Did the same thing with an S-38 and a piece of wire thrown up on the roof.
It was real kick to hear that beep...beep. 73 Russ W4UBC
- Original Message -
From: "J Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 1:33 PM
Subject: [DX-CHAT] Real DX
Fift
I guess we all have our rememberances of "real DX" and below is mine.
http://www.deltadx.net/ISS/na1ss.mp3
73,
Randy
WX5L
_
Randy, did you get the QSL? If so, why don't you scan it and post it
somewhere? I would love to see it.
Win, W0LZ
Subsc
Fifty years ago the S40B was not ancient. Now I am ancient but I remember
as a teenager carefully tuning the SX-25 and finally hearing the weak beeps.
It was thrilling then and I still get nervous when I finally hear a NEW ONE.
What fun!
Bill W5EC
Fifty years ago this week, a fourteen year old s
r 04, 2007 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Real DX
Indeed it has John, and I too listened to Sputnik on my S40, but can't
remember if it was an A or B.
I was 18 then, and am still enjoying it.
73,
Mike, W5UC
At 12:33 PM 10/4/2007, J Dyer wrote:
Fifty years ago this week, a fourteen ye
Yes indeed!
Stephen King wrote a book called Danse Macabre in which he revealed his
philosophy about writing horror stories. He outlined the launching of
Sputnik and the impact it had on him. The method in which he found out
about it was rather dramatic.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Thu, 4 Oct 2007,
Indeed it has John, and I too listened to Sputnik on my S40, but
can't remember if it was an A or B.
I was 18 then, and am still enjoying it.
73,
Mike, W5UC
At 12:33 PM 10/4/2007, J Dyer wrote:
Fifty years ago this week, a fourteen year old shortwave listener tuned his
ancient Hallicrafters
I'm was only 5 months old... my memory isn't that
sharp!!! lol
73;
Kurt - W2MW
--- J Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Fifty years ago this week, a fourteen year old
> shortwave listener tuned his
> ancient Hallicrafters S40B to 20.005 Megacycles and
> was able to hear a weak,
> scratchy beeb
Fifty years ago this week, a fourteen year old shortwave listener tuned his
ancient Hallicrafters S40B to 20.005 Megacycles and was able to hear a weak,
scratchy beeb-beeb-bee from Sputnik I.
What is Dx? To a 14 year old kid that was REAL DX.
To those of you that have been around awhile...hasn't