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</div></font></font></font></font></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div id="gmail-story"><table width="350" align="right" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td><img width="350" align="right" src="https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14611092_1269946199695563_8803145151340548514_n.jpg?oh=de4e5570c0a03555f256f76e740ae685&oe=5893D53F"></td></tr><tr><td><font color="#666666" size="1">Hana Seung is determined to talk to an astronaut aboard the ISS with the old ham radio she found in her attic</font></td></tr></tbody></table><h1>National Geographic Guide to Ham Radio</h1><p> The <strong>National Geographic Channel</strong> have produced a guide to amateur radio to support their recently released film <em>Before Mars</em> <br><br> The short film Before Mars provides background on two of the lead characters in the upcoming global event series Mars. </p><p>Teenage twin sisters Hana and Joon Seung who find an old ham radio transmitter-receiver in their attic and successfully use it to communicate with an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS). </p><p>In the story, that feat helps inspire the sisters to pursue careers in space exploration—one as an astronaut on the Mars mission, the other as an official at Mission Control.<br><br> The amateur radio researcher on the film was <strong>Michael Gilmer N2MG</strong>.<br><br> Read the Ham Radio Guide at <br><a href="http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/mars/articles/a-guide-to-ham-radio/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/mars/articles/a-guide-to-ham-radio/</font></a><br><br> Watch the 33 minute National Geographic Channel short film Before Mars at <a href="http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/mars/videos/before-mars/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/mars/videos/before-mars/</font></a><br><br> How to hear the ISS <br><a href="https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/how-to-hear-the-iss/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/how-to-hear-the-iss/</font></a><br><br> Find an Amateur Radio training course near you<br><a href="https://thersgb.org/services/coursefinder/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">https://thersgb.org/services/coursefinder/</font></a><span></span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>