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
UPARC
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
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
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
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
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
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.
What’s happening in October
Oct 5th – UPARC Monthly Meeting – 10am Fire Station 65, 250 W Lake Rd, Palm Harbor, Fl 34684
Oct 19th – UPARC in the Park / JOTA – 9am at John Chesnut Park Shelter 13, 2200 E Lake Rd S, Palm Harbor, FL 34685
Oct 26th – 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.… Read the rest
For those that may not recall—or are new to the club—HamWAN is a project with the goal to use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components to establish a high-speed data link. Think WiFi but at 5.6 Ghz across greater distances and with higher power (ERP).
UPARC’s efforts for HamWAN include the ability to create an Internet connection that we have full access (inbound and outbound connections). This will enable us to use EchoLink to connect the repeater to EchoLink users.
Another benefit of HamWAN is it provides an emergency backup for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) that is in the Palm Harbor fire house. During Hurricane Irma, the area experienced Internet outages. If we had HamWAN in place, we could have offered … Read the rest