VUCC - and other - Satellite Awards
With the proliferation of VUCC awards being earned recently, I thought a brief recap of what awards are available for satellite work would be appropriate.
AMSAT has offered several awards over the years. And you do not need 100 contacts to get award-ed for your accomplishments: a single documented satellite contact qualifies you for the AMSAT Satellite Communicator's Club award!
Current and past AMSAT awards include ...
-Satellite Communicator's Club -Satellite Communications Achievement -South African AMSAT Award -OSCAR Sexagesimal Award -OSCAR Century Award -WA4AMI 1000 Award -WA4AMI 5000 Award -51 on 51 Achievment Award
Details on the AMSAT awards available at ... http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/awards/
In addition, the ARRL recognizes satellite efforts, too, with their WAC, DXCC, WAS, and VUCC awards.
-Worked All Continents Award (WAC) - Make one satellite contact with any station on each of the six continents.
-DXCC Award with Satellite Endorsement - Make one satellite contact with any station in 100 different DXCC countries.
-Worked All States Award - Make one satellite contact with any station in each of the 50 states.
VHF/UHF Century Club Award - Make one satellite contact with any station in 100 different grid squares. Endorsements for each additional 25 grid squares.
ARRL Awards information - http://www.arrl.org/awards/
Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com
Good job Clint and to add a few more...
From AMSAT K2ZRO Memorial Station Engineering Award that was very popular on AO-13 in both v/u and v/s modes.
Then if you are so inclined, there are a host of awards issued by the ARRL VHF/UHF Century Club (VUCC) Worked All States on Satellite Worked All Continents (issued by the ARRL for the IARU) DXCC on Satellite
Central States VHF Society has one for Satellites VUCC/r (reverse VUCC... work from 100 different grids)
CQ Magazine has some awards for satellite
Then there are a bunch from foreign countries. So if you are in need of wallpaper, have time to gather all the goodies needed, you too can be a proud recipient of another award. You can then truly state that you did that and have the t-shirt (I mean certificate).
73...bruce
On 11/8/2010 3:30 PM, Clint Bradford wrote:
With the proliferation of VUCC awards being earned recently, I thought a brief recap of what awards are available for satellite work would be appropriate.
AMSAT has offered several awards over the years. And you do not need 100 contacts to get award-ed for your accomplishments: a single documented satellite contact qualifies you for the AMSAT Satellite Communicator's Club award!
Current and past AMSAT awards include ...
-Satellite Communicator's Club -Satellite Communications Achievement -South African AMSAT Award -OSCAR Sexagesimal Award -OSCAR Century Award -WA4AMI 1000 Award -WA4AMI 5000 Award -51 on 51 Achievment Award
Details on the AMSAT awards available at ... http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/awards/
In addition, the ARRL recognizes satellite efforts, too, with their WAC, DXCC, WAS, and VUCC awards.
-Worked All Continents Award (WAC) - Make one satellite contact with any station on each of the six continents.
-DXCC Award with Satellite Endorsement - Make one satellite contact with any station in 100 different DXCC countries.
-Worked All States Award - Make one satellite contact with any station in each of the 50 states.
VHF/UHF Century Club Award - Make one satellite contact with any station in 100 different grid squares. Endorsements for each additional 25 grid squares.
ARRL Awards information - http://www.arrl.org/awards/
Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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