The VASC Amateur Radio Group, Inc.
History List

VASCARG Home.

The following represents milestones, memorable events, or other interesting items for the VASC Amateur Radio Group, Inc. home page.

• 2002.06.03 - A great page of broad interest to trunking radio scanners is the Trunked Radio Information Homepage.

• 2002.02.04 - A great page of local interest devoted to scanner radio is the Hampton Roads Scanner Page.

• 2001.07.12 - A topic was added that describes an excellent reference; The Art and Skill of Radio-Telegrapy.

• 2001.06.05 @ 1230 The NASA Langley Amateur Radio Club now has a presence on the Internet.

• 2001.04.19 @ 1230 A document listing sites and contacts to take the Amateur Radio License Exam is now available.

• 2001.04.17 @ 1315 A document describing how to obtain an Amateur Radio license is now available.

• 2001.04.13 @ 1800 A list of Southeastern Virginia Amateur Radio Clubs is now available.

• 2001.04.09 @ 2330 The International Space Station has initiated digipeating with UI frames (preferred) in the Amateur Radio frequencies (listen on 145.800 MHz worldwide).

• 2001.03.19 @ 2305 - A link was added to the NRC/HIA Dominion Radio Astrophyical Observatory where excellent 10.7 cm Solar Flux archives are maintained.

• 2001.02.16 @ 1705 - A link was added to Claudio Ariotti's SpaceOnLine. This page has very neat features.

• 2001.02.16 @ 1705 - The link to Chris van der Berg's Mir News was updated.

• 2001.02.02 @ 0845 - Additional items/formatting were added concerning the ARISS contact.

• 2001.01.29 @ 1630 - Permission was granted from the Newport News Daily Press to reprint the text article concerning the student contact with Astronaut Commander Bill Shepherd. Permission to use photos is pending permission.

• 2001.01.27 @ 1630 - Preliminary pictures were received from Wally Carter concerning the student contact with Astronaut Commander Bill Shepherd aboard the International Space Station. I was unfortunately out of town during the event. Other media will be made available from this site as soon as it is received and permission is secured to use the same - Jim Byrd.

• 2001.01.26 @ 1700 - Added a link to the Space Weather home page.

• 2001.01.05 @ 1200 - A scheduled contact with Astronaut Commander Bill Shepherd NA1ISS aboard the International Space Station was conducted with childern from several Hampton Virginia area schools in attendance.

• 2000.12.07 @ 1600 - Added a link to the NASA Wallops Flight Test Facility home page. Wallops is involved in aeronautical flight and sounding rocket testing from Virginia's Eastern Shore.

• 2000.12.06 - Note that December 23 2000 marks the 100th anniversary of the first wireless voice transmission.

• 2000.12.01 - ISS reported to be occasionally active on FM voice (145.800 MHz) in ITU Region 2.

• 2000.02.10 - Link added to the excellent Spaceflight Now news site.

• 2000.01.07 - A link was added to Mark Wade's Encyclopedia Astronautica.

• 1999.12.03. - Added the Web66: International School Web Site Directory.

• 1999.08.29 - A link to NOAA Advisories on Active Tropical Cyclones added.

• 1999.06.28 - A link to the Chesapeake Amateur Radio Service was added.

• 1999.05.27 - Intellicast(r) weather links were updated.

• 1999.03.04 - Link added to Space Science News.

• 1999.02.11 - Link to Bob Bruninga's Mir/APRS page established.

• 1998.11.13 @ 05:22-05:26 UTC - Sputnik 41 signal heard & recorded on 145.815 MHz. This file was edited to shorten the content.

• 1998.11.10 - The Mir cosmonauts are scheduled to hand launch the Sputnik 41 mini-satellite during an external EVA on November 11th. You can recieve the signal from this satellite using Amateur Radio equipment or a police-type scanner programmed for 145.815 (approaching) to 145.810 (departing). MHz. More details about the nature of the signals from Sputnik 41 can be found from the AMSAT-France organization.

• 1998.10.23 - Java applet added to aid the mission of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

• 1998.08.25 - The latest path prediction for hurricanes of local interest.

• 1998.08.25 - With respect to preparing for the approach of hurricane Bonnie, if you are willing to participate in public service communications then a good place to start becoming informed and involved is the Virginia State Amateur Radio Emergency Services page.

• 1997.12.19 - Instructions were added on how to obtain a Sputnik 40 QSL card or Diploma.

• 1997.12.12 - Permission was obtained from Richard Stradling of the Daily Press to repost the November 14, 1997 article about Sputnik 40.

• 09/12/1997 - Link added to the Peninsula Amateur Radio Club (PARC).

• 09/11/1997 - Link added to the Williamsburg Amateur Radio Club

• 08/13/1997 - Link added to the CERES S'COOL Project.

• 08/13/1997 - Link added to the Langley Office of Education Online.

• 08/10/1997 - Link added to Bruce Paige's Houston AMSAT Net.

• 08/01/1997 - With permission from SEVAnet managers to add CGI enhancements, the VASCARG now has on-line methods for:
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• 07/09/1997 - A link to David H. Ransom's Software Home Pages added.

• 06/18/1997 - Mir Amateur Radio VHF operations are now on 145.985 MHz simplex as of June 15, 1997.

• 06/09/1997 - Email address searching provided by Four11.

• 06/09/1997 - The Orbitessera page by Ken Ernandes added.

• 05/14/1997 - The Basics of Space Flight Learner's Workbook from the JPL added.

• 05/09/1997 - Shuttle Status Reports from the Kennedy Space Center added under Active News and Information Sites.

• 04/17/1997 - The results of the April 6-7 Special Event Station operations.

• 04/17/1997 - Brian Webb's Rawhide Space Page added.

• 03/19/1997 - Wally Carter and Kenneth Pierpont are honored at the Virginia Air and Space Center for being in the group that provided the "top 10" volunteer hours for 1996. See article from the News Researcher, a Langley Research Center news publication.

• 01/18/1997 - Jim Conrad has supplied a .wav file of Shuttle air to ground communications during the boost phase of STS-81.

• 01/12/1997 - Jim Conrad reports Shuttle air to ground communications are being retransmitted locally on 144.34 MHz.

• 01/03/1997 - Link to NASA Langeley Teacher Resource Center added.

• 12/30/1996 - Link to a practice on-line Amateur Radio license examination from W5AC added.

• 12/28/1996 - Special Announcement added. Students from Granby High and Mary Calcutt Elementary were SUCCESSFUL in contacting Astronaut Blaha upon the Russian Mir Space Station.

• 12/26/1996 - Special Announcement added. Students from Granby high school and Mary Calcutt Elementary school will be guests of the Virginia Air and Space Center where a radio contact will be conducted with US Astronaut John Blaha who is aboard the Russian Space Station Mir.

• 12/24/1996 - Link added to Space News Online.

• 12/18/1996 - Link to the NASA K12 Internet Initiative added.

• 12/07/1996 - Link to Ashley's Space World added.

• 11/24/1996 - Image added of the Students of Bigyn School Amateur Radio Club, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, U.K.

• 11/22/1996 - A technical specifications and equipment list was added.

• 11/13/1996 - A link to the TRS Consultants and Satellite Times added.

• 11/03/1996 - A KE4ZXW station operations description was added.

• 10/23/1996 - The VASC Amateur Radio Group, Inc. home page begins Internet operations courtesy of SEVAnet, the Southeast Virginia Regional Free net.