UPARC

Upcoming Events – March 2020

By Jack Kinney on February 29, 2020

UPARC Events
3/07/20: UPARC TESTING – 8:30am @ Station #65
3/07/20: UPARC MONTHLY MEETING – 10am @ Station #65 — Tech Presentation: Wire Antennas
3/28/20: Breakfast Social – 9am @ Bob Evans

Operating Events
03/14/20: Radio Clubs in the Park – 8AM @ Lake Seminole Park, Shelter #6: 10015 Park Boulevard, Seminole, 33777 More Info

Hamfests: As provided by the ARRL West Central Florida Section
3/07/20: CHARLOTTE COUNTY HAMFEST 2020 – Punta Gorda Boat Club – Punta Gorda, FL.
3/14/20: GULF COAST ARC SPRING HAMFEST 2020 – Millennium Academy – New Port Richey, FL.
3/21/20: ZAARC HAMFEST 2020 – St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church – Zephyrhills, FL.
3/28/20: SERC HAMFEST AND TAILGATE 2020 – American Red Cross HQ – Sarasota, FL.… Read the rest

Echolink Progress

By Jack Kinney on February 15, 2020

Today we connected the audio output of the repeater to the Echolink PC. The repeater controller doesn’t recognize the PTT from Echolink so transmitting will not work. Tom NY4I will be doing some research on that front.… Read the rest

Upcoming Events

By Alan Streitman on January 29, 2020

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

Upcoming Events

By Alan Streitman on January 5, 2020

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

Winter Field Day 2020

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on December 11, 2019

Wednesday at 7:00 PM is last chance to sign up and guarantee meals. Click here now.

Do you like operating in the field but hate dripping in sweat while setting up antennas? Does the idea of enduring another Field Day constantly fighting off every mosquito in Tampa Bay make you wish they held Field Day in January? Well, you’re in luck! Winter Field Day is an event very similar to the June ARRL Field Day except—you guessed it—it’s held in Winter. Specifically January 25 & 26, 2020. This is the third time SPARC is participating in Winter Field Day and it is a joint operation with the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society (CARS) and St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club (SPARC). … Read the rest

Black Friday at Honeymoon Island State Park

By Alan Streitman on December 3, 2019

Alan W4UB, Dee W4DCH, Ken WK4KM and I arrived around 9:00 AM and began setup in the small gazebo across from Cafe Honeymoon at the main beach parking area.

Equipment

We used Alan’s Icom 7600, Ken’s Honda generator and my “Alan’s Baluns” end fed wire on a tripod and push-up pole. The antenna is approximately 60+ feet long—resonates on 20 & 40 meters—and was raised close to 40′ with the tripod & pole. A ground rod, coax and a guy line completed the antenna system.

Setup

Setup took about 20 minutes, and we were on the air checking into the SOUTHCARS net in quick order. After spotting on the Parks on the Air (POTA) website, we … Read the rest

Upcoming Events

By Alan Streitman on November 20, 2019

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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UPARC Annual Election Results, 2020 Board Of Directors

By Alan Streitman on November 5, 2019

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

Annual Meeting, Picnic, Elections, Fox Hunt – Nov. 2nd

By Jason Esterline on October 25, 2019

It’s that time of the year again! Delicious food, Ham radio conversation and a fox hunt all the right ingredients for a great time.

The annual picnic, business meeting and election for 2020 Board of Directors will be held at 10am on Saturday, November 2nd at Fred Howard Park, Shelter #2. 1700 Sunset Dr, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689.

Please note the business meeting starts at 2:00 PM so if you cannot attend earlier, please come for the business meeting to ensure we have a quorum.

2020 Board Elections

Our by-laws require that we must have 1/3 of our membership in order to conduct business, so this is in important meeting to attend. If you cannot be here, you can designate … Read the rest

Upcoming Events

By Alan Streitman on October 25, 2019

What’s happening in November

Nov 2 – UPARC Testing – 8:30am Fire Station 65, 250 W Lake Rd, Palm Harbor, Fl 34684

Nov 2 – Annual Picnic and Election – 10am at Fred Howard Park Shelter 2, 1700 Sunset Dr, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689

Nov 9 – SPARC Fest – 8am Freedom Lake Park 9990 46th St N, Pinellas Park, FL 33782

Nov 19 -Operator Training Sessions will start after the weekly 8pm net

Nov 23 – Breakfast Social – 9am at Bob Evans 29335 US Hwy 19 N, Clearwater, FL 33761

We hope to see everyone there, to get text alerts on events text ‘UPARC’ to 84483.

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