<Submitted by Dan Nagla KG5PVP> It was a beautiful Montana morning at Apgar Village on the shore of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park (POTA US-0028). Dan Nagala (KG5PVP) and Jayant Ramakrishnan (KG5JLZ) attempted an activation starting around 15:50 UTC on 25 August 2024. From the beginning we experienced very poor reception with background QRN … Read more…
Saturday Aug 31, 2024 @ Sheldon Lake, Texas US-3056 Following right behind the heels of Jayant KG5LJZ’s recent 1st CW POTA activation, Jeff AB4ME did it today with over 30 SSB QSOs on 20m. Setup: TS-480SAT transceiver + new PAC 12 vertical antenna + LiFeO4 battery (repurposed from his motorhome). Overall the … Read more…
With no hurricanes in sight (as of today), it’s safe to plan another 3PP (3 Park POTA). We’ll be tackling Galveston Island State Park first, and continue our route to Justin Hurst Wildlife Area and end at Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge. Our planned operating times will be restricted to about 2 hours per park, … Read more…
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site remains the most convenient and popular POTA site for our JSCARC members. Today’s visit was another good POTA outing with a smacking reminder this is Texas in August… Mosquitos, Heat, and Humidity. Perhaps spoiled with the recent cooler and wetter weather patterns in past weeks, it was yet again … Read more…
July 30-31, 2024. This was the club’s first attempt to host a DIY build of a 2m Yagi antenna. The popular 3 element tape measure beam was successfully built using NT1K’s online drawings. To keep costs low, we used cheapo Harbor Freight 1″ tape measures, 1/2″ PVC plastic pipe, and cable ties. http://nt1k.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/3L-Tape-Measure-Yagi-Assy.pdf Our … Read more…
The Flight Of the Bumble Bee (FOBB) Contest was buzzing on Sunday July 28 It’s a 4 hour event hosted by the Adventure Radio Society and held annually on the last Sunday of July. Bumblebees operating less than 10W go out into the field to make contacts with other operators. Dan, KG5PVP, first alerted me about … Read more…
On July 25, 2024, Jeff AB4ME, Kelvin K5KGH, and Jerry N5FWB hosted 4 of this semester’s Ham Radio Committee Student Interns with an activity of Soldering 101 and a combo tour of the shack and getting on-the-air. With a little bit of last minute juggling, there was enough interest to provide a fun opportunity to … Read more…
In commemoration of the 55th anniversary of Apollo 11 and alongside the JSCARC’s activation of W5RRR to promote NASA-On-The Air (nasaontheair.wordpress.org), Ken K5RG graciously offered to give the 2024 JSC Ham Radio Summer Student Interns a presentation about his involvement and observations associated with the Apollo 11 mission. The title of his presentation: “A Connecticut … Read more…
Hurricane Beryl sure did impact the typically large crowds at today’s Texas City hamfest. I’d estimate the vendors and buyers were down about 50%. Tidelands ARC president, Bo KT1AA, confirmed that this hurricane was quite a difference maker. But kudos to Bo and the Tidelands team for keeping the event intact and on schedule. … Read more…
In spite of a looming Hurricane Beryl, W5RRR/R made its advertised presence on the air at the three parks: Galveston, Justin Hurst, and Brazos Bend. 105 QSOs across CW and SSB on 15 and 20m. Joe K5KUA showed up at Galveston park to report that he couldn’t operate since they were quickly preparing for … Read more…
