[amsat-bb] Clarification

[Bob]

Thank you for the clarification, Bruce.  I suspected that it was intended
to be simple to obtain, a friendly celebration of 50 years of AMSAT.  Glad
to know that is the case.

73, Bob, WB4SON


On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 1:47 PM Bruce <kk5do at arrl.net> wrote:

> Sorry for all the confusion and the thread.
>
> I created these three 50th Anniversary Awards back in September, last
> year to try and allow hams all over the world to celebrate with us.
> Some, like the 50th Anniversary Communication Achievement Award follow
> the rules of the current award with a date qualification.
>
> Others like the 50th Anniversary Friends of 50 award were simply
> designed to allow everyone worldwide the opportunity to participate and
> earn a certificate. It was not designed as a contest nor something
> difficult to achieve, thus the work 50 hams on 50 different days was
> simple and attainable by all worldwide.
>
> It has seemed to have morphed into more and that was due to me
> responding to one question on the -BB and then my new AMSAT-VP of User
> Services also responding with an interpretation. The posted rules did
> not mention anything about unique call signs. Thus, if you said, "Hi" to
> your friend every day for 50 days on SO-50, you would be able to earn
> the award. If you were friendlier and said, "Hi to 50 different hams on
> SO-50" every day for 50 days you too would earn the award.
>
> The HF award, I have been asked if you can work the same station on
> different bands and different modes. Why of course. How many unique call
> signs might we get on HF from satellite operators when we might see a
> majority of them with only a 2m/70cm HT's and never have seen an HF rig
> except in a magazine or a store.
>
>   73...bruce
>
> On 3/23/2019 10:19 PM, Bob wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > One of the AMSAT VPs stated on the BB that the 50th Anniversary AMSAT
> > Satellite Friends of 50 Award requires 50 UNIQUE callsign signs in
> > addition to the one per day limit.
> >
> > I originally thought the goal was at least one contact on each of 50
> > days.
> >
> > The unique requirement on 50 unique days within a year may well be
> > impossible. I’ve only worked about 250 unique calls in 45 years on the
> > birds. I would also hate to have to dupe check each entry if I were in
> > your shoes.
> >
> > Can you clarify, please fingers crossed the VP misunderstands.
> >
> > 73, Bob, WB4SON
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Paige, KK5DO
>
> AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
> AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020
>
> ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
>
> Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*
> Also live streaming MP3 athttp://www.amsatnet.com
> Podcast athttp://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml  or iTunes
>
> Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News
> http://www.arrl.org
>
> AMSAT on Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/amsat
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>