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The JPL Amateur Radio Club is open to employees and contractors working at all Jet Propulsion Laboratory facilities including the Deep Space Communications Complexes in Australia, Spain and Goldstone California.  It operates several   communications stations and repeaters in Southern California for the benefit of licensed radio amateurs and in support of emergency communications in the event of natural or other disasters.

The club was first formed in 1958 as the JPL Amateur Radio Society largely through the efforts of Dr. Henry L. Richter, W6VZA, with the intent of furthering interest in Amateur Radio at the Laboratory.  Notable early activities included handling radio traffic during the flight of Explorer I, the JPL constructed artificial satellite first orbited by the United States that year. 

A PDF copy of the club by-laws can be accessed here: Club By-Laws

Club Officers for 2008
Title	Name	Callsign
President	James Parker	K6PKR
Vice President	Chris Page	KI6EWM
Secretary	James McDuffie	K6JLM
Treasurer	Chuck Sarture	KG6NF
Director at Large	Mark Schaefer	WB6CIA
W6VIO Trustee	Bob Smith	W6GRV
W6JPL Trustee	Eric Archer	N6CV
WR6JPLTrustee	Randy Hammock	KC6HUR
WR6AZN Trustee	Bill Wood	W6FXJ
Emergency Communications Manager	Christopher Carson	KE6ABQ

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Amateur Radio Club
Post Office Box 842
La Canada, California 91012-0842

Updated June 6, 2008