[amsat-bb] The Space Race is On--and We're Behind...

[Les Rayburn]

:-)

After listening to the WebSDR of Oscar-100 for nearly 24 hours now, it’s easy to imagine how my parents must have felt on October 4, 1957 as Sputnik transmitted it’s “beep beep beep” message to the world. Everything had changed in an instant. 

A geostationary hamsat is a quantum leap forward—and I confess to feeling a twinge of disappointment that someone other than AMSAT-NA accomplished this feat first. 

As a teenager, I remember driving a friends brand new, 1974 Corvette Stingray. My first thought was “Man! I gotta get me one of these!” Color me jealous. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL 
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AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member