[amsat-bb] FP on HF, 6M & Satellite

[Mike73@xxxxxxx]

Howdy all,

Well, everything is packed and ready to go. I ended up with close to 500 lbs 
worth of stuff!! I leave for Nova Scotia Saturday morning (7/8). I decided to 
leave a day earlier than planned so I can take my time driving and stop and 
eat some seafood along the way! :-}

One big change we experienced was with the callsign. We had expected to use 
TO0DX. It was used by KT1J last year when he was on FP and he sent in his 
renewal to use the callsign again this year. In phone conversations he was 
assured it was no problem. Well, we just received a letter with a refund 
(from a different French agency than what we had sent the renewal to !?!) 
stating that the callsign is unavailabe! So, we will be using FP/N1JEZ, 
FP/KT1J and FP/AI5P.

We still plan to be on Ile aux Marins on the 14th. The only snag we've heard 
of is a potential Ferry strike/baracade in Nova Scotia...... We'll see what 
happens.

I will be traveling with 6, 2 & 432 in the car and plan to activate grids on 
satellites and also participate in the CQ VHF test this weekend as I travel. 
I expect to be in Ingonish, Nova Scotia Monday night and will begin the 
second leg of travel to Ile aux Marins on Tuesday.

I will have spotty e-mail access as I travel. When we begin operating on Ile 
aux Marins, I'll upload some digital pictures of the setup on the island to 
UO-22. We'll probably use these for SSTV on HF as well.

Hope to work you all from FP!

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