[R-390] R-390 Digest, Vol 70, Issue 30

[Bill Beech (NJ7P)]

Ed,

I was located on Kindley AFB, Bermuda, (AF brat) in the early 60's and I 
listened to the Mercury Voice comms on 15.015MHz USB.  I did later hear 
the HF net that linked the big ground stations until satellites took over.

Bermuda had a big NASA station which was replaced by a simple roll 
maneuver as the vehicles clear the tower....

Bill, NJ7P
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> I recall back in the early '60s listening to Gemini capsule communications  
> on HF SSB.  I assume that NASA was linking comms back from one of their  
> remote sites like the Azores or Australia.  Maybe they didn't want to  
> maintain the staff that the military used to supervise the operation of RTTY and  
> SSB reception, hence a setup which would be frequency stable to a few  cycles.
> Ed  W2EMN
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