Below is a list of famous amateur radio repeaters. Many sources were used for this list.
Name |
Claim to Fame |
Call Sign |
Status |
James Lance Bass |
\'N SYNC pop singer. |
KG4UYY |
Active |
Art Bell |
Syndicated talk radio host |
W6OBB |
Active |
Marlon Brando |
Actor |
KE6PZH |
Deceased |
David Brown |
Astronaut. Died about Columbia (STS-107) in 2003 |
KC5ZTC |
Deceased |
Kalpana Chawla |
Astronaut. Died about Columbia (STS-107) in 2003 |
KD5ESI |
Deceased |
Laurel Clark |
Astronaut. Died about Columbia (STS-107) in 2003 |
KC5ZSU |
Deceased |
Walter Cronkite |
CBS News Anchorman (1960s era) |
KB2GSD |
Deceased |
Tim Dick |
Actor and stand up comic (Stage name Tim Allen) |
KK6OTD |
Active |
Yuri Gargarin |
First man in space (Russia-1961) |
UA1LO |
Deceased |
Rajiv Ghandi |
Prime Minister of India (1984-1991) |
VU2RG |
Deceased |
Barry Goldwater |
US Senator from Arizona |
K7UGA |
Deceased |
Barbara Morgan |
Astronaut (was also the backup Teacher In Space) |
KD5VNP |
Active |
Akio Morita |
Founder of Sony Corp |
JP1DPJ |
Deceased |
David Packard |
Co-founder of HP |
9DRV |
Deceased |
Priscilla Presley |
Ex-wife of Elvis |
N6YOS |
Inactive |
Patty Ramey |
Country music singer (stage name: Patty Loveless) |
KD4WUJ |
Active |
Dick Rutan |
Rutan Voyager aircraft designer and pilot for non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world |
KB6LQS |
Active |
Jean Shepherd |
Narrator of A Christmas Story |
K2ORS |
Deceased |
Ray Szmanda |
The Menards Guy |
KB9JPB |
Unknown |
Paul Tibbets |
Pilot of Enola Gay, which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during WWII |
KD4WUJ |
Deceased |
Jeanna Yeager |
Pilot of non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager aircraft. |
KB6LQR |
Active |
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