Fame and Fortune Via “Sputnik” I
CQ CLASSIC: Dawn of the Space Age, as Chronicled in CQ
When the Soviets launched the Space Age (and space race) 65 years ago this month, students in a high school radio club in Cleveland, Ohio, monitored the “beeps” of Sputnik 1 and developed tools for predicting and tracking its orbits. Their club advisor chronicled the boys’ achievements in a January 1958 CQ article, which also featured their oscilloscope photo of the satellite’s signal on the front cover. This “CQ Classic” accompanies a reminiscence, 65 years later, by the club’s president in October, 1957.
Many amateurs listened to Sputnik I. Logs were kept and spot information given to news channels, with unprecedented results in publicity for the cause of ham radio. The St. Joseph High School
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