[amsat-bb] 1957

[CEE]

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