St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club
Photo by Pat AA0OWhile working on Tom NY4I’s tower project, Dan K1TO hand-delivered the above plaque for SPARC. It seems that in the 2018 Florida QSO Party (FQP), we WON the top Florida Club honors. The results from the FQP show the following:
You can find the write-up of the results here on the FQP … More “SPARC – Top Florida Club Station in 2018 Florida QSO Party”
The CQ WPX SSB contest is a great contest for people that liked the fun of contesting during Field Day. This is a 48 hour contest with exciting runs where we call CQ most of the time. If you have ever wondered what it was like on the other side of the pile-up, this is … More “Phone Contest – CQ WPX SSB March 29th @ 8:00 PM”
Do you like operating in the field but hate dripping in sweat while setting up antennas? Does the idea of enduring another Field Day constantly fighting off every mosquito in Tampa Bay make you wish they held Field Day in January? Well, you’re in luck! Winter Field Day is an event very similar to the … More “SPARC’s Winter Field Day Plans”
Bob N2ESP, Rex KB8ESY, Tom NY4I and Frank KN4PZY so far have been operating the ARRL Sweepstakes at the newly relocated SPARC club station. This contest runs until Sunday night at 10:00 PM, but we usually break at night. The best way to ensure we are here is to check the camera where you can … More “SPARC Contesters Operating ARRL Sweepstakes SSB Right Now!”
The SPARC Contest Team is proud to announce they placed second worldwide and second in North America in the Multi-Op High Power (Single Receiver) category. This was for the Makrothen RTTY contest run from the SPARC station over the weekend of October 14th and 15th, 2017. 
Our second place score of 2,023,660 points represents the … More “W4TA 2nd Worldwide in Makrothen”