KC2QXE
10-04-2007, 03:38 AM
This is an email I sent off to a few friends and the ft-817 mailing list, I thought you all might enjoy it:
Quote[/b] ]Hello all, as a lot of you know the Sputnik anniversary just happened
and AO-51 was doing a tribute to it. So at 9:30PM EST I went outside
and waited for it to come into range. Mind you I just started
listening to satellites and wasn't expecting much.
All of a sudden bam, I could hear it. AO-51 starting to come into
range and it was loud. I ran into the house and grabbed the kids, but
only five wanted to listen to it. So I brought them out and I did a
very short history lesson.
It was pitch black out and we got to see a shooting star. AO-51 was in
range for well over 20 minutes last night. It was very interesting and
will be a memory I will enjoy for a while.
Steve - KC2QXE
Quote[/b] ]Hello all, as a lot of you know the Sputnik anniversary just happened
and AO-51 was doing a tribute to it. So at 9:30PM EST I went outside
and waited for it to come into range. Mind you I just started
listening to satellites and wasn't expecting much.
All of a sudden bam, I could hear it. AO-51 starting to come into
range and it was loud. I ran into the house and grabbed the kids, but
only five wanted to listen to it. So I brought them out and I did a
very short history lesson.
It was pitch black out and we got to see a shooting star. AO-51 was in
range for well over 20 minutes last night. It was very interesting and
will be a memory I will enjoy for a while.
Steve - KC2QXE