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Earthlings and astronauts chat away, via ham radio [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CPT-SPACE-HAMRADIO:LA]


Earthlings and astronauts chat away, via ham radio [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CPT-SPACE-HAMRADIO:LA]
The International Space Station cost more than $100 billion. A ham radio set can be had for a few hundred bucks.
Perhaps that explains, in part, the appeal of having one of humankind’s greatest scientific inventions communicate with Earth via technology that’s more than 100 years old. But perhaps there’s a simpler explanation for why astronauts and ham radio operators have been talking, and talking, for years.
NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock was just a few weeks into his six-month mission at the space station when feelings of isolation began to set in. ....

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Earthlings and astronauts chat away, via ham radio [Los Angeles Times]


Earthlings and astronauts chat away, via ham radio [Los Angeles Times]
The International Space Station cost more than $100 billion. A ham radio set can be had for a few hundred bucks.
Perhaps that explains, in part, the appeal of having one of humankind’s greatest scientific inventions communicate with Earth via technology that’s more than 100 years old. But perhaps there’s a simpler explanation for why astronauts and ham radio operators have been talking, and talking, for years.
NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock was just a few weeks into his six-month mission at the space station when feelings of isolation began to set in. ....

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