N4S Special Event Station Photos

N4S Special Event Station Photos
“November Four Sierra”
(NASA for Space)

Shown here are photos taken five hours after launch of STS-135 Atlantis, the final flight of the Space Shuttle program. N4S was organized as the special event station while Atlantis is flying.

Thanks to operators providing me a tour and gave me an opportunity to operate the 14.280 station (I found it extremely difficult listeing for callsigns due to pileups, but these guys have the ear to get the words, even when stations spoke phonetically).

Ray Kassis, N4LEM
Carl Zelich, AA4MI
Archie Shetler, WN3DHI
Glenn Edmondson, N3EH
Bob Scorah, W0AGE


Ray N4LEM works one of the HF stations.		Carl AA4MI works the 7.280 station.


Glenn N3EH works the 14.280 station, Bob W0AGE provides additional ears to hear station calls (there were zillion stations simultaneously calling N4S).		Archie WN3DHI works the 2-meter (145.190-, PL 103.5 N4LEM repeater) station for visting hams in the area.


View of Brevard County emergency communications radio room.		This radio room has full compliment of all bands including Part 90 public safety. They also have a CB radio because all trucks have CB radios. Trucks are most common modes of transporting supplies, and emergency centers need to communicate with them.


Packet station console. Their PSK31 station is off-site to reduce interference to their other HF stations.		Bob W0AGE works 14.280 station by himself. It can become very tiresome for one operator as it requires full mental capacity (as of first day N4S achieved 10,000 contacts).

Another view of 14.280 station. Many consoles have large monitors for their PCs.		N4S station (under the antennas) on 1150 King St (SR520) in Cocoa, radio room of N4S is behind the WMIE 91.5 FM broadcast station, next to Cocoa Police Station.