[SADXA] HAM Video

[Ron Jones]

Cool story, Wes. Thanks.

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 5:13 PM Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:

> https://www.montanapbs.org/programs/ham
>
> This was done by Montana PBS.  I know (have worked) some of these guys.  I
> worked Lance, W7GJ, then WA1JXN, on 2-meter EME in 1982 and have his QSL
> seen
> near the end of the video.  He was the first to contact Owen W5LFL, in the
> space
> shuttle.  I heard that exchange but when I went to transmit, not having a
> relay
> sequencer with the multi-mode transceiver needed for FM, I blew the
> tower-mounted GaAs FET preamp.  I had to climb the tower and put in a JFET
> preamp and worked him on the next pass.  Lance's signal report was so-so.
> Mine
> was "You're the loudest signal heard in the spacecraft."
>
> Wes  N7WS
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