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Winter Field Day 2022 Dry Run Fun

By Jack Kinney on January 22, 2022

Some of the Field Day planning team members spent time at the Clearwater Fire Training Center today. We verified radios and laptops worked together for logging, verified the laptops could connect with the network, walked the campus for our new members and reviewed the list of items we still need for a successful event.

In attendance and in no particular order were: Jeff NE4C, Ryan KO4KGP, Alan W4UB, Jack N4KIN, Dee W4DCH, Fred W2SUB, Tom NY4I and Steve N4FOY.

Jeff Palmer NE4C took Ryan KO4KGP and Fred W2SUB to the top of the short fire training tower for a aerial view of the campus but we didn’t get any pictures of that.

Steve Foy N4FOY also provided an impromptu training … Read the rest

UPARC Website Posts on Twitter

By Jack Kinney on January 19, 2022

If you are a fan of #Twitter you can now receive UPARC website posts via #Twitter. Just follow @UPARC1 in your favorite #Twitter app. When we post, you will see it on #Twitter. #amateurradio… Read the rest

A Field Day For Hams

By Jack Kinney on January 8, 2022

If you worked Summer Field Day last year you may recall a woman walking around with a microphone. That was Mary Beth Toole creator of a podcast called sonic earth expeditions. A Field Day For Hams has been posted. It is 33 minutes long but worth the listen I think. It would also be good for someone who has never worked at Field Day. She only references SPARC in the podcast but you might hear yourself in there somewhere!

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January Meeting this Saturday!

By Jack Kinney on January 3, 2022

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We are NOT meeting at the fire station due to the community room being closed. Click Details below.

Hope you didn’t show up at the fire house on January 1st. We moved our meeting because of the holiday. Meet us this Saturday, January 8th at 10AM! We’ll be learning about Waves in our presentation.

Event Information

We are meeting in Room 2.



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Tim Duffy K3LR: Grounding & Bounding

By Jack Kinney on November 25, 2021

December Meeting: Technical Presentation

Tim has been an active contest operator for 49 years. He has hosted over 145 different operators as part of the K3LR multi operator DX contest efforts since 1992 – which have made over 800,000 QSOs. Tim served on the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee as a member and multi-year Chairman. K3LR has
been an active member of the CQ Contest Committee for 31 years. Tim was the Atlantic Division Technical Achievement award winner in 1998. He was moderator of the Dayton Contest Forum for 10 years and has been moderator of the Hamvention Antenna forum for 38 years. He is a founding member and Vice President of the North Coast Contesters. K3LR serves as founder and … Read the rest

UPARC visits SPARCfest

By Jack Kinney on November 13, 2021

SPARC, the St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club held it’s first SPARCfest since the COVID shutdown at Freedom Lake Park in Pinellas Park, FL. There were lots of items to look at and SPARC was unloading a ton of equipment.

The author found a sentimental item that he picked up. Not especially practical in our county with digital and P25 but hey it works so for $10 why not.

Several members of UPARC attended the event.

Alan picked up a fiberglass lineman’s pushup pole for $30 from a guy who paid $20 less than 5 minutes earlier. We all wanted one but there were not enough to go around. Julie NF1T picked up one as well.

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Annual Picnic & Election a Success!

By Jack Kinney on November 6, 2021

We hunted, voted and ate. Most importantly we saw some friends for the first time in almost two years. We saw Delbert and his XYL for the first time since 2019. We also met David who joined the club yesterday evening and is working towards his Technician license.

Described by Tom Schaefer, NY4I as the “first winter field day” the native Floridians hovered around the hot grill to stay warm in the damp 60 degree morning air!

Steve Foy, N4FOY returned from the fox hunt victorious with a big smile and fox in hand.

Jack Kinney, N4KIN called the business meeting to order. The first order of business was to thank Jeff DeGrasse, K4JJD for his service as UPARC treasurer … Read the rest

UPARC Special Event Station – N4H

By Jason Esterline on October 20, 2021


To commemorate the hurricane, operators from the Upper Pinellas Amateur Radio Club will operate from Honeymoon Island State Park starting Friday, October 22nd to October 24th, 2021. We NEED operators, filling 24+ hours of operation will take people!

The callsign used will be N4H. Modes will be SSB and FT8. SSB frequencies are 14.265 and 7.265. Also for Parks on the Air (POTA) chasers, Honeymoon Island State Park is park K-1880.

Operating time is 10:00 AM EDT (14:00Z) to ~6:30 PM EDT (22:30Z) on each day Friday 10/22, Saturday 10/23 and Sunday 10/24. Setup will begin at 9am daily.

Operators/Local Visitors: Download Info/Instructions… Read the rest

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