At 10:41 AM 2/3/2009, you wrote: >The Canadian media carried this article pretty much system wide >yesterday... > >"Students achieve radio first by building their own radio transmitter and > communicating with a space station!" > >http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/581309 > >Apparently all the student amateur radio clubs from the >70's, 80's, 90's and so on never actually contacted >Sky-lab, MIR station and various space shuttles... > >It drives me crazy when big media does not bother with >a google search prior to printing something... > >Comments? >-- >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- >Victoria, British Columbia - Radio VA7WWV >Editor - DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT Com >------------------------------------------------------------------
Totally agree, Colin. I saw this piece on the news, and my initial impression was, "So what", followed by exactly what you say. Go figure! Reinvention of the wheel, it seems......Walt. _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
