[amsat-bb] Thank you - VUCC

[Mike Seguin]

I got in to satellite with AO-10 and AO-13. My first 4 contacts were 75% 
DX...

06-29-95  11:36  PJ2MI       59   59   FK52NC  SSB    AO-13   B
07-02-95  16:13  K3EVM       59   59   FM19NL  SSB    AO-13   B
07-04-95  11:55  PA3GWF      59   59   JO23TE  SSB    AO-10   B
07-04-95  12:10  ON4CZ       59   59   JO10VL  SSB    AO-10   B

Mike


On 3/24/2019 9:13 AM, Bob Meyers wrote:
> Looks like my first contact was 9/8/77 on Oscar 7, orbit number 12870A, with W2RV. I had a KLM 2 meter SSB radio, an old Colins receiver, and a transverter for 432 attached to my Swan 500.  Rotors were U100 tv rotors.
> 
> Bob, WA8FXQ
> 
>> On Mar 23, 2019, at 2:07 PM, R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:
>>
>> Got my SAT-VUCC #235, Oct 31, 2012
>>
>> Was lazy and never got around to applying before that - HIHI.
>>
>> (VUCC for SAT is for QSOs dated 1/1/83 and later)
>>
>> First SAT QSO was 10/16/77 with W1ECH on AO-7 CW 2M/10M.
>>
>> 73,    Bob  K8BL    (AMSAT #6593, since 1979)
>>
>> P.S.  When did others have their First SAT QSO & details?
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>> On Fri, 3/22/19, Glenn Miller - AA5PK <aa5pk at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you
>> To: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>, amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> Date: Friday, March 22, 2019, 9:04 PM
>>
>> #188, November 19, 2009
>>
>> 73
>> Glenn
>> AA5PK
>>
>> -----Original
>> Message-----
>> From: Andrew Glasbrenner
>> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 5:55 PM
>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>>
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you
>>
>> #123, November 22, 2002
>>
>> 73, Drew KO4MA
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org>
>> On Behalf Of Gerald R Brown via
>> AMSAT-BB
>> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 6:29 PM
>> To: n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net;
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you
>>
>> Mike,
>> Were you
>> just lucky to get #73 or did you pay somebody for that
>> honor???
>>
>> 73,
>> Jerry, K5OE
>> #88 in 1998
>>
>> ps:  95% of my contacts were
>> confirmed by Bruce (below)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org>
>> On Behalf Of Mike Seguin
>> Sent: Friday, March
>> 22, 2019 2:50 PM
>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you
>>
>> #73 in 1997 here....
>>
>> On 3/22/2019 3:17 PM, Bruce
>> wrote:
>>> Oh, my..... I am showing my age
>> now. I became a ham in 1993 and
>>>
>> immediately went into satellite operations. My VUCC in late
>> 1993 is #17.
>>> For at least a dozen years
>> after that they increased very rarely.
>>>
>>
>>> I am glad to see all the activity on
>> the satellites and enough
>>> satellites
>> for everyone to have fun with.
>>>
>>> 73...bruce
>>>
>>> On 3/22/2019 1:54 PM, Paul Stoetzer
>> 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
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:50 PM johnv at frontier.com
>>
>>>> <johnv at frontier.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>> I just got number VUCC
>> #427 certificate in the mail this morning.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank
>> you to all those who helped me with it.    It will be on
>> the
>>>>> wall Monday after I show
>> it off tomorrow at the Snohomish County
>>>>> Hams Club.
>>>>> JohnN7AME
>>>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> 

-- 

73,
Mike, N1JEZ
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"