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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Clarification on Satellite Friends of 50 Award
(Jean Marc Momple)
2. Re: Clarification on Satellite Friends of 50 Award
(skristof@???????.????
3. Re: Thank you - VUCC (Bob Meyers)
4. Re: Thank you - VUCC (Douglas Tabor)
5. Re: Thank you - VUCC (Mike Seguin)
6. Important Outage affects FoxTelem downloads (Jerry Buxton)
7. FN51 rove upload has been completed (Don KB2YSI)
8. Re: Clarification (Bruce)
9. Re: Thank you - VUCC (AE5B)
10. Re: Thank you - VUCC (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
11. Re: Clarification (Bob)
12. How AMSAT uses Twitter to make AO-92 mode-change
notifications... (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 09:29:09 +0400
From: Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple@?????.???>
To: Bob <WB4SON@?????.???>
Cc: Amsat Bulletin Board <amsat-bb@?????.???>, HUGH EMPEY
<wa7eth@????????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Clarification on Satellite Friends of 50 Award
Message-ID: <EB12863C-9DEC-4829-BDA4-943AD35C7AB7@?????.???>
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Bob,
Additional food for though on the Friends of 50 Award:
1) With LEO?s: 50 different callsigns on FM birds may be quite easy to
achieve in some part of the world but impossible in my region as only a
dozen of OM?s active in the within LEO footprint.
2) With QO-100: 50 different callsigns can be worked in a few days right
now. 3B8FA is already above 150 and myself around 50 in a few weeks, just
not a real challenge.
Above cases to show that the Award may be very challenging or a piece of
cake depending where your QTH is located.
I am not chasing Awards, just sharing an opinion.
73
Jean Marc (3B8DU)
> On Mar 24, 2019, at 4:41 AM, Bob <WB4SON@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> Well, thanks for the clarification, and poop!
>
> My reading of the rule was that 50 contacts need to be made on 50 different
> days, as in "To achieve this award, you must work 50 amateur radio
> operators on any satellite (limit of 1 contact per day) during 2019". I
> believe a reasonable person could read that either way (50 different
> stations, or simply 50 contacts.
>
> May I suggest that the addition of a single word would make the rule MUCH
> easier to understand:
> "To achieve this award, you must work 50 DIFFERENT amateur radio operators
> on any satellite (limit of 1 contact per day) during 2019"
>
> And with that -- dang, I had just finished 50 days worth of QSOs. Since I
> have only worked about 250 different stations in 45 years, this may well be
> nearly impossible, so a much larger challenge!
>
> 73, Bob, WB4SON
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:30 AM Robert Bankston via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
>> Ed, you are correct. The Friends of 50 Award requires 50 different call
>> signs on 50 different days.
>> 73,
>> Robert Bankston, KE4ALAMSAT-NA VP of User Services
>> Twitter: @?????????????????? KE4AL.wordpress.com
>>
>> On Friday, March 22, 2019, 4:18:38 AM CDT, HUGH EMPEY <
>> wa7eth@????????.???> wrote:
>>
>> This may be "obvious to the most casual observer" but I do not want to
>> assume anything. The rules for this award state that "you must work 50
>> amateur radio operators on any satellite (limit one per day) during 2019.
>> Does this mean 50 "different" call signs or can you count the same call
>> sign
>> more than once if you work them on different days. I interpret this to
>> mean
>> "50 different call signs." Am I correct. I have my flameproof suit on
>> just in case.
>>
>> .
>>
>> 73'.Ed WA7ETH
>>
>>
>>
>> If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the
>> airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing.
>>
>> * Chuck Yeager
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 05:26:55 -0700
From: skristof@???????.???
To: Amsat Bulletin Board <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Clarification on Satellite Friends of 50 Award
Message-ID: <2d7ddeacecf3e978ef99106fba734919@???????.???>
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This is a reasonable point, but the same is true for other awards that
have stood the test of time. The degree of difficulty for the ARRL
Worked-All-States award is geographically dependent. While chasing WAS,
a ham in Seattle is going to have a much different experience than a ham
in New York City. Still, the award has been around a long time and hams
everywhere work towards it and cherish it once it's been earned.
I see the Friends of 50 award as being analogous.
Steve AI9IN
On 2019-03-23 22:29, Jean Marc Momple wrote:
>> Bob,
>>
>> Additional food for though on the Friends of 50 Award:
>>
>> 1) With LEO's: 50 different callsigns on FM birds may be quite easy to
achieve in some part of the world but impossible in my region as only a
dozen of OM's active in the within LEO footprint.
>> 2) With QO-100: 50 different callsigns can be worked in a few days right
now. 3B8FA is already above 150 and myself around 50 in a few weeks, just
not a real challenge.
>>
>> Above cases to show that the Award may be very challenging or a piece of
cake depending where your QTH is located.
>>
>> I am not chasing Awards, just sharing an opinion.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Jean Marc (3B8DU)
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 08:13:23 -0500
From: Bob Meyers <meyersb@???????.???>
To: "R.T.Liddy" <k8bl@?????????.???>
Cc: Amsat <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you - VUCC
Message-ID: <E386D81A-CA0F-424E-BF41-37E03F757716@???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Looks like my first contact was 9/8/77 on Oscar 7, orbit number 12870A, with
W2RV. I had a KLM 2 meter SSB radio, an old Colins receiver, and a
transverter for 432 attached to my Swan 500. Rotors were U100 tv rotors.
Bob, WA8FXQ
> On Mar 23, 2019, at 2:07 PM, R.T.Liddy <k8bl@?????????.???> wrote:
>
> Got my SAT-VUCC #235, Oct 31, 2012
>
> Was lazy and never got around to applying before that - HIHI.
>
> (VUCC for SAT is for QSOs dated 1/1/83 and later)
>
> First SAT QSO was 10/16/77 with W1ECH on AO-7 CW 2M/10M.
>
> 73, Bob K8BL (AMSAT #6593, since 1979)
>
> P.S. When did others have their First SAT QSO & details?
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 3/22/19, Glenn Miller - AA5PK <aa5pk@??????????.???> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you
> To: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@??????????.???>, amsat-bb@?????.???
> Date: Friday, March 22, 2019, 9:04 PM
>
> #188, November 19, 2009
>
> 73
> Glenn
> AA5PK
>
> -----Original
> Message-----
> From: Andrew Glasbrenner
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 5:55 PM
> To: amsat-bb@?????.???
>
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you
>
> #123, November 22, 2002
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???>
> On Behalf Of Gerald R Brown via
> AMSAT-BB
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 6:29 PM
> To: n1jez@?????????????????.????
> amsat-bb@?????.???
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you
>
> Mike,
> Were you
> just lucky to get #73 or did you pay somebody for that
> honor???
>
> 73,
> Jerry, K5OE
> #88 in 1998
>
> ps: 95% of my contacts were
> confirmed by Bruce (below)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???>
> On Behalf Of Mike Seguin
> Sent: Friday, March
> 22, 2019 2:50 PM
> To: amsat-bb@?????.???
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you
>
> #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:
>>> 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@????????.???
>
>>> <johnv@????????.???>
> wrote:
>>>> 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
>>>>
> _______________________________________________
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
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AMSAT-NA.
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 08:33:48 -0600
From: Douglas Tabor <dtabor52@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you - VUCC
Message-ID: <8AFC736E-3FDE-48E7-AF02-01B81B93600A@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
I?m holding out for VUCC/r ? although Gabe is (thankfully) way ahead of me.
That?s my goal.
73,
Doug, N6UA
Douglas Tabor
dtabor52@?????.???
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 10:44:54 -0400
From: Mike Seguin <n1jez@?????????????????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you - VUCC
Message-ID:
<3f771ecc-8703-af5e-b220-71e7f741fa6b@?????????????????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
I got in to satellite with AO-10 and AO-13. My first 4 contacts were 75%
DX...
06-29-95 11:36 PJ2MI 59 59 FK52NC SSB AO-13 B
07-02-95 16:13 K3EVM 59 59 FM19NL SSB AO-13 B
07-04-95 11:55 PA3GWF 59 59 JO23TE SSB AO-10 B
07-04-95 12:10 ON4CZ 59 59 JO10VL SSB AO-10 B
Mike
On 3/24/2019 9:13 AM, Bob Meyers wrote:
> Looks like my first contact was 9/8/77 on Oscar 7, orbit number 12870A,
with W2RV. I had a KLM 2 meter SSB radio, an old Colins receiver, and a
transverter for 432 attached to my Swan 500. Rotors were U100 tv rotors.
>
> Bob, WA8FXQ
>
>> On Mar 23, 2019, at 2:07 PM, R.T.Liddy <k8bl@?????????.???> wrote:
>>
>> Got my SAT-VUCC #235, Oct 31, 2012
>>
>> Was lazy and never got around to applying before that - HIHI.
>>
>> (VUCC for SAT is for QSOs dated 1/1/83 and later)
>>
>> First SAT QSO was 10/16/77 with W1ECH on AO-7 CW 2M/10M.
>>
>> 73, Bob K8BL (AMSAT #6593, since 1979)
>>
>> P.S. When did others have their First SAT QSO & details?
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>> On Fri, 3/22/19, Glenn Miller - AA5PK <aa5pk@??????????.???> wrote:
>>
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you
>> To: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@??????????.???>, amsat-bb@?????.???
>> Date: Friday, March 22, 2019, 9:04 PM
>>
>> #188, November 19, 2009
>>
>> 73
>> Glenn
>> AA5PK
>>
>> -----Original
>> Message-----
>> From: Andrew Glasbrenner
>> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 5:55 PM
>> To: amsat-bb@?????.???
>>
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you
>>
>> #123, November 22, 2002
>>
>> 73, Drew KO4MA
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???>
>> On Behalf Of Gerald R Brown via
>> AMSAT-BB
>> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 6:29 PM
>> To: n1jez@?????????????????.????
>> amsat-bb@?????.???
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you
>>
>> Mike,
>> Were you
>> just lucky to get #73 or did you pay somebody for that
>> honor???
>>
>> 73,
>> Jerry, K5OE
>> #88 in 1998
>>
>> ps: 95% of my contacts were
>> confirmed by Bruce (below)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???>
>> On Behalf Of Mike Seguin
>> Sent: Friday, March
>> 22, 2019 2:50 PM
>> To: amsat-bb@?????.???
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you
>>
>> #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:
>>>> 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@????????.???
>>
>>>> <johnv@????????.???>
>> wrote:
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
--
73,
Mike, N1JEZ
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 10:40:54 -0500
From: Jerry Buxton <n0jy@?????.???>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Important Outage affects FoxTelem downloads
Message-ID: <cc38df50-97b8-793f-054e-3fd8e3bf3063@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Please be aware, I have received word that the server hosting the
FoxTelem software releases will be down for maintenance as follows:
Date: March 26, 2019
Start time: March 26, 2019 18:00 GMT
Finish time: March 26, 2019 23:00 PM GMT
Estimated completion: 5:00h
During this time these services may be affected:
Service: server
Status: inaccessible
FoxTelem function and uploads to the AMSAT server will continue to work
normally during this period.
Please feel free to spread the word.
--
Jerry Buxton, N?JY
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:59:19 -0400
From: Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FN51 rove upload has been completed
Message-ID:
<CAAJiE8MSbrhYJsF_MgpkWsEVPdgKSGNRkByXH-Ps5KtX0VHNPQ@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
For anyone that I contacted while in FN51 last week, the LoTW upload has
been completed.
--
73,
Don KB2YSI
https://www.hamqth.com/kb2ysi
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:45:27 -0500
From: Bruce <kk5do@????.???>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Clarification
Message-ID: <d7b6a331-92e8-b92c-cff1-56f7765fd4df@????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Sorry for all the confusion and the thread.
I created these three 50th Anniversary Awards back in September, last
year to try and allow hams all over the world to celebrate with us.
Some, like the 50th Anniversary Communication Achievement Award follow
the rules of the current award with a date qualification.
Others like the 50th Anniversary Friends of 50 award were simply
designed to allow everyone worldwide the opportunity to participate and
earn a certificate. It was not designed as a contest nor something
difficult to achieve, thus the work 50 hams on 50 different days was
simple and attainable by all worldwide.
It has seemed to have morphed into more and that was due to me
responding to one question on the -BB and then my new AMSAT-VP of User
Services also responding with an interpretation. The posted rules did
not mention anything about unique call signs. Thus, if you said, "Hi" to
your friend every day for 50 days on SO-50, you would be able to earn
the award. If you were friendlier and said, "Hi to 50 different hams on
SO-50" every day for 50 days you too would earn the award.
The HF award, I have been asked if you can work the same station on
different bands and different modes. Why of course. How many unique call
signs might we get on HF from satellite operators when we might see a
majority of them with only a 2m/70cm HT's and never have seen an HF rig
except in a magazine or a store.
?73...bruce
On 3/23/2019 10:19 PM, Bob wrote:
> Hi
>
> One of the AMSAT VPs stated on the BB that the 50th Anniversary AMSAT
> Satellite Friends of 50 Award requires 50 UNIQUE callsign signs in
> addition to the one per day limit.
>
> I originally thought the goal was at least one contact on each of 50
> days.
>
> The unique requirement on 50 unique days within a year may well be
> impossible. I?ve only worked about 250 unique calls in 45 years on the
> birds. I would also hate to have to dupe check each entry if I were in
> your shoes.
>
> Can you clarify, please fingers crossed the VP misunderstands.
>
> 73, Bob, WB4SON
>
>
--
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 13:02:42 -0500
From: AE5B <ae5b@????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you - VUCC
Message-ID: <708be177-f1a8-bb23-e8e8-d5aeeb8fcdeb@????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
First satellite contact was in 2001 with XE1MEX on FO-29. Worked a few
stations on F0-29, AO-14 and AO-27 that year but 6 was wide open and I
stayed there most of the time. Had an Icom-901 but used it mostly for
working 432/144 tropo. Never did really figure out how to use the
satellite mode on the 901. Love today's software. I did work AL7QY on
AO-14 in 2001 before going permanently back to uhf/vhf/6 meters. Lost my
tower and suffering withdrawal pains from from lack of qso's, I picked
up a pair of Baofeng toys, rebuilt the Arrow and the Bird Disease
attacked with a vengeance!
John
AE5B
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 18:14:07 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you - VUCC
Message-ID:
<CAN6TEUdW+pGpe8XjPU37F+cjeCibZi1obyj7Z=u0img7MN68uQ@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi!
If we're talking first satellite contacts... I worked two
DX stations for my first satellite contacts in March 2000,
using the SO-35 "SunSat" FM satellite. The FO0AAA Clipperton
DXpedition had mentioned they might work satellites, but
they didn't show up. Instead, I worked XE1MEX and XE2YVW
(now better known as XE2AT) using a pair of HTs and long
whip antennas for my first satellite QSOs. I got QSL cards
from both of them, and the QSO with XE1MEX is also confirmed
in Logbook of the World. :-)
Other than one UO-14 contact in June 2003 (another DX QSO,
with XE2BSS in Baja California), I didn't get the satellite
"bug" until late 2005. I tried AO-51, and worked K7RQN who
was about 10 miles away from me that December morning - my
first non-DX satellite QSO. Still having fun with satellites...
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @?????? or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 2:46 PM Mike Seguin <n1jez@?????????????????.???>
wrote:
> I got in to satellite with AO-10 and AO-13. My first 4 contacts were 75%
> DX...
>
> 06-29-95 11:36 PJ2MI 59 59 FK52NC SSB AO-13 B
> 07-02-95 16:13 K3EVM 59 59 FM19NL SSB AO-13 B
> 07-04-95 11:55 PA3GWF 59 59 JO23TE SSB AO-10 B
> 07-04-95 12:10 ON4CZ 59 59 JO10VL SSB AO-10 B
>
> Mike
>
>
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 14:24:39 -0400
From: Bob <WB4SON@?????.???>
To: kk5do@????.???
Cc: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Clarification
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Thank you for the clarification, Bruce. I suspected that it was intended
to be simple to obtain, a friendly celebration of 50 years of AMSAT. Glad
to know that is the case.
73, Bob, WB4SON
On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 1:47 PM Bruce <kk5do@????.???> wrote:
> Sorry for all the confusion and the thread.
>
> I created these three 50th Anniversary Awards back in September, last
> year to try and allow hams all over the world to celebrate with us.
> Some, like the 50th Anniversary Communication Achievement Award follow
> the rules of the current award with a date qualification.
>
> Others like the 50th Anniversary Friends of 50 award were simply
> designed to allow everyone worldwide the opportunity to participate and
> earn a certificate. It was not designed as a contest nor something
> difficult to achieve, thus the work 50 hams on 50 different days was
> simple and attainable by all worldwide.
>
> It has seemed to have morphed into more and that was due to me
> responding to one question on the -BB and then my new AMSAT-VP of User
> Services also responding with an interpretation. The posted rules did
> not mention anything about unique call signs. Thus, if you said, "Hi" to
> your friend every day for 50 days on SO-50, you would be able to earn
> the award. If you were friendlier and said, "Hi to 50 different hams on
> SO-50" every day for 50 days you too would earn the award.
>
> The HF award, I have been asked if you can work the same station on
> different bands and different modes. Why of course. How many unique call
> signs might we get on HF from satellite operators when we might see a
> majority of them with only a 2m/70cm HT's and never have seen an HF rig
> except in a magazine or a store.
>
> 73...bruce
>
> On 3/23/2019 10:19 PM, Bob wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > One of the AMSAT VPs stated on the BB that the 50th Anniversary AMSAT
> > Satellite Friends of 50 Award requires 50 UNIQUE callsign signs in
> > addition to the one per day limit.
> >
> > I originally thought the goal was at least one contact on each of 50
> > days.
> >
> > The unique requirement on 50 unique days within a year may well be
> > impossible. I?ve only worked about 250 unique calls in 45 years on the
> > birds. I would also hate to have to dupe check each entry if I were in
> > your shoes.
> >
> > Can you clarify, please fingers crossed the VP misunderstands.
> >
> > 73, Bob, WB4SON
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Paige, KK5DO
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Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:03:31 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] How AMSAT uses Twitter to make AO-92 mode-change
notifications...
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Hi.
Last night, the @????? Twitter account apparently retweeted a notice from
Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA, AMSAT's Vice President of Operations, that the
normally-scheduled AO-92 mode change would not take place until this
morning. I did not see this. Even though Drew's initial AO-92 announcement
was retweeted by the @????? Twitter account, I was not able to view it
because Drew blocked my @?????? Twitter account from seeing anything
originating from his @??????????? account. Drew did this as a result of my
encouraging AMSAT and ARRL to do more about the DMR hotspot interference
that AMSAT reported last August, and Drew's initial weak response (only
encouraging everyone to contact the hotspot operators). Drew changed his
tune a couple of weeks later, encouraging everyone to contact him about
DMR hotspot interference to our satellites, when he appeared on Amateur
Radio Newsline:
https://www.arnewsline.org/news/2018/9/6/amateur-radio-newsline
-report-2132-for-friday-september-7th-2018
The script for that edition of Newsline is at:
https://www.arnewsline.org/s/nsln2132.txt
Despite this change of tune, my Twitter account remains blocked from
viewing tweets from the @??????????? account for the past 6 or 7
months.
This was not the first time Drew has chosen to have the @????? Twitter
account retweet something from his personal Twitter account, instead
of using the @????? Twitter account to make this sort of announcement.
Drew has done this on two other occasions in the past 3 weeks for
announcements on AO-92 mode changes. There have been other occasions
where the @????? account retweeted the AO-92 mode-change announcements
from Mark Hammond N8MH. I am able to see those, but that doesn't change
my opinion on how AMSAT should handle these notifications.
I know I can always go to the AMSAT web site and look at the status page
for AO-92 to see the status of the satellite, including whether or not
the L-band uplink is active. If AMSAT is only going to use its Twitter
account to make these announcements, and not post them on the AMSAT-BB
list or the AMSAT web site, these tweets from AMSAT really need to
originate from the @????? Twitter account. This was done earlier last
week, when the @????? Twitter account announced new pricing on the 2018
Getting Started books:
https://twitter.com/AMSAT/status/1108171995697606656
and the one-day sale on AMSAT T-shirts:
https://twitter.com/AMSAT/status/1108368893914030081
What Drew does with his personal Twitter account is Drew's business. It
becomes an AMSAT issue when he is using his personal Twitter account to
make announcements on behalf of the organization, and not everyone has
access to those announcements. I have tried to address issues related to
how Drew manages the @????? Twitter account over the past few months with
a few AMSAT officers and Board members, and have either been greeted with
silence to my inquiries, contempt for daring to question AMSAT, or
outright dismissal in one case. I don't have a problem with AMSAT using
its Twitter account for these announcements, as long as AMSAT makes the
announcements so *everyone* can see them. Otherwise, the AMSAT-BB list
or the AMSAT web site may be better avenues to make announcements about
the status of AMSAT's satellites that all can see.
Thank you.
Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK/VA7EWK
Scottsdale, Arizona
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