Looking for something to watch on TV? I came across these two relatively new ham-related films last week. Amateur radio and space communications with Russian spacecraft are featured heavily in both. I think hams will especially them.
Sergio & Sergei (2017) ~90 min YouTube Trailer: https://youtu.be/3LpcSDJqcDI Amazon Prime Video $3.99: https://amzn.to/3ar7Mex
Sergio is a professor and amateur radio operator. His Jewish-American contact Peter sends him a modern radio and through it, Sergio contacts and befriends Sergei, a Soviet cosmonaut in Mir space station. Meanwhile, a failed coup brings the end of the Soviet Union and Sergei is trapped aboard the MIR. This film is in English, Spanish and Russian so turn on the caption/titles unless you are fluent in all three :-)
Voskhod (2015) ~ 30 min Entire 30-min film is free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnMqT8QbvaM
After repairing his ham radio using a tube that he found at an apparent crash site in the forest, a recluse radio operator living the the Oregon woods receives a distress call from a stranded Soviet cosmonaut in orbit during the 1960s.
Enjoy! I’d be interested to hear how you like these if you decide to watch.
LCM
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