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

Scott Davis scottk5ta at gmail.com
Thu Jul 30 02:51:51 UTC 2020


I think you forgot various Field Day awards....

-Scott K5TA 

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> On Jul 29, 2020, at 5:49 PM, Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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