[amsat-bb] Thank you

[Jim Walls]

VUCC #108 in July 2001

Jim
K6CCC


On 03/22/2019 18:32, Frank via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> #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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