Welcome to the The Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club (JSCARC) site. We are located at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) approximately 25 miles southeast of downtown Houston, Texas. Our mission is to actively provide and promote STEAM outreach, emergency operations, mission support, and public service for NASA and the local communities.
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W5RRR is an active participant of NASA ON THE AIR (NOTA)
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W5RRR Special Event Operations
Winter Field Day
2026
Bulletins:
o After missing for 2 months, JSC Student Intern Balloon KI5CWE-1 has been spotted today 12/3/25.
128 days aloft since it was launched on July 29th from the Gilruth parking lot. Track here
o The online JSCARC membership application form was just discovered to have been broken throughout Oct-Nov. It's now fixed.
o Dec 6: W5RRR/NOTA commemorates the 53 year anniversary of Apollo 17.
o Dec 11: The JSCARC annual Holiday Dinner will be at 6:00PM at the League City Main Street Bistro
News:
o The JSC Safety and Health Day (and JSCARC planned booth setup) has been cancelled for 2025
o Nov 24 AB5SS Pico Balloon (AB5SS-163) has been aloft 184 days. Spotted over the US East coast on 11/24/25
o KG5URA finishes up Nov CW classes with JSC student interns
o JSCARC members complete activation of 4 POTA TX state parks in Nov
o Oct 31 KG5PVP activates POTA @ Kootenai National Park Mt
Blogs:
4 POTA activations in 2 weekends – A W5RRR Saga
Lake Livingstone State Park US-3028 Sheldon Lake State Park US-3056 Brazos Bend State Park US-2992 San Jacinto State Park US-3511 by Jayant KG5LJZ This web page is about a fascinating two weekends that we had ... Read more...
2 POTA Activations by 3 JSCARC Members (addendum)
Hey Dave & all, A few more pics and details. In addition to activating Brazos Bend State Park on Saturday, Nov 1st, over the past 3 days, I activated 4 parks; Palmetto State Park ... Read more...
2 POTA Activations by 3 JSCARC Members
This past Friday and Saturday, Oct 31 and Nov, 2 POTA activations by successfully deployed by Dan KG5PVP, John AB5SS and David KB5PGY. Dan, our roving member who lives mostly in Troy, Montana but part-time ... Read more...
KG5URA Teaches Morse Code
Despite the government shutdown which has shuttered our regular JSCARC/Student Ham Radio schedule, David KG5URA is hosting a Morse Code study hall event to keep some of our interns engaged with our hobby. David has ... Read more...
Girl Scout Troop 140117
Girl Scout Troop 140117 Visits W5RRR A terrific group of scouts and leaders/moms visited our JSCARC W5RRR shack on Monday Oct 20. Hosting the scouts were Jeff AB4ME, Kelvin K5KGH, David KB5PGY and Dave W5OC. ... Read more...
KG5LJZ/AB5SS POTA Activation of Sheldon Lakes
The intrepid duo Jayant KG5LJZ and John AB5SS activated Sheldon Lake State Park POTA on October 7, Sunday. AB5SS callsign netted 27 QSOs. KG5LJZ made his first ~2W QRP QSO on CW using John’s Elecraft ... Read more...
It was great fun - Thank you for the mentorship.