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Slow Code

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On December 7th, 2006 the following No-Code Technician Ham Radio
Operators will be on the Space Shuttle Mission STS-116. No-Code
Technician Sunita Williams KD5PLB, No Code Technician Christer
Fuglesang KE5CGR and No-Code Technician Nicholas Patrick KD5PKY.
This flight will be the 20th Space Shuttle Flight for No-Code
Technician Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick KD5PKY to the
International Space Station.

Roger
No-Code Technician- KC8MZW

There was a time astronauts were skilled and knew CW.

??

Did you mean to write:

'There was a time when astronauts were skilled and knew Morse Code.'
?

If so, let's add some other fun facts:

None of the Mercury, Gemini or Apollo astronauts was a ham. If they
knew Morse Code, it was because of their pre-NASA military training
as pilots.

We've had noncodetested Technicians as astroanuts since 1991 -
almost 16 years ago. What's the problem? Are you just now beginning
to figure this out?

None of the spacecraft communications systems use Morse Code or HF.
They're all above 30 MHz.

As for being skilled - let's just say that all the astronauts have
quite an impressive skill set.

Could you do what they do? I think not.

NASA wanted me but I had to turn them down. To much work to do down
here on earth trying to educate radio amateurs on how to be better
radio amateurs.

SC

Yeah, rumor is they needed someone to strike the match under the
Saturn V.

You're so full of gas you could replace the shuttles three main engines
and external tank.

SC

But SC, you're much more like the solid rocket boosters....once they
start they don't stop, much like your mouth.

And like the SRB's, my skills make me reusable. External tanks like you
and Lenny have no value after the gas is spent. Use once and release, kind
of like flushing a turd.

SC