SPARC | St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club

Obituary of Richard Niendorf

By Ed NZ1Q on 03/13/2023

Richard “Rick” Niendorf Jr. (69) of St. Pete passed away on February 28th, 2023.

Rick was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, on July 8th, 1953, to Lois and Richard Niendorf. He graduated from Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport in 1971. Rick served honorably in the US Army as an engineman, spending time abroad in Germany. He obtained multiple automotive mechanical, operation, and technician licenses, working for many years at Florida Power. Rick enjoyed playing the piano, loved fishing and boating, and felt most comfortable with a boat

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SPARC’s new club station, phase 3 – antenna work

By Ed NZ1Q on 03/07/2023

The Zero-5 80m to 10m vertical antenna was erected and the 2m 440 antenna taken down to be moves closer to the new station.

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St Pete Science Fest 2023

By Pat AAØO on 02/21/2023

The St Petersburg’s Science Fest returned to Poynter Park on the USFSP campus in downtown St Pete this past weekend. It was a rare chilly morning but with a clear sky it made for a very nice day. SPARC members Bob N2ESP, Dee N4GD, Charles W4BPP and myself Pat AA0O ran the booth. I brought my Parks on the Air mobile HF setup, Yaesu FT-891 with 20m wire dipole on a 40ft Spiderbeam mast. This weekend was ARRL Int’l DX CW contest so we found a very strong signal from … Click for more

Station move at DMI, Part 2.

By Ed NZ1Q on 02/16/2023

Further progress is being made on the SPARC station move to a different room at DMI.

See the video Here.

Home Brew Night – February 2023

By Ed NZ1Q on 02/05/2023

SPARC’s first QSO in the New Station

By Ed NZ1Q on 02/05/2023

Thanks to Zack for getting on the air!