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SPARC to Meet At New Location Starting January 2026

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 12/06/2025

At the December 2025 SPARC meeting, members approved moving the SPARC meetings to the Wyoming Antelope Club in Pinellas Park. We will meet there starting with our January 2, 2026 meeting. There is more info to follow about the site including pictures but please review the meeting location page for more information on getting to the site. PLEASE remember to stay under the posted speed limit. We are guests so please observe the posted speed limit.

There is also a work party on Sunday December 14th at the DMI location … Click for more

VE session counts in Florida

By Charles Adkinson on 08/17/2021

while perusing the state of Florida VE session counts on the ARRL website, i noticed our own Dee Turner, N4GD, is in the top 10 of all sessions (in fact, he’s 7th overall) in the number of VE sessions he has attended… and that’s out of more than 1,600 VEs in Florida!! congrats Dee, keep up the good work!!!

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February testing session full

By Pat AAØO on 01/25/2021

In order to ensure proper social distancing, the SPARC test sessions are limited. The Tuesday session in February is already full.

If you want to take an Amateur Radio exam, please check out our VE testing page for contact information to reserve your spot for a future session.

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January test sessions full

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 08/15/2020

In order to ensure proper social distancing, the SPARC test sessions are limited to 5 people. The Tuesday session in January is already full.

If you want to take an Amateur Radio exam, please check out our VE testing page for contact information to reserve your spot for a future session.

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SPARC Fest – Saturday, Nov 10. Free to all.

By Ed NZ1Q on 09/15/2018

SPARC Fest – The best “Free to exhibitors and attendees” Ham Fest in the Tampa Bay area.

Saturday, November 10 at Freedom Lake Park in Pinellas Pk, FL

Sellers enter when park opens and setup before buyers official time of 8AM

 

 

 

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One Day General Class Upgrade Workshop Forming

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 08/06/2017

Tom NY4I is forming a multi-club one-day General Workshop.

THIS IS NOT A CRAM SESSION. You must do pre-work from the book. Our goal is to work with the material you have learned by self-study, clarify some topics and teach you how to be a general. We want people to know what to do with their general class license when they get it.

We will start 6 weeks before the scheduled workshop day. Each student is REQUIRED to purchase a Gordon West General Class Study manual. The students have … Click for more

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