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WB2D

Episode 353 – Peter ODell – WB2D

For Peter ODell, WB2D, amateur radio morphed into a professional life at the ARRL during the time of Spaceshuttle STS-9 and the introduction of the first amateur radio broadcast from the Shuttle.  Peter describes his amateur radio journey and the challenges of being a ham radio journalist in this QSO Today.
Ham Radio Horizons, By Peter ODell
CW Mental Block Buster Learning Course, by Peter ODell

Hometown:  Ravenswood, WV
First License: Novice WN8NVG
General Class: WB8NAS

Terms
International Morse Code
Popular Science Magazine
Boy’s Life magazine,  Bob and Jerry on Ham Radio
Popular Electronics Magazine
Kaiser Aluminum Plant, Ravenswood, WV
Clark Stuart, W8TN
Knight Kit Ocean Hopper Receiver
Marshall University, Political Science and Sociology
Heathkit DX60 Transmitter
NYC, West Village, Bank Street
Federalist Buildings, New York City
Instructograph
University of Michigan, Phd Sociology
George Barker, NA1L
Walter Cronkite
Steve Mendelosohn  WA2DHF/W2ML
Walter Cronkite Video Promoting Amateur Radio
Dave Sumner, K1ZZ
Roy Neal, K6DUE 
V.C Clark, W4KFC, ARRL Past President
Owen Garret, W5LFL  Astronaut
SpaceLab 
ARRL STS9 Press Kit
AMSAT
Motorola Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club
Wayne Yoshida, KH6WZ
Kennedy Space Center
Johnson Space Flight Center
NASA Huntsville
1983 Oct Nov QST
Larry Price, W4RA
CQ Magazine Buyer’s Guide – need reference
Radio Shack TRS80 Computer
Signmond Freud
Psycho Cybernetics, by Maxwell Maltz
Hypnosis
Hy-Gain TH7 Antenna
Kenwood TS-940 HF Transceiver
Richard Garriet, Computer Game Maker who paid Russians to go to ISS
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Knight Kit Ocean Hopper Receiver
Heathkit DX-60 Novice Transmitter
Instructograph CW Sender
Kenwood TS-940S HF Transceiver

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