Originally Posted by
KelvinD
Well, way back when.. I (OK, my company) supplied King Hussein of Jordan with a small handheld which he used to talk to Skylab. And tickled pink he was too! The radio was a Motorola handheld, frequently supplied to police forces but was modified to work on the amateur band.
This might be of interest:
https://science.nasa.gov/science-new...000/ast21aug_1