Since mid May, we have been waiting to see who would get the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award #500. Entries were coming in pretty quickly at the beginning. However, the last entry I received was on June 13. Therefore, to not have everyone waiting any longer.... here are the awards issued in the order they were received. Number 500 was issued on June 6 with an entry received on June 5 and another on June 9. Congratulations to everyone that submitted for the award and sorry for the delay in mailing your certificates.

The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award.

Chris Lemon, KB9CL #490 Ernest Howard, W8EH #491 Peter Portanova, WB2OOQ #492 Michael Klomfass, DH5MK #493 James DeYoung, N8OQ #494 Ronald Parsons, W5RKN #495 Thomas Lepley, KX3TL #496 Chris Meyers, KC0YBM #497 Nick Kucij, KB1RVT #498 George Carr, WA5KBH #499 Ward Hall, WC0Y #500 Jim Klassen, N6JMK #501 James Clary, ND9M #502

To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com

Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards

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