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“Any station, any station, this is the International Space Station,” Wheelock said. EPIC! I bet most ham radio operators who heard this thought it was a joke :
by tux 6y ago
“Any station, any station, this is the International Space Station,” Wheelock said.
EPIC! I bet most ham radio operators who heard this thought it was a joke :) Someone should make a movie/show about this ^_^
- jedimastert 6y agoThere was a book about a kid who wins a contest to get sent to the ISS, and connects with an african boy over ham. I do not remember the title, but this reminded me of that.
- vuciv1 6y agowhoa id love to hear the name of it!
- newman8r 6y agohah I remember reading that as a youth (must have been 20+ years ago) but I can't find the title either. More recently I read Seveneves and it's also got some ham radio worked into the narrative.
- tux 6y agoI don't know about a book. But this reminded me of a good new movie "Cosmos (2019)". They used custom made hardware/software to find a signal from space. IMDB Summary: "Cosmos explores the thrilling first hours of first contact when three astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a faint, coded signal from a distant alien civilisation." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4477292/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4477292/
- rattus_rattus 6y agoIt's Countdown, by Ben Mikaelsen! I also read it as a kid and my google-fu was failing me. Had to ask my mother - long-time public school librarian - if she remembered the title (of course she did!) A fun book. I'll have to see if the local library has it for e-book loan. I hope it stands up to my childhood memories of it.
- tux 6y agoThanks for the title, will check it out :-) It's $5 used on amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0786812087/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/0786812087/