[NvHam] Shuttle Recovery Activity

[Dick Flanagan]

[From various Emcomm mailing lists]

SHUTTLE RECOVERY ACTIVITY

YOU can monitor some of the shuttle recovery activity by listening to
the Nacogdoches W5NAC repeater on Echolink (146.66, I believe).

THE group is using the "WX_TALK" conference, but they request that
monitoring stations do NOT connect to that conference. Instead, connect
to the "EDU_NET" conference, set up for listening only. I believe the
N2LEN repeater conference is also set up for monitoring.

TONIGHT I've heard that Amateurs are being sent out with as many search
teams as possible (NASA, FBI, etc). Amateur communications are working
better than all others. Some donated repeaters are being brought in to
supplement the existing machines, but they need some temporary tower
structures.

TODAY'S crew was about 14 hams. They are talking about needing 25 or
more hams daily for the next two weeks.

HAMS in Houston and Dallas are using Echolink to talk to the command
center in Nacogdoches to coordinate recruiting hams.

IF you don't have Echolink, you can download it for Windows at:
www.echolink.org

73,
Gary KN4AQ
NC PIC
ARRL PR Committee
kn4aq@arrl.net
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Dick Flanagan W6OLD ARRL NV SM
E-mail: w6old@arrl.org