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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Greater Houston Hamfest

Buy, Sell, Training, Fun!

Bulletins:

o Feb 13 1830-2000CT The next JSCARC monthly meeting is in the JSC Gilruth Inspiration Room

o Feb 20 (Thurs) ~0900CT JSCARC POTA @ Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge US-0545

o Flex Radio "Beta" is sick and disconnected. Awaiting a trip back to Flexradio for repair.

News:

o Congrats to new member Paul/KJ5JIO who recently received his General Class license


Blogs:

KG5URA Shows Guts.. of his Go-Box

David KG5URA has graciously given us detailed insights into the recent buildup of his newest Go-Box for travels.  We showed photos this box in December’s blog post, but here are some more descriptions for those ... Read more...

Excessive noise on your radio?

I took my Yaesu FT991A to my daughter’s house last week.  Once again, I was unpleasantly confronted with a very high noise floor on the radio.  At times, it was so bad that I couldn’t ... Read more...

JSCARC Winter Field Day 2025

The 2024 JSC Winter Field Day at the JSCARC shack was a fun effort by: Bekah KD5TDP John AB5SS Paul KJ5JIO David KB5PGY Jayant KG5LJZ Dave W5OC Since the Winter Field Day (and the big ... Read more...

“How not to do it”- Dave’s Jan 2025 VHF Rover

My Jan 2025 VHF Contest Outing—Another lesson “How NOT to do it…” Background My previous September 2024 VHF rover contest outing was excellent. At that time, I successfully traveled up the Texas midriff while operating ... Read more...

KG5URA Go-Boxes

David, KG5URA, is at it again! He’s built a new Go-Box for his QRP IC-705 and Hardrock-50 amp. Checkout the nice setup including mounts, battery, tuner, and connectors.  Note: the interesting looking small yellow box ... Read more...

George @ George (…Ranch)

George AD5CQ submits the folloinwg successful ham radio event report for his volunteer efforts on November 15-16 at the George Ranch: