Star Comm Group has a new award Grid Master We announced the award at the Amsat Banquet Friday night and John K8YSE is the first to have work all 488 U.S. grids and confirm contacts on amateur satellites. Go to www.starcommgroup.org click the picture tab. Left to right John K8YSE Damon WA4HFN Rick WA4NVM also click the award tab to see the 1st Grid Master award.
Star Comm Group encourages the use of the amateur satellites and Amsat NA.
WA4HFN em55 Damon
i don't think so.... randy, n7sfi, did this years ago. he is now going after all u.s. counties on satellite. thought there were 499 grids in lower 48. hmmmm
////Confirmed: 499 (100%) Completed on September 22, 2001
73...bruce //// On 5/20/2014 1:18 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Star Comm Group has a new award Grid Master We announced the award at the Amsat Banquet Friday night and John K8YSE is the first to have work all 488 U.S. grids and confirm contacts on amateur satellites. Go to www.starcommgroup.org click the picture tab. Left to right John K8YSE Damon WA4HFN Rick WA4NVM also click the award tab to see the 1st Grid Master award.
Star Comm Group encourages the use of the amateur satellites and Amsat NA.
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The ARRL documentation for the Fred Fish Memorial Award states that there are 488:
Regardless of whether or not John was the 1st or 2nd to do it, it's certainly a rare accomplishment worth celebrating.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Bruce [email protected] wrote:
i don't think so.... randy, n7sfi, did this years ago. he is now going after all u.s. counties on satellite. thought there were 499 grids in lower 48. hmmmm
////Confirmed: 499 (100%) Completed on September 22, 2001
73...bruce ////
On 5/20/2014 1:18 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Star Comm Group has a new award Grid Master We announced the award at the Amsat Banquet Friday night and John K8YSE is the first to have work all 488 U.S. grids and confirm contacts on amateur satellites. Go to www.starcommgroup.org click the picture tab. Left to right John K8YSE Damon WA4HFN Rick WA4NVM also click the award tab to see the 1st Grid Master award.
Star Comm Group encourages the use of the amateur satellites and Amsat NA.
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