[amsat-bb] Anyone need some grids around Arizona?

[Fernando Ramirez]

I'm sure that a lot of the new ops will need some or all of those grids on
sats. Is there a possibility to try 6m from those locations?

73

Fernando, NP4JV

On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 11:30 AM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via
AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> It's mid-summer, time to make trips away from the desert to cooler places
> and work satellites. I have already made a couple of trips north to work
> from DM34 and DM35 in June. Are there other grids that people need around
> northern Arizona? Options include...
>
> DM34/DM44 grid boundary: along I-17, near Camp Verde AZ
> DM35/DM45 grid boundary: north or south of I-40, west of Flagstaff AZ
> DM54/DM55 grid boundary: along I-40, east of Holbrook AZ
>
> I know there have been some travelers working satellites across
> northern Arizona, but it always seems like those grids are new
> for someone whenever they show up on the satellites. I have been
> to those places many times in the past, and enjoy making return
> trips to put them on the air.
>
> I could go to other places that don't have the cooler weather, like the
> DM23/DM24 boundary in western Arizona, or the DM52/DM53 boundary in
> southeastern Arizona - places I have visited already, earlier this year.
> Something like DM32 is not far from the Phoenix area, and can get there
> in less than an hour's drive. After two trips to grid DM31 in February,
> and the very hot temperatures down there in summertime, I will probably
> not try to get back down there until sometime after summer is done.
>
> Thanks in advance, and 73!
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
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