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

[Don KB2YSI]

That is amazing Bruce! So many years of dedication is awe inspiring!

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 19:26 Bruce via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> 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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