This article is about one of the memberable events that occurred during my reaffiliation with ham radio by joining the Orange County Radio Amateurs.  To listen to the recording below in this article still gives me chills.

Background:

For over two years a project coordinated by Barbara Petersen, KE4JZM an OCRA member and teacher at Phillips Junior Middle Schoo to schedule an amateur radio International Space Station contact was the focus of many an club meeting. Many members participated in building a ham station at the school suitable for contact with the International Space Station. This included installation of a tower and beam equipped with a tracking azmuthal antenna rotor to maintain contact as the ISS quickly passed overhead.

Incidentally that tower is still in place at the school

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