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内德·劳布是康涅狄格州沃特福德的无线电爱好者。他最爱干的事是每天清晨打开短波无线电收发机,戴上耳机,靠在桌上的麦克风前监听另一个半球无线电爱好者交谈中的只言片语,或同那些无线电爱好者交谈。1987年10月的一天早上,一位印度尼西亚无线电爱好者焦急的声音引起了内德的注意:“太可怕了,”无线电上的声音说,“我希望明天再听到您的消息,祝您好运。XUISS!”内德的心猛地一跳,他知道,这个呼叫信号发
Ned Raub is a radio enthusiast in Watford, Connecticut. His favorite thing to do is to switch on the HF radio transceiver every morning, put on headphones, listen to a few words from another hemispheric radio enthusiast in front of the microphone on the table, or talk to those radio enthusiasts. One morning in October 1987, an Indonesian radio enthusiast’s anxious voice aroused Ned’s attention: “It’s awful,” said the voice on the radio. “I hope to hear from you tomorrow. Good luck. XUISS! ”Ned’s heart suddenly jumped, he knew, the call signal sent