[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
There continues to be a very high interest in AMSAT Awards which means a lot of new operators on the satellites. We would like to welcome the following to the satellite community. They have made their first satellite contact and are now members of the AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club. Benigno Gomez, XE2YBG Chris Lemon, KB9CL Evangelos Kafetzopoulos SV1EEK James Cutter, W7OJS Jim McCullough, KI4TWA Steve Niles, N5EN The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award. L. Val Hanney, KN7D #486 Benigno Gomez, XE2YBM #487 Steve Niles, N5EN #488 (We are approaching number 500 on this award) To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on SkyScanner Satellite Radio Network on Galaxy-25 @97° West, Transponder 23 (12115 Vert), Symbol Rate: 22425, APID: 1794 (DVB Free To Air) Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
A slow month on awards. I needed the break. The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award. John Papay, K8YSE #489 Who will receive #500? Stay tuned. To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on SkyScanner Satellite Radio Network on Galaxy-25 @97° West, Transponder 23 (12115 Vert), Symbol Rate: 22425, APID: 1794 (DVB Free To Air) Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
We would like to welcome the following to the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite contact. Michael Klomfass, DH5MK Michael McMahan, KC9NXP Steve Rish, K8SAR The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Ham Operator, Your Call #500 Who will receive #500? Stay tuned, possibly coming in a week, two weeks, could be soon. If you have not sent in for your award yet, now is the time to do it. The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Sexagesimal Communications Award. John Papay, K8YSE, #148 Michael Klomfass, DH5MK, #149 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
We would like to welcome the following to the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite contact. Nick Kucij, KB1RVT Dave Glow, AA1VX The following have earned the South Africa AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Peter Carr, WW3O #US133 Chris Lemon, KB9CL #US134 Thomas Lepley, KX3TL #US135 George Carr, WA5KBH #US136 The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Ham Operator, Your Call #500 Who will receive #500? Stay tuned, possibly coming in a week, two weeks, could be soon. If you have not sent in for your award yet, don't miss out on this opportunity. To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Since mid May, we have been waiting to see who would get the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award #500. Entries were coming in pretty quickly at the beginning. However, the last entry I received was on June 13. Therefore, to not have everyone waiting any longer here are the awards issued in the order they were received. Number 500 was issued on June 6 with an entry received on June 5 and another on June 9. Congratulations to everyone that submitted for the award and sorry for the delay in mailing your certificates. The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Chris Lemon, KB9CL #490 Ernest Howard, W8EH #491 Peter Portanova, WB2OOQ #492 Michael Klomfass, DH5MK #493 James DeYoung, N8OQ #494 Ronald Parsons, W5RKN #495 Thomas Lepley, KX3TL #496 Chris Meyers, KC0YBM #497 Nick Kucij, KB1RVT #498 George Carr, WA5KBH #499 Ward Hall, WC0Y #500 Jim Klassen, N6JMK #501 James Clary, ND9M #502 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Rizkallah Azrak, OD5RI #503 Dave Glow, AA1VX #504 Evangelos Kafetzopoulos, SV1EEK #505 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award. David Bird, KC7USS #150 The following have earned the South Africa Communications Achievement Award. Evangelos Kafetzopoulos, SV1EEK #US137 The following have earned the W4AMI Achievement Award (for 1000 contacts) Dimtrios Pallis, SW1JGW #54 George Carr, WA5KBH #55 Evangelos Kafetzopoulos, SV1EEK #56 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
I have been a bit busy and have not updated the awards in some time (like since the end of August). Would you like to take a walk down memory lane? When I took over the AMSAT Awards in 2001, I entered the certificates back to #215 for the Satellite Communication Achievement Award. I found an old list dated 1988 today and have I have filled in all the certificates on my website back to Number 1. Sorry, the dates they were issued were not on the list for all of them. But it appears that the first ones were issued around 1975. I recognized two of the early calls... K2ZRO and W2RS. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Luis Benvenutty, WP4NYY Zeljko Ulip, 9A2EY The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Rodney Waln, KC0ZHF #506 Neven Mrduljas, 9A5YY #507 Zeljko Ulip, 9A2EY #508 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award. Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK #151 Gail McDaniel, KB0RZD #152 Nick Kucij, KB1RVT #153 The following have earned the AMSAT Century Club award. Michael Klomfass, DH5MK #38 The following have earned the South Africa Communications Achievement Award. Rodney Waln, KC0ZHF #US138 Zeljko Ulip, 9A2EY #US139 The following have earned the W4AMI Achievement Award (for 1000 contacts) Gail McDaniel, KB0RZD #57 Zeljko Ulip, 9A2EY #58 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here is a list of awards issued so far in 2011. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Anthony Allen, W6CSA Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA Brian Erwin, KJ4TDM Palo Lanca, 9A3DPL Zeljko Eklic, 9A1WW Vaclav Ujcik WD9HBC The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA #531 Patrick Farcon, N2VYT #532 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement award Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA #US163 Patrick Farcon, N2VYT #US164 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here is a list of awards issued in the last month or so. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Joseph Patrick, K4XZ Scott Rights, N6PG Dave McFadden, VE3ECV Rene Bourrassa, VE2SUD Paul-Ernest Plante, VE2DBX Joe Lemieux, VE3EUS Claudio Ferrari, IK1YRC Robert Foster, KD0JLN The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Branko Martincic, 9A3ST #533 Pozdrawiam Mariusz, SQ9MES #534 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award. Gerry Krebs, N0JE #159 The following have earned the AMSAT Century Award. Doug Papay, KD8CAO #41 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement award Branko Martincic, 9A3ST #US165 The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award. Jim Bennett, KE4KOL #68 Loren Rasmussen, K7CWQ #69 Jim Adams, K0BAM #70 Bill Dzurilla, NZ5N #71 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
It was May 12, 2001, the day that Mike Scarcella, WA5TWT, the previous AMSAT Awards Manager handed over all the files to me as the new Awards Manager. For 10 years I have performed this duty as fairly and equitably as I can. I computerized all the awards, entered some of the very early Communication Achievement Awards into the computer and helped create some new awards along the way. Here's to another 10 years, enjoy. Here is a list of awards issued in the last month or so. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Brandon Rasmussen, K7BBR Stephen Davis, KJ4FEL Richard Ryan, KC2YDQ The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Nikolai Ozerov, VE3NKL, #535 Richard Batchelor, KA5IQX, #536 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award. Rodney Waln, KC0ZHF, #160 The following have earned the AMSAT Century Award. Doug Papay, KD8CAO #41 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement award Richard Batchelor, KA5IQX, #US166 The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award. Gerald Krebs, N0JE, #US72 John Papay, K8YSE, #US73 Ron Oldham, N8RO, #US63 endorsement for 2K, 3K, 4K Bob Harrell, AJ5C, #US64 endorsement for 2K, 3K, 4K The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI 5000 Award. Ron Oldham, N8RO, #26 Bob Herrell, AJ5C, #27 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here is a list of awards issued in the last month or so. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Robert Sheskin, N3PPH The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Claudio Ferrari, IK1YRC #537 Berufliches Schulzentrum Elektrotechnik Dresden, DL0IKT (club station) #538 Mark Korroch, WB8TGY #539 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award. Mark Korroch, WB8TGY #161 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement award Berufliches Schulzentrum Elektrotechnik Dresden, DL0IKT (club station) #US167 Mark Korroch, WB8TGY #US168 The following earned upgrades to their basic Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award Gail McDaniel, KB0RZD 2K, 3K, 4K The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI 5000 Award. Gail McDaniel, KB0RZD #28 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Normally I am able to wait 4-6 weeks before posting a list of AMSAT awards. However, something must have gotten in the water and in the past few days the awards have sky rocketed. Due to the effort of Matt, N8MS, at the ARRL Teacher's Institute 2, there were 8 hams that worked their first satellite contact. They are included in the list below. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Pam Kalafice, KD8MUC George Wheeler, W7LX Thomas Maxwell, AE5QB Jerry Taylor, AC0PF Stephen McClune, KB3FKO Larry Brim, KI6FBT Jackie Smith, KJ4SVQ Larry Kendall, K6NDL Samuel Saladino, NW9T Walter Lemons, AE5IT Stephen Reinen, N8BP Lee Olson, N9LO Thomas Talley, KA9QPG The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. George Henry, KA3HSW, #540 Brandon Rasmussen, K7BBR, #541 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement award George Henry, KA3HSW, #US169 Brandon Rasmussen, K7BBR, #US170 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here are our latest AMSAT Awards recipients. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Stephen Licht, WF2S Jay Hitchcock, KI6WZU Costantino Montella, IK8YSS Jackson Wilson, KF5LOQ The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Clayton Coleman, W5PFG #542 Csaba-Zoltan Kertesz, YO6PIB #543 Yanko Yankov, NX9G #544 Jackson Wilson, KF5LOQ #545 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement award Clayton Coleman, W5PFG #US171 Csaba-Zoltan Kertesz, YO6PIB #US172 Yanko Yankov, NX9G #US173 Jackson Wilson, KF5LOQ #US174 The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI Award Branko Martincic, 9A3ST #74 The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI 5000 Award Gale McDaniel, KB0RZB #28 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
I hope everyone had a pleasant holiday season. Here at the AMSAT Awards Headquarters we have a few awards to announce. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Luis Benvenutty, WP4NYY Anotnio Barbieri, I0JOW The following have earned the South Africa Communications Achievement Award. Neven Nrdljas, 9A5YY #US140 Kent Frazier, K5KNT #US141 The following have earned the W4AMI Achievement Award (for 1000 contacts) David Webb, KB1PVH #59 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN Mesa Community College ARC, KM7CC David Sharpe, KF7DRQ Jim Adams, K0BAM Richard Rowe, KJ4OUQ The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Randal Schulze, KD0HKD, #509 Michael Vargo, AC8CX, #510 Jose Toste, CU3EQ, #511 The following have earned the W4AMI Achievement Award (for 1000 contacts) Douglas Anoman, KC9MLN, #60 Howard Merritt, KD7ZLF, #61 Chip Weems, W4PBG, #62 The following have earned the South Africa AMSAT Communications Achievement Award Randal Schulze, KD0HKD, #US142 Michael Vargo, AC8CX, #US143 Jose Toste, CU3EQ, #US144 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Brennan Price, N4QX John Neeley, W6ZKH Ed Empey, WA7ETH Jennifer Melfi, KC2TMA The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Larry Teran, KI6YAA, #512 John Neeley, W6KZH, #513 Gerry Krebs, N0JE, #514 Hugh Empey, W7ETH, #515 The following have earned the W4AMI Achievement Award (for 1000 contacts) Evangelos Kafetzopoulos, SV1EEK, endorsement from 3000 to 4000 The following have earned the W4AMI Achievement Award for 5000 contacts Evangelos Kafetzopoulos, SV1EEK, #23 The following have earned the South Africa AMSAT Communications Achievement Award Larry Teran, KI6YAA, #US145 Gerry Krebs, N0JE, #US146 Hugh Empey, WA7ETH, #US147 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here are awards for July and thus far in August. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. George Jounakros, K2KVI Johnathon Ballard, KI4UKF Stephen Ponder, N5WBI Bob Herrell, AJ5C Jason Brisco, N5NBJ The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Stephen Rish, K8SAR #516 The following have earned the South Africa AMSAT Communications Achievement Award John Neeley, W5ZKH #US148 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here are the awards that I have processed over the last month or so. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Jay Kendall, N2JK Darek Dabek, SP9TTX Marisuz Kocot, SQ9MES The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Bob Herrell, AJ5C #517 Jim Adams, K0BAM #518 Leo Hucin, OK2UUJ #519 Jay Kendall, N2JK #520 The following have earned the South Africa AMSAT Communications Achievement Award Jim Adams, K0BAM #US149 Jay Kendall, N2JK #US150 Marisuz Kocot, SQ9MES #US151 The following have earned the AMSAT Century Club Award John Papay, K8YSE #39 The following have earned the W4AMI Satellite Communications Achievement award Bob Herrell, AJ5C, #64 Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN #65 Mariusz Kocot, SQ9MES, #66 (plus 1 endorsement) Darek Dabek, SP9TTX, #67 (plus 3 endorsements) The following have earned the W4AMI 5000 Satellite Communications Achievement award Darek Dabek, SP9TTX #24 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here are the awards that I have processed over the last month or so. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Club Station, SP9PEX Rick Tejera, K7TEJ Merle Olmsted, AA4QE Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN George Heath, KF5IRG Anthony Sirianni, Sr., KD8OEE The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Ronald Oldham, N8RO #521 Ryan Case, KB9RID #522 Merle Olmsted, AA4QE #523 Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN #524 The following have earned the South Africa AMSAT Communications Achievement Award Ronald Oldham, N8RO #US152 Bob Herrell, AJ5C #US153 Ryan Case, KB9RID #US154 Merle Olmsted, AA4QE #US155 Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN #US156 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Ronald Oldham, N8RO #154 Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN #155 Bob Herrell, AJ5C #156 Terry Moorby, VE3DIJ #157 The following have earned the AMSAT Century Club Award Nick Kucij, KB1RVT #40 The following have earned the W4AMI 5000 Satellite Communications Achievement award Zeljko Ulip, 9A2EY #25 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here are the awards that I have processed over the last month. This will be the last posting for 2010. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Alan Murray, Jr., N1ZWL Richard Lewis, KG6ZVC The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Boris Lanca, 9A2GA #525 Paul Gagnon, N6MA #526 Rick Tejera, K7TEJ #527 Jim Bennett, KE4KOL #528 Tom Deeble, KA6SIP #529 Glenn Barr, WB0KFC #530 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Paul Gagnon, N6MA #158 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement award Nick Kucij, KB1RVT #US157 Boris Lanca, 9A2GA #US158 Rick Tejera, K7TEJ #US159 Jim Bennett, KE4KOL #US160 Tom Deeble, KA6SIP #US161 Glenn Barr, WB0KFC #US162 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here are our latest AMSAT Awards recipients. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Jackson Wilson, KF5LOQ Bill Caton, WD4DHJ Marcelo Teruel, IK0USO Mike Massell, KD0LMB Kelly Bradley, KC5YPU Dmitry Krylov, UA3RAB The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Bill Caton, WD4DHJ, #546 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Communications Achievement Award. Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA, #162 George Carr, WA5KBH, #163 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Bill Caton, WD4DHJ, #US175 Demitry Krylov, UA3RAB, #US176 Marcelo Teruel, IK0USO, #US177 The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI Award Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA, #75 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here are our latest AMSAT Awards recipients. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Ben Jacobs, KC9ROI The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Hector Luis Martinez Sis, CO6CBF, #547 I Made Sudarsana SE, YB9AY, #548 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Hector Luis Martinez Sis, CO6CBF, #US178 The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI Award Hector Luis Martinez Sis, CO6CBF #76 Jim Adams, K0BAM upgrade to 2,000 The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI 5000 Award Mariusz Kocot SQ9MES, #29 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here are our latest AMSAT Awards recipients. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Brent Ocken, KJ6MRG Elizabeth Royer, KB3WSW The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Hector Luis Martinez Sis, CO6CBF, #547 Marcelo Teruel, IK0USO #549 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Hector Luis Martinez Sis, CO6CBF, #US178 The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI Award Tom Deeble, KA6SIP #77 Clayton Coleman, W5PFG #78 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here are our latest AMSAT Awards recipients. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Steven Holland, KC9TTQ Ron Reiter, KD8SEV Dan Kowell, AL7RS Michael Mustachia, KF5PHA Randy Morden, VE6RGU Glyn Dodwell, GM4CFS The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Kenneth Holland, KC9TTR, #550 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Kenneth Holland, KC9TTR, #US179 The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI Award Theo Doty, AA5CK, #79 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Awards have been very slow this year. Might be due to the lack of satellites. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Christopher Friesen, VE4CWF Michael Haman, KB7SNQ Ron Rappel, W1RPR The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Glyn Dodwell, GM4CFS, #554 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Glyn Dodwell, GM4CFS, #US184 The following have earned the AMSAT Century Club Award. This award is not that easy to earn. Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA, #42 Until the amsat.org website is fully restored, you can see all the awards at my website. To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
Here is our latest induction into some of the AMSAT awards community. There is a pretty good batch since my last report in April. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Jim Whitfield, K5JAW The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Alessio Vacondio, IK4IDY, #555 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Joseph Fouquet, N5JF, #US185 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award. George Carr, WA5KBH, #163 Zeljko Ulip, 9A2EY, #164 Alessio Vacondio, IK4IDY, #165 The following have earned the AMSAT W4AMI Award. Alessio Vacondio, IK4IDY, #80 The following have earned the AMSAT W4AMI 5000 Award. John Papay, KD8CAO, #30 Until the amsat.org website is fully restored, you can see all the awards at my website. To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards
As the AMSAT server is being rebuilt, I have just rebuilt all the AMSAT award pages. You can reach them by going to amsat.org and clicking on Services. You will find Awards under the drop down. At the bottom of the main page is a link to all the award recipients. This information will be the same information that appears on my website. I will keep them both up to date. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards oops
The award is for Doug Papay, KD8CAO. AMSAT W4AMI 5000 Award #30 -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards Update
Here is our latest induction into some of the AMSAT awards community. There is a pretty good batch since my last report. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Jim Whitfield, K5JAW Giancarlo Guenzi, IZ1JPS Roberto Rachelli, IZ1WIX Brad Smith, KC9UQR Paul Stoetzer, N8HM The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Charles Allen, KM5LY, #556 Brad Smith, KC9UQR, #557 David Johnson, KC9GHA, #558 Rolf Krogstad, NR0T, #559 Randy Morden, VE6RGU, #560 Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, #561 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Charles Allen, KM5LY, #US186 David Johnson, KC9GHA, #US187 Randy Morden, VE6RGU, #US188 Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, #US189 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards Update
Here is our latest induction into some of the AMSAT awards community. There is a pretty good batch since my last report. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Alan Ehrenberg, N9EDV Benjamin Gaston, KV4RH Scott Medbury, KD5FBA Doug Birky, KB8M Richard Manderski, W2SKI Eric Stapleton, VA7TU The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Richard Manderski, W2SKI, #562 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Richard Manderski, W2SKI, #US190 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards now accepts RAC Canadaward
In keeping up with technology and limiting duplication of work, AMSAT Awards will now accept a scanned copy the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) CANADAWARD for satellites as proof of working the 13 valid Canadian Provinces. They are: VE1/VA1 Nova Scotia VE2/VA2 Quebec VE3/VA3 Ontario VE4/VA4 Manitoba VE5/VA5 Saskatchewan VE6/VA6 Alberta VE7/VA7 British Columbia VE8 Northwest Territories VE9 New Brunswick VO1/2 Newfoundland and Labrador VY0 Nanavut VY1 Yukon VY2 Prince Edward This will make it easier for everyone to submit either or both, ARRL Worked All States / RAC CANADAWARD and not have to scan all those cards and have me check them a second time. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 athttp://www.amsatnet.com Podcast athttp://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/amsat ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
[amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards to finish up 2012
Here are our latest AMSAT Awards recipients and this will finish up awards for 2012. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Joseph Fouquet, N5JF Mark Gearis, KG4JAG The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Costantino Montella, IK8YSS, #551 Joseph Fouquet, N5JF, #552 Anthony Sirianni, KD8OEE, #553 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Costantino Montella, IK8YSS, #US180 Arnel Nebrida, DU2XXA, #US181 Anthony Sirianni, KD8OEE, #US182 Mark Gearis, KG4JAG, #US183 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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