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Packet from Mir... I have a QSL card for a connection to the R0MIR-1 packet mailbox on Christmas Day (UTC) 1996. Had to leave a message, get a message number from the packet system, and send that in for the QSL card. I don't have the file where I captured my connection as I left my message, but still have the QSL card after all these years...

Front and back of R0MIR QSL card, confirming a packet connection by WD9EWK with the R0MIR packet mailbox on 25 December 1996 at 0420 UTC (9.20pm on Christmas Eve in Arizona). At this time, the packet system operated on 145.550 MHz. WD9EWK used a RadioShack HTX-202 2m handheld transceiver with a RadioShack 35W VHF amplifier, along with a RadioShack VHF/UHF discone antenna.
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