Assertion: amateur | /r/CapableOf | communicate with astronaut
Facets:
value: regularly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: A - Besides the ability to communicate locally over much greater distances than what you may be used to with CB, MURS, GMRS & FRS radios, even an entry level license will allow you to explore all of the following - You can interface your ham radio equipment to your PC computer & explore Data packet & Internet Voice Communications, APRS GPS Radio position reporting, & other digital operating modes; Amateurs regularly communicate with the ISS Space station & Astronauts, they maintain their own 2 meter band Ham Stations "up there"; Bounce your signals through Amateur orbiting satellites or Internet Linked Repeaters to communicate worldwide; During disaters/emergencies Amateurs can provide communications when cellphones & other systems fail or are overloaded; Communicate to other Ham Operators & hobbists all over the globe.
text: A - Besides the ability to communicate locally over much greater distances than what you may be used to with CB, MURS, GMRS & FRS radios, even an entry level license will allow you to explore all of the following - You can interface your ham radio equipment to your PC computer & explore Data packet & Internet Voice Communications, APRS GPS Radio position reporting, & other digital operating modes; Amateurs regularly communicate with the ISS Space station & Astronauts, they maintain their own 2 meter band Ham Stations "up there"; Bounce your signals through Amateur orbiting satellites or Internet Linked Repeaters to communicate worldwide; During disaters/emergencies Amateurs can provide communications when cellphones & other systems fail or are overloaded; Communicate to other Ham Operators & hobbists all over the globe.