{"id":8523,"date":"2016-07-16T19:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T09:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2016\/07\/16\/preserving-vanguard-1\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T00:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:49:10","slug":"preserving-vanguard-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2016\/07\/16\/preserving-vanguard-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Preserving Vanguard 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/b> Ira Flatow of “Science Friday<\/a>” was recently talking about how best to preserve important bits of the history of mankind’s exploration of space. Our old friend Vanguard 1 was mentioned several times. It is now the oldest satellite still in space. <\/b>

<\/b> You can listen to the Science Friday show here: <\/b>

<\/b> http:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/segments\/protecting-the-historic-human-record-in-space\/<\/b><\/a>

<\/b> They also have a transcript of the show on the same page. <\/b>

<\/b> SolderSmoke fans will remember the Vanguard adventures of Mike Rainey AA1TJ: <\/b>

<\/b> http:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/search?q=Vanguard<\/b><\/a>

<\/b> This seems to be the month for Vanguard: just a couple of weeks ago, on 40 meters I spoke to Dale Parfitt W4OP. Dale was one of the first people to pick up Mike Rainey’s Vanguard replica signals (see link above). <\/b>

<\/b> AND…<\/b>

<\/b> The Vanguard reproduction project came up during Eric Guth 4Z1UG’s “QSO Today” interview with Graham Firth G3MFJ of the G-QRP Club: <\/b>

<\/b> http:\/\/www.qsotoday.com\/podcasts\/g3mfj<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

(Graham has such a great voice. He definitely SHOULD build a phone rig!) <\/b>

<\/b> VIVA VANGUARD! <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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