[amsat-bb] FP on Satellite

[Mike73@xxxxxxx]

Howdy all,

I'd like to announce an upcoming DXpedition to FP (St. Pierre & Miquelon). 
The expected operation will be July 15 through July 19, 2000. We will be 
operating from Ile aux Marins. This is a small island (~ 1 mi long and 1/3 mi 
wide) accessible by ferry from St. Pierre. The callsign will TO0DX. The grid 
will be GN16 (verified by GPS after final setup).

Initially I was asked to join this HF DXpedition and I agreed, if I could 
bring a satellite station. So, I will be transporting a full Oscar Class 
station to the island. Equipment will include short boom KLM cross polarized 
yagis, FT-847, FT-736R, SSB preamps, 150 watts on both 2M and 70 cm, G5400B 
rotor etc. I plan to be able to operate both analog and digital.

Probably the most exciting part of this trip (at least to me) is the fact 
that I'll be driving from Burlington, Vermont to St. Pierre. I am now 
building time into the trip to activate as many grids that I'll go through as 
possible. This will hopefully include the water grids that I'll be traveling 
through while on the ferry from North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux 
Basques, Newfoundland. The ferry ride is 5 hours......

In the next week, I'll be fine tuning the actual route I'll be taking and 
should be able to predict the grids I'll be able to activate. There will 
actually be 2 chances for folks to work me in these grids. I will be 
returning via the same route after the DXpedition.

While not really satellite related, I'd also like to mention that I have 
plans to bring 6M as well. I should have a KW on 6 while on the island and 
hope to spend time working folks, if the propagation gods cooperate in 
between satellite passes.

73,
Mike, N1JEZ
AMSAT #29649
Local Area Coordinator
"A closed mouth gathers no feet."
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