GN36 satellite mini-DXpedition ;-)

*AO-51 QSO's from GN36mx*
Time (UTC)	Callsign	RST
1119	GI0KOV	59
1120	EB4DKA	59
1120	GI0JQQ	59

*AO-51 QSO's from GN36mv*
Time (UTC)	Callsign	RST
1303	N2OEQ	59
1438	K8MM	59
1439	N4ZQ/2	59
1440	WI2W	59
1441	KC8ZFN	59
1441	N3UNM	59
1442	N8BBQ	59
1443	K8NWD	59
1444	N1ORC	59
1445	KC7OC	59

*SO-50 QSO's from GN36mv*
Time (UTC)	Callsign	RST
1316	EB4DKA/P	55
1321	_A1MV/P	53

*HF QSO's from GN36mv*
Time (UTC)	Callsign	Frequency	Mode	RST
1340	SM6CAW	18.150	USB	59
1348	KC4VV	18.150	USB	59+10
1355	2E0RSB	18.150	USB	57
1403	M0VVV	18.150	USB	59+10
1420	ON4CT	18.150	USB	57
1424	G1MYA/M	18.150	USB	56

*SO-50 QSO's from GN36ks*
Time (UTC)	Callsign	RST
1632	N1HOQ	55
1633	ND9M/P	55
1634	K9CHP	55
1635	KC8ZFN	55
1643	PH7PCF	55
1643	OZ1MY	55
1644	DL6DR	55
1824	PH7PCF	55
1825	PH7AT	55

*AO-27 QSO's from GN36ks (Much QRM this pass)*
Time (UTC)	Callsign	RST
1736	PH7PCF	59
1737	PH7AT	59
1738	EA1DIH	59

*HF QSO's from GN36ks*
Time (UTC)	Callsign	Frequency	Mode	RST
1725	PZ5RA	14.088.55	RTTY	599+
1750	ON5FU	14.081	RTTY	599
1800	RX6LD	14.082	RTTY	579

*GN36 Port Kirwan TUESDAY Apr 4/06*
Satellite	Time (UTC)	Azimuth	Footprint
AO-51	11:18:26	37°	Northern and Western Europe
9° MAX	11:23:46	84°	Western Europe, NW Africa
	11:29:06	132°	Portugal, Canary Islands, NW Africa

AO-51	12:56:26	15°	UK, Scandinavia
71° MAX	13:03:26	94°	Eastern Canada, US
	13:10:46	190°	Carribbean, Northern South America

SO-50	13:11:16	157°	Eastern West Indies, Azores
11° MAX	13:16:36	108°	UK, Spain, Portugal, Azores, Morocco
	13:22:05	57°	Most of Europe North and West of Yugoslavia

AO-51	14:35:50	0°	Northern Canada, Greenland, Iceland
17° MAX	14:41:45	302°	Canada Alberta and East, US North and East of Texas
	14:48:05	241°	US east of New Mexico, Central America, Carribbean

SO-50	14:49:26	210°	US east of the Mississippi, Carribbean, Venezuela
75° MAX	14:56:36	129°	US/Canada east of Michigan
	15:03:45	39°	Northern or Western Europe

SO-50	16:31:50	256°	US/Canada east of Utah, Mexico, Northern Carribbean
24° MAX	16:37:57	326°	US/Canada east of Manitoba
	16:44:28	33°	Northern Europe

AO-27	17:34:14	110°	NW Africa, Europe west of France
14° MAX	17:40:00	58°	Europe Germany and west; End of AO-27 voice

SO-50	18:14:53	297°	Most of CONUS except for extreme southern, Canada
11° MAX	18:20:30	349°	Eastern half of Canada, New England
	18:25:55	41°	mostly Northern Europe

UPDATE!
Well my mini-DXpedition is over. I made 36 QSO's, including 9 on HF. Had to do all the logging by hand since my minirecorder makes QRM on the downlink :-( I've got every QSO down, anyways. I just wasn't so quick on the draw when coming back to people ;-)
QSO's from GN36MX

The spot in Port Kirwan I planned on operating from was really only accessible by a mile long snowy foot trail! Running out of time, I quickly found this cemetery that was somewhat high in elevation and worked 3 stations on AO-51.

AO-51 QSO's from GN36mx
Time (UTC) Callsign RST
1119 GI0KOV 59
1120 EB4DKA 59
1120 GI0JQQ 59

QSO's from GN36MV

I went down to Renews to see if the spots I had spotted on the Mapquest overlay in Radio Mobile were viable for satellite contacts. I found that I couldn't get to them without hiking either. It seems whoever made the mapquest maps thinks the cart trails are roads. I've had this same problem around the bay before with the Garmin Mapsource maps. Past Renews and just before Cappahayden on the Irish Loop (NF Route 10) was this scenic overlook. The next three passes required a good horizon view to the east so I decided to set up here for awhile. I also made some HF contacts here.

AO-51 QSO's from GN36mv
Time (UTC) Callsign RST
1303 N2OEQ 59
1438 K8MM 59
1439 N4ZQ/2 59
1440 WI2W 59
1441 KC8ZFN 59
1441 N3UNM 59
1442 N8BBQ 59
1443 K8NWD 59
1444 N1ORC 59
1445 KC7OC 59

SO-50 QSO's from GN36mv
Time (UTC) Callsign RST
1316 EB4DKA/P 55
1321 _A1MV/P 53

HF QSO's from GN36mv
Time (UTC) Callsign Frequency Mode RST
1340 SM6CAW 18.150 USB 59
1348 KC4VV 18.150 USB 59+10
1355 2E0RSB 18.150 USB 57
1403 M0VVV 18.150 USB 59+10
1420 ON4CT 18.150 USB 57
1424 G1MYA/M 18.150 USB 56

QSO's from GN36ks
With about a 90 minute break before the next pass, I was off to find a spot where I could see the horizon to the west. I travelled south towards Cape Race, picked up a sub, bag of ketchup chips and a can of Mug root beer at the convenience store and found this nice high spot in the barrens near the Cape Race Loran C station. You can just barely make out the tower in the backround in the second picture which is facing west. No trees to mess with the signal and no hills in the way, plus about 160m above sea level. Works for me! Loran station didn't cause any QRM so that was good. The first picture is looking down the road to the north east, back towards town. Nothing around in these barrens; just a couple cabins and probably some caribou hiding somewhere. The ground is like mush. Even the gravel drive (the old highway) I parked on was mushy. I'm glad my car didn't sink in too much!

SO-50 QSO's from GN36ks
Time (UTC) Callsign RST
1632 N1HOQ 55
1633 ND9M/P 55
1634 K9CHP 55
1635 KC8ZFN 55
1643 PH7PCF 55
1643 OZ1MY 55
1644 DL6DR 55
1824 PH7PCF 55
1825 PH7AT 55

AO-27 QSO's from GN36ks (Much QRM this pass)
Time (UTC) Callsign RST
1736 PH7PCF 59
1737 PH7AT 59
1738 EA1DIH 59

HF QSO's from GN36ks
Time (UTC) Callsign Frequency Mode RST
1725 PZ5RA 14.088.55 RTTY 599+
1750 ON5FU 14.081 RTTY 599
1800 RX6LD 14.082 RTTY 579

Thanks to everyone for making this a fun mini-DXpedition!
73,
Mark VO1ONE

Original Webpage Follows:
On April 4, 2006, I will be travelling to Port Kirwan in GN36nx to make some satellite QSO's. Here are the passes I will be QRV:

GN36 Port Kirwan TUESDAY Apr 4/06
Satellite Time (UTC) Azimuth Footprint
AO-51 11:18:26 37° Northern and Western Europe
9° MAX 11:23:46 84° Western Europe, NW Africa
11:29:06 132° Portugal, Canary Islands, NW Africa

AO-51 12:56:26 15° UK, Scandinavia
71° MAX 13:03:26 94° Eastern Canada, US
13:10:46 190° Carribbean, Northern South America

SO-50 13:11:16 157° Eastern West Indies, Azores
11° MAX 13:16:36 108° UK, Spain, Portugal, Azores, Morocco
13:22:05 57° Most of Europe North and West of Yugoslavia

AO-51 14:35:50 0° Northern Canada, Greenland, Iceland
17° MAX 14:41:45 302° Canada Alberta and East, US North and East of Texas
14:48:05 241° US east of New Mexico, Central America, Carribbean

SO-50 14:49:26 210° US east of the Mississippi, Carribbean, Venezuela
75° MAX 14:56:36 129° US/Canada east of Michigan
15:03:45 39° Northern or Western Europe

SO-50 16:31:50 256° US/Canada east of Utah, Mexico, Northern Carribbean
24° MAX 16:37:57 326° US/Canada east of Manitoba
16:44:28 33° Northern Europe

AO-27 17:34:14 110° NW Africa, Europe west of France
14° MAX 17:40:00 58° Europe Germany and west; End of AO-27 voice

SO-50 18:14:53 297° Most of CONUS except for extreme southern, Canada
11° MAX 18:20:30 349° Eastern half of Canada, New England
18:25:55 41° mostly Northern Europe

This is most likely where I will be operating from:

My two alternates in Renews, GN36nw:

Mapquest Map of Port Kirwan, Newfoundland

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