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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

June Meeting Summary

By Jack Kinney, N4KIN on June 6, 2021

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

Meetings Resume at Fire Station #65

By Jack Kinney, N4KIN on May 31, 2021

We’re back at the Fire Station starting with the June 5th meeting!

That said we’re going to attempt to have the meeting on Zoom at the same time for those who cannot make it or live out of town.

License testing resumes in July.

Meeting Information… Read the rest

Field Day 2021 – We’re Back!!!

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on May 21, 2021

After a long cold winter of no Field Day events, we are happy to announce that Field Day 2021 is on! As has been our mode for the last several events, we will be operating Field Day with a combined club effort with the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society and the St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club. The event is on June 26 and 27th, 2021 at the Clearwater Fire Training Center (1716 N Belcher Rd., Clearwater, FL 33765). The operating starts at 2:00 PM local time and runs 24 hours through Sunday. Setup typically starts at 8:00 AM on Saturday morning.

In keeping with current CDC guidelines, people that are vaccinated are free to attend with no restrictions. We … Read the rest

Breakfast is Back!

By Jack Kinney, N4KIN on May 14, 2021

We will be starting back up our combined club breakfast with CARS & UPARC on Saturday, May 22nd.

We have a new place to meet since Bob Evans closed down. We will have our breakfast gathering at:

Another Broken Egg Cafe – Menu

We will meet at 9am. In the side room!

Since this is our first time starting back up, we need to get a close count for the restaurant to be sure they have enough servers on duty.

Please text Ron W4RFA at 727-641-6620 with a count as to how many will be attending by Thursday, May 20th.

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