WB4SON Blog

Winter Field Day is this coming weekend, and it offers a total of SIX multipliers for making at least one CW/SSB and one FM satellite contact.  In addition another ONE multiplier can be achieved by sending/receiving a message via WinLink while at WFD.  I run the WB4SON-10 gateway on 145.050 MHz and it is an easy shot from our WFD location in Portsmouth RI.

If the gods of the ISS are willing (repeater not turned off for a EVA or other activity) and the stars align, I should be good to go for SEVEN multipliers.  There will be good passes of RS44 and the ISS starting at 1:56pm local time on Sunday.

My thanks to the following who helped me test my radio out this afternoon:

N4QWF RS-44, KB8CR ISS, W4NEG ISS, K0LB ISS, N8HI ISS, N5ACR ISS

JO-97 and MO-122 were also calibrated (Great downlink signals but nobody responding to CQ)

I received a 40th year pin and certificate from the ARRL (not to be picky, but I think I first joined the ARRL in 1980, so that would be 44 years).  In any event it has been a long time.  I became a Life Member of the ARRL about a decade ago and continue to support them annually through the Diamond Club.

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