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The next club meeting is Saturday, March 6th at 10:00am.

PRESENTATION: Antique Radio Restoration by Dee, W4DCH

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

Laurel VE testing is unavailable until further notice.

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

Therefore, we hold virtual meetings using Zoom. A link to the Zoom meeting will be emailed to the membership. You can download the Zoom client from Zoom… Read the rest

Our weekly Traders & Trivia Net is this evening at 8:00pm on the club repeater. (147.120Mhz + PL100)

Immediately following is our 2m (146.575Mhz), then 40m (7.282Mhz +/-) rag chews

Please join us for some fun!

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On 7/4/20 the membership voted to accept the bylaws revisions necessary to become a Not-For-Profit Corporation, 22 in favor, 0 against. The first step in this process is incorporation in Florida. Thanks to all that contributed to the successful accomplishment of this milestone. Ken WQ3V will now begin the process of getting the paperwork in order for filing with the state.

The committee and board have been hard at work on the Bylaw revisions necessary to become a Not-For-Profit Corporation. We ask that you review our current bylaws, the proposed bylaws, and the reference chart at the link below. President Alan Streitman will go over these with us during our monthly meeting on 6/6.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2qq3uqq05ckb3x5/AACT6KPuEr6d5RsvW8EDdmcua?dl=0… Read the rest

Who : Pinellas EOC / Clayton Parrott

What: Point of drop off for PPEs (Personal Protective Equipment)

When: Wed, Thurs, Friday, Maybe Saturday This week. 3/25-3/28 8AM-8PM

Where: An un-named Church in Tarpon Springs (To be announced)

Why: Pinellas County EOC is requesting businesses with Extra PPE equipment donate the equipment at one of 3 drop off points, North, Central, and South County. I was asked to contact Eastlake CERT and I also offered to ask UPARC if they wanted to volunteer for the North County site, hence this Email.

How: Business will be asked to drop off the equipment between 9am-7pm. This will be set up as a drive through drop off. Car drives … Read the rest

Due to ongoing issues with the repeater behaving erratically, our club weekly net is moving to the East Lake CERT 70 cm repeater (W4ELC) that operates on a frequency of 442.800 Mhz with a PL tone of 146.2 Hz.
Our repeater team is actively working on the problem and determined that the W4AFC antenna system is at fault. We are doing our best to schedule a tower climber to work on the antenna during these difficult times.

Please use simplex 146.575 for local communications.

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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

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

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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The results of Nov 2 election is as follows:
President: Alan Streitman, W4UB
Vice President: Jason Esterline, N4BOZ
Treasurer: Jeff DeGrasse, K4JJD
Secretary: Steve Foy, N4FOY
Member At Large: Glenn Panazzolo, N4ESU… Read the rest