Congrats Sebastian! What a coincidence to get that number. I too am surprised at the "lack" of satellite VUCCs.... I am going to be submitting my application here very soon.
73! Zack KD8KSN -------------------------------------------------- From: "Alan P. Biddle" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 2:04 PM To: "'Sebastian'" <[email protected]>; "AMSAT-BB" <[email protected]> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: #200 VUCC > Sebastian, > > Congratulations! I recently spent a few days, off and on, copying my > paper > logs into electronic format. Reminded me of my spare time job years ago > doing key punch work. Anyway, it was fun to see what was there. I need > to > ping a few people to finish up some awards, which I will do in the winter > months. I uploaded to eQSL and LoTW my AO-10 and AO-13 contacts. I got > exactly 2 hits out of several hundred. ;) > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sebastian > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 12:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [amsat-bb] #200 VUCC > > I guess that waiting around a couple of years or so to finally submit my > cards for satellite VUCC paid off. > > I know there was some talk about this some time ago, as to who would get > number 200. Well, the mailman came and that's the number on mine! > > Seems strange considering almost all the contacts on the FM birds are a > grid > exchange; guess many are either not collecting the 100 cards, or aren't > submitting them. > > Having amateur satellites available for almost 40 years, and only 200 > satellite VUCC awards, WOW. > > 73 de Sebastian, W4AS > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
