[amsat-bb] Thank you

[Frank]

#266 September 10, 2015

> On Mar 22, 2019, at 5:14 PM, Geoff Allsup <gallsup at whoi.edu> wrote:
> 
> #422 in February 2019 - just getting going 😀
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 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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