[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Well...what’s the frequency Kenneth?

[Not_Who_U_Think]

Great to see an article on amateur radio!

The writer didn’t mention it but the space station has long done chats with school groups using the amateur bands.

I wish there were more opportunities for amateurs to use satellites - the Russians had a several satellite ‘repeaters’ operational back in the 90’s, where you could transmit on one band, and the satellite would re-transmit on another. It was pretty neat with the Doppler shift moving signals, and a limited operating window of about 8 minutes while the sat was visible. I built a CW transmitter especially to work them.

I’d be okay with shaving off a little cash from Outer Slobovia’s foreign aid and throwing it into a nice amateur satellite!

[Larry Lucido]

“So, is it really turtles all the way down?”

[mylife]

Ping

[teletech]

I can only imagine what it would be like to be that far away from your family and friends on Christmas. I have heard them many times on 145.80 Mhz. on our 2 meter Amateur Band. The USA callsign is NA1SS. Amateur Radio is a wonderful hobby that I have been blessed to be a part of for 64 years this coming January. If you are interested in our hobby, you can visit the ARRL on www.arrl.org

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[Yo-Yo]

I wonder if NASA sends out QSL cards for the ISS?

[usconservative]

I managed to get the ISS when it passed over the Chicago area some ... I dunno, six or seven years ago now. I have the QSL card from it packed away here somewhere. (I’ve moved since and don’t have a station back up and running which is difficult to do living in a townhome and limited to attic antenna’s)

[Nailbiter]

flr