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“Ham radio signals reach around U.S.”
By ASHLEY M. BAILEY
Advocate staff writer
Published: Jun 28, 2009 - Page: 5B
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By ashley m. bailey
Advocate staff writer
SNIPPET: “The space station, which is equipped with its own ham radio, passed over the United States around 2 p.m. Saturday. Ed Laughery, president of BRARC, said when the astronauts have downtime, they sometimes get on the radio and talk to ham radio operators back on Earth.”
“Radio Operators Showcase Their Skills at American Radio Relay”
By MICHAEL OWENS
Reporter / Bristol Herald Courier
Published: June 28, 2009
SNIPPET: “SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. – It resembled a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie: Computers and ham radios powered by a mobile generator cluttering a picnic stand of tables ringed by trees and overlooking South Holston Lake. A grove of tents stood nearby.
Men and women wearing headphones hunched over their radios Saturday hoping to reach a voice, any voice, in the next state, in Canada, or on the other side of the world.
“This is Whiskey-Four-Ugly-Duck, over,” Bill Price, of Blountville, called into the mike.
Static crackled. Then a deep, mechanical voice answered from Ontario.
“Whiskey-Four-Ugly-Duck, thank you for calling. Over,” the mystery voice said.
Another success registered by the Bristol Amateur Radio Club in just two hours. That was one more contact made and another 22 hours of transmissions to go.”