Welcome to the The Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club (JSCARC) site. We are located at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) approximately 25 miles southeast of downtown Houston, Texas. Our mission is to actively provide and promote STE(A)M outreach, emergency operations, mission support, and public service for NASA and the local communities.
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Bulletins:
o JSCARC will participate at the upcoming Tidelands Hamfest on July 11, 2026. Many items kindly donated by Milt K5KRM.
o The next JSCARC Meeting is July 9 at the Gilruth facility, Inspiration Room 6:30pm-8:00pm
o POTA and Foxhunting activities forthcoming!
News:
o July 2: JSCARC is sponsoring a new group of JSC Student Interns for Summer.
o JSCARC and CLARC joined forces for another successful Field Day on June 27-28
Blogs:
AB5SS/W5OC POTA @ Sheldon Lake
On Sunday, John and I exploited a dual opportunity to both activate Sheldon Lake for POTA, and an attempt some microwave 10GHz QSOs on the upper platform of the 85 foot elevation John Jacobs Observation ... Read more...
2026 ARRL June VHF Roving (Microwaves Part II)
June ARRL VHF Contest This is my 11th Rover outing since getting hooked in 2023 by John AB5SS. It’s one of my rare satisfying accomplishments that I successfully lured him out of “roving retirement” to ... Read more...
A New Adventure- Microwaves 101 (Part I)
A new adventure- Microwaves Once again, I’ve fallen victim to the spiderweb spun by John Maca AB5SS- our club trustee and unofficial chief technologist. There’s an exotic world of ham radio enthusiasts that practices the ... Read more...
Field Day 2026
FD 2026 was another fun and successful event continuing the decades of partnership between the JSCARC and CLARC clubs. With our joint forces, we successfully deployed 9 active radios throughout our SSB/Digital/CW modes across HF ... Read more...
KG5LJZ POTA Trip Report @ San Jacinto
<Submitted by Jayant KG5LJZ> June 14th, POTA at San Jacinto State Park, US 3511. While the ARRL VHF Rover Weekend was taking place, I decided to try some of the new skills I have been ... Read more...
AB4ME POTA on Vancouver Island, BC, CA
<Submitted by Jeff AB4ME> My wife and I continued our trip to the Pacific Northwest by making a somewhat spur-of-the-moment decision to load our RV and jeep onto a ferry for a few days’ visit to ... Read more...
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