Hi Sebastian (and the group)! > Hi Patrick, first like the others, I would like to thank you for > helping me out tremendously in achieving VUCC on satellites, even > though I still haven't contacted a card checker to actually get the > award.
Thanks, and also thanks to the others who posted here and sent me directly messages congratulating me on this award. I'm with you... I could apply for VUCC, but have been putting it off for some time. First it was "I'm over 100 grids confirmed, I'll wait until I reach 125 to apply". Then I decided to wait until I reached 150, 200, 250, and now I think I will wait to reach 300 grids confirmed before applying. No matter when I do that, it will be a fair amount of work to get the cards sorted and then listed on the paperwork - followed by finding a card checker with little or nothing to do on a Saturday. :-) > For me though, the way things are, it looks like I'll be able to work > the 49 states, but Hawaii is impossible at this time due to my > location in south Florida. For many east of the Rockies, AO-7 would be - and has been - the only way to get Hawaii via satellite. > One thing that concerns me is what in the world do you plan to do when > you retire? I don't know your age, but at this rate, I think you will > have seen just about every grid in the states. I think you once told > me you knew another language or two, other than Spanish - you might > have to learn Chinese so you can retire over there. After all, they > have a huge country, and a lot of grids! Retirement is not on the radar right now. As for visiting all the grids in the US, I think there are a few who are way ahead of me (N5AFV and WI7P, ex-N7SFI, are certainly well out in front there). Hope to hear you on again, soon. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
