All,
I would like to do a final push for the sale of the last pieces of equipment that I have from Ron Parise, WA4SIR. For those that purchase Ron's equipment, all proceeds will go to the Ron Parise Scholarship Memorial fund at Youngstown State University, Ron's alma mater. For the few that might not have met Ron, he was a phenomenal individual, a ham's ham and astronaut on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-35 & STS-67. He operated the SAREX ham radio on-board both these missions, in 1990 and 1995 respectively. He lived in Silver Spring, Maryland, worked at NASA Goddard and was a phenomenal member and supporter of the Goddard Amateur Radio Club, ARRL and AMSAT.
I took pictures of some of the equipment in my inventory. See:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lff0wvhrd08il4f/AACeS3EDoQgDf1pww3X_v6A0a?dl=0
Also, not shown, include 2 Rohn 25 tower segments and 2M and 70 cm Satellite Yagis.
As long as I have your attention, I also have some satellite and VHF/UHF equipment (mainly many antennas) that were donated to ARISS for educational purposes. We originally planned to give some of these items to schools, but that has not worked out. The logistics of giving these out is unwieldy and we have not gotten any schools interested in taking these. So we would like to sell this equipment and donate that funding to support the ARISS radio development.
If you have any interest in any of this equipment, please contact me directly by e-mail.
Thanks,
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO