[amsat-bb] Subject: It's on! (Road trip to FN56, FN57, FN66, FN67, etc.)

[Richard Crow]

Currently, the National Weather Service is forecasting sunny weather 
for Saturday October 17th and Sunday October 18th in Caribou, Maine.

So Plan A, the N2SPI "grid-square DXpedition" to northern Maine, is on! 
See schedule below.

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N2SPI's Planned Schedule for Saturday, October 17th:

                               Likely
         AOS    LOS            Operating
  Sat    UTC    UTC   Grid     Location       Notes
-----  -----  -----  ----  --------------  ---------

AO-51  12:02  12:14  FN53     Topsham, ME  Note 2

AO-27  19:11  19:25  FN56 "OnTheRoad", ME

AO-51  21:38  21:52  FN66     Caribou, ME  Note 2

AO-51  23:19  23:30  FN66     Caribou, ME  Notes 2,3

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N2SPI's Planned Schedule for Sunday, October 18th:

                               Likely
         AOS    LOS            Operating
  Sat    UTC    UTC   Grid     Location       Notes
-----  -----  -----  ----  --------------  ---------

AO-51  11:21  11:34  FN67   Van Buren, ME  Note 2

**** Note 4 **** Note 4 **** Note 4 ****   Note 4

SO-50  15:10  15:19  FN57   Stockholm, ME

VO-52  15:49  16:00  FN56  New Sweden, ME  Note 5

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Note 1: The AOS/LOS times are for my operating locations as indicated.

Note 2: I'll be using AO-51's 145.920 MHz_uplink/435.300 MHz_downlink.

Note 3: I'll work this nighttime pass only if I can find a suitable 
location to work this in the dark.

Note 4: On the morning of October 18th, I may work other passes of 
SO-50 and VO-52, as the opportunities present themselves.

Note 5: Look for my VO-52 downlink around 145.910 MHz, +/- Doppler.

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73,
Richard, N2SPI