[amsat-bb] NASA on the Air - NASA 60th Anniversary

[Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET]

 This week the Johnson Space Center Club is on the air as part of the NASA
on the Air (NOTA) year-long special event.

We are currently one of 12 NASA club stations participating in the event.
Throughout the year, we will be continuously operating in celebration of a
variety of significant NASA milestones.

For July, we will be operating to commemorate the 60th anniversary of
President Dwight D Eisenhower's July 29th, 1958, signing of the Space Act
which established the creation of NASA. During this week, the JSCARC will
be heavily operating on 10/15/20/40/80 m bands and also satellites. A
commemorative 1958 vacuum tube vintage station will be activated consisting
of a Johnson Ranger/Courier and a Hammarlund HQ145C, courtesy of one of our
members, K5RG. This station will be used to make CW, SSB, and AM QSOs. In
addition, our other shack radios will sue SSB, FT8, FM, CW, and SSTV to
make contacts on all bands. A special 60th Anniversary QSL card (designed
by AB5SS) will be available with an SASE for contacts made.

A QSL card can be received only if you send an SASE to our address listed
on our website (w5rrr.org), or QRZ.com.

There will be a special certificate issued for top stations that work modes
and bands across the NOTA NASA centers. Each of the other NASA stations
will be issuing their own special QSL cards as well. For more information
on this and NOTA, see NASAontheAir.wordpress.com.

73,
Keith WD9GET