[amsat-bb] BL11 Operation Tuesday - Thursday

[Tom Deeble]

Greetings,

It looks like contacts from Hawaii are really possible via AO-51.  On Sunday I made two contacts to northern California and today made a contact with AA5PK in San Angelo, Texas.
We were both at around 1.5 degrees and almost 3600 miles apart.  So I'm very happy with my modest IC-W32A & Arrow setup.

I'm planning on operating on four passes over Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday as follows:
Tuesday 9/14:
AO-51  4:12 - 4:20 PM HST,  7:12 - 7:20 PM PDT,  0212 - 0220 9/15 UTC

Wednesday 9/15
HO-68  9:14 - 9:25 AM HST,  12:14 - 12:25 PM PDT,  1914 - 1925 UTC  Note: HO-68 shuts OFF at 1925 UTC
AO-51  3:31 - 3:39 PM HST,  6:31 - 6:39 PM PDT,  0131 - 0139 9/16 UTC

Thursday  9/16
HO-68  8:58 - 9:05 AM HST,  11:58 - 12:05 PM PDT,  1858 - 1905 UTC  Note: HO-68 shuts OFF at 1905 UTC

Hope to make some more contacts here in BL11 land (Diamond Head - Waikiki).

73's,
Tom - KA6SIP