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45th Anniversary Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)

The event will run from July 15th at 7:20am through July 24th at 4:18pm CDT. Members of the JSCARC will be using the W5RRR callsign from their home shacks to make contacts to commemorate this historic event. QSL cards will be sent by following our QSL instructions. At this time, no special QSL card is … Read more…

Houston Marathon Ham Registration

REGISTRATION CLOSES TONIGHT If you have not signed up to volunteer for the 2020 Houston Marathon Weekend of Events, this is your last chance! Volunteer registration will be closing TONIGHT at 11:59 p.m. We don’t want to run this race without HOU, so register now and join Race Crew! See 2020 Houston Marathon Ham Recruitment for … Read more…

2020 Houston Marathon Ham Recruitment

The Houston Marathon is quickly approaching, with the We Are Houston Fun Run on Saturday, January 18 and the Chevron Houston Marathon Sunday, January 19. I encourage all hams to volunteer to support these events. The need is real. To fully staff ham effort requires about 150 hams. The last three years between 101 – … Read more…

Patrick Stoddard (WD9EWK) Visits W5RRR

If you’ve ever been to an Arizona/Phoenix area hamfest you’ve likely seen Patrick Stoddard (WD9EWK) running the AMSAT booth and performing demonstrations as satellites pass over. If you’ve ever chased grids on or casually worked satellites there’s a high probability you’ve had a QSO with Patrick. Patrick routinely activates grids wherever his travels take him … Read more…

KG5ZOK’s TS-2000 Repair

John, KG5ZOR, bought a TS-2000 for a great price.  Unfortunately, it had some issues so he brought it into the Shack last week for a checkup. We hooked it up on the 20m TH7DX and called CQ around 6:00pm.  We received a response from a mobile station and he gave us a 5×3 signal report.  … Read more…