[amsat-bb] How many AMSAT awards have been issued?

[Bruce]

I was asked by a ham last week how many awards have I issued. You know, 
I really had no idea. I took over doing the AMSAT awards in May, 2001. 
Most of the awards I have computer records for. However, the Satellite 
Communicator Club award, I did not start keeping track of them until 2003.

So, you ask, how many awards have you issued?

Satellite Communicator    407+      My records only go back to 2003
South Africa Satellite Communication Achievement   167
AMSAT Satellite Communication Achievement          273
Sexagesimal  64
Century      24
W4AMI        81
W4AMI endorsements  66
W4AMI 5000   25
Rover        55
GridMaster    3

and if I added correctly, it comes out to 1,165 plus whatever Satellite 
Communicator awards were issued in 2001 and 2002. That's a lot of 
certificate paper, a lot of ink and a bunch of envelopes and stiffeners 
to get them safely to their owners.

Do you have one on your wall? If not, maybe you should submit for one or 
more so that one day I will hit 2,000 or 3,000 who knows. ;-)

73...bruce

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Bruce Paige, KK5DO
                      
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