Both the new JSC Fall Semester Student Ham Radio committee and the University of Houston ARC Students attended a JSCARC visit on Sept 24. Jeff AB4ME, Chris W5HOO, and Dave W5OC were the JSCARC hosts for the meeting which involved a presentation in the Gilruth MARS room and then a walk to the W5RRR shack … Read more…
The JSCARC club is fortunate to have a ham radio balloonist of great acclaim- John Maca AB5SS. John has been experimenting, developing, participating and deploying ham radio trackers and sensors on balloons for over 30+ years. As previously posted, he spearheaded our first JSC student intern balloon project for Summer 2025 interns. One of the … Read more…
Girls In Aviation This is the JSCARC’s second time participation in the annual Girls In Aviation event held on September 20 at the Lone Star Museum. JSCARC members K5KGH, KG5URA, and AD5CQ hosted a table at the sold out event. See the blog report and photos here KI5CWE The summer semester JSC student intern balloon, … Read more…
Kudos to our JSCARC heroes of outreach Kelvin K5KGH George AD5CQ David KG5URA for an outstanding showing of amateur radio at the GIA event held on Saturday Sept 20, 2025 at the Lone Star Flight Museum. Our JSCARC members put together a terrific display of amateur radio information, demonstrations, and hardware in the exhibition room … Read more…
The Rover in a VHF contest is an ultimate challenge for those hams who enjoy developing and testing equipment out in the field. There’s tremendous satisfaction operating a complex radio system that began as a paper design, deployed with hardware and software, and is tested in the field. Kinda like designing, deploying, and flying a … Read more…
I’m posting here again to encourage and inspire hams to activate the SOTA (Summits On The Air). I hope others will join this aspect of ham radio especially if you enjoy the outdoors and need an excuse to go on a mini-adventure. SOTA is not an especially common activity here in Houston. Why? Because there … Read more…
From gentle push… to potential game changer Compliments to Paul KJ5JIO and John AB5SS. Paul instigated the gentle momentum to re-think about our student intern ham radio program, and John generously grabbed the leadership role to kickstart a brand-new balloon program for our student interns. <John behind inflated balloon> Background The club has been supporting … Read more…
Courtesy of The Atlantic Recent photographs from crew members aboard the ISS show some spectacular views of auroras, moonsets, the Milky Way, and more, seen from from their vantage point in orbit. By Alan Taylor https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/08/colors-international-space-station/683844/?gift=rzeMu4JTHottX_SwDf9zchtDMyB8-PQ45PUDZOeC0_I&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
It’s been a fast-flying summer and the activities the JSCARC members had hosted for the JSC Student Interns. Here’s a fast recap and update: Licensed hams During this summer, Faheem’s student ham committee successfully licensed 5 new hams: Stella KJ5LYT Max KF8ENQ John KF8ENS Kellen KJ6LYU Jacob KR4FHZ With an upcoming licensing exam this Sunday, … Read more…
The NOTA commemoration for Apollo 11 (56 years) is always special to the public. What an inspiration to land on the moon and to have NASA ON THE AIR (NOTA) as a vehicle to use ham radio to promote these types of events. While Chris W5HOO and Jayant KG5LJZ were able to activate W5RRR (good … Read more…
