Satellite Antenna Maintenance

by

On Friday, January 4th, scheduled maintenance was performed on our satellite antennas. The last maintenance was performed around 10 years ago so there were several goals during this work:  inspect the 2m and 70cm antennas, inspect and seal the crossboom, install a new 23cm antenna and run a new feed of heliax, replace jumpers with flex … Read more…

Mini-DXpedition to Dry Tortugas

by

Working a rare callsign, special event station, country, or grid square is always an exciting time when you’re able to officially make the QSO and put it in your log. But being the station handing out that rare contact is a whole another level of excitement – and for me another level of being nervous too. … Read more…

2018 Holiday Dinner RSVP

by

The 2018 JSCARC Holiday Dinner will be on Tuesday, December 11th, 2018, at Franca’s Real Italian Restaurant. Franca’s Famous Trio Plate (prix-fixe) Chicken Parmigiana, Lasagna and Penne Alfredo – Salad, Garlic Bread, Iced Tea/Water (cash bar is always open) – $24.00 includes tax and gratuity (pay at event, individual bills) – Optional deserts such as … Read more…

JSCARC W5RRR 2m Repeater Unavailable

by

Please note: the W5RRR repeater returned to service on 9/18/18. The JSCARC W5RRR 2m repeater will be off the air to replace the antenna, which was damaged by a lightning strike today at JSC.  The top-half of the repeater antenna is missing, and what’s left has been tested to be completely non-functional.  We need to … Read more…