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(Atlantis is NOW on-orbit – 8 July 2011 !!)
NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center Amateur Radio Club will be on the air ! We are looking forward to making many contacts with amateur radio operators, in celebration of this final launch of the US Space Shuttle Program.
Additional details on this special event operation are on our home page.
Previous experience shows that folks are interested in NASA, and enjoy connecting with us via ham radio. It often seems that everyone these days either knows someone working on the space program, or has had friends neighbors, or relatives contributing to past missions in space.
It is hard to believe that out of NASA’s 50 years – we have been flying the shuttles for 30 of those years. Sometimes it seems like we have just begun.
These are exciting times, and the end of this shuttle program brings us a new opportunity to explore the next generation of discovery and further exploration. As sad as this is in many respects, this transition will allow NASA to re-utilize some of this talent and know-how to bring the future closer to reality.
We also need to invest heavily in our future scientists and explorers. Ham radio has been, and continues to be an excellent introduction to the world of science for many of us – please do your part to encourage and support our future generations by helping them to become involved in the world around us.
Thanks for your interest and support /;^)
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It was a pleasure makking contact with you today, 10 July 2011 at 1650Z on 14,272 MHz. Your signal was 5-9+ into Northern Michigan (Antrim County) where I am on vacation. My Equipment is an Icom 756PRO feeding an inverted-V, the apex of which is 60′. My normal QTH is Uncasville, CT. If you peruse QRZ.com, you will find my bio there. Again, thanks for the fine QSO, even with QSB on the band.
73, Michael A. Tucker, W1MCT
Thank you Alan for your contact I am the person wich try to contact you more than 40 minutes with my old equipment from the car having just 40 wats and in the end you did heard me, you made my day when you reconize my call sign, there were teribil condition, plus my week power -Thank you
Please let me know what i have to do to receive the certificate
Thank you again and 73
Bogdan KC2WUO
Thanks for the QSO, given my 100W to an attic dipole in Minnesota! Conditions have not been great, but you made a terrific effort to catch everyone. I wish the event was, say, a Mars landing or asteroid visit (where we should be now, on the way to mining Jupiter’s atmosphere) but you are keeping the dream alive.
Thanks for the QSO, Even if we had trouble figuring each others call sign. I am using a G5RV with a ICOM IC718. My uncle retired from NASA’s Rosman Tracking Station but is now deceased. This would have been something for him to see. Thanks again
Bonjour from Montreal,Quebec,Canada..My name is Krzysztof (Chris) and my callsign is VA2HU and i had a pleasure making a QSO with You on 19 july 2011..A few days ago i made myself a vertical delta loop antenna,which along with my Icom 765 with 100watts helped me to get a 5.9+20 signal report from You on 14.293Mhz ..That makes me very happy ,especially because you are a SPECIAL EVENT station,so it is a great event to remember..Your station makes a BIG positive mark in our new history,our human space challenge…Thank You for making it all happen,best regards from french speaking part of Canada..chris / va2hu/
Currently on or near all of the stated frequencies. Looking for this last opportunity to work you guys. Are you operating today? De KC9NCF
Michael Alauskas My name is Mike born in Princeton New Jersey lived in Palm Beach Gardens for 10 years. I made a QSO with you on July 11 at 1:20 UTC using a high sierra vertical antenna and icom ic-7000 with 100 watts on 14.286.50. I received you at a 5.1. Thank you very much for the contact.
Thanks for answering my call,pleasure to talk with you,From Paddy MI1FCQ 19/07/11 2320 , 20m, My antenna sommer XP708 Log, covers from 40m to 6m,