For Winter Field Day 2024, UPARC returned to the Clearwater Fire Training Center with our friends at the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society. This year was surprisingly warm enough to host the event outside (all evidence to the contrary given our current temperatures).
We had the usual assortment of HF stations with the three Elecraft K3 transceivers and the Hex Beam with the triplexer. Two wire antennas rounded things out on HF for low bands. Both clubs were well-represented with approximately 40 people attending.

So how did we do? In total, we made 1149 QSOs. You can see a breakdown of the contacts including the actual log on our website here.

We only missed one section in the US and a … Read the rest

Congratulations to the 2024 UPARC Board of Directors. They assume office on January 1, 2024.… Read the rest

President’s Award

Jason Esterline N4BOZ

Jason received the President’s Award for the following:

• • Outstanding Service to the Club
  • Long Time Board Member
  • Contributor to all Club events

Congratulations Jason!

Presentation

There were two presentations: Route 66 Contest Event by Fred W2SUB and QRP Demo, Show & Tell by Bill, KG4ZQZ of SPARC and Dee W4DCH of UPARC.… Read the rest

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I was asked if there was a way to be notified in Slack when something new is posted to uparc.org. Ask and ye shall receive. Any new Pages, Post or Events added to uparc.org will send an alert to the #general channel. Thanks to Dee W4DCH for the suggestion!… Read the rest