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From: knudsen@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Knudsen)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,rec.ham-radio
Subject: Re: Comm Traffic (was Re: "Houston, ... BFS")
Summary: Record the Goddard audio
Message-ID: <7167@ihlpl.ATT.COM>
Date: 12 Oct 88 18:55:59 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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In article <6514@pyr.gatech.EDU>, edp@pyr.gatech.EDU (Warren Tucker) writes:
> Network TV coverage should, like other children, be seen and not
> heard. (If you have Select access, you don't even have to see
> the junk). Next time, find a short wave receiver and listen to
> the shuttle on HF radio. I found it pleasing to turn the sound
> OFF and watch the launch/landing while listening to the real
> thing at 14.295 MHz, compliments of the Goddard Amateur Radio Club!

Thanks to postings in these Nets, I had the 20-meter Goddard ARC
coverage going on my Sony 2001 the whole time.
Unfortunately, I forgot to do the obvious thing the nite before:
rig a patch cord to my VCR from the radio.  That way I could have
had the a**holes of ABC commentary on one channel (my VCR is stereo)
and the real cap-com on the other.  Now when I replay the tape
I have just the ABC news jabber.  Would love to know what
the astronauts said when the SRBs separated, etc.
Next time I'll do this right.

BTW, other ham operators could have done a little better job
of staying clear of the frequency.  Other than that I was real pleased
with Maryland's signal here in 9-land.