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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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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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Upcoming Events

By Alan Streitman on October 15, 2019

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

What is this HamWAN thing again?

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on October 6, 2019

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

UPARC in the Park – October 19 – Canceled Due To Weather

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on October 6, 2019

Hams wanted! Join us for UPARC in the Park on Saturday Oct 19 @ 0900 at John Chestnut Park shelter #13 located at 2200 E Lake Rd S, Palm Harbor, FL 34685. Dust off your portable gear and come on out. If the Scouts attend, we will participate in Jamboree On The Air.

Please let us know who is coming and what equipment you are bringing. Don’t forget to bring your own food and refreshments.… Read the rest

HamWAN Deployed!

By Jason Esterline on October 1, 2019

Thanks to some great people, we were able to mount and align the HamWan antenna. Due to it’s highly directional characteristics it took several hours to accomplish. Bottom line we were able to connect to the internet and watch a YouTube video. The next step is to run the Cat6 cable from the antenna to the repeater closet. Jack and Alan will try to work on that after the club meeting on Saturday.

We will then be ready to get EchoLink set up!

A big thank you to those that were involved, your efforts are really appreciated.

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Upcoming Events

By Jason Esterline on September 8, 2019

Lot’s of things on tap for September — be in the know!

Sept 14th – Tech Exam Training  Details Here
Sept 21st – Radio Clubs in the Park – 9am Details Here
Sept 28th – Breakfast Social – Bob Evans Details Here
Sept 28th – Tech Exam Training Pt. 2 Details Here

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

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