January 2, 2026
Think of Field Day but smaller and less formal. Typically we have a single radio powered by battery with a wire antenna. We operate for a few hours and call it a day. If we’re in a Florida State Park we activate POTA. If we’re at Honeymoon Island State Park we can even activate IOTA.
Please complete the form to register:… Read the rest
Those below either became new Hams or upgraded their licenses. Great job!
Dawn O Rosenlund, KO4WNI Technician
William Schaefer, KO4WNJ Technician
Joshua Luria, KO4VVX General
Charlotte Luria, KO4WNK Technician
Jackson Kotch, KO4WNL Technician
Michael E Harris, KO4WNM Technician
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We will NOT be outside this year due to the cold weather. We are still at the Clearwater Fire Training Center but will be nice and warm INSIDE the room where ARRL Field Day normally happens.… Read the rest
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
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
Last day to sign-up (for food planning purposes) is Wednesday, January 26th.
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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.
We are meeting in Room 2.
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
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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