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The Johnson Space Center (JSC) maintains an Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The purpose of the EOC is to provide a centralized area of operations for the management and disposition of emergencies that may occur at the 600-acre, 102-building, Johnson Space Center, near Houston, Texas. The EOC is home to the JSC Security Dispatcher's console, staffed 24-hours-a-day. One area of the EOC, the Emergency Management Room, contains a conference room-type table, television monitors fed by cameras around the JSC and by commercial and government television services. The Spaceflight Meterorology Office also has a console in the room to provide weather information.
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The Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club operates and maintains an HF and VHF/UHF radio communications console in the EOC. The HF station is used for operations on the amateur radio bands (Call: W5RRR) and on the National Communications System's (NCS) Shared Resources Communications Network (SHARES). The console will be activated in the event of a hurricane or other emergency requiring local and/or distant radio communications. Fortunately, to date, the system has only been used for on-the-air radio checks with other NASA Centers and government agencies, and with amateur radio operators around the Houston/Galveston area and around the country.
The console consists of the HF station: Ten-Tec Paragon II HF Transceiver, Ten-Tec Hercules II HF Linear Amplifier (500 Watts output), a 23' Marine vertical antenna with and SGC-140 remote antenna tuner, a Kantronics KAM+ Terminal Node Controller (TNC), and a Luke S-100 12VDC, 120-Amp power supply. The VHF/UHF station consists of: Two Kenwood TM-733A 2m/70cm FM Transceivers, a 2m/70cm Vertical antenna, a Kantronics TNC (2400/9600baud) and associated power supplies. |
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Last update: November 15, 2001