In case you have not perused the AMSAT.org website lately, the newest of AMSAT Awards is available. It is the GridMaster award.

Although the award is not new new, it is new to AMSAT. It was developed in 2014 by Star Comm Group. Thanks to Damon Runion, WA4HFN, and Rick Tillman, WA4NVM, for having sponsored the award since its inception. Now, AMSAT is taking the reins and will be issuing the award and it is still free of charge as it will be sponsored by an anonymous donor.

The award is the same as the Fred Fish Memorial Award that is offered by the ARRL but for any satellite operator that works and confirms all 488 continental U.S. grids.

You can view the award by clicking on Services, then Awards. You will find the Application, Grid Schedule and sample of the required LoTW verification (of course, paper QSL's are still accepted).

As 10 awards have been issued to date, who will be lucky number 11 and the first issued by AMSAT?

73...bruce