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 < amsat-bb@amsat.org> 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 <

wa7eth@frontier.com> 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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This is a reasonable point, but the same is true for other awards that have stood the test of time. The degree of difficulty for the ARRL Worked-All-States award is geographically dependent. While chasing WAS, a ham in Seattle is going to have a much different experience than a ham in New York City. Still, the award has been around a long time and hams everywhere work towards it and cherish it once it's been earned.

I see the Friends of 50 award as being analogous.

Steve AI9IN

On 2019-03-23 22:29, Jean Marc Momple wrote:

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Bob,

Additional food for though on the Friends of 50 Award:

1. With LEO's: 50 different callsigns on FM birds may be quite easy to achieve in some part of the world but impossible in my region as only a dozen of OM's active in the within LEO footprint.
2. With QO-100: 50 different callsigns can be worked in a few days right now. 3B8FA is already above 150 and myself around 50 in a few weeks, just not a real challenge.

Above cases to show that the Award may be very challenging or a piece of cake depending where your QTH is located.

I am not chasing Awards, just sharing an opinion.

73

Jean Marc (3B8DU)