[amsat-bb] Thank you

[Geoff Allsup]

#422 in February 2019 - just getting going 😀


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Geoff Allsup, W1OH       gallsup at whoi.edu or w1oh at whoi.edu
Senior Engineer (retired)          Upper Ocean Processes Group
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution            Woods Hole, MA


> On Mar 22, 2019, at 16:03, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> It looks like the satellite VUCC award has become popular
> in recent months, as well as in the past few years. I got
> my original satellite VUCC in May 2011, #210. In the past
> few months, 4 others...
> 
> #399 for QSOs from southeastern Arizona, issued in October 2018
> 
> #400 for QSOs in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California,
> also issued in October 2018
> 
> #413 for QSOs around Quartzsite AZ & Blythe CA, issued in December
> 2018
> 
> #421 for QSOs in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in
> southern Arizona, issued in February 2019
> 
> And we are currently at #427... nice!
> 
> 73!
> 
> 
> 
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
> 
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 6:55 PM Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Congrats!
>> 
>> On another note, the fact that we're at #427 in VUCCs issued is a
>> testament to the increase in popularity of satellite ops and grid
>> chasing over the past few years. VUCC Satellite has been around since
>> either the late 1980s or early 1990s. I received #248 in March 2014.
>> So, in about 5 years, about 42% of all satellite VUCCs issued in about
>> 30 years have been awarded.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Paul, N8HM
>> 
>> 
>> 
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