Bill Dillon

Amateur: astronomer, cyclist, photographer (lunar, aerial, sky, subsea), ham (KG5FQX), RC pilot & scuba diver.

[Bill Dillon @wdillon]

This evening's #Moon, 21% illuminated. First post in quite a while! #moonwatch #astronomy

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Tonight's 18% illuminated #moon. #moonwatch #astronomy

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Delighted to see Doug, @dtabor and wife Pam at today's Houston AMSAT luncheon. Doug worked half-dozen+ contacts on the 19z pass of AO-91 from the parking lot afterward.

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While scouting routes for my cycling club, I was able to catch a low western pass at 20z of AO-91, working N7BFO, @kk6otj, @W7QL , and KB6LTY from EL19 (west of Sealy, TX).

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Thanks to Carlos, @W7QL and Glenn, @AA5PK, for my first contacts on the newly commissioned AO-92 (16z pass)!

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Brief (~1min) fall of pea-sized hail at 4:03 pm CST, Missouri City/Sugar Land/Stafford junction. #txwx

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Thanks to John, @W7JSD, and Patrick, @WD9EWK for contacts on today's 19z pass of AO-91!

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Thanks to @hp2vx and @ItinerantHam for my first contacts on the 18z pass of the new AO-91 satellite, and really cool to hear @KG5CCI's video capture of those contacts (and many others!): https://t.co/25qc2eRdjO

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#ISS SSTV image captured on the next (21:15z) orbital pass with my attic VHF antenna. Thanks to @johnbrier for the heads-up!

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Oops, make that 19:40z on the ISS pass!

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Russian SSTV image from the #ISS pass at 13:40z. Captured using my attic VHF antenna (as it's raining here, couldn't use my handheld Arrow). Images are of Konstantine Tsoilkovsky.

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You are not a #supermoon yet! But almost. 99.5% illuminated tonight. #moonwatch #astronomy

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Tonight's #moon, 54% illuminated.
#moonwatch #astronomy

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Thanks to Dave, @KG5CCI, for the contact from Nebraska on a busy (aren't they all?) SO-50 pass!

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Many thanks to @NJ7H_Radio for the quad grid on the 16z AO-85 pass today, all new for me!

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@johnbrier That was a busy AO-85 pass! Just tried contacting KG4AKV, whom I haven't worked, but just couldn't time fadeouts right.

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Last night's 15% illuminated #moon. #moonwatch #astronomy

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@AA5PK @AE5PH @dtabor @NP4JV @SDRPlay @K9EI_Tx 30+ inches of rain at my QTH since Friday. Still dry with power -- fortunately. Concerned about N5AFV, who lives where it's flooding.

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@NJ7H_Radio @AE5PH @hp2vx @nj4y_radio @UFOrover Happy to help, as you've given me so many new grids! Back to boring EL29 tomorrow. Should have LoTW updates soon. Good luck on WAS!

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@NJ7H_Radio @AE5PH @hp2vx @nj4y_radio @UFOrover I was operating from Cheyenne, Wyoming this evening (in town for the eclipse). Had fun operating from DN72 and DN71 today. :-)