I have around 74 countries worked from FK78 (puerto rico) via AO-13 and other modes but that stopped in 1998 when i moved to florida. I recently installed a remote control station in Ponce PR which is in FK68. I will be able to work 6 meters and some LEO. Ponce is around 50 miles southwest of my old QTH. Am i zero for VUCC as well?
Sent from my Adobe Flash and Java challenged iPhone On Apr 25, 2011, at 1:20 PM, "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Zack, > >> Your response does confirm what I thought the answer was. I guess the only >> thing I am wondering now is, if I move to SC, would it be acceptable to say >> I have 500 grids confirmed, or should I say 0? > > You could say you have 500 grids from EN80, and (insert number) from > (insert other location). You'll be able to say you have satellite VUCC, > along with any other awards, regardless of where you were and where > you are now, > >> VUCC is one aspect of it, >> but how about the day to day grid collecting. Since it would not be counted >> towards an award, I do not see an issue with that, as long as you keep track >> of what grids were working in OH and which ones were worked in SC. > > QSOs made outside that 200km limit would not count for your EN80-based > satellite VUCC, but could count for a new VUCC somewhere else. You would > just have to keep track of which grids you worked from each location. > > Other awards have other limitations. K5OE mentioned some other awards in > his recent post. > >> I also know it is 200km - I was confusing it with 124mi. ;-) > > I thought that was the case, but wanted to ensure we were referring to the > proper limit for a satellite VUCC. > >> BTW, I am not considering moving to SC (no offense to SC residents). If I >> had to move somewhere other than OH it would be CO. > > If you travel a lot to some other location, you could attempt to get awards > like a satellite VUCC away from home. I am gradually doing that for northern > Baja California as XE2/WD9EWK and Vancouver as VA7EWK. I know it will > take more trips to both places (and, for Mexico, more contributions to the > Mexican federal treasury every time I get a new XE permit) to get 100 grids > confirmed. For a Phoenix-based satellite VUCC (whenever that application > is ever processed), I know I can operate from portions of 6 grids including > the > city park on the DM33xp/DM43ap grid boundary I typically operate from and > remain within the 200km limit. Other road trips are for the enjoyment of > working stations and confirming QSOs with those stations, even though I > can't count the QSOs toward a Phoenix-based satellite VUCC. Then again, > if I accumulated confirmations for 100 grids from places like DM31, I could > apply for another satellite VUCC for that location. > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
