UPARC

Kevin Poorman – KV4CT, Silent Key (SK)

By Jason Esterline on August 13, 2020

From ELCERT: It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Kevin Poorman. Kevin rarely missed a chance to volunteer his time to help the community. We will miss his calming voice, kindness and his passion for ham radio. Our hearts go out to his family during this incredibly difficult time. Call sign KV4CT has gone silent.
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Kevin was a longtime member and friend here at UPARC – he served on the board in 2016 and has been a key part of our VE team for years as well.

We’ll miss you friend. 73 to you. … Read the rest

UPARC Repeater Online Again!

By Jack Kinney, N4KIN on August 1, 2020

There’s a lot positivity from the repeater team that the repeater is fixed for good!

A few upcoming changes:

COMPLETED – Install original Kenwood repeater.
Connect HamWAN to the repeater.
Connect Echolink to the repeater.

PLEASE use the repeater and let us know if you have any problems!… Read the rest

Virtual Meeting For August

By Alan Streitman on July 29, 2020

The next club meeting is Saturday, August 1 at 10:00am.

Laurel VE testing is unavailable until further notice.

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

Therefore, we’re holding virtual meetings using Zoom. A link to the Zoom meeting will be emailed to the membership. You can download the Zoom client from Zoom

Presentation: Contesting, Richie AA2MF

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

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Virtual Meeting For July

By Alan Streitman on July 1, 2020

The next club meeting is Saturday, July 4 at 10:00am.

Laurel VE testing is unavailable until further notice.

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

Therefore, we’re holding virtual meetings using Zoom. A link to the Zoom meeting will be emailed to the membership. You can download the Zoom client from Zoom

Members please attend this new bylaw approval meeting. We need 16votes (quorum) to approve. If you cannot attend please complete a proxy and vote by email. Additional information will be emailed to each member.

Discussion: What we did on Field Day

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

ARRL Field Day June 27-28, 2020

By Alan Streitman on June 24, 2020

Field Day 2020 – What’s in a Name?

By Tom Schaefer NY4I

As you may know, our normal Field Day at the fire training center is not happening this year. Many members are taking advantage of the rule changes to operate class 1D or 1E from home. One of the changes the ARRL made—for this year only—is the ability to aggregate our individual scores under one club name. Please note that you still just make contacts with your own call but when it comes time to send in your Field Day entry, in the spot for club name you can add a name and everyone that uses that same club name will see a single entry in the results for

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Bylaws Update

By Jason Esterline on June 4, 2020

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

Virtual Meeting for June

By Jack Kinney, N4KIN on May 21, 2020

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

Laurel VE testing is unavailable until further notice.

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

Therefore, we’re holding virtual meetings using Zoom. A link to the Zoom meeting will be emailed to the membership. You can download the Zoom client from Zoom

Tech Presentation: Show Your Shack

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

Virtual Meeting for May

By Jack Kinney, N4KIN on April 26, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fire station is closed to the public. Rather than not having our monthly meetings, we’ve decided to have them virtually until things resume to normal and it is safe again.

Our monthly club meeting is Saturday May 2 at 10:00am. A link to the Zoom meeting will be emailed to the membership. There will NOT be any testing beforehand. We will have a full agenda, as well as a tech presentation: Getting Started with FT8, N4KIN

MEMBERS: Check your email and/or the UPARC Forum for meeting details.
NON-MEMBERS: Send us a message here for details.… Read the rest

Virtual Meeting for April

By Jack Kinney, N4KIN on March 30, 2020

Our monthly club meeting is next Saturday at 10:00am. There will NOT be any testing beforehand. We will have a full agenda, as well as a tech presentation.

There are a few ways in which you can join us (below), we recommend joining via a PC or MAC – however you can use a phone or tablet, or call in for audio only. The best experience will be to have video as there will be a … Read the rest

Pinellas Emergency Operations Call for Volunteers

By Jack Kinney, N4KIN on March 24, 2020

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