They were covering some ham in Texas who made a voice contact with the space station.
The anchors were all amazed that a guy can talk to the ISS from his basement. I thought it was pretty amusing. I have been making contact with the ISS off and on for years. Only have a 3 minute window for contact up here, so you have to act fast.
Anyone else catch this today?
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...iref=allsearch
"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it." - George Orwell
I saw the story on CNN online.
What do you bet one of that ham's neighbors starts complaining about RFI, seeing how "you have to have a lot of power to talk to outer space!"
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Yes ..... I was a little surprised when I saw it broadcast on Headline News this morning.....
Why,driving into a brick wall at 60 miles per hour, would I expect it not to hurt! :roll:
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And, when I saw your headline, there for a second, I thought something cool happened in Honolulu.Originally Posted by al2n
HNL happens to be the code for Honolulu's airport. I guess you meant HLN, for Head Line News.
I had to check, though, to see if there was a Ted Turner's "Montana Grill" restaurant in Tyler, TX. I figured somebody might have tipped them heavily to get it on HLN.
73,
Lee
Just the inbred conservative redneck side of me causing typo's is all. :)
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