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 [email protected] To: amsat-bb [email protected] 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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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