Well said Bob K8BL. While the why and how they stay up there IS amazing, I continue to be totally in awe by how we can communicate with/thru them from so far and with a hand-held/qrp, almost full quieting !! 73! Umesh K6VUG
On Thursday, October 4, 2018, 4:21:17 PM PDT, R.T.Liddy k8bl@ameritech.net wrote:
Bob,
I remember it. Was in Jr. HS and the Science Teacher explained the whole concept of it to our class and I was awed by how it could just stay up there and not fall down.
Now, we just take satellites for granted. We think nothing of picking up a handheld XCVR and talking to folks halfway across the country through one of them hurtling through the sky above. WOW!!
73, Bob K8BL
________________________________ From: Bob- W7LRD w7lrd@comcast.net To: amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2018 6:59 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] 1957
This day (10/4) in 1957 the first satellite was put in orbit by the Russians. Many of us remember it! The rest is history.
73 Bob W7LRD
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