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On november 9, 2005 I received a part of a qso between the astronaut Steve McArthur flying in the International Space Station and some students in the United Kingdom.

The setup was very basic back then. A kenwood TM-G707 with a homemade J-antenna. The antenna was located next to my desk. Not the ideal setup, but I managed to get a clear copy of the ongoing conversation.

As a proof : download or listen to this mp3 file.

Noticed that in some projects a wire has an AWG number ?
For example = ‘the loop is made of #17 stranded wire…’
AWG is short for American Wire Gauge and is a standard for the wire diameter. It is not in use here in Europe, we use a metric standard.
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