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G0TEZ > PACKET 01.10.11 00:39l 32 Lines 1334 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: KB2VXA > spaced out
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From: G0TEZ@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EU
To : PACKET@WW
Looking back at Mir's 13 year history, I would not have been licenced
until 3 years after it went up and, by the time I tried to communicate
both by speech and packet I was in competition with the dual band beams
and big boots so gave up. The connection in 1999 was pure luck, I had left
my rig on the frequency which Mir was using at the time and heard some
noises so tried it.
As for that satellite crash. They are not all that uncommon. I was once
chatting locally to two people on 70cm during a meteor shower when one
said " THAT's a strange meteor" we all looked up into a nice,clear, night
sky and saw a meteor(?) in the process of breaking into two, then three,
then five pieces, then disappearing. I have no idea of the original
altitude but presume it must have been a pretty big piece of space junk to
take several seconds to break up before (hopefully) burning up. None of us
thought it worthy of mention apart from " Oh, just a piece of space junk".
Lets face. We don't give meteorites much thought even though some are big
enough to actually strike the Earth. A bit like lightning, really, it
doesn't bother most people - slow news day, I think, is the term.
73 - Ian, G0TEZ @ GB7CIP
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