Meeting Slides Now Available Online

By Jack Kinney on October 3, 2021

Various people have inquired about availability of the monthly meeting slides. They are now on the UPARC website on the Meeting Schedule page:

https://uparc.org/2021-meeting-schedule/

Click the meeting date in the left most column and a PDF of the slide deck will open in a new window.… Read the rest

HamWAN Update

By Jack Kinney on September 6, 2021

The Repeater Team had a work session on the HamWAN environment after the September meeting. Below are a few updates:

HamWAN radio on tower is working.
Resolved issue where another HamWAN user was using our IP address.
Inquiring with the area HamWAN team about a point-to-point connection to Tampa. Would improved connection by estimated 10dB.
New Minix PC is very stable unlike the previous PC.
Currently router is a bit flaky. Will be replaced in next work session.
Current EchoLink interface is going to be replaced with improved model in next work session.

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Snapshot – UPARC/CARS July Breakfast

By Jack Kinney on July 24, 2021

July Breakfast with UPARC / CARS

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UPARC in the Park

By Jack Kinney on July 18, 2021

We met Saturday morning, July 17th.

We were a bit rusty and didn’t have the turn out we hoped for, but all in all, we had a good time! The following were onsite to take part:

Alan W4UB
Dee W4DCH
Jack N4KIN
Ron W4RFA
Ryan KJ4FXX & his young son Freddy (future HAM we hope!)
Tim W4EKP
Tom NY4I

Three wire antennas were hoisted into the pines of John Chesnut Sr. Park (FKA Brooker Creek Park) adjacent to Shelter #11 by Alan W4UB, Dee W4DCH and Tim W4EKP. Here’s 2/3 of the antenna team doing nothing related to antennas!

Tom NY4I tried out his new Icom IC-705 making multiple SSB and CW contacts. If you’re familiar with the Elecraft KX3… Read the rest

Monthly Breakfast Saturday July 24th @ 9AM

By Jack Kinney on July 18, 2021

The joint club breakfast with CARS & UPARC is this Saturday, July 24th at 9AM.

We meet in the side room to your left when you enter the restaurant.

Another Broken Egg Cafe – Menu

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UPARC in the Park – Sat. July 17th @ 8:30AM

By Jack Kinney on July 8, 2021

Come out for some Amateur Radio Fun! Join us at John Chestnut, Sr. Park in the Eastlake Area of Palm Harbor. Alan W4UB reserved Shelter #11 for the club!

Bring your own gear, food and drink for a few hours of radio fun! Hope to see you!

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Real-time Field Day Status

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on June 26, 2021

We have a real-time status display of the operation at this year’s Field Day. The contacts are tracked in real-time and available in several handy graphs. If you can’t make it to Field Day but want to check on our progress, please click on the map at the right side of the website. You can also access it directly at https://www.sparc-club.org/sparc-real-tme-contest-display-dashboard/… Read the rest

June Meeting Summary

By Jack Kinney on June 6, 2021

On June 5th, we had our first in person meeting since Feb/Mar 2020! It was great to see those who attended! We tried using Zoom for those out of state or choosing not to attend in person. It wasn’t without some technical issues, but we made it work. Improvements to come for the next meeting!

Thirteen people attended in person, one of whom was Ray Dabkowski,W8RD. He visited our club and decided to join!

If you did not know, Honeymoon Island and Caladesi Islands were once connected. It was called Hog Island until the 1921 hurricane cut a channel thru the island forming what we know today as Hurricane Pass.

We learned from Ray that the 100th anniversary of the … Read the rest