Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club

ARRL IARU HF World Championship
2018-07-14 - 2018-07-15
The second full weekend of July, beginning 1200 UTC Saturday and ending 1200 UTC Sunday. Both Single and Multi operator stations may operate the entire 24-hour period.
http://www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-championship

Tidelands Hamfest
2018-07-07 08:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Doyle Convention Center, 2010 5th Ave N, Texas City, TX, 77573, United States
Tidelands Hamfest
(aka Texas City Hamfest)
http://www.tidelands.org/2018%20Hamfest%20Registration%20Form.pdf

ARRL Field Day
2018-06-23 - 2018-06-24 | Gilruth Center, 2101 E NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX
Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday.
http://www.arrl.org/field-day

Field Day Set Up
2018-06-22 17:00 - 20:00
Come out to Gilruth to start setting up for Field Day!
Sign-up for Friday, Saturday, or Sunday!

Licensing Exam Session
2018-06-16 09:00 - 12:00, 2018-04-21 09:00 - 12:00, 2018-02-17 09:00 - 12:00 | Gilruth Center, 2101 E NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX
Monthly exam session through the ARRL VEC.
An opportunity to get your first license or upgrade your license.
Registration begins at 9:00am; testing begins at 9:30am.
Please contact David Fanelli (KB5PGY) for more information.

ARRL Kid's Day
2018-06-16, 2018-01-06
Kids Day always runs from 1800 UTC through 2359 UTC. Operate as much or as little as you like.
http://www.arrl.org/kids-day

ARRL June VHF
2018-06-09 - 2018-06-11
The second full weekend in June. Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, runs through 0259 UTC Monday.
http://www.arrl.org/june-vhf

Ham-Com
2018-06-08 13:00 - 2018-06-10 14:00 | Plano Event Center, 2000 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX, 75074
For more information, please visit their website: http://www.hamcom.org/

CQ WPX - CW
2018-05-26 - 2018-05-27
http://www.cqwpx.com

Transmitter Hunt
2018-05-12 10:30 - 14:00
Whether you have your license or not, you are invited to the JSC Amateur Radio Club’s first T-Hunt (Transmitter Hunt/Fox Hunt) activity being held on Saturday, May 12th, starting around 10:30am at the JSC Amateur Radio W5RRR shack. Located at the Gilruth Fields Annex, GILRUTH 208 Room 114 (just look for the huge antennas and the doors will be open – you can’t miss us!)
John Maca (AB5SS) will treat us with a lesson on directional finding techniques using our ham radio 2m handheld radios (yes, please bring one, if you have one). If you don’t have one, we’ll pass some extras out.
John has “hidden” a few transmitters close by the Gilruth region and we will use this event to get your feet wet to track them down.
GUARANTEED to be fun and an initial experience to learn about T-Hunting (Transmitter Hunting). We expect to continue additional events throughout the year and the hidden “Foxes” will get progressively farther away and trickier. If you enjoy this type of event, get ready and buckle up your seat belts. It’s a nationwide phenomenon in many places.
Hope you can all make it.
We’ll convene near the shack (GILRUTH 208/114) between 10:30am and 11:00am before beginning the demos and setting you free to track the foxes!
Feel free to bring your friends.
Questions? Contact John Maca

CQ WW Foxhunting Weekend
2018-05-12 - 2018-05-13

ARRL Rookie Roundup - SSB
2018-04-15 18:00 - 23:59
The third Sunday of April, August and December from 1800 UTC through 2359 UTC.
http://www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup

Aliens vs Astronauts Fun Run
2018-04-14 07:30 - 10:30
TBA

HamEXPO
2018-04-06 - 2018-04-07 | Bell County Expo Center
https://www.tarc.org/hamexpo

CQ WPX - SSB
2018-03-24 - 2018-03-25

Greater Houston Hamfest
2018-03-16 - 2018-03-17 | Fort Bend County Fairgrounds, 4310 Texas 36, Rosenberg, TX, 77471, United States
Website: http://houstonhamfest.org/
Directions & Maps
Approx. 33 mi SW of downtown Houston. From Houston, take US 59 south to Rosenberg (approximately 17 miles past Beltway 8) to Hwy 36. Go South approx. 1 mi to Fairgrounds (on your right).
GPS: 29.5198N 95.8099W
GRID SQUARE: EL29cm

ARRL DX - SSB
2018-03-02 18:00 - 2018-03-04 18:00
CW: Third full weekend in February.
Phone: First full weekend in March.
Contest Period: 48 hours each mode.
Starts 0000 UTC Saturday; ends 2359 UTC Sunday.
http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx

Orange Hamfest
2018-02-24 07:30 - 14:00
Website: www.qsl.net/w5nd/index_files/HAMFEST%20INFO/hamfest%20info.htm

CQ WW 160m - SSB
2018-02-23 16:00 - 2018-02-25 16:00
http://www.cq160.com

ARRL DX - CW
2018-02-17 - 2018-02-18

ARRL School Club Roundup
2018-02-12 - 2018-02-16
Winter/Spring Term
Each 5-day event runs Monday through Friday from 1300 UTC Monday through 2359 UTC Friday. A station may operate no more than 6 hours in a 24-hour period, and a maximum of 24 hours of the 107 hour event. Winter/Spring Term: The second full school week of February.
http://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup

CQ WPX - RTTY
2018-02-10 - 2018-02-11
http://www.cqwpxrtty.com

CQ WW 160m - CW
2018-01-27 19:00 - 2018-01-29 19:00

Winter Field Day
2018-01-27 - 2018-01-28
Winter Field Day runs for 24 hours during the last full weekend in January each year from 1900 UTC (2pm EST) Saturday to 1900 UTC (2pm EST) Sunday.
For 2018, the dates are January 27th and 28th.
Station set-up may commence no earlier than 1900 UTC (2pm EST) on Friday, January 26th. Station setup may consume no more than 12 hours total. How & when you schedule/spend those 12 hours is up to you.
https://www.winterfieldday.com

ARRL January VHF
2018-01-20 - 2018-01-22
The date will be announced annually by the ARRL but will generally be the third or fourth weekend in January. Begins 1900 UTC Saturday, ends 0359 UTC Monday.
http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf

ARRL RTTY Roundup
2018-01-06 - 2018-01-07
First full weekend of January, but never on January 1. Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 2400 UTC Sunday.
http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup

ARRL Straight Key Night
2018-01-01
Straight Key Night is held every January 1 from 0000 UTC through 2359 UTC.
http://www.arrl.org/straight-key-night
