>> DM50
>> DM67
>> DM68
>> DM74
>> DM76
>> DM84
>>
>>
>>
>> ///EM///
>>
>> 6 VOTES
>> EM33
>>
>> 5 VOTES
>> EM03
>> EM23
>> EM62
>>
>> 4 VOTES
>> EM16
>> EM21
>> EM47
>> EM50
>> EM53
>> EM59
>> EM81
>>
>> 3 VOTES
>> EM00
>> EM02
>> EM06
>> EM07
>> EM08
>> EM19
>> EM20
>> EM22
>> EM24
>> EM41
>> EM43
>> EM52
>> EM61
>> EM71
>>
>>
>>
>> ///FM///
>>
>> 5 VOTES
>> FM08
>> FM26
>> FM27
>>
>> 4 VOTES
>> FM02
>> FM03
>> FM13
>> FM15
>> FM16
>> FM25
>>
>> 3 VOTES
>> FM04
>> FM05
>> FM06
>> FM14
>> FM17
>>
>> 2 VOTES
>> FM07
>> FM09
>> FM18
>>
>> 1 VOTE
>> FM19
>> FM39
>>
>>
>>
>> ///DL///
>>
>> 5 VOTES
>> DL79
>> DL88
>> DL89
>>
>> 4 VOTES
>> DL59
>> DL69
>>
>> 3 VOTES
>> DL29
>> DL39
>> DL58
>> DL66
>> DL67
>> DL98
>>
>> 2 VOTES
>> DL27
>> DL36
>> DL37
>> DL38
>> DL43
>> DL45
>> DL46
>> DL48
>> DL53
>> DL56
>> DL57
>> DL65
>> DL68
>>
>>
>>
>> ///EL///
>>
>> 11 VOTES
>> EL08
>>
>> 7 VOTES
>> EL17
>> EL49
>>
>> 6 VOTES
>> EL07
>> EL16
>> EL18
>> EL59
>>
>> 5 VOTES
>> EL06
>> EL09
>> EL19
>> EL39
>>
>> 4 VOTES
>> EL00
>> EL10
>> EL11
>> EL14
>> EL15
>> EL28
>> EL89
>> EL94
>>
>> 3 VOTES
>> EL04
>> EL13
>> EL40
>> EL41
>> EL84
>> EL86
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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