[MilCom] Shuttle Discovery Launch

[Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT]

I had great fun monitoring the shuttle launch last night with radio friends
over the internet and ham radio.  We used various IM and social networking
applications plus a local repeater to coordinate and monitor Discovery's
launch.   I only caught two frequencies active here in Savannah:

 

7.833 USB - Booster Recovery Net

   -BRD, CAPE RADIO, FREEDOM STAR

 

259.700 - Shuttle Air to Ground

   -DISCOVERY, transmissions from "2 Engine Moron" to "Press to MECO"

 

Additionally, Dan-KF4MND fed NASA audio to the 147.330 repeater here in
Savannah which we used to monitor the launch.  Close to launch time, I also
began pushing audio from 259.700 to my UStream feed (linked on my blog below
- I occasionally stream audio from the scanners with it).

 

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
Savannah, GA
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