Hams wanting to volunteer are now able to register for the Holiday at Home Parade taking place on Monday September 5, 2022. Positions assignments start as early as 7 am and end by noon.https://forms.gle/sBjcpRDaeeB9qW7f7POC is Shawna, N2TUJ, sjcollins@woh.rr.com
What is CAPSTONE?
Website link A microwave oven–sized CubeSat weighing just 55 pounds will serve as the first spacecraft to test a unique, elliptical lunar orbit as part of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE). As a pathfinder for Gateway, a Moon-orbiting outpost that is part of NASA’s Artemis program, CAPSTONE will help reduce risk for future spacecraft by validating innovative navigation technologies and verifying the dynamics of this halo-shaped orbit. The orbit, formally known as a near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO), is significantly elongated. Its location at a precise balance point in the gravities of Earth and the Moon, offers…
2022 Field Day Results
Call Used: W8XRN GOTA Station Call: W1QFB ARRL/RAC Section: OH Class: 3F Participants: 44 Club/Group Name: Xenia Weather Amateur Radio Net Power Source(s): Generator, Battery, Solar Power Multiplier: 2XPreliminary Total Score: 3,870 Bonus Points: 100% emergency power 300 Media Publicity 100 – Documented by media.jpg Public location 100 Public information table 100 Formal message to ARRL SM/SEC 100 Natural power QSOs completed 100 Site visit by invited served agency 100 Educational activity 100 Youth participation (7 x 20, max of 100) 100 Social media 100 GOTA Station 200 Entry submitted via web 50Total bonus points 1,450 Score Summary: (Cabrillo log/dupe…
XWARN Net
XWARN has added a monthly net to be held the 1st Monday of each month at 7:30 PM. The net will be held on the XWARN 2M repeater 147.165+ pl 123.0 –
Fifteenth Annual Ohio State Parks On The Air – Amateur Radio Contest
Website Link Posted on January 4, 2019 by John Myers Make sure to mark your calendar for the 2022 Ohio State Parks On The Air (OSPOTA) contest – September 10, 2022. The contest is always held on the first Saturday following the Labor Day holiday. Each year this event has grown and we anticipate another year of growth with even more participating Amateur Radio Operators. Let me remind you that the OSPOTA contest was conceived with three main goals in mind: To promote public awareness of amateur radio and Ohio’s beautiful state parks system;To contribute to the recognition that Ohio has a very…
