[amsat-bb] Re: #200 VUCC

[Zachary Beougher]

That's no big issue - I started working towards my VUCC this past mid-March.

KD8KSN

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From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 5:23 PM
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: #200 VUCC

>
> But remember, we don't have 40 years of QSOs to count towards VUCC.  Only 
> QSOs made January 1, 1983 and later count for VUCC. I was surprised when I 
> got satellite VUCC back in 2003 or so that it was only #129.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
> --- On Fri, 9/24/10, Zachary Beougher <zack.kd8ksn at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Zachary Beougher <zack.kd8ksn at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: #200 VUCC
>> To: APBIDDLE at mailaps.org, "'Sebastian'" <w4as at bellsouth.net>, "AMSAT-BB" 
>> <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 4:05 PM
>> Congrats Sebastian!  What a
>> coincidence to get that number.  I too am
>> surprised at the "lack" of satellite VUCCs....  I am
>> going to be submitting
>> my application here very soon.
>>
>> 73!
>>
>> Zack
>> KD8KSN
>>
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>> From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE at UNITED.NET>
>> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 2:04 PM
>> To: "'Sebastian'" <w4as at bellsouth.net>;
>> "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: #200 VUCC
>>
>> > Sebastian,
>> >
>> > Congratulations!  I recently spent a few days,
>> off and on, copying my
>> > paper
>> > logs into electronic format.  Reminded me of my
>> spare time job years ago
>> > doing key punch work.  Anyway, it was fun to see
>> what was there.  I need
>> > to
>> > ping a few people to finish up some awards, which I
>> will do in the winter
>> > months.  I uploaded to eQSL and LoTW my AO-10 and
>> AO-13 contacts.  I got
>> > exactly 2 hits out of several hundred.  ;)
>> >
>> > Alan
>> > WA4SCA
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org
>> [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org]
>> On
>> > Behalf Of Sebastian
>> > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 12:57 PM
>> > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> > Subject: [amsat-bb] #200 VUCC
>> >
>> > I guess that waiting around a couple of years or so to
>> finally submit my
>> > cards for satellite VUCC paid off.
>> >
>> > I know there was some talk about this some time ago,
>> as to who would get
>> > number 200.  Well, the mailman came and that's
>> the number on mine!
>> >
>> > Seems strange considering almost all the contacts on
>> the FM birds are a
>> > grid
>> > exchange; guess many are either not collecting the 100
>> cards, or aren't
>> > submitting them.
>> >
>> > Having amateur satellites available for almost 40
>> years, and only 200
>> > satellite VUCC awards, WOW.
>> >
>> > 73 de Sebastian, W4AS
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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