Hello everybody and welcome back to the Everything Ham Radio Podcast! In this episode we are going to talk with Rob Suggs, KB5EZ, about NASA On The Air or NOTA for short.

Tech Corner – NASA On The Air(NOTA)
From the NOTA Website:
2018 is a big year for NASA anniversaries and we’d like for you to help us celebrate. NASA was created in 1958, the first manned lunar mission was in 1968, and the first elements of the International Space Station (ISS) were launched in 1998. The club stations at the various NASA centers and facilities plan to be on the air with special events to celebrate these milestones and some may be offering commemorative QSL cards. There will be a special certificate indicating how many centers you worked on various bands and modes that may be downloaded. QSL instructions are available on the QRZ.COM site for each individual club station. We plan to have a web-based system for you to check your points total and download a certificate at the end of the event in December 2018. Points will be awarded for each center worked on each band and mode (phone, CW, digital).
The event will run from December 2017 through December 2018 with the following key dates:

* Apollo 17 45th anniversary – 11-14 December 2017, beginning of event
* NASA founded 60th anniversary (act signed by President Eisenhower) – 29 July 1958
* ISS First Element Launch 20th anniversary – 20 November 1998
* ISS Node 1 Launch 20th anniversary – 4 December 1998
* 50th anniversary of Apollo 8 – launch 21 December 1968, splashdown 27 December, end of event

Note that there may be other special event operations by the various centers commemorating specific events but those listed above will include participation from all the centers. All operating modes are fair game including satellites, repeaters, EME, ISS APRS, etc. We hope to be on the air for casual contacts and contests as well.
Runs from Dec 11 0000 utc Dec 27, 2018

Center/Facility
Designator
Call Sign
State

Ames Research Center
ARC
NA6MF
California

Armstrong Flight Research Center
AFRC
NA6SA
California

Glenn Research Center
GRC
NA8SA
Ohio

Goddard Space Flight Center
GSFC
WA3NAN
Maryland

International Space Station
ISS
NA1SS, etc.
Earth orbit

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
W6VIO
California

Johnson Space Center
JSC
W5RRR
Texas

Kennedy Space Center
KSC
N1KSC
Florida

Langley Research Center
LARC
KG4NJA
Virginia

Marshall Space Flight Center
MSFC
NN4SA
Alabama

Stennis Space Center
SSC
TBD
Mississippi

Wallops Flight Facility
WFF
W4WFF
Virginia

White Sands Complex
WSC
N5BL
New Mexico

Website: https://nasaontheair.wordpress.com/

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