[net.columbia] STS 41C ground to air retransmissions

louie@cvl.UUCP (Louis A. Mamakos) (04/08/84)

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Once again, the Goddard Amateur Radio Club will be rebroadcasting the Space
Shuttle's ground-to-air voice transmissions.  The operating schedule is as
follows:

Frequencey          Times
----------          ----------------
 3860 KHZ           0700 -> 1300 UTC
 7185 KHZ           1300 -> 2200 UTC
14295 KHZ           0700 -> 2200 UTC
21390 KHZ           as band conditions permit
147.45 MHZ (FM)     0700 -> 2200 UTC (Washington DC - Baltimore MD area)

The station, WA3NAN will operate from 0700 UTC (2 AM EST) until 2200 UTC (5
PM EST), except during the crew's sleep periods.  The station is located at
the Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland.  This is about 10
miles or so north of Washington DC.  

It's a great change from the sporadic and cursory coverage that the
television news media provides.  Three cheers for the guys at WA3NAN
providing this service to the amateur community.  Of course anyone with a
shortwave radio or programmable police scanner are welcome to listen too!
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Louis A. Mamakos WA3YMH - Computer Science Center - Univ. of Maryland
Internet: louie@cvl.ARPA     uucp: ...!{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!cvl!louie

bill@dual.UUCP (Bill Kanawyer) (04/10/84)

> Once again, the Goddard Amateur Radio Club will be rebroadcasting the Space
> Shuttle's ground-to-air voice transmissions.  The operating schedule is as
> follows:


Is there any way that us folks without a radio might be able to hear these
rebroadcasts? Can a tape be made? 

Would one of you bright guys into ham radio suggest something please. Thanks.

Hungry for more information,

Bill Kanawyer
Dual Systems
2530 San Pablo Ave.
Berkeley Ca. 
(415) 549-3854 ext 35
{ucbvax,amd70,ihnp4,cbosgd,decwrl,fortune,zehntel}!dual!bill

alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) (04/10/84)

Amateur Radio rules prohibit broadcasting or rebroadcasting.
A blanket waiver has been granted by the FCC to cover shuttle
flights (any ham may retransmit shuttle communications if they
get NASA's permission first).  However, I am afraid that taping
them and redistributing them would be a violation.