50th Anniversary of Sputnik (APOD 04 Oct 2007)
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50th Anniversary of Sputnik (APOD 04 Oct 2007)
With Sputnik 1 came signals from outer space. I was 7 years old when this took place. By the time I was 12 and deep into tube operated radios and the missions to the moon I was hooked on the modern world.
Because I had to use a directional antenna on my "home brew" (home made) ham radio to pick up the signals from the moon missions I KNEW it was really coming from the moon.
Congrats to the 50 years of launces into space.
Norval
Because I had to use a directional antenna on my "home brew" (home made) ham radio to pick up the signals from the moon missions I KNEW it was really coming from the moon.
Congrats to the 50 years of launces into space.
Norval
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Really? You could get a signal from the Apollo misisons on your DiY receiver? Wow! "Respect"!
I've never heard before that as evidence for the truth of the Moon Missions. Not that I am an unbeliever, but couldn't those signals have been repeated from a mere transceiver soft-landed on the Moon? Does the directional quality prove anything?
It also shows how fast things electronic were moving then. The only Western receiver that could pick up Sputnik was the Lovell at Jodrell Bank, a mere 250ft across. (http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/viscen/) By Sputnik's time you could do it at home!
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Really? You could get a signal from the Apollo misisons on your DiY receiver? Wow! "Respect"!
I've never heard before that as evidence for the truth of the Moon Missions. Not that I am an unbeliever, but couldn't those signals have been repeated from a mere transceiver soft-landed on the Moon? Does the directional quality prove anything?
It also shows how fast things electronic were moving then. The only Western receiver that could pick up Sputnik was the Lovell at Jodrell Bank, a mere 250ft across. (http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/viscen/) By Sputnik's time you could do it at home!
John
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My apologies,
"In 1954, amateur astronomers around the world were able to detect the radio signals emitted by Sputnik. But the Lovell telescope was the only instrument in the West able to track the beachball-sized metal ball's booster rocket through radar"
From http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/ ... ersary.php
The "Lovell" is the Mk 1 radio telescope at Jodrell Bank near Manchester, now named after Sir Bernard Lovell who lead its construction and use.
See: http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk ... story.html
Someone else uses as a signature line the quote about Einstein, that it is quite a man whose mistakes take ten years to correct. Mine took less than 24 hours.
John
"In 1954, amateur astronomers around the world were able to detect the radio signals emitted by Sputnik. But the Lovell telescope was the only instrument in the West able to track the beachball-sized metal ball's booster rocket through radar"
From http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/ ... ersary.php
The "Lovell" is the Mk 1 radio telescope at Jodrell Bank near Manchester, now named after Sir Bernard Lovell who lead its construction and use.
See: http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk ... story.html
Someone else uses as a signature line the quote about Einstein, that it is quite a man whose mistakes take ten years to correct. Mine took less than 24 hours.
John
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