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
Fort Bend County Fairgrounds 4310 TX- 36 S, Rosenberg, TX 77471
February 20 Noon to 6pm and February 21st 8am till 3pm
Bulletins:
o JSCARC featured in March 2026 QST under "Club Spotlight"
o KB5PGY announces that all VE exams conducted each month at Gilruth are now on-line, using laptops/tablets.
o Feb 7: KG5LJZ/AB5SS activates POTA US-4422
o Feb 8: K5KUA activates POTA US-0544
o Feb 12: JSCARC Monthly Meeting
o Feb 14: The Monthly VE Licensing Exam will be held at the Gilruth starting at 9 AM
o Feb 21: Rosenberg Hamfest. JSCARC to likely host a sellers table.
News:
o Feb 2: JSCARC met with JSC Center Ops to refine the new location of our Self Standing Tower installation. Funding has now been formally approved by the center for this project.
o Jan 30: After being lost since Dec 3, JSC Student Intern Balloon KI5CWE-1's 20m signal was spotted again, cruising over China. It's now been airborne for 185 days.
o Jan 24-15: Winter Field Day. KB5PGY operated from W5RRR shack; KG5PVP operated from QTH in Montana.
o Jan 17-18: ARRL VHF Contest. W5OC/R activated 13 grid locations.
o Jan 1: AB5SS just finished a 6 park POTA roadtrip. 303 QSOs over 3 days.
Blogs:
JSCARC Featured in March QST “Club Spotlight”
Our club was featured in the March 2026 issue of QST, as a “Club Spotlight” on page 13. Here’s a copy of the page in QST <here> The published feature is a much condensed ... Read more...
Miscellaneous Club Updates as of Feb 9
Winter Field Day 2026 David KB5PGY was a one-man-band activating W5RRR at the shack while the rest of us were busy hunkering down for the surprise Houston freeze warning that hit our area. Held on ... Read more...
An 8th Rover outing- W5OC/R
OVERVIEW This is my 8th Rover outing. You’d think I should be pretty good at this by now, eh? NOPE. After each event, I quietly sit down, reflect, and write down all the failures or weaknesses in ... Read more...
WFD (Winter Field Day) /7
<Posted by our remote JSCARC member, Dan KG5PVP, operating from his QTH in Montana.> I had a great WFD in NW Montana. I was able to easily make 65 contacts located across the country. I ... Read more...
JSCARC Group Photo using AI (fail)
As part of ARRL’s “year of the clubs”, we were contacted to be a candidate club for feature an upcoming QST. One of their requests was to provide a photo of our club members. I ... Read more...
NASA On The Air Celebrates Apollo 17
As an active participant of NASA On the Air (NOTA), W5RRR got on the air on Dec 6, 2025 to celebrate the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission. Once again, hams were treated with ... Read more...
What an incredible adventure! Would make a great short film documentary! Definitely need to submit to QST for a story…