[amsat-bb] WD9EWK road trip, Friday through Sunday (3-5 April)

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Hi!

I just posted a message about a presentation I will give in southern
California on Friday evening. In addition to that presentation, I am
planning a road trip that will cover a total of almost 1000 miles in
3 days - including my drive to that presentation.

Since I have operated from some of the rarely-heard grids along the
I-10 freeway between Phoenix and Los Angeles recently, I'm not planning
to stop and work passes on Friday morning and early afternoon. If there
are grids along that route that someone needs, I might be able to make
a stop - if there are satellites passing by during that time. The
presentation I'm giving will be in Signal Hill CA, near Long Beach in
grid DM03, where I will be on the air for two passes that evening.

After the presentation, sometime on Saturday, I will head up the I-15
freeway to Las Vegas. I don't know exactly when I will start driving
up there. I-15 passes through grids DM14, DM15, DM25, and DM26 on the
way up there. I will keep track of passes, and try to work them during
this drive.

While in Las Vegas, I plan on operating from the DM25/DM26 grid boundary,
which passes through the south end of the Las Vegas area. I did this on
a couple of road trips back in 2008 and 2009, and - according to the
satellite view from Google Maps - the spot I used then is still available.
I may operate from this spot Saturday night and/or Sunday morning.

Depending on when I leave Las Vegas Sunday morning, I may be able to stop
at the DM25/DM35 grid boundary in Kingman, Arizona. I may not try to work
every possible pass on Sunday, since I need to get back home and then get
ready for another workweek, but I will keep track of the available passes.

As with my other road trips, I make use of APRS and Twitter to show where
I'm located and for updates. For APRS, I use WD9EWK-9 as my call sign, and
that would be visible at (among other sites):

http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9

My @WD9EWK Twitter feed will have updates, and occasional photos, of my
activities. If you don't use Twitter, you can still see my tweets in a
web browser at:

http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

QSOs made during this road trip - including those from the demonstrations
on Friday evening - will be uploaded to Logbook of the World. In addition
to that, I am happy to confirm QSOs by QSL card. Since I'm operating away
from home, I don't normally ask for cards or an SASE when I confirm these
QSOs. Just e-mail me with the QSO details, and I'll send you a card if the
QSO is in my log.

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK