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UPARC in the Park May 2022

By Jack Kinney on May 22, 2022

On May 21st, The Upper Pinellas Amateur Radio Club held one of its UPARC in the Park events. UPARC in the Park is a mini-field day where we setup 1-2 radios, antennas and have some outdoor radio fun for a few hours. All radios used battery power at this event.

The event had two operating positions. Dee W4DCH brought his Icom 7300 to use for phone contacts. A 20Ah battery was used for power.

Morris K7LSV was doing FT8 on his uBITX v6 QRP rig with a mag loop antenna and at one point he did it under Tesla power!

Alan W4UB had hoped to run two different antennas. Unfortunately the SWR on one them was not respecting his “Band … Read the rest

UPARC in the Park – Rescheduled

By Jack Kinney on February 12, 2022

Signup link: https://uparc.org/2022/02/12/uparc-in-the-park-event/

When: The event will begin at 0900. Setup starts at 0800.

Where: We will be in the large Pavilion located near the volley ball field and nature trail. See map below.

Details: Two stations will be setup consisting of an IC-7600 and an Elecraft K3. Two 40M EFHW antennas will be deployed on pushup poles in an inverted “L” or sloper configuration. SSB and FT8 operation on 40 – 10M is planned. You are welcome to bring your own equipment. Shore power is available.

A fee of $8 is charged for entry to the park. With my pass I can take 7 additional people in (2 vehicles). We will meet at 0730 in the Dollar General parking … Read the rest

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

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UPARC in the Park May 2022

UPARC in the Park – Rescheduled

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