WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.060 This episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you 00:00:03.060 --> 00:00:06.639 by Tower Electronics. For connectors, cables, 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:14.699 and more, call 920 -435 -2973 or visit pl -259 00:00:14.699 --> 00:00:21.079 .com. T minus 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:31.550 four, three, two, one, zero, ignition. Liftoff. 00:00:31.550 --> 00:01:06.459 Liftoff. 30 minutes after the end. Good evening 00:01:06.459 --> 00:01:09.680 to everyone. It's time for HamTalk Live episode 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:14.859 number 92. It's NASA On The Air, recorded live 00:01:14.859 --> 00:01:19.299 on Thursday, December 7th, 2017. I'm your host, 00:01:19.500 --> 00:01:23.840 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning in to this 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.359 episode of HamTalk Live. 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He is responsible 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:13.560 for compatibility of NASA flight projects with 00:06:13.819 --> 00:06:18.100 This random stuff flying around. Meteoroids, 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:22.639 orbital debris, who knows what's floating around 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:28.060 out there. Ionizing radiation, neutral thermosphere 00:06:28.060 --> 00:06:32.319 and ionospheric plasma environments. Rob earned 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:36.699 his PhD in astronomy from New Mexico State and 00:06:36.699 --> 00:06:39.420 currently his research interest is in observing 00:06:39.420 --> 00:06:43.439 meteoroid impacts on the moon. and ham radio 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:46.579 is interest or DXing meteor scatter are ready 00:06:46.579 --> 00:06:53.079 jt65 and some summits on the air and and some 00:06:55.180 --> 00:06:59.199 portable operations. Kevin Dzari, KK4YEL, was 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:02.500 licensed in 2014 and went from nothing to extra 00:07:02.500 --> 00:07:06.319 all in that year. He's the activities officer 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:09.100 and trustee of the Kennedy Space Center Amateur 00:07:09.100 --> 00:07:13.860 Radio Club, which is now N1KSC. He revived the 00:07:13.860 --> 00:07:16.660 club after it had been idle for a number of years. 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:20.540 And Kevin is a graduate of Florida Tech and spent 00:07:20.540 --> 00:07:24.079 17 years as a payload test engineer with NASA. 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:27.399 especially for the Space Shuttle program. And 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:30.199 he's now the Chief Technology Officer for the 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:33.639 Exploration Research and Technology programs 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:37.259 at Kennedy Space Center. Kevin enjoys operating 00:07:37.259 --> 00:07:40.319 Whisper and build his own kit for that and some 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:43.639 other modes. And last but not least is Peter 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:47.779 Federer, KB3 GTN. He's an RF systems engineer 00:07:47.779 --> 00:07:51.540 at Goddard Space Flight Center. He has a degree 00:07:51.540 --> 00:07:53.879 in electrical engineering from Capital College. 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:56.639 He's an accomplished computer system engineer 00:07:56.639 --> 00:08:00.660 which ties into his RF experience for software 00:08:00.660 --> 00:08:04.459 -defined radios. He was licensed in 2001 and 00:08:04.459 --> 00:08:07.319 his current position with NASA has him developing, 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:10.540 testing and installing communication systems 00:08:10.540 --> 00:08:15.079 for space and he just returned literally from 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:19.139 Antarctica this week where he and other NASA 00:08:19.139 --> 00:08:22.540 engineers were testing out a disruption tolerant 00:08:22.540 --> 00:08:26.639 communications network to the International Space 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:28.839 Station, which I think could probably be a whole 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:32.720 show in itself. So Rob, Peter, Kevin, welcome 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:36.600 to the show. Well, thanks a lot, Neil. Thanks 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:38.580 for having us on this evening and helping us 00:08:38.580 --> 00:08:44.220 publicize this event. Yep. Yep. Welcome. We're 00:08:44.220 --> 00:08:48.539 glad to join you Neil here Well, we're glad that 00:08:48.539 --> 00:08:51.960 that you're all here and we get some different 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:56.659 perspectives later on From all of the different 00:08:56.659 --> 00:08:59.399 sites and your different clubs, but I'm gonna 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:03.850 let Rob take the lead here for a moment and tell 00:09:03.850 --> 00:09:06.309 us about this operating vent that's kicking off 00:09:06.309 --> 00:09:10.129 soon called NASA on the Air. So tell us about 00:09:10.129 --> 00:09:15.470 what that is and when it'll take place and where. 00:09:15.529 --> 00:09:17.850 And then if you want to throw it off to these 00:09:17.850 --> 00:09:21.029 other guys, why go right ahead, Rob. Okay, great. 00:09:21.070 --> 00:09:23.929 Yeah, that's what we'll do. Well, this is a year 00:09:23.929 --> 00:09:27.070 long event and it kicks off really starting Sunday 00:09:27.070 --> 00:09:31.830 evening at 6 p .m. our time here. That's zero 00:09:31.830 --> 00:09:37.429 U .T. And we'll run for a year through December 00:09:37.429 --> 00:09:40.970 27th of 2018, and a little bit later we'll tell 00:09:40.970 --> 00:09:44.169 you the significance of those dates. This first 00:09:44.169 --> 00:09:47.169 one that we start off is actually kicked off 00:09:47.169 --> 00:09:52.129 with the Apollo 17 45th anniversary. This is 00:09:52.129 --> 00:09:54.610 one of the anniversaries we'll be commemorating, 00:09:54.870 --> 00:09:57.690 but this is a year -long event. It runs all the 00:09:57.690 --> 00:10:00.720 way through. The idea here is that we wanted 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:03.580 individual clubs have gotten on the air over 00:10:03.580 --> 00:10:08.340 the years to do special events. And we all got 00:10:08.340 --> 00:10:10.759 together and started talking about this by telecon 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:15.860 a few months back and decided that we would kind 00:10:15.860 --> 00:10:18.460 of coordinate efforts and try to be on the air 00:10:18.460 --> 00:10:20.179 sort of at similar times. And we thought, hey, 00:10:20.220 --> 00:10:22.159 we'll just make this a whole year long event 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:26.320 and we'll have a point system. And Peter can 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:29.279 talk about that a little bit later. But we'll 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:31.799 just have all of the clubs hopefully on the air 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.200 at various times during this year and any contacts 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:41.460 made with us count toward these points. And there's 00:10:41.460 --> 00:10:43.960 a special certificate available at the end of 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:49.200 the event. All right, so. You mentioned, you 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:53.440 know, the starting date is right away. So tell 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:56.320 us about that first one that's coming up and 00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:02.279 the tie there to the Apollo mission. Yeah, the 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:04.379 dates that we picked there, the 11th through 00:11:04.379 --> 00:11:07.659 the 14th of December, are roughly the days that 00:11:07.659 --> 00:11:11.940 the Apollo 17 astronauts Jack Schmidt and Gene 00:11:11.940 --> 00:11:15.379 Cernan were on the surface of the moon. Recall 00:11:15.379 --> 00:11:18.299 this was the last of the Apollo missions, the 00:11:18.299 --> 00:11:22.860 last of the manned lunar missions. And we like 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:26.299 to do these special events kind of on multiples 00:11:26.299 --> 00:11:28.700 of five and 10 year kind of thing. So this is 00:11:28.700 --> 00:11:31.500 45th anniversary. That's pretty significant. 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:36.220 And so we'll be kicking it off this week. And 00:11:36.220 --> 00:11:40.320 the key thing to remember here is that if you 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:42.720 want to find out what's going on with this event, 00:11:43.179 --> 00:11:47.100 go to our website. We have one that's NASA on 00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:51.860 the air one word dot wordpress dot com And it 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:54.179 has all of the information that we'll be talking 00:11:54.179 --> 00:11:56.460 about here tonight plus a lot of other details 00:11:56.460 --> 00:12:00.720 about other events and such has links to our 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:04.419 our various social media feeds which Kevin will 00:12:04.419 --> 00:12:08.500 be talking about and That's how to find out what's 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:11.620 really going on with with the event is to go 00:12:11.620 --> 00:12:14.450 to that page but hopefully we're not sure how 00:12:14.450 --> 00:12:17.669 many clubs will be on next week, but we know 00:12:17.669 --> 00:12:21.490 that a number of us will and you know we'll be 00:12:21.490 --> 00:12:26.350 looking for contacts with folks out there. Okay 00:12:26.350 --> 00:12:28.629 now you talked about this certificate that's 00:12:28.629 --> 00:12:32.070 available so tell us a little more about that 00:12:32.070 --> 00:12:36.070 and we've got the web address already here but 00:12:36.070 --> 00:12:38.830 let's talk about the certificate and then you 00:12:38.830 --> 00:12:43.669 can throw it over to to Peter to talk about the 00:12:43.669 --> 00:12:47.809 point system. Yeah, the certificate will be actually 00:12:47.809 --> 00:12:51.789 a download at the end of the event, and it'll 00:12:51.789 --> 00:12:56.669 have a list of all the clubs that you've contacted 00:12:56.669 --> 00:13:00.450 and the various bands and modes that were used 00:13:00.450 --> 00:13:03.289 for those contacts. So rather than us trying 00:13:03.289 --> 00:13:05.169 to send out these certificates, we thought, hey, 00:13:05.169 --> 00:13:08.350 let's use the modern technology here. The certificate 00:13:08.350 --> 00:13:10.129 will be automatically generated when you put 00:13:10.129 --> 00:13:12.870 your call sign in. you can download it, print 00:13:12.870 --> 00:13:15.309 it out, frame it, you know, whatever you'd like 00:13:15.309 --> 00:13:20.990 to do with it. There will also be QSLs available 00:13:20.990 --> 00:13:23.149 from some of the clubs. We're not sure, we haven't 00:13:23.149 --> 00:13:25.210 worked out all the details of that yet, but for 00:13:25.210 --> 00:13:27.750 instance, our club will probably do a special 00:13:27.750 --> 00:13:32.309 QSL for the special events, and those will be 00:13:32.309 --> 00:13:34.570 available with self -addressed stamped envelope. 00:13:35.250 --> 00:13:39.490 If anybody wants to get a QSL, from a particular 00:13:39.490 --> 00:13:44.250 contact, we just direct you to the QRZ .com page 00:13:44.250 --> 00:13:47.429 for that particular club call sign, and it'll 00:13:47.429 --> 00:13:50.009 have information there about whether they're 00:13:50.009 --> 00:13:53.429 QSLing or not and how those are handled. And 00:13:53.429 --> 00:13:55.629 I guess, Peter, if you wanted to talk about the 00:13:55.629 --> 00:13:57.909 point system and how all that's going to work, 00:13:58.230 --> 00:14:03.259 take it away. All right. So. Over here at the 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:05.700 Goddard Club, we're kind of doing sort of the 00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:07.820 same thing Rob was talking about with doing QSL 00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:11.779 cards as well. In terms of this contest though, 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:15.820 we're talking about several stations operating 00:14:15.820 --> 00:14:19.179 on several bands and several modes. We're going 00:14:19.179 --> 00:14:21.759 to probably play the game of one point per band 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:25.940 per mode combination. So if you're on 20, you 00:14:25.940 --> 00:14:29.000 can work us on CW, phone, and digital and get 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.610 points for each one of those. It's a little bit 00:14:31.610 --> 00:14:34.450 like field day in that sense. The exchange is 00:14:34.450 --> 00:14:35.889 real simple because the only thing we really 00:14:35.889 --> 00:14:39.289 need is our call and what band we're on. And 00:14:39.289 --> 00:14:41.750 that's all we're going to log on our side. So 00:14:41.750 --> 00:14:44.409 we don't have any fancy numbers or anything like 00:14:44.409 --> 00:14:47.950 that going on. So it's just make contacts. And 00:14:47.950 --> 00:14:49.950 just keep in mind that the operator on the other 00:14:49.950 --> 00:14:51.909 end out here is probably not used to pileups 00:14:51.909 --> 00:14:54.429 and operating those things. So it might have 00:14:54.429 --> 00:14:58.789 to have a little patience out there. But it should 00:14:58.789 --> 00:15:00.649 be pretty straightforward. There was some talk 00:15:00.649 --> 00:15:04.909 about doing supporting VHF contacts via repeaters 00:15:04.909 --> 00:15:08.110 through EchoLink and whatnot. But I think a lot 00:15:08.110 --> 00:15:09.509 of the clubs have sort of turned that down at 00:15:09.509 --> 00:15:12.309 this point. So I think we're only going to do 00:15:12.309 --> 00:15:15.950 HF and satellite contacts would be available. 00:15:16.909 --> 00:15:19.529 We're also looking at doing points on an honor 00:15:19.529 --> 00:15:23.559 system with the ISS. There's some details about 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:25.220 what we're going to actually accept for that, 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.879 but some of them will be like record an SSS, 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:33.840 SOSCAN TV image, or no, hand TV reception from 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:36.799 the ISS as well. And we are working a little 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:40.720 bit with APRS, Bob Runiga, about doing an APRS 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:45.840 echo thing that might be coming out a little 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:51.039 bit later. So right now we are looking at supporting 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:54.659 all bands, 160 through 70 centimeters. There 00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:57.159 was some talk about supporting 1296 moon bounce, 00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:58.399 but I don't know if there's a lot of support 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:02.200 in the community for doing moon bounce. There's 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:03.779 only a couple clubs that actually can do that 00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:07.679 anyway right now, so. That's pretty much it for 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:10.899 that point system, but it's pretty simple, one 00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:14.720 point per contact, pretty much. So I guess back 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:19.120 to Neil, you got any... Yeah, and let's go over 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:21.899 to Kevin, too, because I know Rob said Kevin 00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:25.559 had some stuff. So good evening, Kevin, and tell 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:29.580 us about the side of things from sunny Florida. 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:32.960 Hey, good evening, Neil, and thanks. As Rob and 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:35.360 Peter mentioned, there's going to be multiple 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:39.019 club stations on the air throughout the event. 00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:42.240 And we were thinking about how's the best way 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:44.919 to get our information out to the general public 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:48.480 in a timely manner. and thought, well, that could 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:52.200 be best done using social media. So right now, 00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:54.340 we figured some people are going to subscribe 00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:56.960 to us and maybe not everybody, but the folks 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:58.960 that do subscribe to us, they're going to get 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:01.299 that info directly. But the benefit of social 00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:03.600 media, of course, would be that the other people 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:06.599 who follow those people would see it as a result 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:09.200 of a retweet or mention or something like that. 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:12.279 So it's a very effective way. One message from 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:15.009 us could... quickly reach quite a large audience, 00:17:15.109 --> 00:17:17.750 much more than if we had an email distribution 00:17:17.750 --> 00:17:20.470 list or something like that. So we're going to 00:17:20.470 --> 00:17:23.349 use social media in all aspects of the event. 00:17:23.769 --> 00:17:26.329 Before the events, like this particular week, 00:17:26.710 --> 00:17:30.109 we use our Facebook page, if you search for NASA 00:17:30.109 --> 00:17:36.130 on the air, N -O -T -A, and also our Twitter 00:17:36.130 --> 00:17:41.869 handle, which is at NASA Radio Clubs. Search 00:17:41.869 --> 00:17:43.609 those things, you're going to see this week we've 00:17:43.609 --> 00:17:46.269 been publicizing the event, in particular the 00:17:46.269 --> 00:17:49.450 Apollo 17 event that we had just spoken about. 00:17:51.490 --> 00:17:53.609 That's important, I think, because some folks 00:17:53.609 --> 00:17:56.349 all around the world, they might not, some of 00:17:56.349 --> 00:17:58.230 them like myself weren't even born, but some 00:17:58.230 --> 00:18:00.769 folks might not know about what it is, why are 00:18:00.769 --> 00:18:04.049 we celebrating it this particular week. So we're 00:18:04.049 --> 00:18:06.930 going to use it to publicize the event and list 00:18:06.930 --> 00:18:10.450 our proposed band and or our mode information, 00:18:10.549 --> 00:18:13.730 and each of the clubs will utilize those single 00:18:13.730 --> 00:18:16.950 points of contact. Then during the events, we 00:18:16.950 --> 00:18:19.750 will use Twitter. We'll update our Twitter feed. 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:23.859 And we have two hashtags that we're using. One 00:18:23.859 --> 00:18:27.200 of them is NASA on the air, all one word. And 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:30.200 the other one, of course, is NOTA. You know that 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:33.059 we love acronyms at NASA, right, Neil? Oh, yes, 00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:37.059 absolutely. We couldn't pass up an acronym. Unfortunately, 00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:37.960 you know, NOTA can mean... You've got to have 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:44.259 those TLAs and FLAs. Right on. Unfortunately, 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:46.480 NOTA could mean a lot of different things to 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:48.799 different people, like none of the above and 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:51.000 all these other things. So we kind of encourage 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:55.950 both of those hashtags. When they spot us, if 00:18:55.950 --> 00:18:58.369 somebody spots us on the spotting networks or 00:18:58.369 --> 00:19:00.950 the DX clusters, we also would like to ask them 00:19:00.950 --> 00:19:03.269 to please, like they did with National Parks 00:19:03.269 --> 00:19:07.029 on the Air or the AWRL events, we'd like to please 00:19:07.029 --> 00:19:09.970 ask them to utilize those so folks know that 00:19:09.970 --> 00:19:12.710 this station is one of the NASA on the Air stations. 00:19:13.130 --> 00:19:15.369 And then finally, after the event, we're going 00:19:15.369 --> 00:19:18.849 to summarize results and start publicizing the 00:19:18.849 --> 00:19:21.710 next event. I'm really happy right now with how 00:19:21.710 --> 00:19:24.740 the social media has been working for us. Yeah 00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:29.400 and we will continue to to retweet and send out 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:31.460 some of that and I missed the Facebook group 00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:34.839 so we will send that out as well on our social 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:39.079 media so you can find those easily. So we'll 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:43.640 be posting that on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:46.440 here in the next day or so. So you'll be able 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:48.960 to find those but if you just search NASA on 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:52.730 the air you should be in In good shape. So yeah, 00:19:52.730 --> 00:19:56.069 we got we got to get all those those TLAs and 00:19:56.069 --> 00:19:59.950 FLAs and that's an acronym for three -letter 00:19:59.950 --> 00:20:04.130 acronym and four -letter acronym, so We have 00:20:04.130 --> 00:20:07.349 to acronym everything and I'm in science. It's 00:20:07.349 --> 00:20:10.710 the same thing. So We like recursive acronyms 00:20:10.710 --> 00:20:14.750 too. Oh, yeah, around the air and OTA is actually 00:20:14.750 --> 00:20:17.329 a recursive acronym, right? This is right and 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:20.420 or NASA, which itself is an acronym. So yeah, 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:23.180 we like to spin it up a lot. Oh, yeah, acronym 00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:26.019 inside of an acronym. We got it. All right. Well, 00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:28.380 Rob, before we go to break, is there anything 00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:31.680 we missed here that we need to make sure we throw 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:34.200 in before we take a break and then take some 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:38.039 calls? Yeah, I'd like to add that to find out 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:43.539 how you're doing with the contacts and and you're 00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:48.779 chasing of these various clubs, we have a system, 00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:51.839 we call it the Contact Tracking System, the CTS. 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:56.740 Oh, another acronym. Yeah, another acronym, which 00:20:56.740 --> 00:21:01.240 that link will also be on our WordPress site. 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:04.380 It's not live yet, but we've been doing some 00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:06.359 testing of it, but it should be this weekend. 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:09.180 With that system, the way this is going to work 00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:12.819 is that each of the clubs will upload their logs, 00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:16.559 hopefully fairly quickly after they do the event 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:20.880 or just kind of regularly throughout the year. 00:21:23.789 --> 00:21:26.450 All you have to do as a ham is just go out there 00:21:26.450 --> 00:21:28.690 and bring up this site and type in your call 00:21:28.690 --> 00:21:31.470 sign and it will come up with a matrix that tells 00:21:31.470 --> 00:21:35.309 you which of the clubs you've worked and which 00:21:35.309 --> 00:21:38.109 bands and then there's designators for each of 00:21:38.109 --> 00:21:40.750 the modes and we're breaking the modes down into 00:21:40.750 --> 00:21:45.049 CW, Sideband and Digital. And we're not breaking 00:21:45.049 --> 00:21:47.869 the digital down any finer than that. If you 00:21:47.869 --> 00:21:50.450 use the full list in FLDG, you'd have, I don't 00:21:50.450 --> 00:21:52.569 know how many there are, but we don't want to 00:21:52.569 --> 00:21:55.950 make it any finer than that. So RIDI, FTA, all 00:21:55.950 --> 00:21:57.750 of those things, those are just considered digital. 00:21:58.650 --> 00:22:00.910 And then we're trying to figure out how to implement 00:22:00.910 --> 00:22:04.390 a fourth mode that we call a space mode. We're 00:22:04.390 --> 00:22:06.470 the space agency, we should be promoting that, 00:22:06.589 --> 00:22:10.470 right? So that's those satellite contacts, the 00:22:10.470 --> 00:22:14.440 ARIS contacts. you know, through the APRS system 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:19.099 or just hearing space station, you know, school 00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:23.180 contact downlink, something like that. Meteor 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:25.339 scatter, I know those aren't exactly in space, 00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.799 they're actually in the atmosphere, but we'll 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:29.500 call that a space mode. And then if we manage 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:34.109 to... Get any moon bounce contacts in there Though 00:22:34.109 --> 00:22:36.450 those will all be kind of considered a separate 00:22:36.450 --> 00:22:38.170 mode But we're still working out the details 00:22:38.170 --> 00:22:40.309 of how that's going to work and then I think 00:22:40.309 --> 00:22:43.650 some of the clubs to Peter mentioned about the 00:22:43.650 --> 00:22:47.690 repeaters and such We're talking about possibly 00:22:47.690 --> 00:22:51.529 including These internet linked things to just 00:22:51.529 --> 00:22:53.990 to reach out and touch as many hams as we possibly 00:22:53.990 --> 00:22:56.349 can Because there are a lot of guys out there 00:22:56.349 --> 00:22:58.589 who are for technicians who maybe aren't set 00:22:58.589 --> 00:23:01.400 up for satellite or or, um, you know, some of 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:04.900 these other, um, uh, long distance, uh, VHF modes 00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:08.180 and, uh, would like to get in on the, uh, on 00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:11.539 the action too. So, um, expect some of that too. 00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:13.220 We just don't know how much, you know, how many 00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:15.579 clubs will be participating in that, but, uh, 00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:18.240 we're, we're talking about including that as 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:23.200 well. Sounds like a well organized plan here. 00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:26.000 And it almost sounds like there's some, some 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:29.529 computer engineers involved or something. Oh, 00:23:29.609 --> 00:23:36.190 we have a whiz. Matt is our guy and he's the 00:23:36.190 --> 00:23:38.750 one who put together this CTS and we've just 00:23:38.750 --> 00:23:41.369 all been amazed at how well it works. He actually 00:23:41.369 --> 00:23:43.250 gave us a presentation at our club meeting this 00:23:43.250 --> 00:23:45.930 evening on how it works and it's pretty whizzy 00:23:45.930 --> 00:23:48.490 and it just works like a champ. So we're real 00:23:48.490 --> 00:23:50.869 happy about that. We got some really good talent, 00:23:50.970 --> 00:23:53.380 you know, these guys on the line here. And a 00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:55.099 lot of folks in the background who are doing 00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:57.200 a lot of this work getting this thing together. 00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:59.619 And so it's, it's been a lot of fun, uh, seeing 00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:02.019 all that talent come together to make this happen. 00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:05.480 All right. Well, look forward to, uh, to seeing 00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:10.000 the results of all of that very soon. And, uh, 00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:13.910 that's kicking off on Monday. So, um, get on 00:24:13.910 --> 00:24:17.009 the air and make those contacts. 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We're on Skype as well. 00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:41.460 You'll find us at HamTalk Live. And you can also 00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:45.619 tweet us at HamTalk Live. In fact, I'll run over 00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:49.460 there right now and see if we have anything over 00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:53.480 there just yet. Don't see anything just yet, 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:56.539 but now's the time. So if you have any questions 00:26:56.539 --> 00:27:01.240 about the NASA on the air, event or comments, 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:07.799 just give us a call at 812 -638 -4261 or you 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:14.599 can send us a tweet too. So let's talk a little 00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:17.700 bit about some of these other events that are 00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:19.619 going to be coming up. We've got the kickoff 00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:24.799 on Monday, but Rob, you've got some of the other 00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:27.759 events that will be coming up that you want to 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:30.940 talk about, so let's take a look at those. Yeah, 00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:34.119 the ones that we have on our list on our webpage 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:37.920 currently include this Apollo 17 event we were 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:43.220 just talking about. Then in July of next year 00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:46.839 is the 60th anniversary of NASA. Actually July 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:51.250 29th is when President Eisenhower signed the 00:27:51.250 --> 00:27:54.329 Space Act which formed NASA. So we'll certainly 00:27:54.329 --> 00:27:58.609 do something for that. And then in November and 00:27:58.609 --> 00:28:02.630 early December were the first launches of the 00:28:02.630 --> 00:28:05.069 first elements of the International Space Station 00:28:05.069 --> 00:28:08.369 and that'll be the 20th anniversary of those 00:28:08.369 --> 00:28:12.450 events. And in the Apollo 8, 50th anniversary 00:28:12.450 --> 00:28:17.799 is December of next year. And so we'll certainly 00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:22.819 be covering those events. We have a list of others 00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:25.319 we're going to be discussing, perhaps in January, 00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:29.339 the Explorer 1 60th anniversary event. We may 00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:31.680 do that. And there are a number of others. So 00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:33.759 just stay tuned to that website, and you'll probably 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:36.160 see some other events. But I need to point out 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:39.079 that it's not just during these events that you 00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:41.720 can collect these points. We plan to be doing 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:44.359 casual operations, you know, like during lunch 00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:48.579 and after work on the weekends. A lot of us, 00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:52.460 a lot of the clubs do contest operations. And 00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:55.420 all of those events, we plan to upload all of 00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:59.089 those logs to this contact tracking system. So 00:28:59.089 --> 00:29:01.650 any contact you make with any one of these clubs 00:29:01.650 --> 00:29:07.069 will count toward these band mode counts that 00:29:07.069 --> 00:29:11.630 we were discussing earlier. So I particularly 00:29:11.630 --> 00:29:14.009 like the casual contacts because that's when 00:29:14.009 --> 00:29:16.269 we can just chat with folks and kind of share 00:29:16.269 --> 00:29:18.829 what we're doing, you know, again, sharing your 00:29:18.829 --> 00:29:22.420 space program with you. And those are a lot of 00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:25.640 fun. And we find folks who have either worked 00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:28.619 in the space program or had relatives that did 00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:31.940 or things like that. So those are a lot of fun, 00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:34.420 but it's also a heck of a lot of fun to be the 00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:38.859 object of a pilot. It's a hoot. So we're looking 00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:42.420 forward to that type of operating as well. Yeah, 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:45.819 you know, this one thing too that we should mention 00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:48.960 is that We're celebrating a lot of things that 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:52.299 happened throughout history, but we're also celebrating 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:54.960 things that we're currently doing. And so just 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:58.519 as an example, we currently have some commercial 00:29:58.519 --> 00:30:01.619 crew flights that are test flights that are targeted 00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:05.019 in 2018. And assuming that the schedules don't 00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:09.400 slip too much, we might have the special events 00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:12.480 operating around things like Boeing launching 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:16.039 its first test flight, its orbital uncrewed test 00:30:15.950 --> 00:30:20.390 flight in August timeframe, as well as some SpaceX 00:30:20.390 --> 00:30:23.549 demonstration missions that would happen throughout 00:30:23.549 --> 00:30:27.650 the upcoming year. So, as Rob mentioned, we're 00:30:27.650 --> 00:30:30.450 going to be celebrating NASA's past, we're going 00:30:30.450 --> 00:30:34.289 to be celebrating NASA's current state, and then 00:30:34.289 --> 00:30:38.009 we'll also use our on -the -air time to discuss 00:30:38.009 --> 00:30:40.410 what it is that NASA is doing in the future, 00:30:40.670 --> 00:30:44.369 too. A lot of folks don't recognize that after 00:30:44.369 --> 00:30:46.130 the shuttle program, you know, they were a little 00:30:46.130 --> 00:30:48.690 bit confused what happened to NASA. So this is 00:30:48.690 --> 00:30:52.009 a great opportunity for outreach and education 00:30:52.009 --> 00:30:54.349 as well as engagement with the general public. 00:30:55.289 --> 00:30:58.190 Yeah, it's a very exciting time right now. You 00:30:58.190 --> 00:30:59.930 know, Kevin mentioned those commercial crew launches, 00:30:59.970 --> 00:31:02.670 but we're also building a large rocket space 00:31:02.670 --> 00:31:05.809 launch system with a capsule that sits on top 00:31:05.809 --> 00:31:09.180 called the Orion to get get us back into deep 00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:11.660 space again, get out into the vicinity of the 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:15.660 Moon and possibly land on the Moon again. So 00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:18.579 it's this really exciting time for us and plus 00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:20.480 we've got this little space station operating 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:23.359 out there that has had a crew on it continuously 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:26.920 since, what, 2000, I think. So there's a lot 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.839 going on and we want to talk about all of those 00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:33.400 things when we have the opportunities to. Now 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:36.480 Peter once you tell us oh, let me remind people 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:39.980 the telephone number It's eight one two six three 00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:42.740 eight four two six one to join the conversation 00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:45.779 here with the guys from the various NASA ham 00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:49.240 radio clubs around the country and Peter once 00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:52.799 you tell us a little bit about What's been happening 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:56.000 out at Goddard and what you're going to be doing 00:31:56.000 --> 00:32:02.009 in the NASA on the air from Goddard? All right, 00:32:02.069 --> 00:32:04.910 yeah, yeah daughter club we're gonna probably 00:32:04.910 --> 00:32:09.369 be fairly active I know I know for next week. 00:32:09.390 --> 00:32:11.230 We'll probably be pretty active on the weekends 00:32:11.230 --> 00:32:14.329 and a couple hours after work made me a lot of 00:32:14.329 --> 00:32:16.529 a couple guys for a couple hours after work operating 00:32:16.529 --> 00:32:21.069 We got two stations set up right now Primarily 00:32:21.069 --> 00:32:24.349 40 and 20 is probably we're gonna be at We got 00:32:24.349 --> 00:32:26.869 a station doing digital and a station doing voice 00:32:26.869 --> 00:32:29.890 So those are bare probably our primary locations. 00:32:29.890 --> 00:32:35.680 You'll find us Pretty much Goddard Club's been 00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:38.460 kind of just cranking along here, trying to get 00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:42.160 set up and get going for this thing. We've been 00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:44.119 kind of looking at other Goddard events that 00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:47.440 we might be doing that might be extra to our 00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:50.660 base level events. Goddard's kind of a center 00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:54.079 where we do a lot of our earth science and astrophysics 00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:57.799 science within NASA. So we have the missions 00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:01.680 like JWST and Hubble run out of Goddard. And 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:05.059 we're doing a bunch of other missions like JWST, 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:10.480 we just launched, or no, JPSS, sorry, just launched, 00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:13.740 and that's a weather satellite supporting NOAA's 00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:17.039 Weather Gathering Services. It was built with 00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:19.839 a lot of people here at Goddard. And we have 00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:21.460 a bunch of Earth science missions that will probably 00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:24.720 be launching. I know we have TESS, which is, 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:28.359 you know, ASTRO. TESS is an exoplanet survey 00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:30.180 mission that's going to be supposedly launching 00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:33.220 in June out of the Cape down there at Kennedy. 00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:37.559 And then we got, this is another launch. I don't 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:41.059 think Parker Pope is ours now. So TESS is probably, 00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:43.680 I think, our big launch for next year. JWST, 00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:46.000 I think, has been pushed out to 2019, so they 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:48.319 won't be covered in this event, but we'll probably 00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:51.279 have a special event in the future for JWST when 00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:53.259 that comes out. And that may be a bigger NASA 00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:56.839 thing. That's a pretty large project. And a big 00:33:56.839 --> 00:34:00.700 science getter here for NASA as well. So that's 00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:02.440 all I really got here from the Goddard Club. 00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:05.279 If there's any actual questions from the listening 00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:07.240 group out there, we'd be glad to answer them. 00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:10.519 So with that, I'll send it back to Neil here. 00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:14.239 Okay, yeah, and that phone number is 812 -638 00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:19.019 -4261 or you can tweet us over at HamTalk Live 00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:22.639 on Twitter. We'll check that here in a moment 00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:26.369 and let me throw it back down to Florida, to 00:34:26.369 --> 00:34:29.489 Kevin, tell us about some of the events that 00:34:29.489 --> 00:34:32.550 you're planning for NASA on the air from Kennedy. 00:34:33.869 --> 00:34:35.969 Yeah, thanks. One thing I would like to mention, 00:34:36.210 --> 00:34:38.889 too, that today we happen to have many of our 00:34:38.889 --> 00:34:41.210 space flight centers, and I do like to always 00:34:41.210 --> 00:34:45.150 remind folks that the first A in NASA is aeronautics, 00:34:45.190 --> 00:34:49.110 so we got a very great... level of participation 00:34:49.110 --> 00:34:52.409 from other centers where their primary research 00:34:52.409 --> 00:34:56.150 is in aeronautics. And so I'm looking forward 00:34:56.150 --> 00:35:00.750 for them to give us the opportunity to discuss 00:35:00.750 --> 00:35:03.369 some of the great things that NASA is doing with 00:35:03.369 --> 00:35:06.610 respect to aeronautics as well. Back at Kennedy, 00:35:07.030 --> 00:35:11.269 we've got a pretty nice shack. We've got plans 00:35:11.269 --> 00:35:14.780 to operate on HF. both in voice and digital, 00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:18.480 as well as satellite. One of our club members, 00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:21.699 we're fortunate enough, he has a moon bounce 00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:25.900 set up at his house. And so we haven't got all 00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:28.880 the definitive dates and times yet, but we're 00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:33.079 hoping to be able to participate in some UHF 00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:39.530 moon bounce as well there. not related to this 00:35:39.530 --> 00:35:42.809 particular event, but we also do have the opportunity 00:35:42.809 --> 00:35:46.130 for folks to contact us on our repeater, which, 00:35:46.289 --> 00:35:48.969 as you know, Neil sits on top of the vehicle 00:35:48.969 --> 00:35:52.269 assembly building. And I say that because it's 00:35:52.269 --> 00:35:56.070 important for you to understand that 535 feet 00:35:56.070 --> 00:36:00.530 up, you can actually be in the Orlando International 00:36:00.530 --> 00:36:03.949 Airport with a Balfang HT. Oh, wait a minute. 00:36:04.030 --> 00:36:10.340 Wait a minute. He said Balfang. Okay, we got 00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:12.559 it in there Kevin, okay I just wanted to make 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:15.179 sure because you could be with one of those units 00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:19.300 in the Orlando International Airport or As what 00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:22.139 happened to me one time in the Daytona International 00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:30.219 Speedway with my bow thing. Oh I was watching 00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:32.559 it I was watching the Skype. We've got a caller 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:35.000 waiting on the line. OK, let's let them come 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:37.380 in. But we've got some great presence on the 00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:39.320 air. Looking forward to supporting these events. 00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:42.880 All right. Well, we do have a caller on the line, 00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:45.659 which is why I had it on the wrong window here. 00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:50.599 So who is this, and what's your question? Hey, 00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:56.679 Neil. My name's Al, N4EII. I'm a new ham and 00:36:56.679 --> 00:37:00.420 very excited. I grew up, you know, at the beginning 00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:03.659 of the space program, watched many of the launches 00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:07.219 in black and white. And I just want to be sure 00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:10.980 I'm clear on how to contact or find out where 00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:13.980 you guys are going to be operating. And again, 00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:16.340 thank you all for putting in all your personal 00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:23.510 time to help out all those hams. So the question 00:37:23.510 --> 00:37:28.469 was, where do we go to get your frequencies or 00:37:28.469 --> 00:37:30.210 when you're going to be up and that type of thing? 00:37:30.309 --> 00:37:33.230 Are you going to be posting on Twitter and those 00:37:33.230 --> 00:37:36.489 social media places? Hey, Kevin, you want to 00:37:36.489 --> 00:37:38.210 take that? Yeah, I was going to say, Kevin? Yeah, 00:37:38.210 --> 00:37:41.610 sure. Yeah. Hey, Al, thanks for your call. Yeah, 00:37:41.690 --> 00:37:44.489 you know, our intent is to, we're going to post 00:37:44.489 --> 00:37:46.969 it ahead of time. As we know, we're starting 00:37:46.969 --> 00:37:50.030 to operate, for example, tomorrow at 4 p .m. 00:37:50.489 --> 00:37:53.710 Each of the clubs will have the ability to communicate 00:37:53.710 --> 00:37:56.610 that information to folks through our Twitter 00:37:56.610 --> 00:37:59.789 handle. And just in case you didn't catch it 00:37:59.789 --> 00:38:04.730 earlier, it's at NASA radio clubs. And if you 00:38:04.730 --> 00:38:07.230 follow that, you'll see our information. But 00:38:07.230 --> 00:38:09.690 also I would like to call to your attention the 00:38:09.690 --> 00:38:12.829 typical cluster, the DX clusters and the spotting 00:38:12.829 --> 00:38:15.670 networks. We'll also have folks, once we are 00:38:15.670 --> 00:38:18.690 on the air, I think you'll find that those types 00:38:18.690 --> 00:38:23.059 of services will also be. We'll be putting down 00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:26.139 information and spotting us. We do have our contact 00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:28.800 information on the website. I think if somebody 00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:31.960 were wanting to, they could easily email us or 00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:34.619 email any of the clubs with our information on 00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:37.440 QRZ. Let's say, Al, that you really have wanted 00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:42.039 to talk to the folks at the JPL club and you 00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:43.800 just haven't been able to get them on the air. 00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:46.760 If you got their call sign and went to the QRZ 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:49.119 page with their email address, you could also... 00:38:49.969 --> 00:38:51.989 kind of set up a skag with them and say, when 00:38:51.989 --> 00:38:55.130 could we talk? That's another way to do it. And 00:38:55.130 --> 00:38:58.590 I believe, don't let me, I'm not the expert here, 00:38:58.730 --> 00:39:01.349 but I believe, don't you have the Twitter feed 00:39:01.349 --> 00:39:05.510 from NASA radio clubs on the webpage for NASA 00:39:05.510 --> 00:39:08.949 On The Air 2? That is correct. On the front page, 00:39:09.070 --> 00:39:12.750 on the main page of our NASA On The Air WordPress 00:39:12.750 --> 00:39:16.219 website, I think it's on the side of the right 00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:18.880 hand side, but we have a live feed that follows 00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:21.739 us. So if you just kept the web page up, it would 00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:25.599 scroll by there as we're putting stuff on the 00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:27.920 Twitter feed. And if you're into Facebook, we 00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:30.780 also have a Facebook group as well, which is 00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:35.159 NASA on the Air, or N -O -T -A, which you could 00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:38.039 follow. And I think those work for the majority 00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:43.090 of folks. on Twitter, then all they have to do, 00:39:43.170 --> 00:39:44.969 as Neil mentioned, is just go to the webpage. 00:39:45.170 --> 00:39:47.530 You could keep the webpage up in a browser, and 00:39:47.530 --> 00:39:50.070 you could see without even having a Twitter account, 00:39:50.190 --> 00:39:53.050 you could follow what our information is. And 00:39:53.050 --> 00:39:56.949 for the old school guys like me, we'll be using 00:39:56.949 --> 00:40:00.610 the DX clusters too. We'll probably be self -spotting 00:40:00.610 --> 00:40:03.369 on those. And you know, there's a lot of logging 00:40:03.369 --> 00:40:05.369 programs. That stuff will scroll across your 00:40:05.369 --> 00:40:08.809 screen anyway. So you can check those DX cluster. 00:40:09.489 --> 00:40:14.829 spots as well. Well hey, thank you very much. 00:40:14.889 --> 00:40:17.230 I've made my first satellite contact today, so 00:40:17.230 --> 00:40:19.170 I'll be listening out on the birds for you guys 00:40:19.170 --> 00:40:22.190 and looking forward to a lot of fun next year. 00:40:22.590 --> 00:40:26.210 Thank you. All right, Al, thanks for giving us 00:40:26.210 --> 00:40:29.050 a call and congratulations on your first satellite 00:40:29.050 --> 00:40:32.190 contact. That's pretty cool. So thanks for calling 00:40:32.190 --> 00:40:41.079 in. Thank you, 73. All right, 73. 812 638 4261 00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:43.599 is the telephone number. We're just about out 00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:45.900 of time, but we might be able to squeeze a quick 00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:51.780 one in here But it will have to be quick so if 00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:56.099 you can do that and oh Johnson Space Center amateur 00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:59.539 radio club, which may be my my friend Tanner 00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:03.239 on Twitter Just says glad Kevin got the bow thing 00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:10.170 in there And and also yes, and also he says in 00:41:10.170 --> 00:41:16.090 addition to Saisies self -adhesive envelopes 00:41:16.090 --> 00:41:19.269 are appreciated too So that must be tanner because 00:41:19.269 --> 00:41:22.170 he had to do all the QSL cards for Johnson's 00:41:22.170 --> 00:41:30.539 thing here a few months ago, so So all right 00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:34.420 well we've got about a minute left so let me 00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:38.199 throw it back to rob and talk just briefly about 00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:42.380 what's going on down at marshall and um anything 00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:44.980 else we need to get in here before we run out 00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:48.039 of time yeah i don't think we've mentioned uh 00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:50.539 how many clubs are involved with this but there 00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:53.900 are there are a number of NASA centers and facilities 00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:56.579 across the country. And I think we've had about 00:41:56.579 --> 00:42:00.460 12 clubs all told who have indicated an interest 00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:01.739 in this. I don't know if they're all going to 00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:05.119 be on, but we do have that many. So you can, 00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:07.119 again, go to our web page. And if you look around 00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:09.940 there, you'll find a map and it shows where all 00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:12.059 of these centers and facilities and the clubs 00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:14.860 that will be active are. And as far as here at 00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:18.210 Marshall, yeah, we'll be on the air. Certainly, 00:42:18.710 --> 00:42:21.010 during this event, and as I said before, the 00:42:21.010 --> 00:42:23.929 casual things and contest things too, we'll be 00:42:23.929 --> 00:42:28.630 on HF satellite. And Meteor Scatter, I need to 00:42:28.630 --> 00:42:31.230 get a plug in here, the Gemini meteor shower. 00:42:31.779 --> 00:42:34.380 occurs kind of in the middle of our event next 00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:38.059 week. I think it's Wednesday night or Thursday 00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:40.260 morning, somewhere in that time. No, I think 00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:42.699 it's Thursday evening is the peak of the gemini 00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:44.619 shower. So that's a really good time to make 00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:47.099 meteor scatter contacts. And I plan to be doing 00:42:47.099 --> 00:42:49.900 some of that as well from there. And that's easier 00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:54.280 than ever, you know, with the JT modes. All right, 00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:56.000 very good. Well, that's going to finish things 00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:59.860 up for us tonight. But Rob, Kevin, Peter, thank 00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:03.659 you so much for joining us tonight and we even 00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:07.519 had some others I know about the International 00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:11.619 Space Station and we just weren't able to get 00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:15.260 him on due to some other conflicts and time and 00:43:15.260 --> 00:43:19.519 here we are with a minute left. So thank you 00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:23.199 all for helping out to organize this and coming 00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:25.699 on the show and look forward to hearing you on 00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:28.909 the air. Thank you Neil and thanks for helping 00:43:28.909 --> 00:43:31.230 us publicize this and we look forward to working 00:43:31.230 --> 00:43:38.940 all of you guys and gals Okay, well, that's a 00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:42.719 wrap for this week's HamTalk Live. Thanks to 00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:46.480 Dr. Rob Suggs, KB5EZ from Marshall Space Flight 00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:50.119 Center, Kevin Zari, KK4YEL from Kennedy Space 00:43:50.119 --> 00:43:53.960 Center, and Peter Federer, KB3GTN from Goddard 00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:55.980 Space Flight Center, and everybody out there 00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:58.420 in cyberspace for listening and for calling in. 00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:01.380 And next week at 9 o 'clock Eastern time on Thursday, 00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:04.739 Emmet Onasi, WZeroQH from Radio Waves will be 00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:08.719 here to talk about some gift ideas, and a trip 00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:11.420 out to Pearl Harbor for the special event out 00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:14.039 there. For a list of all of our upcoming guests, 00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:17.239 visit HamTalkLive .com. For now, this is Neil 00:44:17.239 --> 00:44:23.119 Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375, and may the good DX 00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:24.300 be yours.