[Chaos-l] sputnik

[Ken]

My father, a ham (amateur radio operator) at the time, did hear the beep, beep, beep. I recall his recollections of tuning in and listening to the telemetry as the satellite passed overhead. I wish I could recollect where he said he was, because he also told of being interviewed by the local commercial broadcast radio station.

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>From: "mot36 at earthlink.net" <mot36 at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Jul 20, 2006 2:23 PM
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>Subject: [Chaos-l] sputnik
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>I read your reminiscences of the moon walk. 
> I rememter Sputnik.   There isn't an anniversary, but anyway, here it is.  
>In 1960 during the summer I was working as a girl Friday at Pisgah Inn (near Asheville).  Some of the hotel guests had brought a telescope and set it up on the terrace.  They found the first Sputnik and let me see it.  I don't know how long the first Sputnik stayed up there, but this was in 1960.  No, we couldn't hear the Beep beep beep...
>Margareta
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