THIS SATURDAY, FRED HOWARD PARK, SHELTER 8 @ 10AM
Additional Information:
https://uparc.org/uparc-annual-picnic-officer-elections/… Read the rest
UPARC
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.
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Various people have inquired about availability of the monthly meeting slides. They are now on the UPARC website on the Meeting Schedule page:
https://uparc.org/2021-meeting-schedule/
Click the meeting date in the left most column and a PDF of the slide deck will open in a new window.… Read the rest
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.
July Breakfast with UPARC / CARS
The joint club breakfast with CARS & UPARC is this Saturday, July 24th at 9AM.
We meet in the side room to your left when you enter the restaurant.
Another Broken Egg Cafe – Menu
Come out for some Amateur Radio Fun! Join us at John Chestnut, Sr. Park in the Eastlake Area of Palm Harbor. Alan W4UB reserved Shelter #11 for the club!
Bring your own gear, food and drink for a few hours of radio fun! Hope to see you!
We have a real-time status display of the operation at this year’s Field Day. The contacts are tracked in real-time and available in several handy graphs. If you can’t make it to Field Day but want to check on our progress, please click on the map at the right side of the website. You can also access it directly at https://www.sparc-club.org/sparc-real-tme-contest-display-dashboard/… Read the rest
On June 5th, we had our first in person meeting since Feb/Mar 2020! It was great to see those who attended! We tried using Zoom for those out of state or choosing not to attend in person. It wasn’t without some technical issues, but we made it work. Improvements to come for the next meeting!
Thirteen people attended in person, one of whom was Ray Dabkowski,W8RD. He visited our club and decided to join!
If you did not know, Honeymoon Island and Caladesi Islands were once connected. It was called Hog Island until the 1921 hurricane cut a channel thru the island forming what we know today as Hurricane Pass.
We learned from Ray that the 100th anniversary of the … Read the rest