04/25/2024
St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club
“The Sun and HF Propagation” presentation by Lu W4LT, has been uploaded to the SPARC Resource Page under Ham Radio Resources. Look toward the bottom of the left-hand column on this website (www.sparc-club.org) to view the presentation.
Many thanks to Lu for sharing his presentation with SPARC and his presentation at the last club meeting.
Radio Propagation presented by Lu Romero W4LT, member of TARC.
Propagation is important to all of us especially in this low sun spot period. Understanding more about propagation on all bands help us make contacts regardless of mode or frequency.
The presentation includes angle of radiation, ionospheric layers, ground reflection, solar radiation effects, 2m ducting, sun spots, x-ray flux, ground wave and sky wave, multi path, 6m sporadic E, gray line, long path and more.
Lou has given this presentation at TARC and was well received. He is an entertaining … Click for more
Are you proud of your mobile installation? Why not enter it in the first annual SPARC mobile installation contest? At the regular July SPARC meeting on July 7th, members are welcome to enter their car in the contest for a chance to win a nice prize in either the HF category or VHF/UHF category (or both). The judging criteria are summarized below. Click here for more detailed judging criteria. It is not about the cost of your equipment, but how finished and polished the installation is. The more your installation … Click for more
At our May meeting, our net control operators were given certificates of appreciation.
Not shown: Linda KI4RV, Dee N4GD, Leslie WA4EEZ and Bill WZ4GW.