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<H1>AMSAT Amateur Radio Satellite Awards</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>AMSAT</STRONG> offer a range of Amateur Radio
Satellite awards, starting with the single contact Satellite Communicator's
Club.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>On the AMSAT bulletin board Clint Bradford, K6LCS,
writes:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>AMSAT has offered several awards over the years. <BR>And
you do not need 100 contacts to get awarded for your accomplishments: a single
documented satellite contact qualifies you for the AMSAT Satellite
Communicator's Club award!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Current and past AMSAT awards include ...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>-Satellite Communicator's Club<BR>-Satellite Communications
Achievement<BR>-South African AMSAT Award<BR>-OSCAR Sexagesimal Award<BR>-OSCAR
Century Award<BR>-WA4AMI 1000 Award<BR>-WA4AMI 5000 Award<BR>-51 on 51
Achievment Award</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Details on the AMSAT awards available at ...<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/awards/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/awards/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>In addition, the ARRL recognizes satellite efforts, too,
with their WAC, DXCC, WAS, and VUCC awards.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>-Worked All Continents Award (WAC) - Make one satellite
contact with any station on each of the six continents.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>-DXCC Award with Satellite Endorsement - Make one satellite
contact with any station in 100 different DXCC countries.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>-Worked All States Award - Make one satellite contact with
any station in each of the 50 states.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>VHF/UHF Century Club Award - Make one satellite contact
with any station in 100 different grid squares. Endorsements for each additional
25 grid squares.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>ARRL Awards information -<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.arrl.org/awards/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.arrl.org/awards/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma> </FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><EM><FONT face=Tahoma>Clint Bradford,
K6LCS<BR></FONT></EM></STRONG><A href="http://www.work-sat.com/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma>http://www.work-sat.com/</FONT></A><BR></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>AMSAT Awards<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/awards/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/awards/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB)<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/</FONT></A></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>