[BVARC] NASA On the AIR - April 23-27 2022

Wes Harris wesloco63 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 21 13:51:27 CDT 2022


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 <bvarc at bvarc.org>
wrote:

> Please see the exciting info from Jayant, below.
>
> Jeff Greer, W5JEF
> BVARC Corresponding Secretary
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Jayant Ramakrishnan <jayant281 at yahoo.com>
> *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.
>
>
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