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Space Audity: The challenges of space communication

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The International Space Station - The Coolest Job Ever

Astronaut Doug Wielock uses the onboard ham radio to talk to someone in Texas. Ham radio essentially means amateur radio, and it covers any use of radio communication for non-commercial or unofficial purposes. Peggy says that getting a brief moment of radio silence isn't always such a bad thing.

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