Not quite, Paul. At least eight Satellite DXCCs were earned without using HEO or Mode K. They were made using AO-6, AO-7 and the RS birds, some of which were slightly higher than AO-6/7.
In the order they were issued, here are the first seven: W2BXA, W2LV, W1NU, G3IOR, WA2CBB, G6RH and W2YY. All are now SK except for CBB.
The 8th one was mine, although I was slow to collect QSL cards and my certificate is No. 13.
Congrats to John on being the next one!
73 Ray W2RS
Thanks for the follow up, Ray. I did specify “first since 1983” in my original post as I knew it had been done prior to AO-10. It’s good to see the list of those who completed it.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 11:17 rsoifer1--- via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Not quite, Paul. At least eight Satellite DXCCs were earned without using HEO or Mode K. They were made using AO-6, AO-7 and the RS birds, some of which were slightly higher than AO-6/7.
In the order they were issued, here are the first seven: W2BXA, W2LV, W1NU, G3IOR, WA2CBB, G6RH and W2YY. All are now SK except for CBB.
The 8th one was mine, although I was slow to collect QSL cards and my certificate is No. 13.
Congrats to John on being the next one!
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Right. The first seven were all issued prior to AO-10. For the record, the first to actually work 100 DXCC entities via satellite was Pat, G3IOR. He made heavy use of tropo scatter. Ever the good sport, Pat came over to the States and presented Ben, W2BXA, with Certificate No. 1 at the AMSAT AGM.
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John, I meant. Sorry for flubbing. Still in admiration 73 Brad WF7T
On Dec 21, 2017, 12:38 PM -0600, Brad Brooks brad.wf7t@gmail.com, wrote:
Remarkable feat Paul, congrats! 73 Brad WF7T
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