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I am an Amateur
Radio Operator and received my first license in 1964 at the age of
16. My call letters were WA5KUB until Jan 2008 when I changed them to W5KUB
(dropping the A). I hold an amateur extra class license and
over the years I have talked to about 100 different countries around the
world. I operate many different modes such as AM, FM, Single Side Band,
Morse Code, Radio Teletype, Packet, and Amateur TV. I operate on HF, VHF,
and UHF bands and build and experiment with microwave and satellite systems.
I even participated in an experiment with
NASA twenty years ago where amateur radio operators communicated with
the space shuttle STS-9 on VHF frequencies. This year I made 28 successful two
way contacts with Col Doug Wheelock, the commander aboard the International Space Station.
Click here. I also hold a Federal Communications
Commission First Class License with Radar endorsement.
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I made over 28 contacts with the crew of the ISS in Sept and Nov 2010
Click here to see our contact with this ISS includes news story and original audio
Click here to see the WMC TV news report on me talking to Col Wheelock and sending BBQ
Listen to this contact with Col Doug on the ISS...Im sending him Memphis BBQ
My tenth space station contact Sept 3 2010
Click here to listen to W5KUB make a contact with the International space station