W5RRR

Serving NASA and local communities since 1967

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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Apollo 13th 55 yr Anniversary

NASA On-The-Air (NOTA) activation

Days

36

Hours

7

Minutes

15

Seconds

38

Bulletins:

o Mar 13- JSCARC Monthly Meeting 6:30PM Gilruth Inspiration ROom

News:

o Mar 7- JSCARC POTA activation @ Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge US-0545

o Mar 6- JSC Interns take prep HamCram @ Gilruth

o Mar 3 - University of Houston club visits W5RRR shack

o Feb 25- Mar 2 K5KUA activates US-3037 w/ 1035 POTA QSO's!

o Feb 27 JSC Spring Interns visits W5RRR for tour

o Feb 15-16 W5RRR makes 350+ QSOs for NOTA 60th Anniversary Ranger 8

Blogs:

Greater Houston Hamfest 2025- March 8

Celebrity sightings:  George AD5CQ, Paul KJ5JIO, Jerry N5FWB, David KB5PGY, Joe K5KUA, Keith KG5HOK (and Sophie!), John AB5SS, Ken K5RG Friday afternoon was a slog- tight fisted spenders, few great deals, but fun atmosphere.  The ... Read more...

UH Students visit W5RRR March 3, 2025

Kurt Rowland K6URT (founder and trustee of the UH Ham Club KI5UCW) sponsored a group of about 20 students from University of Houston for a visit to the W5RRR shack. Jerry N5FWB and David KG5URA ... Read more...

JSCARC POTA @ Brazoria National Wildlife Reserve 3/7/25

A classic gorgeous day out by the Brazoria National Wildlife Reserve (US-0545).  In attendance were Joe K5KUA, Jeff AB4ME, David KG5URA, George AD5CQ, and Dave W5OC. We setup relatively close together at the Discover Center/Information ... Read more...

New JSCARC patch/logo

New patch/logo designed by ex KD5ULX, Cassie Kite. George AD5CQ is processing this as a patch for online shirt orders.  

2025 Spring JSC Student Interns tour of W5RRR

Many thanks to Jerry N5FWB for a short notice tour of the W5RRR radio shack. This semester’s spring students include: Left to right: Christine Goh KJ5FGT (committee lead), Diego Padilla, ( ), Amna Al-Azdee, and ... Read more...

1st POTA for 2025

Our first POTA activity for 2025 landed up back to San Jacinto Battleground State Historical Site, aka US-3511 (POTA designation).This was our first Sunday AM POTA outing, which is mostly unpopular because of the events ... Read more...
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