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America's Final Space Shuttle Launch
The final Shuttle Launch (STS-135) is scheduled for launch tomorrow at 1526Z.
There will be two sister Special Events Stations operating for the Final Shuttle Launch.
Operations will begin five minutes after the launch (currently scheduled for 11:26 AM EST (1526Z)). If the launch is rescheduled, so will station operation.
Both stations will be offering a commemorative certificate or QSL card for the event. See the details of each station for QSL info.
Information for each station follows:
Special Events Station N4S (near the Cape in Florida) will be operating as follows:
CW 7.080, 14.050, 21.050 +/- 10kHz.
SSB 7.280, 14.280, 21.280 +/- 10kHz.
PSK 7.035, 14.070, 21.070
D-Star KJ4OXT
Cocoa repeater 145.190(-) PL 103.5
For a Certificate, send 8.5 x 11 S.A.S.E. to: North Brevard ARC, P O Box 1033, Mims FL 32754
Info: Bob Jones, N6USP, 4743 Cambridge Dr., Mims FL 32754 n6usp@bellsouth.net
Web site: North Brevard Amateur Radio Club: http://www.northbrevardarc.org/space...inallaunch.htm
Special Events Stations N5S (near White Sands Complex in New Mexico)
N5S will be operating SSB only on forty, twenty, and fifteen meters as band conditions permit.
For QSL, send S.A.S.E. to: N5S, P. O. Box 1443, Las Cruces, NM 88004-1433
Info: Mesilla Valley Radio Club (MVRC), N5BL, P. O. Box 1443, Las Cruces, NM 88004-1433
Web site: MVRC: http://www.n5bl.org
News Release Release Date:
For more information, contact:
Carl Zelich
Special Event Coordinator, The Final Launch
H. 407-977-5978 C. 407-687-8083
aa4mi@arrl.net
Amateur Radio in Action: The Final Launch
Chuluota, Florida, May 19, 2011 –
The Final Space Shuttle launch, STS-135 Atlantis, is currently scheduled for July 8!
An historic event, not to be missed, will soon occur. This will provide unprecedented photo and
media opportunities. More than 700.000 people will attend.
The Honorable Governor Rick Scott and family and Honorable Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll and family, have been invited to visit our operating Amateur Radio Station.
Ham radio operators of Brevard County are invited to stop by our worldwide radio station to say a few words to Amateur Radio operators around the world.
Location: 1150 West King St., Cocoa FL 32922. This is on SR520 just west of U.S. 1.
"Ham radio has always been part of homeland defense and Amateur Radio operators have always acted to provide communications for their country," says Ray Kassis, N4LEM, ARES District Emergency Coordinator.
As a Special Event Station, a Special Call Sign will be issued by the Federal Communications Commission to commemorate this event.
We will be operating on:
CW 7.080, 14.050, 21.050 +/- 10kHz.
SSB 7.280, 14.280, 21.280 +/- 10kHz.
PSK 7.035, 14.070, 21.070
D-Star KJ4OXT
Cocoa repeater 145.190(-) PL 103.5
For a Certificate, send 8.5 x 11 S.A.S.E. to: North Brevard ARC, P O Box 1033, Mims FL 32754
Info: Bob Jones, N6USP, 4743 Cambridge Dr., Mims FL 32754 n6usp@bellsouth.net
Web site: North Brevard Amateur Radio Club: http://www.northbrevardarc.org/spaceshuttlefinallaunch.htm
To become involved in Amateur Radio, contact the ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio, 225 Main StreetNewington, CT 06111 or 1-800-32-NEW HAM. ARRL home page: www.arrl.org
