[amsat-bb] Re: KB5WIA California Lost Coast Expedition (CM79/CM89/CN70/CN80) August 7-8, 2011

[k6yk]

I have several cards with 4 grids  on the same card, many with 
2 grid  lines, etc. 
They've all counted so far! 

73,
John, K6YK

 
On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 14:13:25 -0700 "Ted" <k7trkradio at charter.net> writes:
> Wonder if the VUCC rules will allow 4 grids to be put on 1 card ? 
> Might be a
> tough sell to a card checker !
> 
> TK, K7TRK
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of David Palmer KB5WIA
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 12:43 PM
> To: AMSAT BB
> Subject: [amsat-bb] KB5WIA California Lost Coast Expedition
> (CM79/CM89/CN70/CN80) August 7-8, 2011
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Just a reminder (and before the flood of ARISSat emails in the list
> tomorrow!), this weekend I'll be heading out to the California Lost
> Coast to work the satellites from that rare grid CM79.  CM79 has no
> roads, no power, no houses, nothing but lots and lots of ocean and 
> a
> small triangle of mountainous forest.  Plans are to operate right 
> from
> the northeast tip of CM79 so if all goes well I'll be providing 
> four
> grids at once:  CM79, CM89, CN70, and CN80.
> 
> Weather looks reasonable (cloudy mornings, sunny afternoons) for
> portable solar-powered operation.  I'll operate on Sunday August 
> 7th
> and Monday August 8th, and I've posted a list of potential passes 
> on
> my blog.  Operation will be during local daylight only, due to the
> remoteness of the area I don't want to be hiking down off that
> mountain after dark!
> 
> I'll aim to work all available satellites -- AO-51 (if it keeps 
> going
> strong like it has been), SO-50, and AO-27 for FM.  VO-52, FO-29, 
> and
> AO-07 (primarily mode B) for SSB.  If ARISSat is up and running 
> I'll
> try to get on that too, depending on congestion and satellite
> performance.
> 
> I'll have my SPOT Locator beacon with me, so my exact location 
> should
> be available from the link on my QRZ web page.  If the current 
> beacon
> position shows that I'm right at the intersection of -124 and 40
> degrees, likely I'll be available on the sats as they go by.
> 
> e details on my website at http://kb5wia.blogspot.com
> 
> 
> 73!  de Dave KB5WIA
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