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Annual Picnic & Election a Success!

By Jack Kinney, N4KIN on November 6, 2021

We hunted, voted and ate. Most importantly we saw some friends for the first time in almost two years. We saw Delbert and his XYL for the first time since 2019. We also met David who joined the club yesterday evening and is working towards his Technician license.

Described by Tom Schaefer, NY4I as the “first winter field day” the native Floridians hovered around the hot grill to stay warm in the damp 60 degree morning air!

Steve Foy, N4FOY returned from the fox hunt victorious with a big smile and fox in hand.

Jack Kinney, N4KIN called the business meeting to order. The first order of business was to thank Jeff DeGrasse, K4JJD for his service as UPARC treasurer … Read the rest

UPARC Special Event Station – N4H

By Jason Esterline on October 20, 2021


To commemorate the hurricane, operators from the Upper Pinellas Amateur Radio Club will operate from Honeymoon Island State Park starting Friday, October 22nd to October 24th, 2021. We NEED operators, filling 24+ hours of operation will take people!

The callsign used will be N4H. Modes will be SSB and FT8. SSB frequencies are 14.265 and 7.265. Also for Parks on the Air (POTA) chasers, Honeymoon Island State Park is park K-1880.

Operating time is 10:00 AM EDT (14:00Z) to ~6:30 PM EDT (22:30Z) on each day Friday 10/22, Saturday 10/23 and Sunday 10/24. Setup will begin at 9am daily.

Operators/Local Visitors: Download Info/Instructions… Read the rest

HamWAN Update

By Jack Kinney, N4KIN on September 6, 2021

The Repeater Team had a work session on the HamWAN environment after the September meeting. Below are a few updates:

  • HamWAN radio on tower is working.
  • Resolved issue where another HamWAN user was using our IP address.
  • Inquiring with the area HamWAN team about a point-to-point connection to Tampa. Would improved connection by estimated 10dB.
  • New Minix PC is very stable unlike the previous PC.
  • Currently router is a bit flaky. Will be replaced in next work session.
  • Current EchoLink interface is going to be replaced with improved model in next work session.

… Read the rest

UPARC in the Park

By Jack Kinney, N4KIN on July 18, 2021

We met Saturday morning, July 17th.

We were a bit rusty and didn’t have the turn out we hoped for, but all in all, we had a good time! The following were onsite to take part:

Alan W4UB
Dee W4DCH
Jack N4KIN
Ron W4RFA
Ryan KJ4FXX & his young son Freddy (future HAM we hope!)
Tim W4EKP
Tom NY4I

Three wire antennas were hoisted into the pines of John Chesnut Sr. Park (FKA Brooker Creek Park) adjacent to Shelter #11 by Alan W4UB, Dee W4DCH and Tim W4EKP. Here’s 2/3 of the antenna team doing nothing related to antennas!

Tom NY4I tried out his new Icom IC-705 making multiple SSB and CW contacts. If you’re familiar with the Elecraft KX3… Read the rest

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