Hi Bob,
Well, thanks for the clarification, and poop!
My reading of the rule was that 50 contacts need to be made on 50 different days, as in "To achieve this award, you must work 50 amateur radio operators on any satellite (limit of 1 contact per day) during 2019". I believe a reasonable person could read that either way (50 different stations, or simply 50 contacts.
May I suggest that the addition of a single word would make the rule MUCH easier to understand: "To achieve this award, you must work 50 DIFFERENT amateur radio operators on any satellite (limit of 1 contact per day) during 2019"
And with that -- dang, I had just finished 50 days worth of QSOs. Since I have only worked about 250 different stations in 45 years, this may well be nearly impossible, so a much larger challenge!
73, Bob, WB4SON
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:30 AM Robert Bankston via AMSAT-BB < [email protected]> wrote:
Ed, you are correct. The Friends of 50 Award requires 50 different call signs on 50 different days. 73, Robert Bankston, KE4ALAMSAT-NA VP of User Services Twitter: @KE4ALabamaWebsite: KE4AL.wordpress.com
On Friday, March 22, 2019, 4:18:38 AM CDT, HUGH EMPEY <[email protected]> wrote:
This may be "obvious to the most casual observer" but I do not want to assume anything. The rules for this award state that "you must work 50 amateur radio operators on any satellite (limit one per day) during 2019. Does this mean 50 "different" call signs or can you count the same call sign more than once if you work them on different days. I interpret this to mean "50 different call signs." Am I correct. I have my flameproof suit on just in case.
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73'.Ed WA7ETH
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