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W7KYG 2020 ARRL Field Day FT8

W7KYG Radio — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:38:46 GMT

This is a portion of my participation in the ARRL Field Day amateur radio event on June 27, 2020. I was using WSJT-X to make contacts using the FT8 digital mode. I was also scanning local repeaters and simplex frequencies.
See http://www.ARRL.org/field-day for more information about this event.
See https://qruqsp.org/field-day for information about the free QRUQSP Field Day logger that I’m using in this video.

W7KYG ARRL Field Day 2020

W7KYG Radio — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:28:53 GMT

This is a portion of my participation in the ARRL Field Day on June 27, 2020 when I was making phone (voice) contacts.
See http://www.ARRL.org/field-day for more information about this event.
See https://qruqsp.org/field-day for information about the free QRUQSP Field Day logger that I’m using in this video.
Note: There are some sections of this video without audio.

Astronaut Drew Morgan Amateur Radio Contact with Hays Elementary Students

W7KYG Radio — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 15:51:19 GMT

On Feb 25, 2020 Astronaut Drew Morgan KI5AAA answered questions from students at Hays Elementary School in Rockwall, TX USA via direct Amateur Radio contact.

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) lets students worldwide experience the excitement of talking directly with crew members of the International Space Station, inspiring them to pursue interests in careers in science, technology, engineering and math, and engaging them with radio science technology through amateur radio.

I was fortunate to have this opportunity to volunteer with fellow Amateur Radio operators Bill Scurlock K5GCW, Gary Pritchard W5RTX, Ron van Winkle N5YDX and Steve Orr W5SO. We experimented, practiced and prepared for several months to make sure that the radios, amplifiers, antenna rotator systems, sound mixer and PA systems worked correctly during the short pass of the ISS across our sky in Texas.

Timeline:
0:00 into this video - Steve W5SO described ARIS, Amateur Radio and a little about how we made the direct radio contact with an antenna rotator system.
3:00 into this video - Principal of Hays Elementary, Tammi Schmitt provided information about the school.
4:30 into this video - Steve W5SO describes what to expect during the contact.
8:50 into this video - The contact begins with a call to Colonel Drew Morgan operating the NA1SS call sign from the ISS from control operator Steve W5SO.

Credit Rockwall ISD:
https://www.rockwallisd.com/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=8973&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=20571&PageID=1_self