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Tower cleared. Okay, 00:01:57.170 --> 00:02:03.430 engine stop. Houston, Tranquillity base here. 00:02:03.769 --> 00:02:07.409 The Eagle has landed. Roger, Tranquillity. We 00:02:07.409 --> 00:02:09.750 copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys 00:02:09.750 --> 00:02:12.050 about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks 00:02:12.050 --> 00:02:25.930 a lot. Well, good evening everyone. Yes, the 00:02:25.930 --> 00:02:29.150 Eagle has landed. It's at Amtok Live, episode 00:02:29.150 --> 00:02:33.469 number 124. The NASA On The Air update recorded 00:02:33.469 --> 00:02:38.310 live on Thursday, July 19th, 2018. I'm your host, 00:02:38.409 --> 00:02:42.090 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this 00:02:42.090 --> 00:02:45.550 episode of Amtok Live. Tonight we're joined by 00:02:45.550 --> 00:02:51.580 Dr. Rob Suggs, KB5EZ, Mike Logan, KM4WUO. Tanner 00:02:51.580 --> 00:02:56.599 Jones, W9TWJ and Ken ran some N5VHO and they 00:02:56.599 --> 00:03:01.319 are all with different aspects of NASA and they'll 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:03.860 be talking about NASA on the air tonight and 00:03:03.860 --> 00:03:06.439 we'll take your calls live in the next segment. 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:09.500 We'll give you a chance to call in and ask any 00:03:09.500 --> 00:03:11.939 questions that you have and any comments that 00:03:11.939 --> 00:03:15.599 you have tonight and hope you heard us last week. 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:19.199 We were on a little different time. 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Tonight's winner will 00:07:05.730 --> 00:07:09.250 receive an autographed copy of the Bob Heil Ham 00:07:09.250 --> 00:07:13.120 Radio Handbook. second edition from Hile Sound. 00:07:13.459 --> 00:07:16.920 So if you call in tonight, you may have a chance 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:21.800 to win. So give us a call when it's time. But 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:27.100 first, let me introduce you to our NASA folks 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:32.019 here. Leading off is Dr. Rob Suggs, KB5EZ. He 00:07:32.019 --> 00:07:35.339 works at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center 00:07:35.339 --> 00:07:38.220 in Alabama as a space environments team lead. 00:07:38.670 --> 00:07:41.529 He's responsible for the compatibility of NASA 00:07:41.529 --> 00:07:44.810 flight projects with meteoroid and orbital debris, 00:07:45.110 --> 00:07:48.069 ionizing radiation, neutral thermosphere and 00:07:48.069 --> 00:07:53.769 ionosphere plasma environments. Mike Logan, KM4WUO 00:07:53.769 --> 00:07:58.649 is the head of NASA Langley Small Unmanned Aerial 00:07:58.649 --> 00:08:04.329 Vehicle Laboratory. or the Suave Lab, which designs, 00:08:04.350 --> 00:08:07.129 develops, builds, and tests small unmanned craft 00:08:07.129 --> 00:08:10.990 and provides expertise to national level organizations 00:08:10.990 --> 00:08:15.389 on designs, operations, and airspace integration. 00:08:15.949 --> 00:08:19.990 Our third guest is Tanner Jones, W9TWJ. He's 00:08:19.990 --> 00:08:23.509 an electrical reliability engineer with Marathon 00:08:23.509 --> 00:08:27.430 Petroleum Company, near Houston, Texas. And he's 00:08:27.430 --> 00:08:29.769 the webmaster and QSL manager for the Johnson 00:08:29.769 --> 00:08:34.370 Space Center Amateur Radio Club. And I've known 00:08:34.370 --> 00:08:37.590 him since he was a kid. He was up the road here 00:08:37.590 --> 00:08:41.429 from where I'm at tonight. He was... from the 00:08:41.429 --> 00:08:45.029 Robinson, Illinois area just down the road from 00:08:45.029 --> 00:08:47.450 Vincennes, Indiana, which is where we're actually 00:08:47.450 --> 00:08:50.190 bringing you the show tonight. I had to be down 00:08:50.190 --> 00:08:53.450 here for a few days. And so we're just doing 00:08:53.450 --> 00:08:58.889 this by remote tonight. So new place to host 00:08:58.889 --> 00:09:02.309 the show. But Tanner, I've known for a very long 00:09:02.309 --> 00:09:04.509 time. We were both in the same club here, the 00:09:04.509 --> 00:09:07.889 old post -damage radio society for a little while. 00:09:08.730 --> 00:09:12.529 and he was the webmaster for that club for quite 00:09:12.529 --> 00:09:17.509 some time after I moved away. And our last guest 00:09:17.509 --> 00:09:23.460 tonight is Ken Ransom, N5VHO, and he is... the 00:09:23.460 --> 00:09:26.580 project coordinator for the amateur radio on 00:09:26.580 --> 00:09:30.039 the International Space Station project and that's 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:33.500 through Barrios Technologies and Ken trains astronauts 00:09:33.500 --> 00:09:36.220 on using amateur radio and demonstrates ham radio 00:09:36.220 --> 00:09:40.059 to schools off and along with astronauts. So 00:09:40.059 --> 00:09:43.080 he's the man when it comes to heiress. So guys, 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:45.360 thanks for coming on the show tonight to update 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:53.879 us on NASA on the air. Glad to be here. Thanks 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:58.200 for having us, Neil. All right, well, we've got 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:02.620 a few months in here on NASA On The Air. And 00:10:02.620 --> 00:10:06.259 so, Rob, tell us how things are going so far 00:10:06.259 --> 00:10:14.179 and the contact tracking system, or as we do 00:10:14.179 --> 00:10:17.440 in science, we have those TLAs, those three -letter 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:23.070 acronyms, so it's the CTS. and some of the upcoming 00:10:23.070 --> 00:10:27.009 events that are going to be going on in the second 00:10:27.009 --> 00:10:30.090 half. All right. Well, Neil, thanks again for 00:10:30.090 --> 00:10:33.169 having us on. For a second time, you got us off 00:10:33.169 --> 00:10:35.350 to a great start back in December when we kicked 00:10:35.350 --> 00:10:38.649 this off with the Apollo 17 event. And we have 00:10:38.649 --> 00:10:40.769 some really great events coming up here through 00:10:40.769 --> 00:10:43.710 the second half of this. As far as how we've 00:10:43.710 --> 00:10:45.570 been doing, well, we've been making some contacts. 00:10:45.850 --> 00:10:50.330 We have Over 16 ,000 contacts in the logs now 00:10:50.330 --> 00:10:54.250 with over 10 ,000 unique call signs. This contact 00:10:54.250 --> 00:10:57.909 tracking system or CTS you talk about is was 00:10:57.909 --> 00:11:00.230 created by Matt McDougal. He's one of our members 00:11:00.230 --> 00:11:03.750 as K a zero S very nice piece of software where 00:11:03.750 --> 00:11:06.789 all of the clubs upload their logs and it gives 00:11:06.789 --> 00:11:09.330 all your hands out there way to see how you're 00:11:09.330 --> 00:11:12.110 doing as you're chasing our various clubs on 00:11:12.110 --> 00:11:14.490 different bands and modes is kind of a. club 00:11:14.490 --> 00:11:18.710 log style of user interface there. We upload 00:11:18.710 --> 00:11:21.210 our logs, you just type in a call sign to check 00:11:21.210 --> 00:11:26.019 your contacts. We've been mostly active on HF, 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:28.659 but there have been quite a few satellite contacts 00:11:28.659 --> 00:11:33.779 and even a few meteor scatter QSOs. Most contacts 00:11:33.779 --> 00:11:36.580 have been on phone, on sideband, but many have 00:11:36.580 --> 00:11:40.220 been CW. There's been some PSK 31, quite a few 00:11:40.220 --> 00:11:43.379 FT8 contacts as well. I've been really enjoying 00:11:43.379 --> 00:11:45.740 that mode. and several of the clubs are doing 00:11:45.740 --> 00:11:49.500 that. QSL instructions, if you want a paper QSL, 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:53.580 can be found at the various club callsign qrz 00:11:53.580 --> 00:11:58.720 .com pages. And most of us are uploading to Logbook 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:02.259 of the World and some to eQSL as well. So there 00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:04.620 are various ways to get confirmation of the contact, 00:12:04.659 --> 00:12:07.019 but the contact tracking system is a primary 00:12:07.019 --> 00:12:10.009 way to see how you're doing. Upcoming events 00:12:10.009 --> 00:12:12.809 now, our really big ones are coming up, our NASA 00:12:12.809 --> 00:12:16.730 60th anniversary is at the end of July, and a 00:12:16.730 --> 00:12:18.710 number of the clubs will be on the air for that. 00:12:19.529 --> 00:12:22.769 Then the end of November, we have the ISS 20th 00:12:22.769 --> 00:12:26.029 anniversary. We're planning a coordinated event 00:12:26.029 --> 00:12:29.230 right now with the European Space Agency. We 00:12:29.230 --> 00:12:31.309 had one of our colleagues over there contact 00:12:31.309 --> 00:12:35.659 us. We've also been looking for some... contacts 00:12:35.659 --> 00:12:38.379 at the other space agencies that are involved 00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:41.940 with ISS, the Canadian, Japanese and Russian 00:12:41.940 --> 00:12:45.299 space agencies. We haven't found the right club 00:12:45.299 --> 00:12:47.419 folks there yet to see if they'd like to do something 00:12:47.419 --> 00:12:51.279 coordinated, but stay tuned, check our nasaontheair 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:55.340 .wordpress .com site for further information 00:12:55.340 --> 00:13:00.700 as that develops. And let's see that to end all 00:13:00.700 --> 00:13:03.120 of this. The year long event is the Apollo 8 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:05.759 50th anniversary. That's the end of December 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:09.019 and that'll wrap it up. The event at that time 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:11.600 you'll be able to go on and download and print 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:14.799 a certificate that gives your score and it's 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:17.720 kind of a nice commemorative thing. In addition 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:19.919 to the special events that we've celebrated along 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:22.879 the way, such as the 45th anniversary of Apollo 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:26.940 17 back in December, and the 45th of Skylab back 00:13:26.940 --> 00:13:29.340 in May, I believe it was, and the 35th anniversary 00:13:29.340 --> 00:13:32.200 of Sally Ride's first flight, she was the first 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:35.360 American woman in space, we've been making casual 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:39.080 contacts and working contests. All of those contacts 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:42.230 count for credit. My favorites are the casual 00:13:42.230 --> 00:13:45.149 contacts. We sometimes get to chat with hams. 00:13:45.750 --> 00:13:48.090 So many of them will share fond memories they 00:13:48.090 --> 00:13:50.789 have of the events that we're commemorating. 00:13:51.309 --> 00:13:53.450 And some of them are actually involved. A really 00:13:53.450 --> 00:13:55.269 cool one was I've worked a guy, I think a couple 00:13:55.269 --> 00:13:57.629 of times now, who was actually on the carrier, 00:13:57.789 --> 00:14:01.289 the USS Hornet, that recovered the Apollo 11 00:14:01.289 --> 00:14:05.710 crew. And that was quite cool. Even though most 00:14:05.710 --> 00:14:08.049 of these events that we try to work are evenly 00:14:08.049 --> 00:14:11.549 divisible by five anniversaries, the Apollo 11 00:14:11.549 --> 00:14:15.830 49th anniversary is going on right now. 49 years 00:14:15.830 --> 00:14:19.409 ago tomorrow is when Apollo 11 landed on the 00:14:19.409 --> 00:14:22.250 moon. So a number of the clubs will be on the 00:14:22.250 --> 00:14:24.830 air this weekend and some right through the week 00:14:24.830 --> 00:14:28.649 leading up to the 60th birthday of NASA the following 00:14:28.649 --> 00:14:32.690 weekend. So we generally announce our operating 00:14:32.690 --> 00:14:34.970 frequencies on Twitter and Facebook, and I know 00:14:34.970 --> 00:14:38.769 that Neil has sent those out. Those links are 00:14:38.769 --> 00:14:44.090 also on our nota .ka0s .net and our WordPress 00:14:44.090 --> 00:14:47.070 site as well. We're usually spotted on the DX 00:14:47.070 --> 00:14:49.309 clusters as well. So that's kind of what's going 00:14:49.309 --> 00:14:52.269 on, Neil, and we've got a lot coming and hope 00:14:52.269 --> 00:14:55.450 to get a lot more contacts in the log through 00:14:55.450 --> 00:14:59.320 the rest of the year. So 49 years ago tomorrow, 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:25.259 we heard this. And I kind of like if you listen 00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:28.960 really really close to that clip you can hear 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:34.419 some some sideband stuff in the background It's 00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:38.399 pretty cool. And so that's tomorrow. So so we've 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:44.960 got quite a bit of stuff Going on here and We've 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:51.240 got a Neil and we've got a mic Now, I'm not sure 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:55.440 where Buzz fits into this, but we do have a Mike, 00:15:55.559 --> 00:16:00.240 and Mike is up at Langley Research Center, and 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:03.200 a lot of times we kind of forget about the other 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:06.080 A in NASA, and that's aeronautics. So Mike, tell 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:08.860 us some of the aeronautics stuff going on up 00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:12.139 there at Langley. I'd be glad to. Thanks for 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:16.779 having us on. Yeah, it's interesting. Today, 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:20.100 let's see. I guess it was two days ago last year 00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:25.519 July 17th of 1917 the Langley Memorial aeronautical 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:31.860 laboratory was stood up and so the Langley Celebrated 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:36.139 their hundredth birthday last year so we've been 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:42.340 around a while lots of interesting firsts I Come 00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:44.980 from an airplane design background one of the 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:49.230 first things that the Langley Memorial Aeronautical 00:16:49.230 --> 00:16:53.870 Laboratory did was do wind tunnel tests of airfoils 00:16:53.870 --> 00:16:57.470 and the data that was generated back then is 00:16:57.470 --> 00:17:00.710 still used today for a lot of things. So we've 00:17:00.710 --> 00:17:05.269 been doing stuff for a long time. A lot of the 00:17:05.269 --> 00:17:09.990 X -planes that people remember were done via 00:17:09.990 --> 00:17:13.500 NASA's aeronautics program. These days we're 00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:16.319 continuing that tradition. We've got one new 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:19.720 X plane called the X -57, which is an all -electric 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:22.660 distributed propulsion aircraft that we're going 00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:29.220 to be flying. And we just started on what's called 00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:33.859 a low -sonic boom demonstrator, excuse me, that 00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:38.740 we're going to be looking at to push some boundaries 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:43.720 of technologies like we have been doing. For 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:47.519 those that are trying to chase down the various 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:52.160 aeronautics related centers, the call signs for 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:53.599 that, I had to write them down because otherwise 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:58.680 I wouldn't remember them. NA6MF is our NASA Ames 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:03.400 Research Facility out in California, and NA6SA 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:07.500 is our Armstrong Flight Research Center where 00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:09.900 we do a lot of the flying of X -planes and that 00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:14.799 sort of thing. NA8SA is our NASA Glenn facility. 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:19.680 Their concentration is propulsion and power and 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:22.920 communications. And then the Langley Club sign 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:27.240 is KG4NJA. So if you want to chase down some 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:31.380 of the aeronautics centers, feel free to go after 00:18:31.380 --> 00:18:35.039 those call signs. We'll probably have a number 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:39.710 of specific dates for various first flights of 00:18:39.710 --> 00:18:43.509 this vehicle or that vehicle. Sometimes we'll 00:18:43.509 --> 00:18:46.490 pick a date where there was a record set like 00:18:46.490 --> 00:18:50.670 the Helios solar powered vehicle sent an all 00:18:50.670 --> 00:18:54.329 time altitude record for propeller driven vehicles 00:18:54.329 --> 00:18:58.150 and things like that. So we'll be doing several 00:18:58.150 --> 00:19:03.250 things. And me personally, I'm involved in something 00:19:03.250 --> 00:19:05.730 we call Safe by Design. We're trying to design 00:19:05.730 --> 00:19:11.200 and build Small drones that, even if everything 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:13.740 goes completely south, it won't hurt anybody 00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:16.359 if it falls out of the sky. That's kind of a 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:19.680 challenge, but I think we're up to it. Well, 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:24.380 I've seen some footage of some of the tests that 00:19:24.380 --> 00:19:28.339 you guys put some of these crafts through and 00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:37.670 it's amazing. I mean, it's extensive. I can't 00:19:37.670 --> 00:19:40.490 believe some of the things you guys do to those 00:19:40.490 --> 00:19:45.869 poor crafts. Well, yeah, that's true. At Langley 00:19:45.869 --> 00:19:49.710 we have what used to be the Lunar Lander practice 00:19:49.710 --> 00:19:52.269 gantry. It's where all the astronauts trained 00:19:52.269 --> 00:19:56.789 to kind of maneuver the Lunar Lander to a specific 00:19:56.789 --> 00:19:59.569 spot. Big tall gantry, it's a couple hundred 00:19:59.569 --> 00:20:04.970 feet tall and probably 300 feet long. Well, okay, 00:20:05.210 --> 00:20:08.509 so that now does a lot of crash testing where 00:20:08.509 --> 00:20:11.710 we take fuselages and wings and things like that, 00:20:11.710 --> 00:20:14.910 helicopters, and we deliberately smack them into 00:20:14.910 --> 00:20:21.390 the ground with dummies on board to record their 00:20:21.390 --> 00:20:25.269 forces and moments and things like that to help 00:20:25.269 --> 00:20:30.019 build safer aircraft. So yeah, and I think a 00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:31.880 lot of people probably remember the video footage 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:37.059 of the one airliner looking thing that you know 00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:41.140 Came in landed on the desert bed and smacked 00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:43.799 a wing and course burst into flames. I was out 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:48.900 at our Armstrong Flight Research Center So yeah, 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:51.740 we we we push the boundaries. We make sure that 00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:54.779 these things are gonna work, right? Well, very 00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:57.579 important job and we we thank you for working 00:20:57.579 --> 00:21:01.079 on those things and drones that yeah, if something 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:04.859 goes bad doesn't Smack somebody on the head and 00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:08.180 everything. Well, that would be good, too Well, 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:11.099 we're gonna move on down to Houston and Johnson 00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:15.140 Space Center and Tanner Jones W9 TWJ is here 00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:17.519 and and I can always give him a hard time because 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:22.000 because I've known him so long, but They've been 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:27.519 extremely active on the bands for NASA on the 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:31.940 air. And I know Tanner and I have made some contacts 00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:35.299 at school and even field day with a little help 00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:39.700 on 1 .8 gigahertz doing some spotting. But tell 00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:42.019 us about what's going on down there in Houston, 00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:47.400 Tanner. Okay, well, as Rob said, we started off 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:50.759 back in December celebrating the 45th anniversary 00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:54.920 of Apollo 17 with a week -long celebration. We 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:57.299 had a great presence throughout the week of operators 00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:59.339 coming in before work and during their lunch 00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:02.519 break and then after work. And we also had a 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:05.019 steady stream of operations throughout the weekend. 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:08.619 And then it basically rolls to a list of a lot 00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:12.619 of firsts down here for the JSC ARC. We started 00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:15.660 off at the end of January by operating in the 00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:17.839 club's first ever winter field day. So we had 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:20.940 a great exercise here as it was a quote unquote 00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:23.619 true field day as our goal was not to use any 00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:26.039 of our current infrastructure and we operated 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:30.619 outside. We didn't have as big of a RF footprint 00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:32.700 with all the amplifiers and everything, and we 00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:34.759 certainly didn't have typical Texas weather as 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:37.240 it was very cool and damp, but we certainly managed 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:39.599 and we had a great time doing it. And then we 00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:41.420 also were able to capture some great lessons 00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:44.619 learned from this event for ARRL Field Day, which 00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:47.059 I'll talk about here in a second. And then believe 00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:50.519 it or not, we actually took a month off. So in 00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:52.900 the past, the shack has seen some water intrusion 00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:56.730 during some heavy rain events. Back in August, 00:22:56.869 --> 00:22:59.829 Hurricane Harvey dealt the final card and we 00:22:59.829 --> 00:23:01.789 got a small amount of water in the shack, but 00:23:01.789 --> 00:23:03.849 thankfully it was just enough to get the carpet 00:23:03.849 --> 00:23:07.789 damp and be a little bit of an annoyance. Keith 00:23:07.789 --> 00:23:14.029 Grim, who was our president, KG5HOK, decided 00:23:14.029 --> 00:23:16.349 to replace the carpet with tile. So we had to 00:23:16.349 --> 00:23:18.869 move all the equipment out of the shack and get 00:23:18.869 --> 00:23:21.309 everything staged and that presented an opportunity 00:23:21.309 --> 00:23:23.750 to get a nice fresh coat of paint on the wall. 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:27.079 We were actually QRT for most of the month of 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:30.200 February, but we did have to do something hand 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:31.980 -related. We just couldn't do all the administrative 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:36.680 stuff in the shack. Our vice president, Dave 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:39.539 Lee, W50C, led an effort to add a first to the 00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:42.299 shack, which was a 160 -meter capability. So 00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:44.839 Dave installed a parallel shunt -fed wire along 00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:47.599 our outer rails of our 80 -foot tower. And that 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:50.380 pretty much led us right into testing and the 00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:52.980 CQ Worldwide 160 Contest at the end of February, 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:55.680 which we had a lot of fun in as well. We had 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:59.220 a small presence in the ARRL DX Contest, but 00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:01.240 Mr. Murphy happened to show up that weekend, 00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:04.779 so certainly didn't go as planned, but we certainly 00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:08.079 gave it a whirl. And then we've just kind of 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:11.160 continued with casual operating. This event has 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:14.400 allowed us to take part in one of Ames Radio's 00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:17.259 staples of experimenting. We've been able to 00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:19.960 introduce many members, including myself, to 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:22.759 the hottest mode, which is FT8. And then in conjunction 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:25.839 with our license classes that we offer, they're 00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:29.400 being instructed by Dr. Bob Sully, N9RCS, and 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:33.819 Stu Donnan, W4STU, we've been able to introduce 00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:36.400 newly licensed operators to the world of HF and 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:39.859 satellites. So that's been good too. And speaking 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:42.380 of satellites, we had a major goal for the club 00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:47.200 this year. is an effort being led by Mike VanderWalde, 00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:51.000 N8MTV, to get our station air is certified. So 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:54.559 Mike and John Maca, who's AB5SS, Jeff Harbor, 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:58.740 AB4ME, and Terry Moore, KG5, PJT, they've been 00:24:58.740 --> 00:25:01.579 working very hard to optimize our satellite station 00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:03.180 and get it ready for certification. So we've 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:07.039 been very active on the birds as well. As you 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:10.480 mentioned, we made a contact during ARL field 00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:14.180 day. It was another first for us. So we operate 00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:16.359 in conjunction with the Clear Lake Amateur Radio 00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:20.339 Club, which is K5HOU. And we had our biggest 00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:22.079 field day in the history of the club. We operated 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:24.900 12F. We had three little villages that were spaced 00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:27.200 out. We had a CW, a digital, and a sideband. 00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:30.460 And we captured this from lessons learned during 00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:34.519 winter field day in the effort to reduce RFI. 00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:37.420 And we just had a great time. We also operated 00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:40.230 simultaneously in AMSTAT field day. And just 00:25:40.230 --> 00:25:43.130 had a great turnout. We actually held operations 00:25:43.130 --> 00:25:46.789 throughout the entire event, 24 hours, which 00:25:46.789 --> 00:25:49.470 I wasn't able to do, but I certainly did it in 00:25:49.470 --> 00:25:51.369 my younger days. But I wasn't able to do that. 00:25:52.890 --> 00:25:55.349 So we're continuing. We're going to work other 00:25:55.349 --> 00:25:59.210 contests throughout this year. And we also have 00:25:59.210 --> 00:26:02.309 an EME event planned. We kind of talked about 00:26:02.309 --> 00:26:03.670 that earlier in the year, so we're going to do 00:26:03.670 --> 00:26:05.809 that. But our next big event is actually, as 00:26:05.809 --> 00:26:08.769 Rob mentioned, will be starting next week, which 00:26:08.769 --> 00:26:11.029 is the 60th anniversary of the Space Act being 00:26:11.029 --> 00:26:13.809 signed. So we're basically planning another big 00:26:13.809 --> 00:26:15.829 operation. We're going to duplicate basically 00:26:15.829 --> 00:26:18.910 what we did during Apollo 17. We'll have operations 00:26:18.910 --> 00:26:21.369 begin on the 23rd of July, and we'll run all 00:26:21.369 --> 00:26:25.549 the way through the 29th. And Ken Goodwin, K5RG, 00:26:25.609 --> 00:26:28.430 who you might remember, and is our resident yo 00:26:28.430 --> 00:26:31.910 -yo player, he'll be operating a vintage station. 00:26:32.009 --> 00:26:34.690 He'll have a 1958 vintage station consisting 00:26:34.690 --> 00:26:38.109 of a an EF Johnson Viking Ranger 1, and he'll 00:26:38.109 --> 00:26:41.829 have a Johnson Currier Amp and a Hammerland HQ 00:26:41.829 --> 00:26:46.750 145C. So, Ken's plan to use a J38 straight key, 00:26:47.009 --> 00:26:50.029 a Viroplex Bug for CW, and then we're also gonna 00:26:50.029 --> 00:26:52.069 try to make some AM contacts, which should get 00:26:52.069 --> 00:26:53.730 some attention, hopefully, so we're looking forward 00:26:53.730 --> 00:26:57.289 to that. We'll have another special QSL card 00:26:57.289 --> 00:26:59.950 up for grabs, and then all we ask is a self -addressed 00:26:59.950 --> 00:27:02.490 stamped envelope. So we certainly hope to hear 00:27:02.490 --> 00:27:04.690 you next week, and we just want to thank all 00:27:04.690 --> 00:27:07.450 the stations as well who've certainly already 00:27:07.450 --> 00:27:10.529 made this event so successful. So that's basically 00:27:10.529 --> 00:27:13.069 what we've been up to in Houston, Neil. We have 00:27:13.069 --> 00:27:16.170 lots going on down there at Johnson Space Center, 00:27:16.490 --> 00:27:21.769 and we don't want to leave out Ken here. Things 00:27:21.769 --> 00:27:23.849 kind of got turned around last time and when 00:27:23.849 --> 00:27:26.269 and we didn't end up with Ken on the show so 00:27:26.269 --> 00:27:28.650 I want to make sure we get him on tonight because 00:27:28.650 --> 00:27:32.150 he's also down at Johnson Space Center, but he's 00:27:32.150 --> 00:27:35.210 the man when it comes to Eris and We want to 00:27:35.210 --> 00:27:38.049 talk a little bit about some of the things going 00:27:38.049 --> 00:27:41.609 on there with the space station and he just made 00:27:41.609 --> 00:27:45.470 a lot of contributions to Eris that are just 00:27:45.470 --> 00:27:49.190 truly outstanding so Ken, tell us a little bit 00:27:49.190 --> 00:27:53.009 about what's going on with Airis here. Okay, 00:27:53.089 --> 00:27:55.309 Neil. Yeah, thank you very much. You know, a 00:27:55.309 --> 00:27:58.890 lot of folks wonder what it is I do, and I tell 00:27:58.890 --> 00:28:00.950 them I operate ham radio on the space station, 00:28:01.309 --> 00:28:03.930 and either I get a, ooh, that's cool, or I get 00:28:03.930 --> 00:28:05.329 a deer in the headlights look, and those are 00:28:05.329 --> 00:28:08.589 usually the non -hams. Right now, on board, we 00:28:08.589 --> 00:28:11.690 have six folks up there. Three of them are Americans. 00:28:12.170 --> 00:28:14.150 One of them is German, and the other two are 00:28:14.150 --> 00:28:18.220 Russian. And of those, Five of them are male, 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:21.160 and we have one female up there right now. So 00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:25.519 there's a lot of activity going on board. I have 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:28.880 two of them licensed. No, actually three of them 00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:32.940 licensed in the US. And then we have the Russians 00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:35.319 who operate under a slightly different licensing 00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:40.359 system. So the mix is constantly changing every 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:42.759 time we have different crews. I just happened 00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:45.549 to notice a little while ago. that the space 00:28:45.549 --> 00:28:48.589 station is in optimal viewing for folks this 00:28:48.589 --> 00:28:51.329 week over North America. So if they want to wander 00:28:51.329 --> 00:28:55.529 out and check out spotthestation .nasa .gov, 00:28:55.549 --> 00:28:57.349 they can figure out when the space station is 00:28:57.349 --> 00:28:59.470 going to be going by and whether or not they 00:28:59.470 --> 00:29:01.890 can see it. But it looks like right now there's 00:29:01.890 --> 00:29:04.269 going to be several opportunities to see the 00:29:04.269 --> 00:29:07.069 space station fly over. And that's an incredible 00:29:07.069 --> 00:29:10.339 sight if you've never had the opportunity. Normally 00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:12.160 what I do is I tell folks to go out with their 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:14.220 ham radio and say, hey, you can listen to the 00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:16.880 space station as it goes overhead. Unfortunately, 00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:19.380 the packet module system that we normally have 00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:21.940 operating in beacon mode and relaying signals 00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:24.359 decided to belly up on us. So we're currently 00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:29.079 in the process of manifesting a replacement unit 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:31.299 to go up on the space station. We hope to get 00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:34.240 that back up and running probably in the October 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:37.519 time frame when the next vehicle has some room 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:41.029 on it to take it up. And then we're also working 00:29:41.029 --> 00:29:43.730 on revitalizing a lot of the equipment on board 00:29:43.730 --> 00:29:47.150 because most of it has been up there for over 00:29:47.150 --> 00:29:50.970 a decade. And the new system that's coming online 00:29:50.970 --> 00:29:54.470 is going to allow us to kind of spread our wings 00:29:54.470 --> 00:29:57.450 a little bit and offer a lot more than we have 00:29:57.450 --> 00:30:00.190 been able to in the past. Occasionally we would 00:30:00.190 --> 00:30:03.549 have voice crossband repeat capabilities. That 00:30:03.549 --> 00:30:06.250 probably will become a little bit more of a mainstay. 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:09.900 We'll reestablish the packet system opportunities. 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:14.420 We've already seen some SSTV activity from the 00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:16.220 Russian side, and they like playing around with 00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:19.400 that. So look forward to seeing that in the future 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:23.000 again. And all of these activities, including 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:25.099 the school events, that that's mainly where my 00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:27.980 focus is, hooking up school kids, talking to 00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:30.079 astronauts as the space station is passing over 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:33.039 the ground site, and allowing them to ask their 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:35.079 questions and get answers from the astronaut 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:40.359 in real time. via ham radio is the biggest focus 00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:43.960 of what ARIS does. So all those activities are 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:47.960 keeping us really busy and hopefully by the middle 00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:52.099 of next year you're going to see a lot more activity 00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:54.519 on board from the space station. In the meantime, 00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:57.700 enjoy what we can get down to folks on the ground 00:30:57.700 --> 00:31:01.559 and if you want more information about the program, 00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:08.279 check out... www .ariss .org and that's all I've 00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:11.819 got. Alright Ken well thanks for all that good 00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:14.440 information and Scott Ellis is online here and 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:17.720 says any update on when the radios will be fixed 00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:20.960 so we got we got that one answered before before 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:24.799 we even got to it so thanks for for doing that 00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:29.079 and I will throw in also that you know getting 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:32.359 these radio upgrades We've talked about them 00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:34.660 on the show before. I've talked about them on 00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:37.839 Newsline before. And they're still collecting 00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:42.839 donations to get all that stuff updated and get 00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:46.039 the radio and the new power supply up there for 00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:49.240 the school contacts. And then now some of the 00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:52.799 packet stuff. And so go to amsat .org, click 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:56.440 on the Donate to Eris button and help out on 00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:59.460 that. OK, well, we're running behind time, which 00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:02.319 I kind of expect. expected, so let's take a break 00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:05.960 and when we come back we'll take calls and tweets 00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:09.460 and see what you all have to ask about NASA on 00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:11.859 the air right after this word from Tower Electronics 00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:15.759 right here on HamTalk Live. Hey honey, have you 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:20.700 seen the PL259s anywhere? No I haven't. 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Eastern Time 00:34:36.969 --> 00:34:40.030 right here at hamtalklive .com Check us out on 00:34:40.030 --> 00:34:43.070 Facebook Twitter and Instagram and we did post 00:34:43.070 --> 00:34:47.530 some links for the NASA on -the -air stuff, and 00:34:47.530 --> 00:34:50.070 also some data that we may talk about here in 00:34:50.070 --> 00:34:52.050 a little bit, but some of the front runners and 00:34:52.050 --> 00:34:57.429 how many contacts have been made here. And we'll 00:34:57.429 --> 00:35:00.489 send it back to Rob here in just a minute, and 00:35:00.489 --> 00:35:02.289 then we'll talk a little bit about those ARIS 00:35:02.289 --> 00:35:04.889 contacts. But we do have a call on the line, 00:35:04.909 --> 00:35:09.030 so we want to get the call in here. And we have 00:35:09.030 --> 00:35:14.869 Brian, KG5KGT. Good evening, Brian. Hey, Neil, 00:35:14.909 --> 00:35:17.530 thanks for taking my call. Enjoying the NASA 00:35:17.530 --> 00:35:22.389 on the Air event so far. And in 2014, NASA astronaut 00:35:22.389 --> 00:35:26.309 Reed Wiseman, KF -5, LKT, worked field day from 00:35:26.309 --> 00:35:29.570 the ISS. I think it would be awesome if they 00:35:29.570 --> 00:35:32.110 could get an astronaut from the ISS on the Air. 00:35:32.130 --> 00:35:35.230 So my question is, are there any plans to try 00:35:35.230 --> 00:35:38.010 and get a licensed astronaut on the ISS on the 00:35:38.010 --> 00:35:42.219 Air for the NASA on the Air event? I'd say that's 00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:46.860 a Ken question. Ken? Yep, that's sounds like 00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:50.800 that was in my ballpark and I have asked every 00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:53.219 crew member that goes up that is licensed if 00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:55.260 they want to try to take the time to do that 00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:58.579 and a lot of them say well I'll have to see when 00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:00.699 I get up there and then that's usually the last 00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:02.099 I hear of them because they've got their head 00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:05.739 buried in science experiments and research but 00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:09.679 you know I've been surprised before So I won't 00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:13.920 say that it's not going to happen, but the chances 00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:16.260 of it, it's kind of like rarity X. You never 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:19.699 know when it's going to happen. So be on the 00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:23.460 lookout. Listen to the downlink 14580. And if 00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:26.019 you happen to hear a crew member calling CQ, 00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:30.199 be ready to jump on it. All right. I appreciate 00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:32.380 it. Like I said, just wondering if that was in 00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:33.860 the works. And at least you're asking. That's 00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:35.940 about all you can do. So thanks for taking my 00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:41.389 question. And like I said, enjoy the event. All 00:36:41.389 --> 00:36:43.369 right, thanks for calling in Brian. Appreciate 00:36:43.369 --> 00:36:48.190 it. All right, 73. All right, 73. And that phone 00:36:48.190 --> 00:36:52.590 number again is 812 Net Ham 1, 812 -638 -4261. 00:36:52.590 --> 00:36:55.630 If you have a question or comment about NASA 00:36:55.630 --> 00:36:59.250 on the air, be sure to give us a call here. We'd 00:36:59.250 --> 00:37:01.530 like to hear from you this evening. Let me throw 00:37:01.530 --> 00:37:03.969 it back over to Rob. I know Rob has got some 00:37:03.969 --> 00:37:10.230 new information on how the ARIS contacts will 00:37:10.230 --> 00:37:13.670 work for NASA on the air. So Rob, you want to 00:37:13.670 --> 00:37:15.809 talk about that for a minute? Yeah, you bet. 00:37:16.050 --> 00:37:17.650 Yeah, I appreciated Brian's question about that 00:37:17.650 --> 00:37:19.530 because a lot of folks, you know, when we first 00:37:19.530 --> 00:37:21.510 started this, we thought we would like ISS to 00:37:21.510 --> 00:37:23.949 be a part of this as well. But as Ken said, you 00:37:23.949 --> 00:37:26.190 know, they've got some equipment issues. So what 00:37:26.190 --> 00:37:30.630 we've done is set up a place in the contact tracking 00:37:30.630 --> 00:37:35.320 system where if you receive An heiress downlink 00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:39.219 if you hear a school contact going on or if you 00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:43.099 receive one of these slow scan images That come 00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:45.000 down from the Russian segment and we're working 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:48.179 on trying to get some more of those Associated 00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:51.000 with with this event later in the year, but that's 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:55.039 still in the planning stages if you hear one 00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:58.869 of these things you can Go into the contact tracking 00:37:58.869 --> 00:38:00.590 system. There's a place there where you can check 00:38:00.590 --> 00:38:05.550 a box and you say, hey, I received a slow scan 00:38:05.550 --> 00:38:09.349 image, such and such date. And that will give 00:38:09.349 --> 00:38:11.650 you credit for that contact. So it's sort of 00:38:11.650 --> 00:38:15.030 SWL credit. It's purely honor system. We're not 00:38:15.030 --> 00:38:17.650 checking any evidence of the contact. We don't 00:38:17.650 --> 00:38:20.269 have any logs, of course, to do that. But that 00:38:20.269 --> 00:38:22.969 will show up as an endorsement on your certificate 00:38:22.969 --> 00:38:25.449 at the end of the year. So that's how we're handling 00:38:25.449 --> 00:38:28.579 that for now. All right, very good and we do 00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:31.659 have another call on the line so who's uh, who's 00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:38.760 with us here now? This is Alan for EII and I 00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:42.300 had a question I was recently down at Cape Canaveral 00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:45.880 and took a couple of tours and on the bus tour 00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:49.099 I'm pretty sure we went by the Radio Shack for 00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:50.840 the club down there and I was just wondering 00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:54.869 if there's any chance of Any tours or getting 00:38:54.869 --> 00:38:57.230 together with any of the folks if I'm back down 00:38:57.230 --> 00:39:00.769 there? Well, that's a Kevin question Kevin's 00:39:00.769 --> 00:39:05.670 not here and I got to admit that I'm trying to 00:39:05.670 --> 00:39:11.369 do the same thing next week Rob do you have any 00:39:11.369 --> 00:39:15.280 any insight on that? Yeah, I don't know exactly 00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:18.880 how that would work, but I would say, at the 00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:21.760 risk of getting fussed at here by Kevin, try 00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:26.940 to email KK4YankeeEchoLima. That's Kevin Zeri. 00:39:27.670 --> 00:39:31.090 He's one of the prime guys down there. If you 00:39:31.090 --> 00:39:33.429 go to his QRZ page and email him, he'll tell 00:39:33.429 --> 00:39:35.809 you what the possibilities are for that. It's 00:39:35.809 --> 00:39:37.969 a little bit difficult getting on the NASA centers 00:39:37.969 --> 00:39:41.710 now with all the additional security, but I'd 00:39:41.710 --> 00:39:44.210 say just contact Kevin and see what you can do 00:39:44.210 --> 00:39:47.489 there. Okay. Thank you very much. And hey, that 00:39:47.489 --> 00:39:50.530 was an exciting trip seeing Blue Origin's new 00:39:50.530 --> 00:39:53.829 building and everything that's going on down 00:39:53.829 --> 00:39:56.510 there. Space program is on fire, I'd say, right 00:39:56.510 --> 00:40:00.409 now. Yeah, it's good. It's good to see a lot 00:40:00.409 --> 00:40:03.750 of that stuff Alan Appreciate you calling in 00:40:03.750 --> 00:40:06.449 tonight, and I hope you enjoyed your your trip 00:40:06.449 --> 00:40:10.349 down there and like I said I'm I'm I'm in there 00:40:10.349 --> 00:40:12.550 with you. I'm trying to do the same thing here 00:40:12.550 --> 00:40:15.590 in a few days Hopefully, so we'll see how it 00:40:15.590 --> 00:40:19.570 goes and talk to Kevin Okay, good luck Neil. 00:40:19.570 --> 00:40:22.630 Thank you for everything All right, thank you 00:40:22.630 --> 00:40:24.809 eight one two six three eight four two six one 00:40:24.809 --> 00:40:27.550 is the telephone number eight one two net ham 00:40:27.550 --> 00:40:30.889 one if you have a Question or a comment. We've 00:40:30.889 --> 00:40:33.929 got a few minutes left here. Do you want to mention 00:40:33.929 --> 00:40:38.469 some of the Tweets that have come in Katie nine 00:40:38.469 --> 00:40:41.250 HQT says my mouth is drooling with all the events 00:40:41.250 --> 00:40:46.170 coming up and there are a bunch and we got Scott's 00:40:46.170 --> 00:40:51.219 question about getting things fixed I know Jeff, 00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:56.000 W -E -4 -B, mentioned that his one N -O -T -A 00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:59.559 contact was a satellite contact, which he operates 00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:04.679 satellite a lot. So he's got the... looks like 00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:08.800 he talked to Kevin down there at Kennedy. So 00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:12.219 hopefully we'll get some more satellite contacts 00:41:12.219 --> 00:41:16.969 going there too and maybe hear... Johnson Space 00:41:16.969 --> 00:41:21.429 Center on down there. Okay, 812 Net Ham 1 812 00:41:21.429 --> 00:41:26.570 -638 -4261 is the phone number. And I know Rob, 00:41:26.570 --> 00:41:29.650 you've got a few other things that you want to 00:41:29.650 --> 00:41:34.829 try to talk about people trying to to find you 00:41:34.829 --> 00:41:37.710 and working through the pile ups and that kind 00:41:37.710 --> 00:41:40.469 of thing. So let me let me give you a chance 00:41:40.469 --> 00:41:43.400 to talk about that a little bit. All right, yeah, 00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:45.940 it's it's been a great event as I said earlier 00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:48.519 We it's been a lot of fun getting to chat with 00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:51.199 folks, but occasionally we get pileups We love 00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:54.039 pileups some of our operators are not as familiar 00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:56.760 with those how to operate those But these are 00:41:56.760 --> 00:41:58.980 such friendly pileups that it's been a great 00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:01.900 experience for for them to kind of learn how 00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:04.619 to handle that It's just just a real positive 00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:06.639 all around and I didn't want to point out that 00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:08.440 you know We're looking back at a lot of historical 00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:10.539 events here. Keep in mind. We've got a really 00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:13.340 exciting future coming In just a couple of years, 00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:15.659 we'll be launching space station crews from U 00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:18.139 .S. soil again, thanks to the Commercial Crew 00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:20.760 Program. We'll start flying the Space Launch 00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:23.400 System and the Orion spacecraft to send crews 00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:28.139 beyond the Moon for the first time in 45 years. 00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:33.460 We'll begin assembly of an outpost called Gateway 00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:36.179 in orbit around the Moon, which would be a stepping 00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:39.880 stone for lunar landings and potentially Mars 00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:43.480 missions. So a lot of exciting things going on 00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:45.860 in the future of the space program, too. And 00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:48.079 we want to talk to you about that and share those 00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:51.199 things with you, too, as we have time during 00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:56.519 these contacts. 812 -638 -4261, if you're going 00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:59.639 to call now is the time to do that. We're just 00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:02.840 about out of time here tonight. But give us a 00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:05.460 tweet, give us a call, or a Skype call if you 00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:08.619 want. And we'll try to get your questions answered 00:43:08.619 --> 00:43:12.179 here. And Rob, this has been a good event for 00:43:12.179 --> 00:43:15.480 kind of what Tanner and some of the guys have 00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:20.380 been talking about. kind of okay well let's let's 00:43:20.380 --> 00:43:22.659 uh juice things up a little bit and uh let's 00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:25.739 let's try a few new things let's clean up uh 00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:29.360 and get active and and get um some of the station 00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:32.920 upgrades done that uh it's kind of been a good 00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:37.159 um excuse for getting all that stuff done oh 00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:39.260 absolutely it has yeah several of the clubs have 00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:41.239 commented that uh you know their stations really 00:43:41.239 --> 00:43:44.119 weren't in operating condition And this has inspired 00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:46.719 them to clean them up, maybe put up new antennas, 00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:49.480 get the rigs tweaked up and get everything cleaned 00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:52.940 out. And it's just gotten them back on the air 00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:55.500 again. It's built a real sense of community among 00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:58.539 the hams at the various NASA clubs. We've got 00:43:58.539 --> 00:44:01.619 12 different clubs across the country here associated 00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:05.360 with various NASA centers and facilities and 00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:08.619 laboratories like the Jet Propulsion Lab. So 00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:11.820 yeah, it's been great all around getting us all 00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:14.179 going again. and as Tanner said, getting new 00:44:14.179 --> 00:44:16.800 people on the air too and getting them exposed 00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:20.460 to new modes like digital modes and working contests 00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:23.019 and things like that. It's just been super for 00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:26.159 us and I hope it's been fun for the folks that 00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:30.000 we've talked to as well. All right, well we're 00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:32.739 going to finish things up here but I want to 00:44:32.739 --> 00:44:36.619 run around the horn here just once and any closing 00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:40.690 comments or anything we forgot. So Mike, if you 00:44:40.690 --> 00:44:42.809 haven't fallen asleep there, go right ahead. 00:44:44.269 --> 00:44:47.889 No, I'm still here. I'm looking forward to doing 00:44:47.889 --> 00:44:50.909 some more contacts. I actually spent some time 00:44:50.909 --> 00:44:54.349 on PSK 31 and made quite a number of contacts 00:44:54.349 --> 00:44:59.730 on that. I may switch over to voice in the not 00:44:59.730 --> 00:45:01.909 too distant future, but I'm having a good time 00:45:01.909 --> 00:45:08.670 with it. Tanner? So thanks, Neil, for having 00:45:08.670 --> 00:45:12.449 us again. And again, we'll be semi -active this 00:45:12.449 --> 00:45:14.690 weekend, but we'll be really ramping up on Monday. 00:45:14.769 --> 00:45:17.170 So we certainly hope to hear you. So it's been 00:45:17.170 --> 00:45:20.730 great so far, and we've had a lot of fun. All 00:45:20.730 --> 00:45:24.809 right. I hope to get you again. And I appreciate 00:45:24.809 --> 00:45:27.989 you taking the efforts to make sure that we get 00:45:27.989 --> 00:45:31.760 those contacts in from up here. I appreciate 00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:35.059 that, and I'm sure we'll be talking. And, Ken, 00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:39.699 let's finish things up with you. Okay, well, 00:45:39.719 --> 00:45:41.820 thank you very much, Neil. Just a quick reminder 00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:45.260 that we are usually busy with at least one event 00:45:45.260 --> 00:45:48.639 a week, and the next few weeks we actually have 00:45:48.639 --> 00:45:51.260 a lot more. So if they'll visit the Aris .org 00:45:51.260 --> 00:45:54.340 website, they can find out what events are occurring 00:45:54.340 --> 00:45:57.239 in their part of the world, because we do work 00:45:57.239 --> 00:46:04.380 worldwide. All right, very good and We're going 00:46:04.380 --> 00:46:08.639 to finish things up here and dawn. Oh, I forgot 00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:11.119 I forgot about dawn stats and I can't for some 00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:14.599 reason I can't see his Comment here, but one 00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:19.059 to mention that the stats have been tweeted out 00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:23.110 and you can see those at the NASA on the Air 00:46:23.110 --> 00:46:28.050 website, but you can see how many QSOS different 00:46:28.050 --> 00:46:32.750 NASA facilities have worked and also the participants. 00:46:32.750 --> 00:46:37.409 You can see the top 10 people who've contacted 00:46:37.409 --> 00:46:40.889 the most facilities. So I hope that's what that 00:46:40.889 --> 00:46:43.889 was about. I can't get the screen to scroll down 00:46:43.889 --> 00:46:46.789 here for some reason, so I hope that was it. 00:46:48.360 --> 00:46:52.980 So we will finish this up and guys, thanks so 00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:54.960 much for coming on and sharing all this with 00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:59.099 us. And we hope that the second half is even 00:46:59.099 --> 00:47:02.400 better than the first. You bet. Thank you, Neil. 00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:07.139 Thank you so much. Thanks, Neil. All right. Well, 00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:11.639 it's time for the call of the night and tonight's 00:47:11.639 --> 00:47:15.460 winner receives an autographed Hile Hamrio Hambook, 00:47:15.619 --> 00:47:18.599 second edition, courtesy of Hile Sound. And tonight's 00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:22.920 winner is Brian KG5GJT. So we'll get that out 00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:27.000 to Brian and congratulations to him. So that's 00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:30.500 a wrap for this week's HamTalk Live. Thanks to 00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:34.019 my guests, Dr. Rob Suggs, KB5EZ, Mike Logan, 00:47:34.260 --> 00:47:39.440 KM4WUO, Tanner Jones, W9TWJ, and Ken Ransom. 00:47:40.760 --> 00:47:43.219 N5VHO and everybody out there in cyberspace for 00:47:43.219 --> 00:47:45.760 listening and for calling in and invite you back 00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:48.760 next Thursday night at 9 p .m. Eastern Time. 00:47:48.760 --> 00:47:50.800 And for a list of all of our upcoming guests, 00:47:51.159 --> 00:47:54.480 visit HamTalkLive .com. And if you like HamTalk 00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:57.599 Live, please leave us a review on iTunes or wherever 00:47:57.599 --> 00:48:00.360 you listen. It'll help others find us faster. 00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:03.599 So for now, this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:24.500 7375. And may the good DX be yours. Thanks for 00:48:24.500 --> 00:48:24.519 watching.