TSP Amateur Radio - W5TSP

Radio Building,

TSP hams operate a fixed station, W5TSP (Whisky Five Texas Star Party), at the Prude Ranch, site of the week-long Texas Star Party event. This station has a Mosley PRO-96 Yagi, 160 thru 20m Saturn dipole, 2-ele homebrew 30m Yagi and various VHF/UHF antennas mounted to a Rohn 70' SSV tower installed by TSP staff. The station operates 160 meters through 70cm.

On-The-Air operation of the TSP Prude Ranch Station continues Saturday April 18th through Saturday April 25th. Due to other responsibilities of the TSP ham radio staff and the availability of attending hams, operation may be spotty. Remember, this is a star party and the emphasis is staying up when it is dark to pursue the wonders of the night sky, and sleeping the morning away.

Mobile Operations

Amateur Radio Operators are invited to communicate with TSP Ham Radio Staff and other Hams traveling to and from the TSP. While TSP Staff will be traveling Friday April 17th and Saturday April 18th and returning home Sunday April 26th, other Hams will be travelling thoughout TSP week. This will be informal operations among TSP staff amateurs. All hams traveling to attend TSP as well as all other Hams are invited to participate. While traveling, TSP Staff will be operating HF and VHF.

HF mobile operating frequencies and (informal) schedule is:
Most likely Mobile band -40 Meters: 7.215 (alt 7.218, 7.221, 7.224)
If on 20 meters: 14.215 (alt 14.218, 14.221 and 14.224)
If on 80 meters: 3.815 (alt 3.818, 3.812 and 3.824)
Listen for TSP Staff: W5TSP, K5GH, WB4GHY, K5WUL, K5NCH, NG5V, W5CWO, W5SOG and others

VHF operations will primarily be through:
1) The West Texas Connection (WTC) ( http://www.westtexasconnection.net/)
2) The Southwest Lynx System ( http://hamradio.htmlplanet.com/custom2.html)
3) Big Bend ARC (BBARC) System ( http://www.bigbendarc.com/REPEATERS/Repeater_Index.html)
(!! PLEASE read and observe operating guidelines for these linked systems !! )

W5TSP Special Events Station

Amateurs around the world are invited to monitor for Special Events Station, W5TSP. Special Events operations will commence Tuesday April 21 and run through Saturday April 25th. An astronomically-themed QSL card will be sent to those that send an SASE to W5TSP (address is on QRZ.com)

W5TSP will operate near the following frequencies:
40m 7.250
20m 14.230
20m 14.250
17m 18.150

TSP Talk-In

W5TSP will attempt to monitor The BBARC and/or 146.52 MHz as much as possible. TSP attendees are encouraged to do the same.

Please visit the Radio Shack (see picture above) on the Prude Ranch located at the base of the antenna tower. Amateur Radio operators attending TSP are invited to guest operate W5TSP.

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