I don’t usually mention special event stations—unless it’s one I’m operating—but since this one is from a museum station, I thought I’d give them a plug……..Dan
The HF and 2-meter Amateur Radio station at Colorado’s Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is operational, and we just got approval to operate a special event station celebrating the astronaut and NASA festivities on Friday, May 23. We will have a 12-hour special event station operating on 14250 or 7250 kHz (+/-) from 0900 to 2100 Denver time (1500 UTC 23 May to 0300 UTC 24 May). We will provide an 8-1/2 x 11 QSL certificate to confirmed contacts for an SASE.
In addition to opening the new exhibit, “Colorado’s Astronauts: in their own words,” the museum will host ceremonies for the presentation of NASA’s “Ambassador of Exploration Award” honoring one of Colorado’s astronauts, Jack Swigert.
NASA officials will present the award, including a lunar sample (part of the 842 pounds of Moon rocks returned during the lunar expeditions from 1969 to 1972) which will be accepted by his sister, Virginia Swigert and placed on display at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum.
In addition to NASA officials and Virginia Swigert, special guests include:
– Jeaneen Spinelli (Jack’s niece),
– other Swigert family members,
– General Hall (Jack’s Commanding Officer),
– Gene Kranz (Lead Flight Director, Apollo 13),
– James A. Lovell (Spacecraft Commander, Apollo 13),
– Fred Haise (Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 13),
– Ken Mattingly (Original Command Module Pilot, Apollo 13),
– Jeff Ashby (NASA Astronaut),
– Richard Truly (NASA Astronaut), and
– additional Colorado astronauts.
Local officials include Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, other Colorado Elected Officials, and Colorado Space Industry Representatives.
We have been making progress in setting up our satellite radio system in our full-sized Space Station crew module exhibit. I hope it will also be operational in time to have a role in these activities.
Other information can be found via the links on the K0WAR QRZ.Com page.
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