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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/236OZBKANX6CK7Q2DUX6NT4NLD7UU6ME/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "236OZBKANX6CK7Q2DUX6NT4NLD7UU6ME", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/VJJLFJCGTDA3LIAW7VFQYAO2BBAWBRBJ/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "kp4tr.ramon (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "(kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez", "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: VUCC, grids, and a new QTH", "date": "2011-04-25T17:46:54Z", "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/4O3APSDACG4ZD4AC7XEPJKD2TV5WPSP3/?format=api", "children": [ "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/YZYRGEJ33KNUTBQ347N7EMA6EYZ6ELAW/?format=api" ], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "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?\n\nSent from my Adobe Flash and Java challenged iPhone\n\nOn Apr 25, 2011, at 1:20 PM, \"Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)\" <[email protected]> wrote:\n\n> Zack,\n> \n>> Your response does confirm what I thought the answer was. I guess the only\n>> thing I am wondering now is, if I move to SC, would it be acceptable to say\n>> I have 500 grids confirmed, or should I say 0?\n> \n> You could say you have 500 grids from EN80, and (insert number) from\n> (insert other location). You'll be able to say you have satellite VUCC,\n> along with any other awards, regardless of where you were and where\n> you are now,\n> \n>> VUCC is one aspect of it,\n>> but how about the day to day grid collecting. Since it would not be counted\n>> towards an award, I do not see an issue with that, as long as you keep track\n>> of what grids were working in OH and which ones were worked in SC.\n> \n> QSOs made outside that 200km limit would not count for your EN80-based\n> satellite VUCC, but could count for a new VUCC somewhere else. You would\n> just have to keep track of which grids you worked from each location.\n> \n> Other awards have other limitations. K5OE mentioned some other awards in\n> his recent post.\n> \n>> I also know it is 200km - I was confusing it with 124mi. ;-)\n> \n> I thought that was the case, but wanted to ensure we were referring to the\n> proper limit for a satellite VUCC.\n> \n>> BTW, I am not considering moving to SC (no offense to SC residents). If I\n>> had to move somewhere other than OH it would be CO.\n> \n> If you travel a lot to some other location, you could attempt to get awards\n> like a satellite VUCC away from home. I am gradually doing that for northern\n> Baja California as XE2/WD9EWK and Vancouver as VA7EWK. I know it will\n> take more trips to both places (and, for Mexico, more contributions to the\n> Mexican federal treasury every time I get a new XE permit) to get 100 grids\n> confirmed. For a Phoenix-based satellite VUCC (whenever that application\n> is ever processed), I know I can operate from portions of 6 grids including the\n> city park on the DM33xp/DM43ap grid boundary I typically operate from and\n> remain within the 200km limit. Other road trips are for the enjoyment of\n> working stations and confirming QSOs with those stations, even though I\n> can't count the QSOs toward a Phoenix-based satellite VUCC. Then again,\n> if I accumulated confirmations for 100 grids from places like DM31, I could\n> apply for another satellite VUCC for that location.\n> \n> 73!\n> \n> \n> \n> \n> \n> \n> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK\n> http://www.wd9ewk.net/\n> \n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n\n", "attachments": [] }