Added to the Baytown Eastside Amateur Radio Service website. Good luck. Should be a great event. https://earstx.org/ham-radio-news
Wes W5WES On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 12:52 PM Jeff Greer via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Please see the exciting info from Jayant, below. > > Jeff Greer, W5JEF > BVARC Corresponding Secretary > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jayant Ramakrishnan <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, April 21, 2022 11:03 AM > *Subject:* NASA On the AIR - April 23-27 2022 > > Friends- > > NASA is on the AIR this weekend! You may not be able to hear W5RRR on 20m > (too close) but please do call in to the other NASA centers on CW, FT8 and > SSB. We will open up 40m from 4 pm and also may be on SIMPLEX 145.52 (still > being debated). > > Can one of you from BVARC either post this on your LISTSERVER or I can if > you give me permission? > > Best > > Jayant > KG5LJZ > > Several of the NASA Center's ham radio clubs will be getting on the air > for select milestones in space history this year. We're kicking it off > with the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 16 mission, which launched from > Cape Canaveral, FL on April 16, 1972 and splashed down in the South Pacific > on April 27, 1972. > See https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo-16 and > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_16 for more info on the Apollo 16 > mission. > > We'll likely do additional special events in the future for Apollo 17, the > Artemis I launch, and something for the James Webb Space Telescope, but TBD > for now...still being discussed amongst the clubs. > > The Kennedy Space Center (N1KSC) will be on the air starting this weekend > at 1400Z. Other centers are planning to be on the air starting next > weekend (April 23rd) including the Johnson Space Center (W5RRR), Glenn > Research Center (NA8SA), Marshall Space Flight Center (NN4SA), Jet > Propulsion Laboratory (W6VIO), Ames Research Center (NA6MF), Stennis Space > Center (N5SSC), Armstrong Flight Research Center (NA6SA), and Goddard Space > Flight Center (WA3NAN). I also plan to get on some satellite passes as > W5RRR from the Johnson Space Center. Operations will wrap up on April 27th > for this event. > > As was done for previous NASA On The Air events, we'll have a Certificate > that can be downloaded with custom stats for how many NASA Centers were > worked. > > More info at https://nasaontheair.wordpress.com/ > We will try to post activations/frequencies to > https://twitter.com/NASARadioClubs (@NASARadioClubs) but the DX Cluster > is probably the best place to find us. > > Anyway, appreciate it if you could spread the word. > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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