RE: [amsat-bb] Spacemen

["Gunther Meisse" <gjmouse@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jack,
It is amazing how little the general Public knows and understands about what
we do! They will buy most anything. I once ran a couple hundred AM radials
and landed up in farmer's fields and just about anywhere you can think about
with my topo map and field strength meter. I had so much fun making up
stories about my mission, from looking for gold to checking on atomic waste.
73
Gunther


-----Original Message-----
From: Jack J. Gelfand [mailto:jjg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 11:07 AM
To: Gunther Meisse
Cc: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Spacemen


Gunter,

I have my AO-40 setup (60 cm dish, 11 el 432) on a
telecoping pole on the back of my Geo Tracker. I have too
many trees near my apartment and I drive to other locations
with a clear view of the horizon.  Some people ask me about
it and I tell them that I listen to Oprah on the way to
work. That usually satisfies them and its better than saying
I listen to voices from space. Then one day I was parked in
front of a Radio shack and as I got out of the car to go in,
someone passed by and looked at the antenna and said
"Phoning home?"

I spent the next three days walking around the house
saying"ET phone home..ET phone home!!" in my best ET accent
Until my 8 year old daughter made me stop.

Jack  K2BMI





On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Gunther Meisse wrote:

> In my FL condo I use a 60cm dish mounted on a videographers's light stand
.
> One afternoon while working AO-40, with my headset on and madly turning
the
> dial on mt 910H, the neighbor beside me looked across and ask "Vut you do
> wit de parabolic?' I said I am looking for Bin Laden. "Have u font him?"
..
> Well after that encounter, and the chit chat that followed, it turns out
he
> is with the CIA. I am not sure he believes me that I am not!!
> 73
> Gunther Meisse
> W8GSM
>
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