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Vice President Upper Pinellas Amateur Radio Club

The Upper Pinellas Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) corporation.

By Alan Streitman on December 24, 2020

We have finally received our letter of determination from the IRS. It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Upper Pinellas Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is now a 501(c)(3) not for profit, public charitable organization. This means that individuals and organizations can make tax deductible donations to our club and we can apply for grants.

Additionally, we are eligible to receive donations from AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile allows buyers to donate a small percentage of their purchase(s) to a charity, or charities, of their choice. How it works:  Amazon will donate .5% of your eligible purchase at no cost to you to UPARC. The only difference is you must login to AmazonSmile instead of Amazon.com. AmazonSmile works with Prime and offers … Read the rest

Virtual Meeting For August

By Alan Streitman on July 29, 2020

The next club meeting is Saturday, August 1 at 10:00am.

Laurel VE testing is unavailable until further notice.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fire station is closed to the public.

Therefore, we’re holding virtual meetings using Zoom. A link to the Zoom meeting will be emailed to the membership. You can download the Zoom client from Zoom

Presentation: Contesting, Richie AA2MF

MEMBERS: Check your email for meeting details.
NON-MEMBERS: Send us a message here for details.

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Virtual Meeting For July

By Alan Streitman on July 1, 2020

The next club meeting is Saturday, July 4 at 10:00am.

Laurel VE testing is unavailable until further notice.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fire station is closed to the public.

Therefore, we’re holding virtual meetings using Zoom. A link to the Zoom meeting will be emailed to the membership. You can download the Zoom client from Zoom

Members please attend this new bylaw approval meeting. We need 16votes (quorum) to approve. If you cannot attend please complete a proxy and vote by email. Additional information will be emailed to each member.

Discussion: What we did on Field Day

MEMBERS: Check your email for meeting details.
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ARRL Field Day June 27-28, 2020

By Alan Streitman on June 24, 2020

Field Day 2020 – What’s in a Name?

By Tom Schaefer NY4I

As you may know, our normal Field Day at the fire training center is not happening this year. Many members are taking advantage of the rule changes to operate class 1D or 1E from home. One of the changes the ARRL made—for this year only—is the ability to aggregate our individual scores under one club name. Please note that you still just make contacts with your own call but when it comes time to send in your Field Day entry, in the spot for club name you can add a name and everyone that uses that same club name will see a single entry in the results for

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Upcoming Events

By Alan Streitman on January 29, 2020

What’s happening in February
Feb 1 – UPARC Testing – 8:30am Fire Station 65, 250 W Lake Rd, Palm Harbor, Fl 34684
Feb 1 – UPARC Monthly Meeting – 10am Fire Station 65, 250 W Lake Rd, Palm Harbor, Fl 34684
Tech Presentation: Magnetic Loop Transmitting Antennas – Richie, AA2MF
Feb 7,8&9 – Hamcation
Feb 22 – Breakfast Social – 9am at Bob Evans 29335 US Hwy 19 N, Clearwater, FL 33761… Read the rest

Upcoming Events

By Alan Streitman on January 5, 2020

What’s happening in January
Jan 4 – UPARC Testing – 8:30am Fire Station 65, 250 W Lake Rd, Palm Harbor, Fl 34684
Jan 4 – UPARC Monthly Meeting – 10am Fire Station 65, 250 W Lake Rd, Palm Harbor, Fl 34684
Tech Presentation: N1MM Log operation, Tom NY4I
Jan 7, 14 & 21 – Operator Training Sessions will start after the weekly 8pm net
Jan 25&26 – Winter Field Day. The event will be held at the Clearwater Fire Training Facility on Belcher Road south of Sunset Point Road in Clearwater.… Read the rest

Black Friday at Honeymoon Island State Park

By Alan Streitman on December 3, 2019

 

 

 

Alan W4UB, Dee W4DCH, Ken WK4KM and I arrived around 9:00 AM and began setup in the small gazebo across from Cafe Honeymoon at the main beach parking area.

Equipment

We used Alan’s Icom 7600, Ken’s Honda generator and my “Alan’s Baluns” end fed wire on a tripod and push-up pole. The antenna is approximately 60+ feet long—resonates on 20 & 40 meters—and was raised close to 40′ with the tripod & pole. A ground rod, coax and a guy line completed the antenna system.

Setup

Setup took about 20 minutes, and we were on the air checking into the SOUTHCARS net in quick order. After spotting on the Parks on the Air (POTA) website, we … Read the rest

Upcoming Events

By Alan Streitman on November 20, 2019

What’s happening in December

Dec 7 – UPARC Testing – 8:30am Fire Station 65, 250 W Lake Rd, Palm Harbor, Fl 34684

Dec 7 – UPARC Monthly Meeting – 10am Fire Station 65, 250 W Lake Rd, Palm Harbor, Fl 34684

              Tech Presentation: HF Portable Operation, Glenn N4ESU

Dec 3, 10, 17 – Operator Training Sessions will start after the weekly 8pm net

Dec 19 – N1MM Log Workshop Online – 7pm Tom NY4I will host on Zoom. Email with specifics to follow

Dec 28 – Breakfast Social – 9am at Bob Evans 29335 US Hwy 19 N, Clearwater, FL 33761

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Upcoming Events

By Alan Streitman on October 25, 2019

What’s happening in November

Nov 2 – UPARC Testing – 8:30am Fire Station 65, 250 W Lake Rd, Palm Harbor, Fl 34684

Nov 2 – Annual Picnic and Election – 10am at Fred Howard Park Shelter 2, 1700 Sunset Dr, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689

Nov 9 – SPARC Fest – 8am Freedom Lake Park 9990 46th St N, Pinellas Park, FL 33782

Nov 19 -Operator Training Sessions will start after the weekly 8pm net

Nov 23 – Breakfast Social – 9am at Bob Evans 29335 US Hwy 19 N, Clearwater, FL 33761

 

We hope to see everyone there, to get text alerts on events text ‘UPARC’ to 84483.

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