Bruce, KK5DO, processed my application within minutes of it being emailed to him, and I received the award #569 a couple of days later. This particular award requires twenty 2x satellite QSOs in different states, provinces, or countries. It doesn’t seem hard on the face of it, and it really isn’t, but the confirmation requirement is the sticky point; either in QSL form or via LotW. I’ve mentioned before that for some odd reason, comparatively few of the satellite operators use LotW, surprising because they all use computers to predict orbits or control Doppler and antenna pointing.
The next award in the queue is the OSCAR Satellite Communication Sexagesimal Award — I’m almost there, just need a few more contacts and a bunch more confirmations. This is a pretty rare award, only 172 issued to date.
