Space Hackers Video: IT'S BACK!!!!!

Hope this one doesn't get taken down. Great stuff from Turin, back in the day!

http://www.ch73.net/player.php?id=347&table=1&ln=nl

"Space Hackers" removed from YouTube

They say the videos were taken down because of some Intellectual Property issue. That's their story, but I've seen the X-Files, and know that something more sinister is probably at work here. Kay, WD0BDK, suspects the Russians -- the thinks they are mad at us for making fun of the Woodpecker!

(Note to lawyers: I did not post the videos on YouTube.)

Skepticism about "Space Hackers"

Many of us really enjoyed those videos about the two Italian brothers from Turin and their homebrew space monitoring program. But there is some controversy about some of their claims:

http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/trackind/Torre/TorreB.html

Controversy or no controversy, I still liked the videos and admire the efforts of the two intrepid brothers from Torino.

A Homebrew Italian Space Program

Peter, VK3PB, alerted me to the six YouTube videos about the Judica Cordiglia brothers of Turin, Italy. These guys were young and enthusiastic amateurs when the space race began in the late 1950s. They quickly developed some very impressive monitoring facilities that allowed them to listen to both US and Soviet space missions.

Watch these videos and you will not only get a look at the technical work of these intrepid and skilled amateurs, but you will also get a sense of the many intangible things that make Italy such a special place. You'll get a sense of the human warmth, the friendship, the enthusiasm and fun that characterize life here.

They had the foresight to film a lot of their youthful technical adventures. The videos take us back to the Italy of the late '50s and early 60's. (That roof that they built their antenna on looks EXACTLY like mine!)

Don't miss these videos. They are really wonderful. Here are the links (if you have trouble, just search YouTube for "Space Hackers 1/6" "Space Hackers 2/6" etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F_67UAaG70
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-y2DuYNxm4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8sElZpvzRU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcGPXZPYHNs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9kiSMcrqRg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUT-eZH0860