Thread: [SSDN] Tom Swift had The Knack
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Old July 10th 18, 07:39 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
Michael Black[_3_] Michael Black[_3_] is offline
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Default [SSDN] Tom Swift had The Knack
On Sun, 8 Jul 2018, wrote:

I quote:

"The Venus Equilateral" by George O. Smith may or may not mention ham
radio, but it's about a space station in the right place to relay
communication, somehow the author felt a need for people on the station.

So did Arthur Clarke. His novel which is credited with first mention of
geostationary communication satellites assumed manned satellites. I
believe there was some mention of a need to change tubes/valves.

I thought his famous piece about satellites was a non-fiction article in
WIreless WOrld, in the mid forties.

Michael

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