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 costs low, we used cheapo Harbor Freight 1″ tape measures, 1/2″ PVC plastic pipe, and cable ties. http://nt1k.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/3L-Tape-Measure-Yagi-Assy.pdf Our … Read more…
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 less than 10W go out into the field to make contacts with other operators. Dan, KG5PVP, first alerted me about … Read more…
On July 25, 2024, Jeff AB4ME, Kelvin K5KGH, and Jerry N5FWB hosted 4 of this semester’s Ham Radio Committee Student Interns with an activity of Soldering 101 and a combo tour of the shack and getting on-the-air. With a little bit of last minute juggling, there was enough interest to provide a fun opportunity to … Read more…
In commemoration of the 55th anniversary of Apollo 11 and alongside the JSCARC’s activation of W5RRR to promote NASA-On-The Air (nasaontheair.wordpress.org), Ken K5RG graciously offered to give the 2024 JSC Ham Radio Summer Student Interns a presentation about his involvement and observations associated with the Apollo 11 mission. The title of his presentation: “A Connecticut … Read more…
Hurricane Beryl sure did impact the typically large crowds at today’s Texas City hamfest. I’d estimate the vendors and buyers were down about 50%. Tidelands ARC president, Bo KT1AA, confirmed that this hurricane was quite a difference maker. But kudos to Bo and the Tidelands team for keeping the event intact and on schedule. … Read more…
In spite of a looming Hurricane Beryl, W5RRR/R made its advertised presence on the air at the three parks: Galveston, Justin Hurst, and Brazos Bend. 105 QSOs across CW and SSB on 15 and 20m. Joe K5KUA showed up at Galveston park to report that he couldn’t operate since they were quickly preparing for … Read more…
Officers and key personnel from the met on June 29th, 2024, in partnership to discuss potential STEM outreach projects sponsored the the Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM). Ann Hobing, the Senior Director of Education and Outreach for the LSFM, hosted our meeting with a tour of the museum and an open discussion session to discuss … Read more…
June 22-23, 2024. Wow, it’ was another fun, wild and wooly Field Day for the JSCARC and CLARC team who diligently put 12 radios stations on the air (12F STX) within the SSB/Digital/CW villages at the Gilruth Center location. This year was a bit different than previous years. With limited pre-planning across clubs, key … Read more…
Dan, KG5PVP is a QTH hopper. He rotates his stays between Houston and a remote QTH in the Kootenai national forest area of northwest Montana. Dan splits his ham participation between three clubs: K5HOU/CLARC, W5RRR/JSCARC and KLBY/LCARG. LCARG is the Lincoln County Amateur Radio Group located in Libby Montana. This past weekend Dan participated with … Read more…
On Thursday, April 24, Kelvin K5KGH and Jeff AB4ME conducted an Handi-Talkie (HT) orientation overview for 2 of our JSC Student Interns. This was an important lesson covering the use of their HTs and how to navigate the operational radio protocols in support of a directed net. In this case, it was an essential preparation … Read more…
