How do you Talk to Outer Space? Well…

3rd Ward Member and Teacher, Luke Schantz, made a long-distance phone call over the weekend. To outer space! Check out the antenna he made for the first artist space broadcast ever to hit the universe, Time Capsules to Outer Space.

See below for the entire process. And don’t worry, you’ve got the scoop.  Given that the nearest sentient beings out there are likely a couple light years away, we’re pretty sure you’ve heard it here first.

The Radio Arrives from Mobicom in the Netherlands

Antenna Coils and Masts On Picnic Table
Constructing the Antenna Mount @ 3rd Ward

Fabricating Components as needed...

Assembling the structural and the electrical

 Antenna on the roof at 23 Windows in Bushwick

Antenna on the roof