Would also like to add my congrats to KC9TTR.
I earned VUCC Sat #45 in 1995, so only 90 were issued over the 9 years to 2004. That's an average of 10 per year at a time when we had HEO sats and a wealth of LEO sats.
101 VUCC's over the eight years from 2004 to 2012 is an average of about 12 per year.
73,
Ron VA7VW
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Price Sent: 17-Dec-12 18:02 To: Ted; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VUCC Sat
My goodness! I got #135 on April 5th 2004. There must have been a long dry spell.
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Ted k7trkradio@charter.net wrote:
First of all, congrats to KC9TTR for #236 !!
As a side comment, I look up at VUCC #226 (dated 12-29-11). That means there have been only 100 VUCC's this year. The death of HO68, SO67, AO51 and now AO27 really put the 'hurt' on new activity. I feel fortunate to have got most of my grids from AO-51. Any future VUCC's are going to take a lot of effort and hard work.
73, Ted, K7TRK
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of K&R Yoksh Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 2:49 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VUCC Sat
Congrats from VUCC Sat #150
73
Kyle Yoksh K0KN Olathe, KS
--- Original Message ---
Today I received VUCC Sat certificate #236 from the ARRL. Thanks to all the operators who helped me achieve this, especially portable operators in grids away from home.
KC9TTR
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