I earned VUCC-Sat #86 in Oct 1998 under my old callsign, AC5DK... Keep in mind though, John, your award means as much today as any of these old awards drawn with hand calligraphy on papyrus. X^D Kinda like that old joke... 'You know what they call the guy who graduates last in his class at medical school??? Doctor.'

73 & congrats!!! KevinN4UFO

N1JEZ said: #73 in 1997 here....

On 3/22/2019 3:17 PM, Bruce wrote:

Oh, my..... I am showing my age now. I became a ham in 1993 and immediately went into satellite operations. My VUCC in late 1993 is #17. For at least a dozen years after that they increased very rarely.

I am glad to see all the activity on the satellites and enough satellites for everyone to have fun with.

73...bruce

On 3/22/2019 1:54 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:

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Congrats!

On another note, the fact that we're at #427 in VUCCs issued is a testament to the increase in popularity of satellite ops and grid chasing over the past few years. VUCC Satellite has been around since either the late 1980s or early 1990s. I received #248 in March 2014. So, in about 5 years, about 42% of all satellite VUCCs issued in about 30 years have been awarded.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:50 PM johnv at frontier.com <johnv at frontier.com> wrote:

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I just got number VUCC #427 certificate in the mail this morning.

Thank you to all those who helped me with it.    It will be on the wall Monday after I show it off tomorrow at the Snohomish County Hams Club. JohnN7AME