02/24/2026
St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club
The annual SPARC after-holiday party is coming up on Sunday February 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM at Kristina’s Cafe in St. Peterburg. Kristina’s Cafe is located at 3590 34th St N (US 19) in St. Petersburg. You will be ordering off the menu and paying for your own meal.
This is a tradition as the holidays are all very busy so this puts it later in the new year. Please email ny4i@ny4i.com to indicate you are coming so we have a head count. All members and spouses are invited to attend.
Published in Club Gatherings
Hello. I have first joined SPARC in 1992 and then after returning in 2008, have been a continuous member--my first meeting was in 1981. I am the current president of the SPARC. Formerly I was the vice president under Ron KP2N and a board member for several years. I am a Life Member of the ARRL as well as a member of the ARRL Maxim Society. Additionally, I am a life member of AMSAT, a past-president and founding member of the Upper Pinellas Amateur Radio Club, a member of the Clearwater Amateur Radio Club and a past-president and member of the Utah Amateur Radio Club. I hold 9 band DXCC covering 160 meters through 10 meters. I am also a member of the ARRL's A-1 Operator's Club. I mostly chase DX, POTA parks and dabble in contests both at home and with SPARC. I also work on the development of several amateur radio software projects including TR4W among other open source projects. I am a dyed in the wool Elecraft fan utilizing my K4D and KPA1500 for HF but also have more Icom radios than any one person should own. I also have a growing Begali key addiction that seems to keep growing.I also have a nice collection of older radios, Mac computers and HF 1500 watt amplifiers. Professionally, I own a software consulting company and have been involved in software development and IT continuous for the past 39 years.