{"activity_count":82,"callsign":"W6RDZ","confidence":1.0,"first_seen":"2025-08-06T01:11:50+00:00","found":true,"id":4760,"is_net_control":true,"last_seen":"2026-07-01T02:48:51.530187+00:00","ncs_profile":{"callsign":"W6RDZ","checkins_taken":5697,"net_count":1,"nets":[{"category":"weather","id":75,"in_progress":false,"last_detected":"2026-06-18T01:03:19.086332+00:00","name":"Astronomy and Amateur Radio Net","node_number":"683210","topic":"Astronomy and Amateur Radio Activities"}],"session_count":497,"topics":[{"count":1,"topic":"Astronomy and Amateur Radio Activities"}]},"occurrence_count":52,"profile":{"confidence":0.8009,"counts":{"ncs":0,"net":11,"open_qso":8},"data_freshness":"2025-12-22T15:26:58","latest_topic":"rocket launches","most_topic":"rocket launches","open_vs_net_bias_score":0.28,"personal_summary":"Ed is a regular participant in the Colorado Astronomy Net, providing rocket reports and occasionally engaging in broader discussions.","scores":{"civility":0.9,"focus":0.8,"friendly":0.9,"helpful":0.9,"serious":0.8,"technical":0.8},"source":"legacy_callsign_profiles","summary":"Ed frequently provides rocket reports and occasionally discusses economic data.","topic_coverage":{"economy":0.1,"personal":0.1,"rocket launches":0.8},"updated_at":"2025-12-23T20:04:33"},"qrz_status":null,"recent_transcripts":[{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.7573333531618118,"created_at":"2026-07-01T02:48:46.609370+00:00","id":134085,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":134787,"text":"All right, Jack, I'll give you a call after the Met. Appreciate your comments. Appreciate you checking in tonight, man. So I'm looking forward to applying with you tomorrow. W6RDZ, go ahead. Ed, what have you got for us tonight? All right, this is W6RD. He said, getting back with you. Not much. I do have observation. I did get out there and look at that strawberry moon last night. I was thinking it was more yellow than strawberry with all of our smoke. That's a local phenomenon. Let's see. Anything else? Oh, I was looking at the planet for that night. Straight up by the moon, I'm not sure exactly what I thought. I'm going to have a study on that. I'm sure Mars was one of them. And then I have one that looked like Jupiter, but it couldn't have been because that's way over by the sun right now. So maybe it was Saturn."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7419605925679207,"created_at":"2026-07-01T02:46:45.371143+00:00","id":134075,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":134776,"text":"All right, good evening. You've read the ASH-F-S-Qs. Thanks for checking in tonight. All right, now's the time for everyone else to contribute. Oh, yes, before I get started, we're going to jump over to John W2JLS. As John with our astronomical history for today, W2JLS John, would you like to share a historical ticket for today? Go ahead. Very good, Bernice. This is W2JLS John transmitting from Farrow on Ohio. Hello to Mission Control, Mr. Bernice, K-I-2-A-R and Rocketman Ed, W6-R-D-Z, and all the listeners out there on the Colorado-Listronomy net."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7213485209892194,"created_at":"2026-07-01T02:45:07.835137+00:00","id":134071,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":134770,"text":"Whiskey 6 Romeo Delta Zulu back with the tonight rocket report for the Colorado Astronomy Net talk to you about Boeing Starliner. But thanks to persistent issues with thrusters and major helium leak, the capsule stranded the duo in space for nine months and eventually returned without anybody on board. Since then Boeing has continued to struggle to get its act together for over a decade and a half. After it stuck up, it struck up its commercial crew program contract with NASA. As space flight now reports, along the way to follow up to the calamitous flight which won't even stop. Still doesn't have an official launch date and could be as far as a year away. The clock is ticking and the ISS will be retired in a matter of four years which could make the spacecraft obsolete and spending well over two billion on it after failing to ever succeed."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7992439270019531,"created_at":"2026-07-01T02:45:00.040216+00:00","id":134069,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":134768,"text":"I'm going to go ahead and call on Ed. W6RD-Z, which I like to rock a report. So they've been to Ed. Are you ready to give the rock a report? Go ahead. Good evening, Bernard. It's time for me to go with the tonight's rocket report. Just give me a signal check and make sure I'm now wasting everybody's time. Thank you."},{"callsign_confidence":0.99,"confidence":0.6999740447191631,"created_at":"2026-07-01T02:23:31.566866+00:00","id":134024,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":134715,"text":"Thank you, Bernice. I did not hear you breaking up on analog, so maybe it's a digital thing, but that's just what receiver here? Good evening to the net. Good evening, everyone. This is W6RDZ. You're rocket man with tonight's rocket report. We look back a week and we look forward to week. Let's start by looking back. Before launch is this week, a bunch of the ones that were scheduled for the end of the month got pushed forward into July. So on Wednesday, June 24th, it was my birthday, 21.30 Mountain Daylight Time. We're going to reliably launch Starlink Group 17-45 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Space Force Base, California. 24 Starlink B2, the high speed internet. It's a sun-synchronous orbit. This was Boosters 10-0."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7494963175720639,"created_at":"2026-07-01T02:19:11.547997+00:00","id":134010,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":134700,"text":"W6RD-Z, back with the rocket report, finishing the report on the second launch, which was the rocket lab's inspectors launch and OWL of VAN mission. It was the 91st electron mission and the 11th of 2026. Sunday, June 28th, SpaceX launch Starling Group, 17-40 on a Falcon 9, lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 10-09 Mountain Daylight Time. 24 Starling V2 minutes joined the mega constellation and Sun St. Chris orbit. It was the 75th Falcon 9 mission of 2026. Last launch, mostly, Sunday, June 28th at 2025, by Time Space X, successfully launched the XSM 11 mission from Slickland."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-05T18:11:05+00:00","id":14377,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":14376,"text":" Well I acknowledge the rest of the check-ins. I do have some questions for our new check-in. I have a little bit more about than that. Ed, W6R-DZ, thanks for checking in tonight. Justin, K7RAN, thanks for checking in tonight. David, WEAM, thanks for checking in tonight. Philp, that's a new call on the list. K5RUN, thanks for checking in tonight. Also, welcome to the Colorado Astronomy Net. Same questions for you in just a sec. Joel, KV9ZGZ, thanks for checking in."},{"callsign_confidence":0.99,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-08-12T18:06:17+00:00","id":16489,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":16488,"text":" Uh, Dave, I caught some of that, but not all of it. Ha ha ha ha. Yeah, I got you if you want. I corrected the head set earlier, and I posted that on the internet, so I've got those changes taken care of. OK, this is KI-0IR, net control. I don't think a lot of those astronomy nets. I take check-ins several ways. I take them via NetLogger, so if you have NetLogger, just log into NetLogger, and look for the Colorado astronomy net. And I'll see your name pop up in the AIM window, and I'll get you logged in right away. I take them over the air, of course. I will take them via email. You can send emails to KI-0IR at KI0IR.com. And in that email, just post your first name and your location, and if you have a call sign, that would be great as well. I also am on YouTube this evening, so good evening to those that are listening on YouTube. And I will see you pop up there. Just drop a note in the chat, and I will get you logged in as well. And we do have some updates to the rocket report, so stand by for that, but that will pop up another hour or so, a couple of launches, just a couple of launches. And I will see you pop up there. Just drop a note in the chat, and I will get you logged in as well. So a couple of launches successfully just now. There are links in the rocket report, and I do publish the rocket report on my website, so you can check that out. Right now, I'm going to acknowledge two check-ins via NetLocker. Actually, and I'll get, let's see. And I know it's out there as well, and we got, alright, so it's out to six. Okay, so for those that have logged in via NetLocker, or other means right now, I got Roy, KI7PKL, thanks for checking in tonight. AF0AS, thanks for checking in tonight. And W6RDZ, thanks for checking in tonight. And RIPK3XO, thanks for checking in tonight."},{"callsign_confidence":0.99,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-09-02T18:56:05+00:00","id":30789,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":30788,"text":" And I have my assistant cat here who is bugging me for treats tonight. Okay, Steve, we got you on the list, VM6VAY, thanks for checking in tonight. Let's see, over on YouTube, I think I got you down and listening tonight, so thanks for that. I haven't seen Ed check in and I haven't got a text. Let's see, there we go. We do have Ed out there monitoring W6RDZ. Okay, and so I will be, he's just monitoring tonight, he's working, so I will be delivering the ROC report in just a sec. Okay, so we have Ed on the list, and I will be delivering the ROC report in just a sec."},{"callsign_confidence":0.99,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-09-16T18:07:52+00:00","id":39780,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":39779,"text":" On negative, I'm down in Colorado Springs running a call right now, so no chance I'll be back up there around 8. So have a good one. W6RDZ monitoring."},{"callsign_confidence":0.99,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-09-23T18:44:01+00:00","id":45437,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":45436,"text":" Alright Bruce we got you on the list a little bit up there. I checked in from YouTube there. K3HY, thanks for checking in tonight. And W6RDZ, thanks for checking in tonight. Bruce welcome to the Colorado Astronomy Net. Like to touch base since you're on the radio here. Again my name is Burnus. This is Bravo Uniform Romeo November Echo Sierra Sierra calls. I didn't use your alpha Romeo. I think you heard a little bit about the intro earlier. So I'd like to touch base with you Bruce and find out what your interest, background in astronomy is. Whether you're starting out or you've been doing it for decades or somewhere in between. Please go ahead."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-09-23T18:58:59+00:00","id":45446,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":45445,"text":" Alright, and W6RDZ can deliver the rocket light. Yes, and W6RDZ go ahead with the rocket report. This is KI0AR net control Colorado Astronomy Net."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-09-30T18:21:57+00:00","id":50682,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":50681,"text":" Okay, good evening to you John, WTJLS, thanks for checking in. Todd, KE9, DQS, Delta, Quebec, Sierra, thanks for checking in. I don't know if you're all on the list, so welcome Todd. I'll get back with you in just a sec. Good evening to you Ed, W6RDZ, thanks for checking in tonight. Todd, KE9, DQS, welcome to the Colorado Astronomy Net. Here is Burna, SVE, VAVO, Uniform, Romeo, November, ECHO, Sierra, Sierra, I'm going to call the sign, Kilo-1, NU0, Alpha, Romeo. I'd like to touch base with my first time check-ins, find out what your interests are, what your background is in astronomy, whether you're just starting out or you've been doing it for quite some time, somewhere in between. I've been doing this, the net, for almost 30 years, three years here on Sky Hub Link. Again, welcome. Todd, tell us a little bit about your interest, background in astronomy. Go ahead. This is repeater station Kilo-Kilo 7. I appreciate you having me on the net. All-star Node 6222. It's just casual interest in astronomy. I'm just getting kind of started in the air, so I have had my license since about mid-July. I actually had an International Space Station pass overhead here around 8 p.m. local time, trying to get in contact. It was unsuccessful. I had to get close to it. I'm hearing a little bit of transmission. Anything astronomy related, I really do enjoy. Like I said, I appreciate you having me on the net here. K9 DQS, back to the net."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-09-30T19:00:54+00:00","id":50708,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":50707,"text":" Hello Burness, this is Ed, W6RDZ. I sure wish I could do it tonight, but I think we're going to miss it by about 10-15 minutes. Yeah, I'm still out on the road, I'm not back to station, and then I've got a few chores to do. I'm sorry I won't be able to do it, uh, is Dave?"},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-14T18:28:43+00:00","id":60584,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":60583,"text":" W6RDZ, W6RDZ, Ed, you rocket man, won't be able to do the report tonight, so take it away."},{"callsign_confidence":0.94,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-14T18:30:19+00:00","id":60588,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":60587,"text":" Yeah, Whiskey 6 Romeo Delta Zulu. Ed, thank you so much, sir. Appreciate you. And yeah, that was really some exciting stuff you had in there tonight. So I think that went very well for them. Sounds like the best launch to date this year. Okay, we'll move back to any additional check-ins here. I did get WE8M. I'm going to put you into the log. And anyone else out there wanting to check in, either Echolink or otherwise."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-21T18:26:32+00:00","id":66072,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":66071,"text":" Okay, let's see, Ed we got John Leiser number 7 on the list. Did I forget to say hi to you Ed? Apologies there. W6RDZ thanks for checking in tonight. Boy I think I forgot you too. N5ZIQ thanks for checking in. I got a little ahead of myself for welcoming Alan in there so thanks for that. I think I got Ken to Nv7SS. Let's see, hi to whoever else is out there. Secondary traffic but appreciate a call sign. No transmissions without identifications there. Do appreciate everybody being out there. All right, so we have a couple of questions here here. I'll get into the local astronomical news. Let's see, third Tuesday. Well let's see, I don't know what Tuesday is but first of all, one tail end of the announcements, I do appreciate everybody checking in last week and the week before and supporting John as net control so do appreciate that. That gives me a break and I know that John did a fine job the last couple of weeks taking over on doing the net logger bit. Last week was definitely interesting. I checked in from the casino and it was very, very loud with music and slot machines going off and all that kind of stuff so I didn't want that coming in over the air. I did have some trouble popping out. I think I finally got into net logger later in that evening but I do appreciate everybody giving John your support last week so I do appreciate that for all that did check in. I had a bunch of new calls as well. I haven't seen those new calls pop up yet but I do appreciate that so thanks for that."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-10-28T18:49:09+00:00","id":71010,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":71009,"text":" Ke0MKM checked in and we are on NetLogger. Those of you who are out there listening and you want to check in via NetLogger, you can certainly do so on Catch On The List. Right now I am going to go ahead and get into the Rocket Report. Ed has not checked in, let me see, he did send me a text, so let me take a look at that. Alright Ed, I will get you checked in, but I will go ahead and give the Rocket Report, I know you are probably busy tonight. Alright, Rocketman Ed, W6RDZ, Rocket Report 4, 10.28.25, this Rocket Report covers the periods from 10.21 through 11.04.20.25. Last week's launches, the worldwide launch cadence remains brisk, slightly exceeding an average of just over one launch per day. Eight launches made it off the path and into orbit last week, five SpaceX, two China and one for Japan. Wednesday, October 22nd at 8.30, mountain daylight time, SpaceX launch Starlink group 11-5 on a Falcon 9 from SLC4E, Vandenberg 4, 28 version 2 minis, join the Starlink mega-flight, booster B1075, first flight. China Aerospace and Science Corporation, CSC, launched a Long March 5 from LC101 Chang Space Launch Site, China, 23rd at 08.30 mountain daylight time. The TJSW-20 satellite went into geostationary transfer orbit and is said to be for test purposes. Thursday, October 23rd at 19.30 mountain daylight time, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 from SLC40C, Canaveral, Florida. The Falcon 9 carried SpainSat, new generation 2 to a geostationary transfer orbit. The 6.1 metric ton satellite is Spain's most advanced new X, K and UHF and communication satellite. Venerable booster B1076 made its 22nd and final flight with no landing legs nor grid fins as it was a sacrificial launch. The Falcon 9 is a fully-engaged and fully-engaged"},{"callsign_confidence":0.94,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-12-21T08:57:50+00:00","id":80134,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":80133,"text":" Yep, you can take that outside as opposed to looking at a small cell phone or an Ipad would be good. This is a nice chart that you can orient with this guy and take a look. I know there are some other apps out there that will help you. I'm old school as far as this is concerned. Again, that website www.heaven-above.com I do recommend you sign up for it and put it in your home coordinates for that website. And that's it for that bulletin. This is KI0 ARNet Control for the Colorado Astronomy Act. I do hope you guys also liked the sound bites there from W&B. I always like to combine radio and astronomy. Hopefully some of you guys got to see some of the Aurora as well last week or so. Which is pretty neat. This is Reputation Kilo Kilo 7 November Quebec November All-Star Note 6222 located in Shelton, Washington. A lot of people last week for the Aurora activity film. If anybody else has any recordings like that, you should like to hear them. A few times come. Steven, we got you checked in. We have KN6BAY over on YouTube so thanks for that. Not seeing anybody else over on NetMogger that I don't already have. So there you go. I'm going to wrap that up for the bulletin and call on Ed, W6RDZ. Good evening to you, Ed. Would you like to give the rocket report for this evening? Go ahead."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-12-22T15:25:56+00:00","id":85901,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":85900,"text":"Okay, I do know it's late over in New York, so let's see, Ben just posted. I really got into it from photography side of things. I'd love to get into deep space stuff. Any telescopes you recommend to start off? Well, it all depends on what you want to get into there, Ben. That might be a good question to ask Roy in just a bit. He's KI7PKL. He's on here. He's one of our local, our resident astrophotographers here at autonomynet, so we have a couple of them here. And David, WAM, also another astrophotographer here as well. Stay tuned for them. Hopefully you can listen in and get some pointers there. We've got Ed, W6RDZ, checking in. Hopefully he can give the RUC report in a little bit. So, there you go. Ed does produce the RUC report for us, so stand by for that. That will be a little over half an hour or so. Hopefully everybody can stick around. I do appreciate everybody being on tonight. I was having a little issues with the WiresX side tonight, so I went back over to the analog site to talk to you guys tonight, so thanks for that. OK Mike, I see that, over there in New York, KV-2 MTG, if you could post what your interest background is over there, over on YouTube, I see that, I'll put you over there on YouTube just to let me know where you are, I'd appreciate you checking in tonight. Let's see, this is KI-0 ARNet control for the Colorado Astronomy Net, I'm going to go Go ahead and get into the announcements in just a sec."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":null,"created_at":"2025-12-24T01:01:05+00:00","id":92672,"node_number":"oldsys","recording_id":92671,"text":"What about MRO? NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California manages MRO for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program Portfolio. Joaquin Martin Space Endeavor built MRO and supports its operations. SHERAD was provided to the MRO mission by the Italian Space Agency, or ASI. That's it for that bulletin for this evening. This is KI0AR net control for the Colorado Astronomy Net. Let's see. Just looking down the list right there for a couple other check-ins over on, let's see, all right, there we go. I'll take check-ins over the air in a little bit. I'll take them over the air after the rocket report. So if you're out there that are on YouTube or on network, I'll check in then as I see it. But I'll take check-ins over the air after the rocket report. We got Ed, let's see, Mike, WB9YPA, thanks for checking in tonight. And Ed, W6RDZ, thanks for checking in tonight. And Steve, KM6BAY, thanks for checking in tonight. Let's see. So thanks for that. Right now is the time for the Rocket Report, which will be presented by Ed, W6RDZ. Good evening to you, Ed. This is KI0AR, Net Control for the Colorado Astronomy Net. Are you ready to present the rocker report and go ahead."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.8239892741495913,"created_at":"2026-06-17T02:07:07.457448+00:00","id":108957,"node_number":"683211","recording_id":108962,"text":"NASA with its partners ESA, the European Space Agency, and the CSA, the Canadian Space Agency. For more information on web visit science.nasa.gov.web. And that did for that bulletin for this evening. This is KI-0-IR. Control for the Colorado Astronomy Net. I'm going to go ahead and call on Ed. W6-R-D-Z for tonight's rocker report. W6-R-D-Z, this is KI-0-IR. Are you ready to give the rocker report for this evening? Go ahead."},{"callsign_confidence":0.94,"confidence":0.6384457701986486,"created_at":"2026-06-17T02:12:42.841784+00:00","id":108972,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":108978,"text":"NASA with its partners ESA, the European Space Agency, and the CSA, the Canadian Space Agency. For more information on web visit science.nasa.gov.web. And that did for that bulletin for this evening. This is KI-0-IR. Control for the Colorado Astronomy Net. I'm going to go ahead and call on and W6-R-D-E for tonight's rock report. W6-R-D-Z, this is KI-0-IR. Are you ready to give the rock report for this evening? Go ahead."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.8900191932916641,"created_at":"2026-06-24T03:06:22.622753+00:00","id":120656,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":120655,"text":"56 RD Z back with Colorado astronomy net just the last part of the observation there of the close spacing of those planets I was not able to see mercury it was either too low behind a cloud on the horizon or to or it's that one of the two that's everything I've got W6 RD Z back to mission control."},{"callsign_confidence":1.0,"confidence":0.891021229326725,"created_at":"2026-06-24T02:51:15.687562+00:00","id":120645,"node_number":"683210","recording_id":120644,"text":"Good evening again, Bernie. Men in the net, the W6RDZ here. Yeah, thanks so much for doing the net. Great to contribute. I think that's a great idea putting John on for the history lesson. I love those. I too am a student of the Apollo years, or a participant or whatever. You guys, at my age, are a little older. You're a very thin slice of the population who can remember when Apollo was news and not history. So I think we kind of occupy a special place there. That being said, I'll get quick to observations. I did get out and take a look at the data."}]}