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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Texas QSO Party 2024
Bulletins:
o Sept 7-8. W5RRR will activate NOTA (NASA ON THE AIR) this weekend to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
o Sept 12. The monthly JSCARC meeting @ the Inspiration Room/ Gilruth 6:30pm-8:00pm
o Sept 21. Girls in Aviation Day. The JSCARC will be hosting a table to inspire young women during this even at the Lone Start Flight Museum.
News:
o Sarah KC1VCT will be leading the JSC Student Ham Radio Interns for this fall
o The Flex "Beta" radio has been repaired by Flexradio and is back in the shack 100% functional again.
Blogs:
W5RRR Attempted POTA Activation at Glacier National Park
<Submitted by Dan Nagla KG5PVP> It was a beautiful Montana morning at Apgar Village on the shore of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park (POTA US-0028). Dan Nagala (KG5PVP) and Jayant Ramakrishnan (KG5JLZ) attempted an ... Read more...
Congrats Jeff, 1st POTA activation
Saturday Aug 31, 2024 @ Sheldon Lake, Texas US-3056 Following right behind the heels of Jayant KG5LJZ’s recent 1st CW POTA activation, Jeff AB4ME did it today with over 30 SSB QSOs on 20m. ... Read more...
JSCARC 3PP (3 Park POTA) 08/31/24
With no hurricanes in sight (as of today), it’s safe to plan another 3PP (3 Park POTA). We’ll be tackling Galveston Island State Park first, and continue our route to Justin Hurst Wildlife Area ... Read more...
A Hot August JSCARC POTA @ San Jacinto. #21
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site remains the most convenient and popular POTA site for our JSCARC members. Today’s visit was another good POTA outing with a smacking reminder this is Texas in August… Mosquitos, ... Read more...
DIY Tape Measure Yagi Build @ W5RRR
July 30-31, 2024. This was the club’s first attempt to host a DIY build of a 2m Yagi antenna. The popular 3 element tape measure beam was successfully built using NT1K’s online drawings. To keep ... Read more...
CQ Bzz Bzz
The Flight Of the Bumble Bee (FOBB) Contest was buzzing on Sunday July 28 It’s a 4 hour event hosted by the Adventure Radio Society and held annually on the last Sunday of July. Bumblebees operating ... Read more...
Fantastic - I have to inaugurate the same antenna now that I am back from US-0028 Glacier National Park