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Canadian students call Space Station w/DIY HAM radio

by shmody Feb 2, 2009 9:58PM PST

Canadian students call Space Station w/DIY HAM radio

http://i.gizmodo.com/5145141/canadian-students-call-astronauts-with-hand+built-radio
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The conversation with the ISS was the culmination of a radio communications course, and constitutes "a first" for students, according to their teachers. Unlike the legions of dedicated ham radio operators that hurl their call signs at the ISS on a regular basis, the Humber team designed and built the radios themselves.
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Go DIYers!

--Shalin