Certification is at the recommendation of the Instructor. Several have completed this training plan satisfactorily and three requests are in hand. The right hand operating position console was opened by installing a Plexiglas window, and the HF station is now operational. With a total of 11 participating clubs as the Members, The VASC Amateur Radio Group, Inc. was established as an ARRL Affiliated Club in August, 1995. Letters to all donors were prepared to allow them to utilize that benefit.
Several options are in evaluation for future improvements at the Exhibit.
These include a Packet Station, interfacing the packet computer, the Visitor Interface computer, and the satellite station computer. Such linking not only will provide for Control Operator's need for control functions and system interrogation, but would also permit local Amateurs with packet radio capability to communicate through a BBS and to download other station information. This complex project has been supported financially by cash contributions from Tidewater Radio Conventions, Inc., Member Clubs, and individual Hams. All major station equipment has been donated by manufacturers and vendors.