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If You Are Attending Field Day…

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 06/16/2018

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FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT, IF YOU REGISTERED YOURSELF BUT WERE PLANNING ON ATTENDING WITH YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER/GUEST, PLEASE ALSO REGISTER ANYONE ELSE IN YOUR PARTY. WE NEED AN ACCURATE COUNT FOR FOOD. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE BRINGING YOUR SPOUSE AND 2 KIDS, PLEASE REGISTER THEM ALL INDIVIDUALLY. You can sign others up here: https://goo.gl/forms/Tqr9kX30BNR1WJeg1

As you may be aware, the radio room is … Click for more

Field Day Signup

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 06/02/2018

Thanks to all that attended the meeting last night.

For those that do not recall if they signed up, here is the list of people that have signed up already.

If you are NOT on this list, please go to this link and sign up.

NameCall Sign
Jason EsterlineN4BOZ
Tom SchaeferNY4I
ken martensWK4KM
Pat ConnellyKX4HL
David TrewinKR4U
Dee TurnerN4GD
Bob WanekN2ESP
Glenn PanazzoloN4ESU
Gerry PollackWR6N
Richard StephensN4BUA
Will ScottW7WMS
Dan GersonKB4BOQ
Steve HepplerKN4MBS
Alan StreitmanN4AYE
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Field Day!

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 05/03/2018

Last Day to Signup to be Guaranteed Meals: Monday June 18. Sign up now!

As Spring turns to Summer, a young ham’s fancy turns towards…Field Day! The annual ARRL Field Day emergency preparedness exercise/contest/social event is Saturday June 23rd and Sunday June 24th. As usual, SPARC is participating in this event but this year, we are building upon the success of the Winter Field Day event with a joint Field Day operation with the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society and Upper Pinellas Amateur Radio Club. The event will be held at … Click for more

Pat KX4HL and Friends Activate Egmont Key State Park

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 04/11/2018
Panoramic view of the Battery on Egmont Key State Park

I noticed a tweet describing how SPARC member Pat Connelly KX4HL and a few others participated in the State Parks On the Air this past weekend. I asked Pat if he could pass along some pictures and a summary of their activities. This is Pat’s report:

I saw a post in the Amateur Radio section of Reddit about the Florida State Parks on the Air operating event/contest.  This was the first I’d heard of it, but the second year of
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DXLabs Workshop on April 21, 2018

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 03/15/2018

SPARC will be conducting a full day DXLabs workshop on Saturday April 21st starting at 10:00 AM. The purpose of this is to introduce people to using the DXLabs Suite of software. If you are a recent convert to DXLabs or looking to change from a different logging package, this is the session for you. Topics we will cover include:

  • Installing the software
  • Converting from your current logging software
  • Set up of Logbook of the World (LOTW), QRZ and eQSL integration
  • Getting setup on LOTW including TQSL and completing
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You’re Invited! Come out and Operate a Phone Contest on March 23 – 25.

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 03/15/2018

The SPARC Contesters invite everyone to come out and operate the CQ WPX SSB contest starting at 8:00 PM on Friday, March 23. We will be at the club station to work as many stations as we can–all on phone. The WPX contest is a fun contest as we use a rare prefix (NY4) which makes us a multiplier and hence, a desired station to work. You can experience what it is like to operate on the “other side” of the pileup. Rates of 100 contacts an hour are not … Click for more

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