On Saturday September 21st, 2019 starting at 9:00AM, several Pinellas County clubs will host “Pinellas Radio Clubs in the Park” This will be held at the centrally-located Eagle Lake Park at 1800 Keene Road in Largo. The general idea is setup of portable equipment, make a few contacts, visit with friends —old and new —and meet members of some other clubs for a picnic. This follows a tradition started by the Upper Pinellas ARC to get into the field each month for fun out in the open air full of radio related activities . There will also be a transmitter fox hunt so bring your 2m HT and antenna. All are welcome. More details will be available but for now, please save the date of Saturday September 21, 2019.
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Here are the slides (.pdf) that Pat presented on Friday, May 3 at the SPARC meeting. It contains some great info for those who want to get started with Parks on the Air.
POTA Presentation – SPARC 20190503
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Pat, AA0O will present Parks on the Air (POTA) this Friday night, May 3 at the SPARC monthly meeting.
The presentation will explain the POTA program and Pat will bring along some of his equipment used in his quest to activate as many parks in the area as possible as well as tips on activating and hunting other activations.
AA0O will tell us about some of the local parks and his experiences. The presentation will include pictures from his activations and other participants around the country.
Learn how you can get active in POTA too. See you at the meeting.
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The two latest videos of SPARC club meeting programs have been posted to the SPARC YouTube page.
Antenna Analyzers, January 4, 2019
AMSAT Communications, February 1, 2019
More info at Getting Started in AMSAT
Special thanks to Billy, KN4LUZ for the videos.
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Join us February 1 at the SPARC monthly meeting for a presentation on ham satellite communications. Drew, KO4MA, AMSAT Vice-President Operations and Member of the Board will present and if conditions are right may be able to demonstrate a satellite QSO.
AMSAT is a worldwide group of Amateur Radio Operators who share an active interest in building, launching and then communicating with each other through non-commercial Amateur Radio satellites.
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) was formed in 1969 as a not-for-profit educational organization. Its aim is to foster Amateur Radio’s participation in space research and communication.
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Yes, it is that time of year again. Get your Home Brew project ready for the March 1 club meeting. This year HB Night will be in March (the Feb club program will be announced soon).
SPARC’s usual “HB Show & Tell” includes projects that may range from your own design to modifications or unique interconnections. Anything ham related is acceptable and could include antennas, rigs, software, feedlines, shack power, remote operating, boat-anchors and more. See the clip below for more ideas.
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Last year we had 7 presentations of HB projects by NY4I, KA4IOX, AA0O, KJ4FAW, AE0EG, KC1YL & KA1IJA. You may have created something over the last year or are planning to start a project now. Get it ready and let program coordinator Ed, NZ1Q know you plan on participating [Ed’s call @arrl.net]
See a clip of last year’s HB Night >> here.