« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2017, 1227 UTC »
Last night while at a stargazing event hosted by a local astronomical society, an iridium satellite was pointed out to me. I then got the entire history of the name (was to be 77, not 66 or 67) and current usage. I was also told about this website:
http://heavens-above.com
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Tecsun H501x (broadcast received on this unless noted), Zenith T/O G500, Zenith T/O Royal 7000, Emerson AR-176, Zenith 8S154, T/O 7G605 (Bomber), Tecsun PL-600, Tecsun PL-880, Zenith 5S320, Realistic DX 160 using 40 feet of copper wire. With apologies to Senator Gramm for his thoughts on firearms, "I have more radios than I need but not as many as I want."
QTH: Durham, Connecticut (rural setting, 15 miles north of Long Island Sound)
qsl please to: jamcanner@comcast.net (Thank you)