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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Reach For The Stars


Simsat balloon will launch July 24 and 25. A high altitude balloon carrying amateur radio equipment will offer hams and students on the East coast, including 20 states to participate. Find out about this scientific experiment and the ability to participate by clicking on the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/ or by going to simulated satellite (simsat) and "Reach For The Stars" near space balloon experiment at Kilroy's web page www.patkilroy.com/somsat/ Where the photo came from-a great site. This could be fun. Frequencies are listed on both sites.
Posted by Jack Stahl at 6:42 PM

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Jack Stahl
One of the wonderful aspects of using Morse code as a communications mode is that it is very indifferent as to the operator’s age. A good fist (one who sends well) can be ten years old or one hundred. I say this is wonderful because I am happily enjoying my sixty ninth year. I am new to the hobby of amateur radio, however, since I passed my technician test in September of 2006 and was awarded the license and call sign of KD8EJY by the FCC. I then passed my General exam in November and was granted my vanity call sign request of K8ASA by the FCC Although I am new to the amateur radio hobby, I am not new to Morse code. The ASA in my call sign refers to the Army Security Agency who sent me to a special school in 1956 to become efficient in Morse code. I was sent to Ethiopia for two years to give the army the benefit of my new skill. While back in those days my knowledge of Morse code was beneficial to our national security, 51 years later it now brings me pure pleasure. There has been a hiatus of fifty years between my army discharge and my becoming a ham and I do truly regret the fact that I missed out on all those years of enjoyment with the amateur radio hobby.
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