All posts by Fred Kemmerer

ARRL New England Dvision Director. I enjoy station building, contesting and helping new folks to join and have fun with our hobby.

Scouts in Long Island, NY Contact the ISS via Amateur Radio

Long Island Scouts ISS

I once again had the pleasure to help a group of young people make contact with an Astronaut on the International Space Station this past week. Scouts from the Matinecock District in Long Island, NY, made a contact wi…

Source: Scouts on Long Island Contact the ISS via Amateur Radio

It was a lot of fun helping the Scouts of Sussex County, NY, talk to an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) this weekend. You can read all about the contact and see a video via the link above.

Fred, AB1OC

Field Day Test – Radio Setup for 2022

Lee KC1GKJ, Joe AC1LN, and Fred AB1OC got together today to configure our radios and loggers for 2022 Field Day and do a Field Day Test. We focused on the 80m/15m/10m station as it is the most complicated of our four planned stations at Field Day.

Field Day Test
Field Day Station Setup – 80m/15m/10m

We also configured a second computer running N1MM+ for use with the 20m station. We used both PCs to check out log sharing,

Field Day Test
Joe AC1LN and Lee KC1GKJ

which will be used at Field Day. Thanks to Joe and Lee for the great work to prepare NARS for Field Day 2022 and complete our Field Day Test.

Fred, AB1OC

 

Scouts in Australia Contact the ISS via Amateur Radio

I once again had the pleasure to help a group of young people make contact with an Astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) this past week. The Scouts were participating in a Jamboree in Victoria, Australia. You can learn more about the event, called VicJam, here…

Scouts in Victoria, Australia made contact with Astronaut Mark VandeHei, KG5GNP this past Tuesday, January 4th, 2022.

Astronaut Mark VandeHei KG5GNP
Astronaut Mark VandeHei KG5GNP

You can learn more about this contact and watch it via the following link.

Scouts in Australia Contact the ISS via Amateur Radio

Thank you to Jon Turner, AC1EV who once again helped me to prepare to help with this contact.

Fred, AB1OC

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