5 Oct
2018
5 Oct
'18
3 a.m.
My school classmate Mark, now WB6MMG, and I listened to Sputnik beep on a SW radio (can't remember what the radio model was).
As noted on Wiki: "News reports at the time pointed out that "anyone possessing a short wave receiver can hear the new Russian earth satellite as it hurtles over this area of the globe". Directions, provided by the American Radio Relay League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Radio_Relay_League were to "Tune in 20 megacycles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertz sharply, by the time signals, given on that frequency."
Sputnik's orbits were often visible at night during it's short life span.
Chuck N7BFO