[HCARC] Check out Amateur Radio in Space Pioneer Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL, SK

[w4wj at aol.com]

I remember listening to W5LFL from my front yard in Florida as he passedoverhead in the Shuttle Columbia.
I called him using an Icom 2m transceiver and a 160 watt amp feeding ahand held 11 element 2-meter beam!!  He never acknowledged my call,but I was later surprised to be listed in QST as one of the stations that hadbeen heard!  The best surprise, was when the W5LFL QSL arrived!!
God speed Owen.

73DonW4WJ

Amateur Radio in Space Pioneer Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL, SK