Dave W5OC 
What an absolutely gorgeous day at Galveston Island State Park for the JSCARC POTA activation #8, K-3013 on Sat Jan 7 0800-1200 CT! Our Saturday intrepid morning trekers included Terry N5LOW (who got there 1st!), Jayant KG5LJZ, George AD5CQ, John AB5SS and Dave W5OC. Along the way, we also bumped into a couple of hams … Read more…
Special thanks to JSCARC members Jeff/AB4ME and Dale/KG5U for participating in the Fall Semester JSC Student Interns Ham Radio program. This past semester’s group was led by Kim Zwolshen, KE8QKU, who helped organize a terrific ham radio hands-on program for her fellow cohorts in the JSC Pathways and Student Intern programs. https://roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov/roundup/2053
11/30 DIY Antenna Project Starts. Terry N5LOW embarks with a homebrew 10-40m horiz delta loop antenna design at his QTH. The loop meanders from a tree, to fence post, to a banister at varying heights. 1/3 wavelength on 3 legs @ ~46′ each. Using a 4:1 impedance balun to bring the impedance of the delta … Read more…
Terry (N5LOW) and Dave (W5OC) had an exceptionally successful POTA activation on Saturday. IMG_4532 With a morning startup around 8:30AM at the San Jacinto Battleground Park, designated as K-3511 by POTA, Terry setup his Icom IC-7300 and a MFJ-1982HP 10-80M End Fed antenna. Dave brought two Bioenno 20Ah batteries, one to power the radio and … Read more…
Congrats to the our intrepid hunters of the #2 JSCARC Fox Hunt, held Sat Dec 3, 2022. KC3MRT (Marty his XYL) WG5WN (Chris and his family- XYL Christy, sons Eli, Sam) KA5CVH (Mike) On 146.640 W5RRR repeater, I announced the early activation of the fox at 8:00AM, and KC3MRT responded that he was springloaded … Read more…
*updated reminder posted Dec 2* I drove out to the site today and fear that the fox beacon might get lost in the tall structures and flat elevation. So here’s an updated hint: The fox will be located within a radius of 8 miles from both the JSC Gilruth and the San Jac battleground park. … Read more…
The JSCARC will be conducting another Parks On The Air (POTA) outing this Saturday, at the San Jacinto Battleground Historical Park. Who: All JSCARC members are invited to come by to watch, operate, or enjoy the park What: POTA radio activation of W5RRR https://docs.pota.app When: Saturday Dec 3, 8:30AM – 12:00PM Where: San Jacinto Battleground … Read more…
JSCARC member, Milt K5KRM gets his tube radios ready to warm up the shack as winter approaches. Milt’s primary radios are a Kenwood TS-520 (previously owned by astronaut Steve Lindsay), a Heathkit HW-100 and a Drake 2B. You can find Milt using the TS520 or HW100 while regularly checking into the 20m SSB Maritime Net … Read more…
Great weather, and a good turn out for our first Fox Hunt in a few years. The 2m Fox was hidden 1.5 miles away from the shack, in a tree by the front of the Clear Lake High School. Congrats to AB5SS to be the first and fastest Hunter of this fox. Honorable Mention goes … Read more…
Jerry N5FWB and Terry KA5TBB successfully finished the installation of the W5RRR 2m Echolink/AllStar node last night. This constitutes a major update since the AllStar implementation provides significant improvement to the voice quality clarity. N5FWB took the lead and worked above and beyond to acquire the new node equipment and integrate them into the working … Read more…
