Project OSCAR: A celebration of 50 years of amateur satellites

摘要

A year ago at this time, I walked down the main hallway at ARRL Headquarters and contemplated the many historic items in the display cases. If you have been to the ARRL Headquarters, you've likely seen the Wouff Hong, spark era equipment, a fine collection of Morse code keys and bugs, and other historic items on display. As I pondered the various pieces, some representing the "firsts" of their time, my gaze fell upon a silver-colored box - ARRL's OSCAR 1 prototype, a duplicate of the very first Amateur Radio satellite.