Wendell Anderson
 
The first radio amateur to receive pictures from a satellite

Amateur Reception of Weather Satellite Picture Transmissions (PDF) Article is courtesy November 1965 QST; copyright ARRL.

This is a wav file of satellite telemetry.
The media is a 7 inch reel of 1/4" tape that I found in the basement. The original Miranda tape recorder (tubes!) that made the recording still works fine, and I used it for playback.

picture1_mono.wav
Turn volume down before playing. The sound is loud and annoying.

These notebooks tell the story of the design and build of the satellite picture receiver. Although I was young at the time, I remember what was going on from watching the project. From reading the notebooks and writing these notes, I now have a better understanding of the project.

Here are the notebooks.